Antroposophia theomagica, das ist, eine Rede von der Natur des Menschen

—[kind as to] have such good confidence in their own beginnings that they do not seek to understand what others say, but rather force others to speak only what they themselves already understand. It is the same in the study of nature as it is with religion: we still decorate the old beginnings and do not seek the "New World" that lies beyond. The Apostle tells us this in Hebrews 6 original: "Hebræor. 6.". Therefore, we want to leave behind the first principles of the doctrine of Jesus Christ and move forward toward perfection—not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works, of faith in God, of the teaching about baptisms and the laying on of hands, or of the resurrection and the eternal judgment. For he speaks of enlightenment, of the enjoyment of heavenly gifts, of sharing in the Holy Spirit, of tasting the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come.

If I were now to ask certain sects (for there is no true fellowship in today’s Christianity) where these latter instructions are aimed, they would merely point me back to the first lessons or produce some empty pretext of the spirit. Our naturalists original: "Naturkündiger"; those who study the physical and spiritual laws of the natural world are of almost the same sort as those who [rely on] the prophets and previously given ex-