{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 68a/1907-12-19/p027","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"No one should let this deter them. One must know that the very sight of these dangers is the greatest purifying agent. People usually have no idea how wisely they are guided. It is a powerful healing agent for the soul when it has to experience fear and hope, tension and release, agitation and reassurance. These feelings are extremely important, even in all art. These are important medicines for the soul. It heals from the dangers it has to go through, and we should be grateful to these teachers; after all, we cannot escape them. There are no dangers other than those that are also there for man. Only in relation to knowledge does it change for him. He learns about the facts, but the facts themselves do not change. When we learn this, we can set out on the path to the higher worlds without worry, without danger. If a person does this, then he is following an important mission. Our time needs spiritual knowledge. If it were denied to humanity, then general materialism would fill the hearts of men with doubt, despair, and a lack of comfort and hope. It would make people gloomy and despairing; it would affect their temperament, make life dull and stunted, and ultimately also make the physical part of the human being fall ill. Materialism would completely enervate people. For physical recovery, people need what spiritual science offers.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"37. The Dangers of Initiation","site_heading":null,"date":"1907-12-19","location":null,"word_count":235,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/68a/1907-12-19/p027","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Essence of Christianity","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA068a/English/SOL2024/19071219p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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Man muss wissen, dass das Erblicken dieser Gefahren gerade das größte Läuterungsmittel ist. Die Menschen wissen gewöhnlich gar nicht, wie weise sie geleitet werden. Es ist ein mächtiges Gesundungsmittel der Seele, wenn sie erleben muss Furcht und Hoffnung, Spannung und Lösung, Erregung und Beruhigung. Diese Gefühle sind äußerst wichtig, auch in aller Kunst. Das sind wichtige Arzneimittel der Seele. Sie gesundet aus den Gefahren, die sie durchzumachen hat, und dankbar sollten wir sein diesen Lehrmeistern; wir entgehen ihnen ja nicht. Es gibt keine anderen Gefahren als diejenigen, die auch so da sind für den Menschen. Nur in Bezug auf das Wissen, darin ändert es sich für ihn. Er lernt wissen von den Tatsachen, die Tatsachen selbst ändern sich aber nicht. Wenn wir das lernen, dann können wir ohne Sorge, ohne Gefahr den Weg antreten in die höheren Welten. Tut der Mensch das, dann folgt er einer wichtigen Mission. Unsere Zeit braucht das Geisteswissen. Wenn es der Menschheit versagt würde, dann würde der allgemeine Materialismus die Menschenherzen erfüllen mit Zweifel, Trost- und Hoffnungslosigkeit. Es würde die Menschen trübe und verzweiflungsvoll stimmen; es würde auf das Temperament wirken, das Leben öde und verkümmert machen und endlich auch das Physische am Menschen erkranken machen. Der Materialismus würde den Menschen völlig entkräften. 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