| 262. Correspondence with Marie Steiner 1901–1925: Correspondence 109a
09 Dec 1912, Rudolf Steiner |
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| Besants, is constantly growing, - the infamy of the actions of the accomplices she has brought in here, - the tangibility of her intention to destroy our work here, without shying away from any means, the grotesque in the illogicality and contradictions in which she blindly runs, had something overwhelming about it. Miss Scholl and I have undertaken the work of collecting and organizing the evidence. Unfortunately, Dr. St. had to expend a great deal of energy to provide the response that was demanded of him. |
| 262. Correspondence with Marie Steiner 1901–1925: Correspondence 109a
09 Dec 1912, Rudolf Steiner |
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109aMarie von Sivers to Anna Wager Gunnarsson.24 Norrköping Monday, December 9, 1912 9/XII 1912 Dear Mrs. Gunnarsson, I would have liked to have written to you much earlier, but since your letter required some attention, I had to put it aside for the time being, and unfortunately it remained there for too long. One always hopes for better times, hopes that one will have a few undisturbed moments at one's disposal; but they don't come, especially when one returns to Berlin for the winter work after an absence of many months. [...] Answer to the questions of the letter. Last night the rules and admission requests of the Anthrop. Soc. were written down. 25 and are to go to press tomorrow – today they were just waiting for the seal. It is all short and concise – we will continue the old work in the same way even after we have been “cancelled”. Which will probably happen at the convention in Adyar. From December 28 to January 2, Dr. St. will hold a course in Cologne on “The Bhagavad Ghita and the Epistle of St. Paul” for members of the Anthropos. Ges. — That Dr. St. would no longer be General Secretary and similar things are fantasies that are linked to his last serious words in Munich. These have been interpreted in various ways. We have difficult times behind us. The realization that the hypnosis and intoxication in which the followers of Mrs. Besants, is constantly growing, - the infamy of the actions of the accomplices she has brought in here, - the tangibility of her intention to destroy our work here, without shying away from any means, the grotesque in the illogicality and contradictions in which she blindly runs, had something overwhelming about it. Miss Scholl and I have undertaken the work of collecting and organizing the evidence. Unfortunately, Dr. St. had to expend a great deal of energy to provide the response that was demanded of him. There is nothing he finds more dreadful than dealing with such nonsense. But Mrs. Besant did not allow him to spare her by remaining silent, and now we will speak with the necessary emphasis. We had an extraordinary board meeting on Sunday and, based on all the available material, we could not come to any other conclusion than that we would have to declare the president incapable of fulfilling her post and demand her resignation. We will report this in a long telegram 26 to the General Council and the Convention, addressed to all board members. Mr. Örtengren 27 will be accepted if he wishes [into the F.M.]. Mr. Danielson 28 E.S. would probably have to do so first. You can also sell the Christmas lectures to members. Just don't reveal them to the public. I'll close for now so that the letter doesn't get left lying around. Kind regards to you and Mr. Danielson. Yours sincerely, M. Sivers
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