{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 68a/1907-12-19/p006","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Then some families see one of their members rush to the ways of life of Theosophy. They say: Theosophy has snatched this person from us. Is that so? Those who know how to examine the souls of people will find that this is not the case. The very member who turns to Theosophy was initially repelled by what was going on around him. Then it somehow became aware of Theosophy and found there exactly what it lacked in its circles. Is it now right to say that Theosophy has driven it out of its circles? Theosophy has given it what its circles could not give it. Longing souls, searching for a true purpose in life and not finding it where life has led them, they seek it where they can find it. While such souls have been driven away, one now thinks they have been taken! Theosophy does not agitate; there would be no Theosophical movement if there were not people who have been driven out of today's life and now go to what is offered to them from the other side.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"37. 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Lechzende Seelen, die nach einem wahren Lebensinhalt suchen und ihn nicht finden dort, wohinein sie das Leben geführt hat, sie suchen ihn dort, wo sie ihn finden können. Während man solche Seelen vertrieben hat, meint man nun, sie seien genommen worden! 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