{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 93/1904-12-02/p021","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"The meaning behind the first part of the ceremony—the taking away of metal objects—is that the candidate should not retain about his person anything which he has not produced by his own labours. A feeling for this is necessary for anyone who has had his attention drawn to the significance of symbols. He should also retain an enduring memory of the tearing of the trousers at the knee. He should think upon the fact that he ought to present himself in life as if he were appearing completely naked in the eyes of his fellow men. In like manner, the treading down of the heel should act as a constant reminder that—even though he may be strong as far as Freemasonry is concerned—he nevertheless is made vulnerable through his heel of Achilles. All subsequent parts of the ceremony have basically a meaning of this kind—particularly in the case of the eerie feeling which is engendered when a cold, sharp-edged sword is laid against his breast. That is a feeling which persists for a long time and becomes focussed in a suggestion which returns to his mind at important moments and reminds him that he should develop a kind of cold-blooded attitude. Cold-bloodedness should be the suggestion he receives. Complete responsibility for his own actions is what is symbolised by the cord laid about his neck which can be drawn tight at any moment. Presence of mind is suggested by the procedures connected with trapdoors, moving stairways, etc. Those are procedures which take place quite differently in the mysteries because they are performed on the astral plane.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"7. The Essence and Task of Freemasonry from the Point of View of Spiritual Science I","site_heading":null,"date":"1904-12-02","location":null,"word_count":266,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/93/1904-12-02/p021","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"John M. Wood","identified_edition":"RSP1985","book_title":"The Temple Legend","publisher":"Rudolf Steiner Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA093/English/RSP1985/19041202p01.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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Alle folgenden Handlungen haben im Grunde genommen eine solche Bedeutung, vor allen Dingen im Zusammenhang mit jenem unheimlichen Gefühl, das hervorgerufen wird, wenn auf die Brust ein scharf geschliffenes kaltes Schwert gehalten wird. Das ist ein Gefühl, welches durch längere Zeit hindurch sich zu einer Suggestion verdichtet, so daß er sich in wichtigen Momenten erinnert, daß er eine Art von Kaltblütigkeit haben soll. Kaltblütigkeit soll dadurch suggetiert werden. Die volle Verantwortung übernehmen für das, was man tut, soll dadurch symbolisiert werden, daß man ihm eine Schnur um den Hals legt, die immer zusammengezogen werden kann. Die Geistesgegenwart soll suggeriert werden dadurch, daß diese Prozeduren mit Falltüren, mit Treppen und so weiter hervorgerufen werden. 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