{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 75/1922-05-11/p092","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"And now I would really like to ask what justification there is for criticism when I use the word pre-existence in the sense in which everyone can understand it. It means nothing other than what it says through the wording. If I understand existence as that which is experienced through the senses, and then speak of pre-existence, then it is simply existence in the spiritual and soul life before sensual existence. This does not point to some old theosophy, but a word is used that would have to be further explained if one goes beyond an orienting lecture. You will find that if you take what may be called Theosophy and what I have described in my book, which I have also entitled “Theosophy” - if you take that, then it leads back to its beginnings in ancient forms - just as our chemistry leads back to alchemy.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"6. 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