{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 68c/1904-04-04/p005","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"It is said that in his “Faust” Goethe has given us a kind of modern gospel. If this saying is to be accepted, then Goethe has also given us, in addition to his gospel, a kind of secret revelation, a kind of apocalypse. This apocalypse is hidden in his works; it forms the conclusion of the “Conversations of German Emigrants” and is read only by a few. I have always been asked where this fairy tale is to be found in Goethe's works. It is in all the editions of Goethe's works and, as I said, forms the conclusion of the “Conversations of German Emigrants”. In this fairy tale, Goethe created a work of art of infinite beauty. I will attempt to give an interpretation of this fairy tale without destroying the immediate pictorial impression of the work of art. Goethe has woven his most intimate thoughts and ideas into the “Fairytale”. In the last years of his life, he said to Eckermann: “My dear friend, I want to tell you something that may be useful to you when you look at my works. My works will not become popular; a few people will understand what I wanted to say, but nothing can make my works popular.” He probably said this with the second part of Faust in mind and meant that those who enjoy Faust can have an immediate artistic impression. But those who get behind the secrets hidden in Faust will also be able to say what is hidden behind these images.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"X. 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Wenn dieser Ausspruch gelten soll, dann hat uns Goethe aber auch neben seinem Evangelium eine Art geheime Offenbarung, eine Art Apokalypse geliefert. Diese Apokalypse ist verborgen in seinen Werken; sie bildet den Schluss der «Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderter» und wird nur von wenigen gelesen. Immer bin ich gefragt worden, wo denn dieses Märchen in Goethes Werken stehe. Es steht in allen Goethe-Ausgaben und bildet wie gesagt den Schluss der «Unterhaltungen deutscher Ausgewanderter». Goethe hat in diesem Märchen ein Kunstwerk geschaffen von unendlicher Schönheit. Es soll nicht der unmittelbare bildliche Eindruck des Kunstwerkes zerstört werden, wenn ich hier den Versuch mache, eine Interpretation dieses Märchens zu geben. Goethe hat seine vertraulichsten Gedanken und Vorstellungen in das «Märchen» hineingeheimnisst. Er hat zu Eckermann in den letzten Jahren seines Lebens gesagt: Mein lieber Freund, ich will Ihnen etwas sagen, was Ihnen nützlich sein kann, wenn Sie meine Werke betrachten. Meine Werke werden nicht populär werden; es werden Einzelne verstehen, was ich sagen wollte, aber populär werden kann bei meinen Werken nicht eintreten. Das hat er wohl vorzugsweise im Hinblick auf den zweiten Teil des «Faust» gesprochen und damit sagen wollen, dass derjenige, welcher «Faust» genießt, einen unmittelbaren künstlerischen Eindruck haben kann. Wer aber hinter die Geheimnisse, die im «Faust» verborgen liegen, kommt, der wird auch noch sagen können, was hinter diesen Bildern versteckt ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":234,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68c/1904-04-04/p005"}],"english":["GA 68c/1904-04-04/p005"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":234,"en_words":254,"ratio":1.09,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.03,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":8455,"original_word_count":8170,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"Goethe and the Present","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA068c/English/SOL2024/19040404p01.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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