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to mention the masses living in the territory governed by the
warring Lodges.
But at the same time we can observe in the first place a certain
unity of goals in
the superiors of bitterly antagonistic Orders.6And secondly,
against all those
who are knowingly or unknowingly caught up in this battle one
uses the tacticof two daggers. Whoever draws back in fear from the
one must himself dash
into the other.
Anthroposophists have the task to do neitherof these. But first
of all it is nec-
essary to stop hoodwinking us and throwing dust into our eyes.
Everyone is led
by the nose, who, even if only passively, swims in the current
of public opin-
ions spread abroad just as much by the anthroposophical press as
by many of
our power-wielding educators. We need to understand that we then
serve at
least one, if not both adversaries, whatever we may proclaim in
flattering tones.
If the Lord God has not robbed us of our senses as a punishment
for our ego-
ism, then let at least the tragic experience of others be a
lesson so that it will not
be repeated in our circle. Let us investigate the history of the
destruction of
Freemasonry and learn from it, for healthy spirituality in the
world is always
fought against with the same methods.
6 Actions of this kind proceed from both sides. It could be
rumours suggesting that thepresent Pope may be a figure of Western
Lodges are not without foundation. Todays
struggle behind the scenes has been driven to such a devilish
absurdity that it as-sumes no longer an occult-political,but rather
an occult-mafioso character.
