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264. The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One: The Nature and Work of the Masters XI 19 Apr 1909, Düsseldorf

Rudolf Steiner
This is absolutely necessary if the esoteric work we have to do on ourselves is to have the right effect. Only under this condition can our esoteric work bear the right fruit. The school, on the other hand, has to fulfill the condition that everything that flows through it comes only from the great teachers whom we call the Masters of Wisdom and of the Harmony of Feelings.
What the Mystery of Golgotha has brought to Humanity is there; but the understanding of it can only dawn very gradually in human souls; indeed, even today it cannot dawn universally.
Since the 16th century, the human brain has clearly changed in a way that is perceptible to the clairvoyant, with the purpose of enabling people to gradually learn to understand Christianity in its full meaning. We have seen that during the 4th to 14th centuries, copies of the etheric and astral bodies of Christ were given to personalities who, in this way, kept the spirit of true Christianity alive.
264. The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One: Master Personalities Associated with the Awakenings in the Gospels

Rudolf Steiner
The second age, that of Zarathustra, is resurrected so that in the sixth post-Atlantean age there can be a true understanding of the Christ. And the first, the ancient Indian age, experiences its resurrection in the seventh post-Atlantean age with the help of the power of the Christ.
With this power within him, he can work even before the sixth post-Atlantean age; already in the fifth cultural age, he prepares the sixth, the one that will show the deepest understanding of the Christ impulse, the one that will best understand the Gospel of John. (Among the twelve apostles, Lazarus-John himself is, as it were, represented by another.
“And the Christ Jesus strictly forbade them that no one should know.” A commandment that obviously cannot be understood in a physical, real sense. But the secrets that took place with this awakening were to remain unknown and hidden for a long time.
264. The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One: Ancient Traditions from Personal Conversations with Rudolf Steiner

Rudolf Steiner
Confusion should not surprise us, because the Apostles were able to exchange their bodies even under the then prevailing very different laws of the soul. The three disciples in Gethsemane were in any case part of the innermost circle of the twelve, and Lazarus also belonged to it.
264. The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One: Supplement Concerning the Masters

Rudolf Steiner
Those who helped humanity, who governed and directed it, who were statesmen and leaders of great religious communities, were under the influence of higher beings. During the Lemurian and Atlantean races, they were directly dependent on those higher beings who had undergone their development on other planets.
(It can be studied in Pythagorean philosophy). 3. The secret of alchemy. (This can be understood through the works of Paracelsus and Jakob Böhme). 4. The mystery of birth and death.13 5.
The great significance of the realization that evil is the fundamental mystery of our time also makes it possible to understand why the visible emblem of the Anthroposophical Movement, the Goetheanum, was associated with it.
264. The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One: To the Members of the Theosophical Society regarding the “Leadbeater Affair” 01 Jul 1906, Berlin

Rudolf Steiner
I must therefore trace the case of Leadbeater back to much deeper underlying causes. At the same time, however, I must explain that there is almost no one for whom there is no guarantee of falling into a disastrous error if he applies the methods on which Leadbeater's work is based.
264. The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One: To Annie Besant regarding the “Leadbeater Affair” 01 Jul 1906, Berlin

Rudolf Steiner
In Germany, for example, the paths to this training must be taken from the thought mysticism of Fichte, Schelling and Hegel, which cannot be understood at all in view of their truly occult basis. All this is the case because the thought itself is the same for all plans.
The difficulty lies in the fact that the exoteric character of T.S. must always collide with the occult point of view when it comes to an emergency arising from the occult worlds. It would have to be ensured under all circumstances that Mr. Leadbeater is not morally condemned in the ordinary sense, that everyone who hears about the matter also learns that this is a case that can only be understood by the occultist, and that Leadbeater has not “morally failed” in the ordinary sense of the word , but that he fell a victim to his method, that what the public morally condemns here is to be judged according to the principle that “where there is strong light, there must also be strong shadow”.
264. The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One: To the President-Founder of the Theosophical Society H.S.Olcott 01 Mar 1907, Berlin

Rudolf Steiner
If it is not, it would be a failure to observe the above point 1). The undersigned therefore fully agrees that Mr. Jinarajadasa should continue to be considered a member of the Society. 3. The undersigned welcomes with complete satisfaction the nomination of Mrs. Besant as successor to the esteemed President-Founder.
He therefore sends his best wishes and thoughts for the President's recovery. 4. The undersigned, in his capacity as General Secretary of the German Section, cannot take any notice of the announcement that Mrs.
264. The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One: To Marie von Sivers in Berlin 25 Feb 1907, Budapest

Rudolf Steiner
I just wanted to add the following lines to the letter to the General Secretaries on a separate sheet: “The undersigned General Secretary of the German Section of the T. S. [Theosophical Society] has answered the letters of the General Council, the President-Founder and Mrs.
Even the decline of the T.S. as such must not frighten us. You must understand that I myself must remain vague with you about the master affair in Adyar. But you will admit that it takes more than “blindness” to think that an administrative action of the Society can be enforced by appealing to the masters.
The masters are dealing with knowledge and not with moral sermons. You will understand me. Whether it is Sinnett or Olcott, it makes no difference. We must move forward.
264. The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One: Letter to Heads of the German Sections 28 Feb 1907, Berlin

Rudolf Steiner
However, it should be recognized that the German section at least understands that these things do not belong in public, and that if they must be discussed, they are treated like an intimate family matter in society.
264. The History of the Esoteric School 1904–1914, Volume One: To The Members Of The German Section Of The Theosophical Society 12 Mar 1907, Berlin

Rudolf Steiner
Mead has now sent to the branches. It is to be understood as nothing more than Mr. Mead's personal opinion. All official messages can only be sent to the members by the General Secretary of a section.

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