Maybe an illustration might help us (me at least) to think about what's being
said.

The Truth Steiner say's he See's, lets roll it all up together and call it
Spain. Now, he's a travel agent devoted to telling people about his beloved
country.

One friend has never been to Spain, she listened to some of what he has to say
about its language, peoples, colors, food, buildings etc and she is doubtful as
to whether Spain is a real place. She is a county girl- never left home- and
the exotic names and smells and sounds he's describing are unreal.
Another friend, who's travelled a bit, but never to Spain, is sure of Spain's
existence. And she hopes to travel there one day- so in preparation she bought
herself Rosetta Stone, is researching its history and contemporary scenes and
saving up.
And my sister, well she's a bit tedious and told me why the land which is called
Spain, is surely a real place But she disagrees with the political boundaries
which carve out spain and instead acknowledges a larger space known as Iberia.
Myself, I have been to Spain. I do not doubt the existence of Spain. I know
spanish people and I do not think they are misguided or fools for calling
themselves Spanish rather then Iberian or whatever.

And back to our friend the travel agent, he keeps talking about Spain,
describing many little details and then larger aspects of its history. He is
seemingly obsessed with Gaudi and the architecture.

However, I am most drawn to the food markets and the ocean.

We all know of Spain and acknowledge its existence (except for my first
friend). And we all have different experiences and our relationships are of
varying degrees of intensity. Is only one of us Right? Does only one of us truly
know Spain?

The travel agent lives there half the year, so we can agree his experience is
more intimate, longer and he's fluent, so we asked for directions and insider
tips.



Now back to the text-

There is quite a long tradition of spiritual thought- perhaps as long as people
have existed- so his acknowledgement that there is a spiritual world is nothing
new or groundbreaking. Probably much of what he has said can be found in other
traditions ( I think that is one of Peter's pursuits?) And his statements about
only some people being able to access this knowledge are also unoriginal. Many
people have been talking about Spain since Spain became Spain. Rudolf Steiner,
is only adding another description. A description of an obviously real place
(Truth) that we only accept as real and know is real (unless your my first
friend or my skeptical sister who has political motivations), until we've been
there to really experience it.

So in a way, I guess we can't get around the fact that most of us aren't
clairvoyant and if one is craving information that can only come from a
clairvoyant- then one must accept the information on authority. But if we are
satiated, neither hungry or thirsty or overly full - maybe then it will be
possible to really look at what such a person offeres, contemplate it, walk
around/away/towards it, without being too influenced or tempted by our guts.