Symbols reflecting original wisdom

GA 89/1905-03-27/p019 ·1905-03-27 · English LowLow alignmentMost translators re-paragraphed Steiner substantially. The locus identifies the same chapter or section, but paragraph-N to paragraph-N mapping is loose. For exact-quotation precision, compare with the German.
Record: listeners' notes. This text is a newspaper's or a listener's report of the lecture, not a transcript. The wording is the reporter's: do not quote it as Steiner's own words. Evidence: «Symbole als Ausdruck der Urweisheit: Notizen von Marie von Sivers, Walter Vegelahn». The printed volume's account of its texts (Hinweise, Textunterlagen), counted as unit evidence by the operator's ruling of 2026-11-03.

1. The tree of physical existence—the human being develops his physical body 2. The tree of growth 3. The tree of relationship—the human being develops sympathy for and antipathy to his surroundings 4. The tree of knowing good and evil—the human being closes himself off from the outside world 5. The tree of life—the human being begins to bring life into his astral body; transition from kama body to manas 6. The tree of the word—the human being is able to hear the ‘inner word’, gaining mystic insight 7. The tree of being in harmony with God—the human being rests in harmony with God in the universe.

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