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262. Correspondence with Marie Steiner 1901–1925: 223. Letter to Marie Steiner in Stuttgart 09 Nov 1924, Dornach

But shouting misery to the world and appealing to an instinctive ecstasy will not change anything. A bridge must be created to the understanding of the divine-cosmic in language, gesture and stage design, as it is striven for in my dramatic course.
262. Correspondence with Marie Steiner 1901–1925: 228. Letter to Rudolf Steiner 25 Feb 1925, Dornach

But that is the nicest thing about the book, the honey that you have scooped out of it. I understood that someone who emphasized the type of the “Jüngerin” 4 has emphasized the type of the “disciple” so strongly, has nothing left for a motif like that struck in “Gyges and his Ring” and even forgets the artistic perfection of the work, — I could also hold it against this disciple that her creator only sees the wife and the harlot in addition to her. But while reading this book, I wanted to hold another tripartite division up to him: 5 The Virgin, the Mother, the Queen. I try to understand why a man like Steffen does not know the Virgin, who is also a necessity within the whole and in and of herself, - and I cannot do so.
262. Correspondence with Marie Steiner 1901–1925: 229. Letter to Marie Steiner in Berlin 27 Feb 1925, Dornach

Your kind letter was delivered to me an hour ago. I am so sorry that you were under such attack again. People mean well when they want you to be around for their things. But it does make one weak. I understand that the “roughness of the work” has upset you so much. And of course you are absolutely right when you speak of the woman's lack of understanding as you do.
And the fact that Steffen is with us: I see a significant karma in that too. That he doesn't understand Gyges is not surprising, because he has a hard time empathizing with foreign art in general. And Rhodope is so very different from what Steffen can see in the nature of a woman.
262. Correspondence with Marie Steiner 1901–1925: 233. Letter to Marie Steiner in Stuttgart 13 Mar 1925, Dornach

Just to avoid any misunderstanding. It was only too understandable that my appetite was not in order due to the often elevated temperatures, etc., and that I could hardly eat for a while.
262. Correspondence with Marie Steiner 1901–1925: Notes Written for Edouard Schuré Barr

They, the Eastern Initiators, wanted to instill their form of anciently preserved spiritual knowledge into the Western world. Under the influence of this current, the Theosophical Society took on an Eastern character, and under the same influence, Sinnett's “Esoteric Buddhism” and Blavatsky's “Secret Doctrine” were inspired.
But this little episode came to an end when Annie Besant surrendered to the influence of certain Indians who, under the influence of German philosophers in particular, developed a grotesque intellectualism, which they interpreted wrongly.
Rudolf Steiner's master was one of those powerful people who live unknown to the world under the mask of some bourgeois profession to fulfill a mission that only their peers in the Brotherhood of “Masters of Renunciation” know.
263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter from Edith Maryon 30 Mar 1913,

I don't think Dr. Felkin really understands me or the situation, though I know he thinks he does, so I am now going to do what I think is right.
I read to him every day now and I told him that if he knew of anyone who would like to listen, he could bring them, provided they could understand me; I'm not sure about the possibilities. I forgot to ask you if you received my letter addressed to Banka-Straat, but it contained nothing but my thanks for all the help you gave me.
Although he spoke quite interestingly about the meeting between the higher and the lower self, he did not give me a proper explanation of the meaning of your sentence, and my own understanding of it is too vague.
263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter from Edith Maryon 03 Jun 1913,

I am of the opinion that an answer should be given by an English author, since only an Englishman can know and understand the English Church. Only such a person could convey a different understanding to the readers of the “Church Times”.
263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter from Edith Maryon 20 Jun 1913,

I have a feeling that there might be something for me to do here, especially as I don't want to go back without being absolutely forced to do so. You will understand that I have to come to a decision about the kind of work I will do for the rest of my life. I need advice, so please forgive my request.
263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter from Edith Maryon 19 Jan 1914,

Show German 14 Edith Maryon to Rudolf Steiner [Translation] [No place given, presumably spring 1914] [No salutation] Sunday I didn't say anything about the most important thing on my mind, namely: is there anything that could help me understand the Mystery of Golgotha? If I could do it, I wouldn't find life and loneliness [in German] as hard as they are now, and I wouldn't have such stupid and weak thoughts about them.
263. Correspondence with Edith Maryon 1912–1924: Letter from Edith Maryon 04 Apr 1914,

Felkin is not in London, but I have written to him about what you said; it is only that I have sometimes said that you have so little time for letters, but perhaps if one does not live in Germany, one does not understand it so well. I hope that my karma will allow me to work a little more on the construction than I have done so far.

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