{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 58/1909-12-09/p062","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"That is rather how we should take what Spiritual Science has to say, as shown in our treatment of the moon and its significance for human life. The song of Spiritual Science about the moon can indeed be sung only if we have some understanding of the more intimate ideas of Spiritual Science. People who try to read the song by candlelight, by which I mean the telescope, and employ photographs of the moon, for so-called research—these people will hardly understand our song. But those who are ready to go even a little way into what life can tell us in all its aspects will say to themselves: It is really not so difficult! Anyone who seeks to understand the song that Spiritual Science sings about the moon—not by the candlelight of the telescope, but by the living light of the spirit, which shines even when all sense-impressions are absent—he will find that this song about the moon, and therefore about an important aspect of life, is truly quite easy, even if not childishly easy!","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"IX. Something about the Moon in the Light of Spiritual Science","site_heading":null,"date":"1909-12-09","location":null,"word_count":175,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/58/1909-12-09/p062","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"C. 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