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265a. Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: The Three Lights 17 Dec 1911, Berlin

Rudolf Steiner
They cannot, therefore, possibly be explained or understood in an esoteric way. One of the most important symbols is the three flames that stand on the altars of the East, South and West, and to which our attention should be drawn first of all.
The “eyes” here stand only as representatives of the sense organs in general, for it was never intended that the senses should be active as they are now. Under Lucifer's influence, the senses work differently than they would otherwise. Yes, outwardly they would not be there at all, however strange that may sound.
For example, Paracelsus lived from 1493 to 1541 and died, after having worked tremendously hard on his astral body through the many experiences he had undergone, in the prime of life in his forty-eighth year. The processed power of his astral body was transferred to Goethe by the archangels in what was for him such a significant forty-eighth year of life, when a whole new period of life began for him, when, for example, he reworked Faust and fathomed many secrets.
265a. Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: The Three Lights: Wisdom, Beauty, Strength 25 Dec 1911, Hanover

Rudolf Steiner
The second flame symbolizes beauty: it is at home in the lower Devachan and finds its shadow image on the physical plane in true piety. But this is different from what is understood by beauty on earth. Those who want to get to know this beauty must be pure and true. Those who lie will not be allowed here, because lying would appear here as ugliness.
265a. Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: Truth in Thought, True Piety, Active Virtue 31 Dec 1911, Hanover

Rudolf Steiner
What shines down as strength onto the physical plane is understood there as what is called morality and virtue. Only those who have developed these qualities can hope to penetrate into the higher Devachan.
All the egoism, ambition, vanity, anxiety and fear that we bring with us cannot enter there, and man must learn to understand that these qualities mean great foolishness on the higher planes. Nevertheless, there is a certain difficulty for those who are already a little more developed, so that they can and may receive occult truths and share them with their fellow human beings.
Everyone who is involved in the occult life should make it a point never to utter the word “wisdom” in ordinary life without considering that they only understand worldly wisdom, for example, the wisdom that we encounter in science or that which is generally referred to as erudition.
265a. Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: The Three Journeymen 24 Apr 1912,

Rudolf Steiner
The resulting feeling of guilt is the right feeling, which enables us to understand the symbolism of this degree in a truly occult way. We should imagine the first companion as being in our head, then let the sound Jaobela The second in the chest, then sound through with the words Joabelo The third in our body and limbs, then let it resonate: Jaobelum.
265a. Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: The Spiritual Development of Man 09 May 1912, Cologne

Rudolf Steiner
Arthur is a historical fact, but spiritually he is to be understood in such a way that he symbolizes the pure physical. Parzival marries the daughter of King Arthur.
Everything related to the brain for the edification of the physical body or nervous system is fully realized under the spiritual guidance of the “father”. Everything related to the blood system, with its seat in the heart, comes from the power of the spiritual mother.
265a. Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: The Task of Man Between Lucifer And Ahriman 01 Aug 1912, Munich

Rudolf Steiner
The fact that Leibniz viewed the world in monadic terms was because he was more under Ahriman's influence; Hegel adhered more to unity because he was more inspired by Lucifer. Third degree Man was originally destined to be a being that would attain knowledge through his breathing process.
265a. Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: The First Prayer: “Brothers of Antiquity” 05 Sep 1912, Munich

Rudolf Steiner
In the near future, among other things that will be undertaken against us, our occult movement will also be tried to be suspected and vilified, so we should know this, to which we are joining.
Upon admission to the first degree, it is also said: The sign of the first degree will be the expression in the future of self-knowledge or of what is understood by “know thyself”.
265a. Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: The Square, Tao, Dawn, Jachin, and Boaz 24 Sep 1912, Basel

Rudolf Steiner
Recordings B from the estate of Elisabeth Vreede It is understandable that people strive to enter the spiritual world. Between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, this was very difficult, which is why we find so few direct communications from the spiritual world from that time.
If a cold color such as blue, indigo or violet is perceived, then the eye [exhales]. That which underlies the eyes ethereally – just as air underlies the physical lungs – is warmth and is inhaled and exhaled.
This unity of the organs can basically only be achieved by understanding the mystery of Golgotha. Only that can enable us to feel the whole of nature morally. If you then look up at the clouds and see lightning shooting out of them, you will be able to see Christ in them in his etheric form.
265a. Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: From Eastern to Western Spirituality 25 Sep 1912, Basel

Rudolf Steiner
Notes from the estate of Elisabeth Vreede What should be understood here is that this occult movement cannot be compared to any other in the world. Our present time brings with it numerous occult or semi-occult currents, but it should be understood that this movement of ours cannot be put on the same level as other movements, and that those who allow themselves to be included in it must feel responsible for the task that is thus imposed on them. One should learn to understand that an oriental view can never take root in Europe and that a case like that of the Japanese general Nogi, who committed suicide at the grave of his emperor, can show Westerners how alien the spiritual life of the Orientals must remain for them.
Then came the time of the Republic, followed by the Caesars, and we can already understand these emperors in their work, while an Alcibiades is still the true fairy-tale prince for us. This epoch saw the development of Roman law, which later permeated all justice.
265a. Lessons for the Participants of Cognitive-Cultic Work 1906–1924: Self-Knowledge 28 Sep 1912, Basel

Rudolf Steiner
Through the esoteric life, this love for the personality undergoes a transformation, so that a greater self-knowledge comes about. We begin to realize that we are very imperfect and very limited in our abilities.
The gods separated something of their own being so that people would be able to absorb and understand it. The stars in the sky were something material; hence it is said of the stars that they are dead or dying bodies of gods.
One now sees, when the body is discarded, all the weaknesses that one has and all the possibilities for changing what one has done in life and what one has not done in the body. And it becomes difficult for the person to understand that all this must now remain so until the next incarnation; because between death and a new birth we can no longer change anything, we can only recognize the mistakes.

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