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In my writings, where more detailed information about these matters can be found, I have called the first stage that the soul reaches in investigating the spiritual world, *imaginative knowledge.*","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"I. 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Aber die wirkliche Praxis, die wirkliche Methode, die der Geistesforscher einschlägt, die beweisen, dass nicht bloß Glaube, sondern ein so sicheres Wissen in Bezug auf diese Dinge zu erreichen ist, wie das Wissen in Bezug auf äußere Naturerscheinungen und Naturwesen zu erreichen ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":77,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/71b/1918-04-24/p020"},{"locus":"GA 71b/1918-04-24/p021","passage_number":21,"text":"Da muss man allerdings sich darüber klar sein, dass die Seele durch - man nenne es nun Übungen oder wie man will -, durch gewisse Verrichtungen, die sie mit sich vornimmt, sich zu einer ganz anderen Art der Verfassung bringen muss, als sie im gewöhnlichen Leben und in der gewöhnlichen Wissenschaft ist, zu einer anderen Art von Anschauung. 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