A few words on this blog

This is my collection of thought-provoking quotes of parts of Steiner's work that, for example, I believe many waldorf-pupil parents will
never get to see. I will try to make the context of the original text easily accessible where possible, so
 please check out the sources to form your own opinions.

Monday 5 February 2007

Odin the Archangel gave the Germanic-Scandinavians ability to speak

"... He [Lee: The Germanic-Scandinavian] learned to recognize him [Lee: Odin] as being one of those Archangels who once upon a time reached the point of renouncing the ascent to higher stages. He learned to know Odin as one of the abnormal Archangels, as one of the great Renouncers of antiquity, who had assumed the office of an Archangel when undertaking the important mission of working into the souls of men. The Germanic Scandinavian experienced Odin in his activity at a time when he still went about the work of inoculating speech into the souls. The manner in which Odin himself worked upon his peoples in order to make speech possible to them has been preserved in a wonderful way ..."   Steiner, R. (1910; GA0121). Lecture 8 link, of the series of lectures: The Mission of Folk-Souls.

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