The So-Called Dangers of Initiation

GA 56/1907-12-12/p022 ·1907-12-12 · English MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.
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To put it quite clearly, I must say that at the moment when a person sees the gate through which one passes in death, they also see numerous forces that hinder them and even confront them in a destructive way. But most people attract these forces through their fear of death. The greater the fear of death, the stronger their power. The fear of death is part of the feelings of fear in general. These forces and powers appear like dried-up sacks when people make themselves strong and know that no fear of death can change the event of death.

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