The Community Declines and Reawakens.
Gruber died in 1728; Rock, in 1749. With their death, the gift of Inspiration ceased. Lacking a Werkzeug, the Community read the writings and the recorded testimonies of past Werkzeuge, especially Gruber and Rock. From the time of the Community's founding in 1714 to the death of Rock in 1749, 35 years, the Community recognized 18 Werkzeuge. During the Decline, the 67 years between the death of Rock in 1749 and the Reawakening in 1817, the Community recognized none. Without the manifestation of Inspiration in their midst, the movement lost strength.
With the Reawakening, however, during 1817 and 1818, Inspiration returned to the Community. Within two years, there arose three new Werkzeuge: Michael Krausert, Christian Metz, and Barbara Heinemann.
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