Initiation or Consecration

GA 56/1907-11-28/p039 ·1907-11-28 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
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The larynx will also have a different function in the future. It will be the reproductive organ of humans. The larynx, which today produces words of the soul, will later take on the task of reproduction. The principle of fire is speech, and the principle of fire in speech will be a creative principle; hence the sword in the mouth. This sword of fire is intimately related to the forces of the world. When human beings immerse themselves in its image, it strengthens their willpower. All this can only be said in this way. Those who do so will experience it. They will then not only sense, think, and feel, but penetrate into things with their willpower. This is the path through occult scripture.

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