37. The Dangers of Initiation

Many people believe, however, that they can be satisfied with the materialistic views of our environment. They say: I find explanations for everything in them, I do not need anything from spiritual worlds. But there is something in man that can never say so in the long run. The wish, the innermost longing of the soul will always say no and no again to such an intellectual knowledge of the world around us. This longing of the soul cannot be appeased; it grows; it makes the person weak, ill, unable to work in life. There are many derailed souls today who are searching for something but repel what they are seeking. If what the soul longs for is not met with what spiritual science can give, then doubt, hopelessness, even despair takes hold of the soul.