Chapter XIX of The Crisis of Civilization

By Gennady Bondarev
Translation from the German by Graham Rickett
[NOTE: This is Chapter Nineteen of the book Anthroposophie auf der Kreuzung der okkult-politischen Bewegungen der Gegenwart (The Crisis of Civilization in the English e ition! "ritten by the R#ssian mining$engineer% sociologist% philosopher% an &nthroposophist Genna i' (on are" (Gennady Bondarev in an English transliteration!) (on are" "as born in *+,- an "as the lea er of the R#ssian &nthroposophical .ociety in /osco" in late .o0iet times% "hen he "as repeate ly interrogate by the 1G() 2e escape these interrogations essentially #nharme % an he is incline to attrib#te his escape to 3i0ine protection) 2o"e0er% he "as e4pelle from the 3ornach &nthroposophical .ociety in *++5% allege ly #e to the p#blication of this book) $$ In this book he analy6es the c#lt#ral% political an economic planetary sit#ation from an &nthroposophical point of 0ie") The "hole English translation (by Graham Rickett! is a0ailable (in a proofrea er7s spiral$bo#n e ition% "itho#t ill#strations! from Nelson 8illby at the 8ellspring (ookshop in 9on on) The German e ition is a0ailable from the 9ochmann :erlag in (asel; see this page for (on are"7s "orks a0ailable there) $$ E4cerpts from this book first appeare on the 888 in R# olf .aacke7s former "ebsite) 2is present "ebsites are &nthroposophie Online an anthroposophie)pl) $$ Robert /ason!

/anichaeism% Catholicism% <reemasonry

8ithin the comple4 of =#estions ealt "ith in this book% this is the last one "e "ill consi er) It completes the 7str#ct#re7 of o#r research thro#gh the laying of a final stone) It is one of the greatest mysteries of h#man e4istence% for the sol#tion of "hich the philosophical an religio#s conscio#sness of mankin has "restle for cent#ries: the mystery of e0il) In its archetypal an essential nat#re it is a /ystery in the tr#e sense% an for this reason artistic int#ition ((#lgako07s Voland>! on the one han % an confessional fanaticism estrange from the "orl (7m#ch is "rong in the "orl 7! on the other% "ill in the f#t#re only "eaken the creati0e forces of the h#man 7I7) ?>Character from the no0el The Master and Margarita by /) (#lgako0)@ /oreo0er% if someone oes not "ish to attain kno"le ge of the mystery of e0il in its concrete sense$s#persensible form% e0en "hen he has the best incenti0es to o so (=#ite apart from the people "ho seek comfort in the ill#sion that they "ish to ha0e nothing to o "ith e0il $ e0en thro#gh cognition!% he "ill ne0ertheless pro0e to be an instr#ment of e0il to some egree) <or e0il has become so fle4ible in o#r cent#ry that it can a '#st to any circ#mstance% pro0i e a man reacts only ogmatically or remains passi0e o#t of la6iness an oes not e4amine an re0ie" these circ#mstances in a reg#lar an thoro#gh manner) 8hoe0er "ishes to hol fast to the tr#th has to make great efforts in or er to maintain his balance in his str#ggle "ith the "orl $opposites of goo an e0il) In E#ropean occ#lt tra ition kno"le ge is still preser0e % of "hat are calle the se0en mysteries of life) (#t only in o#r cent#ry has it become possible to speak of them openly% e4oterically) These mysteries are so profo#n % their content is so iffic#lt to grasp by means of the intellect% that they are calle the se0en 7ine4pressible7% the 7nameless7 mysteries) These are: the mystery of the abyss% of n#mber% of alchemy% of eath% the mystery of evil% of the "or (9ogoi! an of bliss in Go (A#ne *,% *+B-% G& +C!) Of co#rse by abstract thinking alone none of these mysteries can be sol0e % b#t "e can come m#ch closer to an #n erstan ing by approaching them "ith spirit#al kno"le ge) 8e may e0en say that this kno"le ge is one of the most important tasks of e0eloping 7I7$conscio#sness in the epoch of the conscio#sness$so#l; that is% in the present E#ropean c#lt#ral epoch) Regar ing the mystery of e0il "e can efinitely assert that the h#man being of to ay is #nable to create "hat is tr#ly goo if he oes not penetrate this mystery) &ll goo intentions% often goo ee s carrie o#t "itho#t kno"le ge of the nat#re of e0il% its techni=#e an mo e of action% remain #ncertain% #nstable an are easily transforme into e0il) Goo an e0il are the t"o components of one "orl ) &s the phenomenon of magnetism oes not occ#r "itho#t the positi0e an negati0e pole% so% in a certain phase of e0ol#tion (to "hich o#r time belongs!% the phenomenon of man cannot e4ist "itho#t the polarity of goo an e0il) In o#r pre0io#s consi erations "e ha0e create the necessary basis to enable #s to look behin the o#ter 0eil of e0il an to try to recogni6e the archetypal phenomenon etermining the many$facette social$political phenomenology of to ay "hich% as "e ha0e alrea y sho"n% is entirely per0a e by ark occ#ltism) 2ere "e ha0e to reach back still f#rther $ an begin "ith the creation of man) <or in the moment man "as ri0en from Dara ise% e0il became an integral part of his
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e0elopment) (#t in this =#estion the paths of religion an science i0erge f#n amentally an % in or er to #nite them again% i)e) to interpret the content of religio#s tra ition scientifically% "e m#st again t#rn to spirit#al science% "hich looks #pon this separation as eeply tragic) The sa ly ina e=#ate res#lts to "hich science an religion ha0e come in the =#estion of goo an e0il are a conse=#ence of it) &nthroposophy is a irect s#ccessor of the octrine of goo an e0il "hich "as gi0en to the "orl by one of the greatest lea ers of h#manity $ /anes) In the thir cent#ry he fo#n e a small comm#nity in the Near East% an this gre" gra #ally into a mighty spirit#al stream kno"n as /anichaeism) It seems that e0erything possible "as #n ertaken by the religio#s faiths to slan er /anichaeism $ an "ith great s#ccess) Contrib#ting to this "as the fact that the or inary isciples of /anes often #n erstoo his teaching only s#perficially% beca#se its eep esotericism is e4presse in the form of pict#res) /anichFism is base on a eeply significant legen ) 8e "ill tell it in the 0ersion gi0en by R# olf .teiner) The legen says that once the spirits of darkness wanted to stor the real of light! They succeeded in reaching the "oundary of the real of light and wanted to con#uer it! But they could acco plish nothing! $ow they were to "e punished !!! "y the real of light! But nothing evil e%isted in the real of light& only good! The de ons of darkness could only have "een punished with good! 'o what happened( !!! The spirits of the real of light took a portion of their real and i%ed it into the aterial kingdo of darkness !!! Thus there arose within this real of darkness a sourdough as it were& a fer ent& which set the kingdo of darkness into a chaotic whirling dance& where"y it received a new ele ent& na ely death! 'o that it continuously devours itself and thus "ears the seed of its own destruction within itself (No0) **% *+BC% G& +,!) The legen tells f#rther that thanks to this e0ent man appeare ) &s the first man (& am! it "as !!! he who had "een sent fro the real of light to i% with the real of darkness and to overco e through death all that should not "e in the real of darkness) to overco e it within hi self (ibi )!) Th#s thro#gh the 0ery fact of his e4istence man is place before the task% not to eny e0il b#t to transform it into goo ) &ccor ing to the /anichFan 0ie"% e0il is goo that "as p#t at the "rong time into the "rong place) 3ialectically speaking "e ha0e here to o "ith the =#estion of the relationship bet"een content an form% "hich comes into mo0ement by 0irt#e of the polarity) .pirit#al light or self$conscio#sness% the 7I7$conscio#sness as being% gi0es rise% in its enco#nter "ith the realm of arkness% to a series of ifferent forms% comes to e4pression in a 0ariety of manifestations% "itho#t 7committing7 itself to them finally% an o0ercomes them again an again% #ntil it has become i entical "ith the form% has attaine 7agreement7 "ith itself% has arri0e at its o"n i entity an transforme the form (matter% arkness! into p#re spirit (light!% so that the form of spirit#al selfhoo % the higher 7I7% is born) This is the irection follo"e by the inner life of Christen om) It comes into mo0ement thro#gh the o0ercoming of its o#ter forms (the religio#s faiths!) The point is not $ says R# olf .teiner $ to seek e#uality everywhere in the outer for s of e%pression& "ut to sense the inner (Christian! strea of life that is there everywhere "eneath the surface (Ibi )! &n "hat can be fo#n beneath the s#rface of the ecclesiastical forms is the p#re content of Christianity) Occ#lt Christianity% the Christianity of Ne" Testament times as a /ystery $ that is esoteric Christianity) <or its f#t#re a "orthy 0essel is being prepare to ay% "hich the members of the Christian congregation can form if they s#ccee in p#rifying their o"n so#l thro#gh "ork on themsel0es% raise it to the con ition of /anas or .pirit$.elf an % as a res#lt of an inner catharsis% create f#n amentally ne" forms of social life) This is the /anichFan 0ie" of Christian life) The Cathars of the *Eth cent#ry% "hose name eri0es from the "or 7catharsis7% "orke in the /anichFan spirit) &s i also% from the *Gth cent#ry on"ar s% the esoteric stream of Christianity fo#n e by Christian Rosenkre#t6) <rom the point of 0ie" of the official Ch#rch e0erything "e are escribing here is an 7arch$heresy7) This is clearly the reason "hy it is so easy for neo$(olshe0ism in to ay7s R#ssia to raise all that comes from the Ch#rch on to the banner of its i eology) Catholicism% for its part% has for cent#ries respon e to that heresy "ith m#r ers an tort#res) Het it is interesting that &#g#stine almost became a /anichFan) 2e "as pre0ente only thro#gh his total commitment to the form of faith pre0ailing at that time% "hich also ma e him into an opponent of a f#t#re form) &#g#stine became the opponent of 7<a#st7% a fig#re in "hom% in his opinion% the /anichFan "orl $0ie" "as e4presse ) 2o"e0er% this "as merely an episo e% beca#se as a general ten ency the polarity of Catholicism an esoteric Christianity "as e0eloping from almost as early as the , r or Cth cent#ry) 9ater it came to e4pression in the str#ggle of the Roman Ch#rch against the Templars% the &lbigensians% the Rosicr#cians etc)> ?>The inh#manity of Rome in this str#ggle kne" no bo#n s) R# olf .teiner relates that the In=#isitors s#ccee e thro#gh prolonge % refine tort#res (O7(rian also #se them in Or"ell7s no0el! to darken the conscio#sness of the Templars% so that from their s#bconscio#s there arose 0isionary e4periences of l#ciferic forces "hich they conscio#sly resiste in"ar ly) It "as in this con ition that they confesse to the esecration of sacre ob'ects "hich% in clear conscio#sness% they hel in the
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highest 0eneration) [IJ There "ere Templars "ho e4perience #ring their initiation "hat the h#man so#l is capable of e0en "hen it remains #nconscio#s) The initiate "eco es aware of this and tries to overco e what otherwise re ains in the su"conscious!!! he saw those hu an forces which strive to lead "ack to the old heathendo & to worship what the pagans worshipped and to scorn Christian progress! These people knew how the hu an soul can succu " to such te ptations& "ecause they had to overco e the consciously! Dhilip I:) ha kno"le ge of these e4periences thanks to his ahrimanic initiation thro#gh gol (.eptember EG% *+*-% G& *K*!) [IJ To this ay the r#mo#r is circ#late that the Templars "orshippe (aphomet) (#t R# olf .teiner e4plains that (aphomet *is+ a "eing of the ahri anic world who appeared to people when they were "eing tortured! (Thro#gh the tort#ring of the Templars! this was cunningly ade to happen! They "rought "ack with the any visionary e%periences when they returned to consciousness (G& ,BBa% p) *,B!)@ They are all o"literated fro the physical plane $ says R# olf .teiner $ "ut their inner life works on! ,ater the antithesis is e%pressed in a weakened& yet still powerful for in two strea s& "oth "orn of an occidental culture as -esuitis !!! and .ree asonry !!! These are the offspring of the old spiritual strea s! That is why you have in -esuitis and .ree asonry a continuation of the sa e initiation cere onies as in the old strea s !!! They run parallel to one another "ut follow #uite different directions (Ibi )!) In pre0io#s chapters "e spoke a great eal abo#t the present relationships bet"een the streams mentione here% so that no" the =#estion that remains to be consi ere is that concerning the p#rely esoteric fo#n ations of the battle bet"een the "orl po"ers an bet"een those "ho accompany them) & /anichFan legen pro0i es the key% b#t it nee s a spirit#al$scientific interpretation)

The 8orl s of Goo an E0il

One of the most important re=#irements of the spirit#al$scientific metho of cognition is that all phenomena sho#l be obser0e in their e0elopment) The teaching of the e0ol#tion of the "orl an of man forms the basis of the anthroposophical metho of cognition) &s this is o#r starting$point% "e o#ght to act accor ingly) (#t as "e are restricte to one chapter "e "ill e4press a n#mber of post#lates only a iti0ely% as information (i)e) not organically!% an occasionally make #se of iagrams) The latter are in any case commonly #se an they can be 0ery ifferent) .ome e0en ser0e as me itati0e form#lae) &nthroposophy speaks of the e0ol#tion of "orl an man as a process of global transformations% in the co#rse of "hich the manifeste con itions (/an0antaras! are follo"e by a general spirit#ali6ation of all e4istence (in Dralaya!) 2ere one is ra"ing on tra itional esoteric octrine% "hich has been kno"n in East an 8est for more than a milleni#m) 8ithin the frame"ork of o#r cycle of e0ol#tion ("e can 0ie" it as a #nity if "e take acco#nt of the ancient Dythagorean school! in "hich the h#man being appears an rises to high le0els of perfection% "orl e0ol#tion passes thro#gh seven /an0antaras or planetary aeons% as they are also calle ) In chapter *C they "ere referre to "itho#t f#rther e4planation #n er their tra itional names of Ol .at#rn% Earth% <#t#re A#piter etc)> ?>R# olf .teiner escribes "orl e0ol#tion in etail in his book /ccult 'cience& an /utline@ In the co#rse of each aeon man attains a certain le0el of conscio#sness) Th#s on Ol .at#rn% for instance% he ha an 7#nconscio#s all$conscio#sness7; on Earth "e ac=#ire the ob'ecti0e% "aking% thinking conscio#sness; in the f#t#re aeons man "ill ascen to three le0els of in i0i #al s#per$ conscio#sness) There #nfol in the "orl a m#ltiplicity of ifferent le0els of being an of conscio#sness) (et"een man an Go are fo#n $ p#rely spirit#al beings $ the 2ierarchies) They stan high abo0e man in e0ol#tion% an therefore take part in it as creators) Their self$conscio#sness is cosmic% s#bstantial an isposes of imme iate creati0e po"er) There are nine hierarchies% beginning "ith the angels an ascen ing to the .eraphim) Their names "ere alrea y kno"n to Christian Gnosis) The i0ine act of creation thro#gh "hich the e0ol#tion of o#r cycle began m#st be imagine as procee ing from absol#te #nity% "hich has fo#n e4pression in all monotheistic an monistic 0ie"s right #p to the present ay) In Christian Gnosis ("e sho#l not at all consi er it to be a heretical teaching if "e "ish to be fact#al! Go is sim#ltaneo#sly one an three in one% "hich "e sho#l #n erstan to mean that 2e is one in 2is hi en nat#re; an in re0elation% "hen 2e t#rns to the act of creation of the ne" cycle (of the "orl !% he is tri#ne) O#r cycle iffers principally from all others in that here absol#te being confronts itself (in #nity! for the first time) &n man appears as a ne" creation originally at the bo#n ary of the m#t#al confrontation of being an non$being% of 8orl $7I7 an 8orl $non$7I7) This is the act#al nat#re of the principal la" of the emergence of o#r 7I7$conscio#sness) In or er that it sho#l ac=#ire its main characteristics $ self$ etermination% free om of choice% free om of "ill $% Go ha to confront 2imself) A) G) <ichte e4presse this philosophically as the i entity of 7I7 L not$7I7)
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On an esoteric% occ#lt le0el "e sho#l #n erstan this to mean that the i0ine hierarchies% "hen they enter the e0ol#tionary cycle% form relationships "hich% to the egree that they immerse themsel0es in the create "orl % ass#me the character of polarities) .o that finally the "orl of 7secon ary7 go s% the go s of the non$7I7$"orl % comes into being% in "hich e0erything is only a mirror image of the tr#e 3i0ine 8orl ) In the general "orl $pict#re% "here e0erything has an anthropocentric character (correspon ing to the plan of o#r e0ol#tionary cycle!% there stan s o0er against the 3i0ine Trinity $ the realm of light $ the tri$#nity of the "orl of being 7other7) This is spoken of as the 7fallen7% the e0il "orl an it is $ as material cosmos $ also a #nity) &nthroposophy pro0i es a eep an many$si e escription of the personifie str#ct#re of the "orl of not$7I7) In its o"n "ay it too consists of 7three hypostases7) In the i0ine all$#nity the three tr#e hypostases are oppose % not by a onefol % b#t by a threefol e0il: three kin s% as it "ere% of 7anti$ i0ine7 beings: the l#ciferic% ahrimanic% an as#ric)

<ig#re *B: The rea er may fill in the missing elements

T"o fig#res (fig) *B an **! can clarify this f#rther) The first sho"s the general e0ol#tionary principle% the secon the temporal co#rse of e0ol#tion% "here this forms a kin of 70essel7 of the se0enfol chain of metamorphoses)> ?>There arises from this a f#rther e0elopment of "hat "as sho"n in fig) + in Chapter *K (p) EBG!)@ The iagrams sho" that the "orl % espite its infinit# e% is precisely str#ct#re "ithin itself) This comes to e4pression in the la"f#l character of all that is containe "ithin it) Its anthropocentrism is sho"n in the fact that it is only man "ho is sim#ltaneo#sly present in all three "orl s of re0elation% an "ho represents the bone of contention bet"een the realm of light an that of arkness) In the "orl of primary re0elation man is present as a i0ine intention% in the secon as ob'ect of creation% an in the thir he stan s "ithin the process of self$creation) The acti0ity of self$formation% an the escent of Go an the hierarchies in the creati0e process% interpenetrate each other (fig) *B! an bring abo#t in the Earth aeon a global t#rn in e0ol#tion) In the likeness of a Grail$0essel the e0ol#tionary cycle (se0en aeons! stan s at first "ithin eternity% forme by the timeless being of the hierarchies an
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permeate by the three hypostases of i0ine re0elation) &ll this can be #n erstoo as the totality of la"s etermining e0erything that comes into being thro#gh e0ol#tion in time an space as a mirror$image of the 70essel7) Th#s the material #ni0erse% the fo#r king oms of nat#re% are a 7reflection7) They ha0e been in a escen ing mo0ement since Ol .at#rn; they ha0e been falling a"ay from Go ) 3#ring the Earth aeon this escent reaches its lo"est point% its limit% an the process of ascent begins) 8e may concl# e from this that the e0ol#tion of man an the "orl takes place in t"o aspects sim#ltaneo#sly) In the e4tra$temporal realm it has alrea y come to completion% "hereas in time it has only reache the mi $point) This raises many =#estions concerning the nat#re of time% of pre estination% free om etc) The a#thor a resses these in his "ork Triune Man of Body& 'oul and 'pirit in the ,ight of Anthroposophy% accor ing to the metho e0elope by him) In the present chapter "e can only refer to this) 8hat is escribe in the (ible as the e4p#lsion from Dara ise is the transition of man from the "orl of the E n re0elation to that of the ,r % "here he can e0elop free om of the spirit) 8hoe0er is #n"illing to 0ent#re into the realm of trials an of error cannot attain spirit#al free om) &n in or er that h#man ee s might not "ork too estr#cti0ely for the higher "orl of being% for the higher harmony% o#r ense% lifeless sha o"$"orl "as create % in "hich e0erything higher e4ists only in its reflection% as a likeness) (#t "e sho#l not imagine that the polarity of t"o "orl s $ that of being an that of non$being $ has only con itional significance) The "orl of being$other has the potential "ithin it to cancel o#t the "orl of being% an become itself the sole reality) .omething of this kin co#l take place if the p#rposes of the realm of arkness are reali6e in the time necessary to this realm% an not in the time necessary to the #ni0erse) If this "ere to come abo#t% then goo "o#l transform into e0il) &n in or er that this sho#l not happen% the .on of Go escen e into the "orl of self$ confrontation that ha been "ille by 2im% an change "ithin it the la" of escent% of materiali6ation% of the <all an of enmity% thro#gh transforming it into a la" of ascent% of spirit#ali6ation% of all$#nity an lo0e) &fter the /ystery of Golgatha the la"f#l an (for the sake of e0ol#tion! necessary escent of man into matter% the <all into sin% m#st be arreste at the "ish of the h#man being "ho has attaine 7I7$conscio#sness) The <all m#st be replace by repentance) E0ery person can ra" the necessary strength for this from the ee of the incarnating Go % "ho "ent thro#gh eath an ga0e the po"er of res#rrection e0en to the physical bo y of man)

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The cosmic constellation of the h#man being% partic#larly in mo ern times% is e4tremely comple4) On the one han he remains "ithin eternity% in the lap of the 3i0ine Trinity% only #nconscio#s) On the other han % if he is to become conscio#s of his sit#ation $ "hich is the main task of the spirit#al ontogenesis of man% if one may so e4press it (beca#se "e can e0elop o#rsel0es only in the totality of bo y% so#l an spirit! $% he m#st for a perio of time "ork #pon himself "ithin a f#rther trinity: that of Christ% 9#cifer an &hriman) &n if he errs ( e0elopment al"ays entails risks!% he may =#ickly fin himself "ithin yet another trinity: that of 9#cifer% &hriman an &s#ra (a retar e spirit of personality% archai!) 2e "ill then fall o#t of the e0ol#tion inten e for him by the i0ine "orl s% an take a ifferent path of "hich the Gospel says that there reigns outer darkness) there will "e weeping and gnashing of teeth (/atthe" EE; *,!) &t some point this "orl too "ill be transforme into goo % b#t to ay no$one can say "hether the h#man being "ho takes this path "ill then still e4ist) To the spoile b#t also intimi ate h#man being of to ay% it is highly #ncomfortable to learn of tr#ths like these) &n yet he m#st either e0elop "ithin himself the strength an the "ish to face #p to the tr#th% in or er to recogni6e the tr#e la"s of e0elopment an "ork #pon himself (then Go 2imself "ill be his helper!% or sooner or later he "ill fin himself on the path of 7contin#o#s <all7) In some black$magical occ#lt circles this path is e0en consi ere the best% b#t s#ch opinions belong to 7black7 romanticism% "hich is a special kin of egoism) Th#s e0erything in man is pre estine to goo ; b#t "itho#t risk% "itho#t an act of aring% "itho#t the possibility of choosing bet"een goo an e0il% he cannot become a free spirit) The risk is permitte by Go % an it oes not lie "ithin man7s po"er to eliminate it) &n the g#arantee of sec#rity s#ggeste by the Ch#rch is gi0en at the price of the ren#nciation of 7I7$conscio#sness (the sin that cannot be forgi0en!% at the price of falling back into gro#p$conscio#sness%
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for the o0ercoming of "hich so m#ch effort has been e4pen e ) The falling back into gro#p$conscio#sness lea s man back into the grey istant past "hen he "as still at the stage of animal$man) On this path nothing b#t the gra0est perils a"ait him)

The <all
.ince the h#man being is force to li0e in a so catastrophic time as the present% he ten s to ask himself "hy Go allo"s this all) 3oes 2e not ha0e the po"er to e4cl# e &hriman or 9#ciferM &n straight a"ay the o#bt arises: /aybe Go is not perfect an all$po"erf#l after allM (#t Go is perfect an e0erything lies "ithin 2is po"er) 2e oes not e4cl# e 9#cifer an &hriman% beca#se together "ith them 2e "o#l also ha0e to e4cl# e a n#mber of philosophers "ho eal "ith s#ch =#estions% as R# olf .teiner once remarke ) 8e co#l also ask the more comprehensi0e =#estion: 8hy i Go allo" the <all of manM .een from the theological point of 0ie" "e "ill not fin an ans"er to this) &n then all "e can o is "rangle "ith Go or eny 2is e4istence) E0en in occ#lt societies% "here 7action7 is preferre abo0e spirit#al cognition% "here people kno" what they "ant b#t not what for% one oes not get any f#rther) In &nthroposophy the process of the 7<all7 is sai to be a part of e0ol#tion) &n this is f#n amentally tr#e) &ct#ally it alrea y began "hen man7s physical bo y "as create in the aeon of Ol .at#rn) .ince then the connection of man to material e4istence has gro"n e0er closer (cf) fig) **!) Ne4t to the% let #s say% i eal co#rse of e0ol#tion (the #pper 70essel7!% there arises the realm of e0elopment in "hich the spirit#al an the material inter"ea0e in a complicate "ay% in "hich the fo#r nat#ral king oms are forme ) (#t all this remains "ithin the sphere of i0ine creati0e ee % "hich% as three cosmic creati0e rays of force% pro0i es the main la" of o#r e0ol#tionary cycle (they become energies only in the material "orl ! (fig) *B% p) >!) <or this reason the 2oly Trinity is the personifie e4pression of the basic la" of all being% an also of non$being) In the Earth aeon the realm "ithin "hich h#man e0ol#tion #nfol s gro"s especially large) It reaches its bo#n ary in the meeting "ith a p#rely spirit#al e4istence% its i0ine original so#rce) This comes to e4pression in the emergence of inorganic nat#re% "hich% in its fo#r (alchemical! elements earth% "ater% air an "armth% reflects in an i eal manner ("ithin the realm of 7being$other7! the i0ine "orl or er) 2ere 7being$other7 attains perfection an at the same time its s#mmit% its cro"n: the higher ner0e$acti0ity of man; "e o"e o#r reflecti0e thinking to the minerali6ing processes in o#r ner0es) In each aeon e0elopment begins "ith a repetition of the earlier con itions% after "hich the ne" arises) /an7s sinking o"n into the soli realm of the earth "as etermine by his pre0io#s e0elopment) The (ible escribes only in pictorial form ho" this took place% b#t oes not e4plain "hy) It "o#l be naN0e to s#ppose that the first man% & am% co#l ha0e erre as an in i0i #ality) <or this reason the 7original sin7% "hich li0es in #s all% sho#l be looke #pon as an e0ol#tionary rather than as a moral =#estion) 8e atone for it thro#gh o0ercoming bloo $ties an e4ten ing the e0ol#tion of species% "hich ga0e #s the bo y so that it might become a 0essel for the spirit% by means of o#r spirit an so#l$e0ol#tion% "hereby in i0i #al man becomes a species) It is a real sin% if the h#man being oes not "ish to participate in the great transformation "hich took place in the mi le of the Earth aeon% an after "hich any f#rther escent into matter ha no meaning) /an becomes g#ilty of something tr#ly e0il% a 7mortal sin7% if he tries% "ith his 7I7$conscio#sness "hose e0elopment entaile so many sacrifices from the spirit#al "orl % to penetrate into the realm of s#b$nat#re% thereby forfeiting the possibility of contin#ing on the h#man path of e0ol#tion) Especially effecti0e in ra"ing man into this sphere is the no" apparent 7reconciliation7 bet"een materialistic science an religion "hich has lost e0ery trace of spirit#ality) In a tone of the highest positi0ity an tolerance% of the greatest bene0olence% the lea ers of the ne" #ni0ersal ec#menism teach man to li0e "ith concepts like 7spirit#al or rarefie material "orl 7% 7 i0ine or energetic$informati0e "orl 7% etc) Th#s h#man e0elopment can take three irections "ithin the conte4t of the se0en aeons) In fig#re ** these are represente by spheres I% II an III) &fter man has attaine in i0i #al conscio#sness he may choose any one of these% b#t he sho#l first kno" "hat they mean an "here each of them lea s)

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The #pper path (sphere I! is for man the i eal an highest goal) 2ere he alrea y stoo as Go 7s creation an "as en o"e by the spirits of form or Elohim "ith a spark of their fire) The 7I7 lit #p in him an man e4perience his in epen ence o#tsi e the material bo y) (#t this conscio#sness of the higher 7I7 "as an i eal mirroring of the "orl $all% an co#l not ser0e for cognition of the "orl ) If man ha remaine in this con ition% the Elohim "o#l ha0e en o"e him "ith a p#rely s#persensible form of conscio#sness$being correspon ing to his nat#re) Instea of the skeletal system% says R# olf .teiner% man "o#l ha0e ha Imagination) The spirits of mo0ement (3ynamis $ the hierarchy abo0e the Elohim! "o#l ha0e gi0en him Inspiration instea of m#scles% an the spirits of "is om (1yriotetes! Int#ition instea of the ner0o#s system (3ec) ,B% *+*E% G& *,C!) /an "o#l ha0e remaine a threefol cosmic being e4isting in the three con itions of cosmic s#per$conscio#sness ("hich he is only no" beginning to e0elop an m#st bring to completion in the coming aeons!) (#t in this con ition he "o#l ne0er ha attaine in i0i #al free om% an his high le0el of conscio#sness "o#l ha0e ha s#per$in i0i #al b#t gro#p$like traits) In other "or s% that lofty #nity "o#l ne0er ha0e ifferentiate into the m#ltiplicity of in i0i #al 7I7s7 "hich etermines the original being of earth7s h#manity) The original being an the self$conscio#sness "hich man possesses to ay ha0e arisen o#t of the fact that Go 2imself 7e4pelle 7 him from that high sphere of being% from Dara ise% an ga0e him the task of ret#rning to it as a free spirit) <or this 7e4p#lsion7 to s#ccee e0en the beings of the i0ine hierarchies ha to oppose each other) (#t those among them "ho oppose the p#rely spirit#al co#rse of h#man e0ol#tion% says R# olf .teiner% need not "e considered evil forces! 0e can even say that they sacrificed the selves through o"structing the path of develop ent! These powers can thus "e called the gods of hindrance in the "roadest sense of the word !!! *they+ were not yet evil as such& on the contrary& they were great furtherers of develop ent in that they were up in ar s against nor al develop ent! But they were the originators of evil (&pril *5% *+B+% G& **B!) The i0ing o"n of man into material being "as connecte "ith the birth of time) 8hen this process began% some of the beings of the highest hierarchies% the .eraphim% ref#se to accompany him on this path) They remaine faithf#l to eternity% so that the o"n"ar e0elopment co#l in time ret#rn to them again) (#t s#ch beings of the first hierarchy can also be calle l#ciferic in a =#ite efinite an 0ery special sense) & i0ision also took place in the lo"est hierarchy% that of the angels) .ome of them helpe man% "hen the spirits of form en o"e him "ith the 7I7$spark to e4perience himself "ithin it spirit#ally (in eternity!) (#t the angels "e call l#ciferic le into the h#man astral bo y% the bearer of feeling an conscio#sness% the principle of i0ision that ha occ#rre in the "orl of the hierarchies: the possibility of choosing bet"een goo an e0il) Thereby man became a being of space an time) The i0ision of the hierarchies re0eals itself in so manifol a "ay) 3espite their gran e#r an s#blimity the beings of the higher hierarchies o not kno" free om of choice) &ll that is #ntr#e or e0il is for them non$being) The e0ol#tion of their 7I7$conscio#sness took place in accor ance "ith ifferent la"s than those pre0ailing in o#r cycle) Only in the thir hierarchy% amongst the angels% archangels an archai oes the possibility e4ist of free om% an % connecte "ith this% of error% i)e) of remaining behin in one7s e0elopment) In this something al"ays remains behin ) In some cases the remaining behin occ#rs as a sacrifice for the benefit of a lo"er stage of e0elopment% in others not) The beings of the thir hierarchy e0elope their 7I7$conscio#sness "ithin o#r e0ol#tionary cycle% b#t alrea y in past aeons) .ome of them staye behin % b#t this time not in the conventional "ay) To these belong the l#ciferic an ahrimanic beings $ the retar e angels an archangels) The one "ho tempte man in Dara ise is kno"n to #s as .erpent or 9#cifer) The possibility of free om ac=#ire by the beings of the thir hierarchy cannot be la"f#l% since they cannot incarnate in physical bo ies in or er to trea the path of earthly man) In the spirit#al "orl free om an imperfection are irreconcilable) Their path "o#l act#ally nee to remain in the #pper sphere (fig) **% sphere I% p) >!) (#t they ha0e come into contra iction "ith the la"s of higher being an at some time in the past misse the opport#nity to e0elop their 7I7$conscio#sness% so that they no" #se man to make #p for "hat they misse ) Thro#gh their battle against the tr#e go s a consoli ation of spirit to the state of materiality is bro#ght abo#t; an an act#al s#b$physical realm is create in "hich the ether$ an astral forces of the #ni0erse isintegrate) These beings kno" no bo#n s in their intentions) They hope to 7 ra"7 the entire #ni0erse across into their sphere an % as it "ere% t#rn it insi e$o#t) Initially it "as only gi0en to man to e0elop the principle of free om in the right "ay% an it is the foremost task of o#r entire e0ol#tionary macro$cycle to create a hierarchy of free om an lo0e) It "as for this reason that the Go s eci e to ri0e man o#t into the material cosmos% "hereby they also bro#ght s#ffering #pon themsel0es) In this "ay a trage y entere "orl $ e0elopment) 1ou were "ought at a price says the &postle Da#l (*) Cor) K; E,!) &n R# olf .teiner says .ree will on the one hand& the possi"ility to choose "etween good and evil& "etween the "eautiful and the ugly& "etween
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true and false& this free will on the one hand& and an apprehension of the divine so that it penetrates into our soul and we know ourselves to "e inwardly filled& freely filled with the divine on the other hand& these are the two goals of hu an soul-develop ent on earth (A#ly *E% *+*C% G& *GG!) In or er to attain these% man recei0e t"o religio#s gifts) One of them is intended to place into the hu an soul the forces that lead to freedo & to the distinguishing "etween true and false& "eautiful and ugly& good and evil (Ibi )!) This gift "as the <all) Thro#gh a f#rther gift a see "as lai in o#r so#l% o#t of "hich "ill rise the capacity to feel the i0ine "ithin) The second religious gift is that which we eet in all that is e%pressed in the word2 Mystery of Golgatha !!! in these two religious gifts is contained all that is essential in world evolution (Ibi )!) The rea er co#l raise at least t"o ob'ections to "hat has been sai abo0e% if his =#est for kno"le ge stops at the tri0ialities offere by mo ern science an theology "ith regar to the profo#n mysteries of e4istence) &bo0e all he "ill ob'ect that free om an pre etermination are irreconcilable) (#t in this case he sho#l consi er that% as R# olf .teiner says% an3s free action will in future depend as little on what predeter ined factors will "e& as this freedo is dependent on his intention to live ne%t year in a house whose plan he is now deciding upon! 4e will "e free to the degree that he can "e according to his inner nature& in the house he has "uilt for hi self! And on -upiter and Venus he will "e as free as his inner "eing allows& i!e! within the conditions that will arise there! .reedo will not depend upon what past conditions have predeter ined& "ut upon what the soul has made of itself (G& *,% p) C*,$C*C; emphasis by the present a#thor!) To be free means to find oneself as spirit within oneself says R# olf .teiner (/ay *G% *+*B% G& **5!) & f#rther ob'ection "ill relate to the 0ie" of the <all as a gift of Go % an it "ill probably be raise "ith partic#larly strong emotion) /an can o0ercome this ob'ection only "ithin himself% thro#gh t#rning to spirit kno"le ge) Other"ise he "o#l ha0e to a mit that Go ma e a mistake etc) The e0elopment of the h#man being is far more complicate than science claims% an the (iblical myth of creation nee s to be eciphere % interprete )

/an (et"een 9#cifer an &hriman

Nine kin s of spirit#al beings% "ho rank abo0e man in e0ol#tion% ha0e achie0e the e0elopment of 7I7$conscio#sness) <or si4 of them this took place in cosmic con itions that ha0e har ly anything in common "ith the present) The three lo"er hierarchies $ angels% archangels an archai $ "ent thro#gh their 7h#man stage7 in past aeons% i)e) they then possesse ob'ect$conscio#sness) (#t not all of them s#ccee e in f#lfilling the tasks in their sphere% for it is one of the e0ol#tionary la"s of o#r cycle that some remain behin an are o0ertaken by others in e0elopment: Th#s% for instance% the angels "ho i not f#lfil their task in the Ol /oon aeon% cannot in the Earth aeon ascen to the le0el of conscio#sness that the archangels possesse on the Ol /oon etc) They no" ha0e to catch #p in their e0elopment% an this can only take place "ith the help of man% i)e) the h#man astral bo y% "hen this separates from the general astral bo y of h#manity $ or% fig#rati0ely e4presse % from & am) This process "as e4tremely comple4) &s a res#lt of it% h#man conscio#sness co#l no longer be a mirror of the cosmos as the spirits of form ha ma e it "hen they en o"e it "ith the 7I7) In man the ability arose to control the pict#res in his conscio#sness) 2o"e0er% this control i not procee from the higher 7I7% b#t from the astral bo y in "hich retar e angels $ l#ciferic beings $ "ere acti0e) In this "ay the 7I7% "hich ranke higher than the astral bo y% became epen ent #pon it) Man was fro then on% says R# olf .teiner% e%posed to the continuous influences of the lower ele ent in his nature (G& *,% p) EC5!; the possibility of error an of e0il arose) The s#bstances began to ensify) The "armth ether ca#se physical "armth an the (lo"er! 7I7 a"akene by the l#ciferic esires of the astral bo y to arise in its first r# iments) If felt itself attracte gra #ally by the fiery materiality of earth% an man "as ra"n into this to an e4cessi0e egree) Ontr#e imaginations (at first s#persensible b#t alrea y becoming in i0i #ali6e $ the serpent se #ce man thro#gh kno"le ge! "hich co#l not be harmoni6e "ith higher spirit#al infl#ences% ca#se sickness an eath) These come from o#r astral bo y) The ether$bo y ("hich irects the life processes! "as protecte from the l#ciferic infl#ence at the stage of the temptation) In part it "as g#i e % as hitherto% by hierarchical beings (man "as forbi en to eat of the fr#its of the 7tree of life7!% not by the 7I7% "hich% after ha0ing become s#bstantial% "o#l ha0e fallen as s#bstance from the spirit% i)e) irre0ocably) The physical e4pression of all the processes escribe became the gradual regulation of the utual relations of (the planets! sun& oon and earth (G& *,% p) EGB$EGE! an also of other hea0enly bo ies) 3eath began to reg#late the e4tent to "hich man came into contact "ith e0il) .im#ltaneo#sly "ith free om an the possibility of error% fear arose) (ehin the phenomena of eath an fear there stan ahrimanic beings) They remaine
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behin at a still earlier stage that i the l#ciferic beings) They o#ght to ha0e attaine the le0el of archangels alrea y in the aeon of the Ol .#n% b#t faile to o so) Th#s "e see that comple4 transformations in e0ol#tion% "hich "ere relate to the emergence of a ne" kin of self$ conscio#sness that "as also being elaborate by man% etermine the polarity of goo an e0il in the cosmos) 2ere one sho#l bear in min that the (acti0ely! "illing 7I7$9ogos represents the most essential element in cosmic e0ol#tion) There e4ist in the cosmos only beings en o"e "ith the 7I7) This 7I7 can be an in i0i #al or $ for a time $ a gro#p$7I7) In the latter case being has a semi$ill#sory character) This is the most important tr#th of being% in epen ent of any confessional pre'# ice) 8e sho#l a mit that the con itions in the "orl originate "ith the creator an not "ith man% an that it is therefore better to recogni6e than to eny an falsify them) E0erything in the "orl is etermine by the la"s of e0elopment) The la"s themsel0es are beings% hierarchies in their rank an in their relation to each other (here lies the origin of the octrine of the categories!% "hereby their ee s an their m#t#al interaction are etermine ) They are solely creati0e force of 7I7$conscio#sness) 2#man free om also e0elops in harmony "ith the higher la"s% since it is not arbitrary b#t the self$ etermine con ition of the in i0i #al spirit) In or er to attain this% the relation bet"een s#b'ect an ob'ect has to arise "ithin the original #nifie "hole; the s#b'ect m#st% in or er to become a s#b'ect% mirror itself in the ob'ect) &t a gi0en point in e0elopment this mirroring relationship ass#mes the character of polarity an negation) & "orl arises in "hich the higher con ition of conscio#sness an being pre0ails thro#gh the negation of a lo"er) (#t the antithesis remains basically ethical% beca#se e0erything is oriente to"ar s the f#t#re synthesis% to all$#nity $ the #nity of the entire m#ltiplicity of 7I7$ conscio#snesses) In a ition to this the negation is enclose "ithin the innermost being of man; "here it has a perfectly legitimate f#nction% for thro#gh it thinking arises) The earthly h#man 7I7 arises thro#gh the combining of these ingre ients: thinking% feeling an "illing) They all o"e their genesis to the earthly e4istence of man: the higher ner0e acti0ity% the sensations an perceptions an a certain #nconscio#s% instincti0e force $ the "ill) &ll three ingre ients ha0e a positi0e an a negati0e pole: affirmation is oppose by negation% a positi0e feeling by a negati0e one% constr#cti0e "ill is oppose by estr#cti0e "ill or absence of "ill) &ll this has long been kno"n to the tra itional sciences) .pirit#al science completes the pict#re by a ing the kno"le ge of the personified nat#re of all psychic an spirit#al manifestations of man $ his =#alities) 8hen physiology speaks of the ecay of ner0e s#bstance #ring the tho#ght process% &nthroposophy pro0i es in a ition the teaching of ahrimanic beings% of their goals an "orl $mission) 8hen psychoanalysis escribes the 7sl# ge7 in the so#l an the 0ario#s conf#sions arising in the h#man 7libi o7% &nthroposophy places o0er against this the teachings of the 73oppelgPnger7$being "elling in the s#b$nat#re of man% an of reincarnation an karma) The con itions pre0ailing in the cosmos re=#ire of man that he sho#l attain kno"le ge of the "orl $battle "age by the Go s against the l#ciferic an ahrimanic hor es) In this battle the highest Go % "ho passe thro#gh eath on earth an pointe the "ay to the final o0ercoming of the "orl $ #alism of spirit an matter% is on the si e of man) (#t man can follo" Christ only in the 7I7% for 2e is the Go of the h#man 7I7) This means that% in his 7I7% "hich he li0es o#t in the combine fac#lties thinking% feeling an "illing% the h#man being sho#l stri0e for the i eal of the higher life% "hich brings not impo0erishment an loss b#t enhancement of self$conscio#sness an the "ealth of in i0i #al being) On the path to higher stages of life hin rances are create by the l#ciferic an ahrimanic beings) &s "e ha0e alrea y mentione % they nee the h#man being% in or er to catch #p in their e0elopment) Th#s they initially f#rthere man7s in i0i #ali6ation% his separation from the #ni0ersal$h#man) (#t no" man7s task is not to follo" them any longer% b#t to lea a strong% in epen ent life in his 7I7 thro#gh o0ercoming them) 8hen 9#cifer an &hriman infl#ence h#man thinking% their aim is to aro#se the false con0iction that man in his inner being is only contra ictory% an that the contra ictions cannot be resol0e ) Th#s they in0ent% says R# olf .teiner% tho#ght$combinations in the h#man so#l s#ch as: in tune& in har ony with the infinite% etc) .#ch conceptions arise "ecause in their souls hu an "eings are too cowardly to face up to contradiction& and want to let ,ucifer-Ahri an invent for the a har ony with the infinite !!! To seek satisfaction in such a world-view is e#uivalent to tying a "lindfold over one3s eyes! Today the hu an "eing shies away fro looking at the ultiplicity of "attles that are fought in spiritual real s (&#g) *C% *+*K% G& *K-!) 8hen attacking man% 9#cifer approaches him from the si e of the "ill (from belo"! an &hriman from thinking (from abo0e!) Ahri an continuously strives to ake an only into a head! ,ucifer seeks continuously to cut off an3s head so that he cannot think at all& so that everything is diverted through the heart and strea s out as war th& that he overflows with world-love and pours out into the world as world-love& pours forth as a cos ic fantasist (A#ly ,% *+E*% G& EBG!) 9#cifer is fon of pio#s so#ls "ho stri0e for the spirit% for the goo % b#t only o#t of egoism) $owhere does
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,ucifer intrude ore in our feelings $ R# olf .teiner says $ than where people are striving for the divine out of their passions and desires (often c#nningly refine ! without illu inating the divine with the light of knowledge (/ay *5% *+*B% G& *EB!) Thinking has act#ally% if the h#man being tr#ly masters it an oes not merely #se stereotype phrases% the =#ality of "ill) 2ere instincti0e "ill becomes conscio#s for the first time thro#gh the moti0e of an action% an then a ee becomes o#r o"n) The 9#ciferic beings% ho"e0er% fetter the "ill that begins to free itself in man) They try to cast unclarity over the hu an "eing regarding the e%ercise of free will through aking hi into a good "eing! ,ucifer wants actually to "ring a"out - says R# olf .teiner $% fro the point of view 5 a alluding to here& the good in an& the spiritual! But he wants to ake it auto atic& without free will! The hu an "eing is& so to speak& to "e auto atically raised to clairvoyance according to good principles& "ut the luciferic "eings want to ro" an of his free will (an thereby! of the possi"ility for evil !!! *They+ have a strong interest in taking hold of an so that he cannot co e to free (i)e) reasone ! will& "ecause they did not achieve it the selves! .ree will can only "e attained on earth! But they want to have nothing to do with the earth !!! They act in a highly spiritual anner& "ut they act auto atically - this is of i ense significance -& and they want to raise the hu an "eing up to their own !!! spiritual height (Oct) +% *+*5% G& *5E!) If "e take note of these "or s an think of all the moral sermons "ith "hich all the confessions thro#gho#t the "orl "ish to e ify #s% "e reali6e at once that the #topia of 1) .) /ereshko0sky "ill s#rely become social reality if people are #n"illing to recogni6e in "hat times they are li0ing) 8here the l#ciferic beings once ga0e man the imp#lse to free om% they no" o the e4act opposite) The reason for this is profo#n % for they remaine behin in the aeon of the Ol /oon% "hen man i not yet ha0e an 7I7) The highest member of his re0eale e4istence "as the astral bo y) &t that time they "ere not yet permitte to "ork #pon it; b#t in the earth aeon they may) 2ere% ho"e0er% man is e0eloping the in i0i #al 7I7% "hich is "orke #pon abo0e all by the higher spirits; an thro#gh the 7I7 they then "ork f#rther on to the astral bo y an effect "ithin it a catharsis) <or this reason the 7I7 is the enemy of the l#ciferic spirits% "ho try to e4ting#ish it by "orking #pon it from the astral bo y) They "ere allo"e to inhabit this in or er to fragment the #nity of the astrality of mankin into a m#ltiplicity of mona s) Thanks to the l#ciferic spirits man can e4perience enth#siasm an elation $ the so#rce of his artistic acti0ity) Th#s h#man free om "as ma e possible% b#t at the same time the fall from Go % an e0il) In a certain sense the h#man being stri0es for the i eal of ascen ing higher than his tho#ghts% feelings an e4pressions of "ill% to look #pon them as something e4ternal in relation to himself as 7I7) (#t it is not easy to go thro#gh life in s#ch a frame of min ) &n at the same time% so long as it is not ob'ectifie in #s% "e can ha0e no conception of the "ay 7I7 an thinking% feeling an "illing can stan o0er against one another% as this "as originally inten e by the i0ine beings) The hu an "eing was intended to "e an o"server of hi self& not to e%perience within hi self $ says R# olf .teiner) (#t% he contin#es% 9#cifer t#rne to man an spoke the follo"ing "or s: 3-ust look& / an& how "oring it is always to walk around in the world with this one central point 35 a 3& and erely look at everything else! 5t is far ore interesting to dive down into your astral "ody! 5 give you the power to dive down into your astral "ody& and then you will not re ain one-sidedly in your 353 always staring only at your 3dou"le3& "ut you will dive down into it! 0hatever ay co e over you as you dive into your astral "ody& which would feel like a drowning& 5 will co pensate for "y giving you so ething of y strength !!!3 And what an received "y way of luciferic strength is the surplus of the 353 over the astral "ody& it is the greater 35-hood3& which is actually luciferic (3ec) E+% *+**% G& *,C!) This is ho" "e #nite thro#gh the higher 7I7 "ith o#r thinking% feeling an "illing an starte to b#il o#r e0ery ay 7I7% so to speak% from belo" #p"ar s) The e4cess of the 7I7$force o0er the astral bo y ga0e rise to the e4cess of the astral bo y o0er the ether$bo y an this% in 9em#rian times% le to the birth of individual life-processes) The ee s of 9#cifer ha karmic conse=#ences: &hriman% "hose main task in e0ol#tion is the consoli ation of matter% inter0ene in the in i0i #al e0elopment of the h#man being) In proportion as the physical bo y ensifie % it ac=#ire omination o0er the ether$bo y% th#s gi0ing rise to the phenomenon of eath) (#t this inter0ention of &hriman also ma e possible the e0elopment of the sense organs) &s a f#rther step the ether$bo y% #n er the infl#ence of &hriman in his acti0e response to the ee s of 9#cifer% begins to pre0ail o0er the astral bo y% an man senses himself thro#gho#t his "hole bo y $ glan #lar processes begin (Ibi )!) Th#s to the egree that the harmony an balance of the threefol h#man bo y an 7I7 create by the hierarchies is estroye % the process of e4p#lsion of man from Dara ise takes place) /an "as pre estine to mirror "orl $ conscio#sness perfectly thro#gh the members of his being% to be a kin of angel% b#t a withered angel% an ob'ect of
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"orl life $ as R# olf .teiner remarks) 2e "as banishe to the earth king om% "hich lies bet"een the angel an animal$king oms) <or this reason in the first perio of life on earth the o#ter h#man form resemble that of animals) (#t this "as only the form of archetypal man% "ithin "hich he "as enso#le by s#per$h#man i0ine "is om) Gra #ally% ho"e0er% this "is om "as e4ting#ishe in him% an in its place "hat "e to ay call rationality slo"ly e0elope ) In this &hrimanic beings ma e their "elling) In or er to catch #p on "hat they ha0e misse they en ea0o#r to trea the path of men to create his form in "hich he o0ercame the half$animal stage (e)g) achie0e the #pright post#re!) (#t it is not possible for them% an they e4perience terrible s#ffering) R# olf .teiner escribes this con ition: 5t is as if an ani al were to feel di ly within2 1ou ought to "e erect& you ought to "e hu an - as though it wanted to tear apart everything inside itself! This is the terri"le pain that is actually felt "y the ahri anic "eings! 5t can only "e assuaged if they approach an and take hold of his understanding! Then the understanding cools down the pain! This is why they cling as it were with their entire "eing to the hu an understanding& they dig their nails into it& harden their "ones inside it (Oct) E,% *+E*% G& EB5!) It is a terrible pict#re) (#t there is no sense in shying a"ay from it; "itho#t reason there "o#l be no conscio#sness) &n reason nee s a certain 7soli ity7 for s#pport) &n % since this alrea y e4ists% man sho#l spirit#ali6e thinking% a 0ance to an in i0i #ali6e perception of the intelligible "orl an enter the "orl of the hierarchies as a s#b'ect) /an has the task of penetrating thinking "ith the "ill% of e0eloping reason% of enli0ening his tho#ghts% gi0ing them s#bstance an then carrying in i0i #ally$"ille thinking as the s#bstance of his 7I7 across the threshol of the s#persensible "orl (on the path of initiation or after eath!) (#t &hriman "ishes to pre0ent this) 4e would like the will to re ain separate& and thoughts to "e especially for ed only in us (in the "ay he "ishes; A#ly ,% *+E*% G& EBG!) In this case "e "o#l lose o#r in i0i #ality) 0e would arrive at the o ent of death with an altogether e%aggerated& instinctively-for ed thought! But we hu ans would not "e a"le to retain this thought& and Ahri an would "e a"le to take hold of it and integrate it into the rest of the world !!! (Ibi )!) 2#manity faces this anger if it continues in presentday aterialis (ho"e0er broa ly its concepts may be interprete ! with the result that the ahri anic powers so gain in strength that Ahri an can steal thoughts fro the hu an "eing and incorporate the in their effective working into the earth (i)e) the abstractions become reality! so that the earth& which is actually (in time! supposed to pass away (spirit#ali6e! will "e consolidated !!! Ahri an works counter to the word2 34eaven and earth will pass away& "ut y word will not pass away3! 4e wants the words to "e thrown away and that heaven and earth should re ain (materially! ! This can only "e acco plished when hu an "eings are ro""ed of their thoughts& when hu an "eings are de-individualized (Ibi )!) In the lect#re =#ote abo0e R# olf .teiner goes on to speak abo#t the h#man brain% an says that it "ill gro" e0er har er if the ahrimanic infl#ence persists% an that h#man beings "o#l ha0e to li0e "ith materialistic% obsessi0e i eas) The "hole approach to pe agogy an e #cation "o#l be str#ct#re in s#ch a "ay that the h#man being "o#l no longer be able to ha0e fle4ible tho#ghts% that e0en chil ren from a certain age on "o#l only ha0e 0ery rigi tho#ghts) &n all this has 0irt#ally been accomplishe to ay) In time means "ill be fo#n to teach the h#man being instantaneo#sly% o#tsi e school an at a certain age% e0erything he nee s to kno"% so that he becomes an e4tremely cle0er a#tomaton) Thro#gh in'ection "ith certain s#bstances it will "e acco plished (in s#ch a case! that the ether"ody is loosened in the physical "ody !!! (an in that case! the interplay "etween cos os and ether-"ody will "e e%tre ely lively& *"ut+ an will "eco e an auto aton if his physical bo y is not e #cate thro#gh spirit#al "ill here on earth (Ibi )!) The rea er "ho follo"s the latest achie0ements of science "ill say that this has alrea y been one in in i0i #al cases) Deople "ill therefore ha0e all the more reason to be concerne abo#t their f#t#re% an not only the earthly one) /anifol are the infl#ences #pon man% of 9#cifer an &hriman% "ho are antipo es in the cosmos) They re0eal themsel0es as s#ch also "ithin #s) 8here% for instance% 9#cifer hates any kin of la"% &hriman "o#l like e0erything to comply "ith la": stat#tes% reg#lations% programmes an so on) Their polar opposite characteristics an infl#ences can be sho"n in a table)

Lucifer
> Is more a being of so#l an hol s s"ay in man7s inner being

Ahriman

> Is more a spirit#al being% the 9or of o#ter (material! nat#re > Is a ha#ghty spirit > Is a solitary spirit > .trengthens the "ill% b#t only in or er to achie0e "hat > .#ppresses free "ill is esire > Robs man of the free om to o e0il > Inspires moral relati0ism > Incites to transgressions of the "ill > Inspires error in thinking > <ears conscio#s morality% b#t lo0es piety ictate by egoism > <ears the po"er of '# gment% conse=#ential thinking > <l#ct#ation; chaos > Emphasi6es form an la"
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> 2e ra"s #p"ar s% into the neb#lo#s% mystical > 2as ascetic contempt for the earthly > Dromotes gro#p$like emotions > Is re0ol#tionary

> Dromotess pe antry an philistinism > <#rthers col % inh#man science > 9o0es ro#tine an likes to "ork into the s#bconscio#s acti0ity > Is conser0ati0e an "ants to remain in the present moment

> Robs man of a gen#ine conscio#sness an harmony "ith the > Dromotes lies% clichQs an i eologies o#ter "orl > Dromotes h#nger for kno"le ge > Oses kno"le ge to achie0e "hat is esire

(eca#se 9#cifer an &hriman complement one another in comple4 interaction% they infl#ence man an bring abo#t in him a "hole system of one$si e patterns of beha0io#r% a precise system% for other"ise sciences s#ch as psychology an psychiatry "o#l not be possible% an moral e #cation co#l not be combine in one system) &nthroposophy iffers from c#rrent sciences of the so#l only in that it takes acco#nt of real spirit#al beings "ho "ork #pon the so#l) 8e "ill borro" '#st one e4ample from R# olf .teiner% sho"ing the la"s that apply in the sphere of temptation) 2e speaks in one lect#re of the angers to "hich mo ern man is e4pose if he confesses one$si e ly to either the materialistic or the i ealistic "orl $0ie") 8hen this is the case the follo"ing comple4 of reciprocal relationships arises: 5dealists2 Thinking and imagining can easily "eco e luciferic) drea ers& fantasists& enthusiasts! Will can easily "eco e ahri anic) despotic& tyrannical!

Thinking, imagining can easily "eco e ahri anic) so"er& philistine& dry& "ourgeois! Materialists Will can easily "eco e luciferic) ani alistic& greedy& nervous& sensitive& hysterical 6March 78& 9:9:& GA 2 9:;<!

8hen "e th#s percei0e the nat#re of the spirit#al forces that "ork co#nter to the e0elopment of the personality% "e penetrate to the archetypal phenomenon of all that fin s its manifol e4pression to ay in po"er$str#ct#res in the confessions% in s#b$c#lt#re% in social organi6ations an finally in occ#ltism) Then "e begin to #n erstan the primary so#rce of to ay7s crisis of ci0ili6ation in its f#ll epth: "hy politics has become occ#lt an inh#mane% "hy religions estrange man from the "orl % "here the geni#ses of pop$c#lt#re originate% an "hy so terrible a battle has er#pte for the ensla0ement of h#man self$conscio#sness) On the one han all this has to be% for thro#gh opposing Go man becomes a free spirit) On the other han % beca#se 7I7$ conscio#sness is alrea y e0elope % man m#st #se this capacity in the task of reconciliation "ith Go % an lea his forces along the path of higher e0elopment) The 7pro igal son7 sho#l ha0e ret#rne to his spirit#al home long ago an sho#l kno" e4actly ho" this is achie0e ) 2e sho#l kno" that for a long time to come he "ill be stan ing bet"een the l#ciferic an ahrimanic forces "hich he is not permitte to ignore% eliminate or con=#er% b#t "hich he m#st learn to lea to mutual cancellation) That is the metho to #se in the battle "ith e0il) It is base on the contin#o#s enhancement of the principle of in i0i #ality% of self$conscio#sness) It is of cr#cial importance for #s to kno" that &hriman7s infl#ence on man in o#r epoch is angero#s only "hen the conscio#sness is ist#rbe in any "ay) .o long as the conscio#sness is clear an alert% is not arkene by lies% r#gge by s#b$c#lt#re or #n ermine by occ#lt practices% asceticism an fear $ then neither &hriman nor 9#cifer can harm man) On the contrary% the a#tonomo#s h#man spirit is strengthene thro#gh confronting them) It is angero#s% in ee fatal% for the h#man being if he oes not kno" "hat ark spirit#al forces approach him% "hen 9#cifer is conf#se "ith Go an &hriman "ith 9#cifer) The a 0ersaries kno" the forces "hich enable man to b#il a trinity on the earthly plane% an they 0eil this secret from him completely% for its re0elation ena"les hu anity to achieve the state of "alance "etween ahri anic and luciferic powers (No0) E*% *+*+% G& *+C! an ne#trali6e them) R# olf .teiner embo ie the secret of the mystery$battle of goo an e0il in the gro#p 7The Representati0e of /an7 (see fig)!) The central fig#re is Christ as he appears to ay to the h#man so#l "ho rises to perception of the etheric forces) The so#l then percei0es ho" Christ hol s &hriman back in the sphere of the mineral forces (the gest#re of the right han !% an irects him to his realm of meas#re% n#mber an "eight) 8ith the gest#re of the left han Christ keeps
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9#cifer back from the fall into arkness% an thereby opens #p for him the possibility of sal0ation (the fig#re of 9#cifer e4ternally remin s one of the ear $ he has a special relation to the sense of hearing!) In the central area of the gro#p 9#cifer an &hriman appear in their cosmic antithesis) <rom a rock in the #pper left$han corner 8orl $h#mo#r smiles o"n #pon #s) If the secrets of the "orl that are re0eale to man are too mighty% he is in anger of losing his sense of h#mo#r) [&bbil #ng 2ol6gr#ppeJ In the position of the Christ represente in the gro#p the h#man being sho#l learn to e4perience himself% not% ho"e0er% in a sentimental% pse# o$romantic or reckless "ay% b#t accor ing to the principle of $ot 5& "ut Christ in e) Then he "ill fin the strength to stan firmly on the earth an li0e o#t the karma of materialism rightly% to atone for original sin% "itho#t being thro"n into isarray by the enco#nter "ith the emissaries of .atan an the 3e0il% be it in factories% banks% shops% in the press% in c#lt#re% in occ#ltism or e0en in the Ch#rch) &ll the factors of ci0ili6ation ha0e a meaning) This helps the strong $ an r#ins the "eak) The "eak therefore m#st become strong $ thro#gh kno"le ge) (#t kno"le ge "itho#t "ill or "ill "itho#t kno"le ge is the tr#e enemy of man) Thro#gh it the feeling$sphere also becomes eforme ) &ll that s#rro#n s #s% "itho#t an "ithin% has not come abo#t thro#gh a 7mistake7 of the 3i0inity b#t for the sake of the #ni=#e "orl creation% for man as the f#t#re hierarchy of free om an lo0e)

The In i0i #al .pirit an the E0ol#tion of .pecies

In e0ol#tion all retar ing is accompanie by ensification) A#st as in a li=#i e0erything that cannot remain in a state of sol#tion becomes a eposit so% also in the spirit#al% e0erything that loses its connection to the "hole% the ability to be permeate by the #ni0ersal% separates off% an th#s 7coag#lates7% as it "ere) The con ition of life in the #ni0erse is base on fo#r kin s of ether: "armth$ether% light$ether etc) The etheric is per0a e by the astral% in "hich a is'#nction% a remaining behin takes place) This then ca#ses a retar ation in the etheric% an the res#lt of all this is the emergence of the "orl of 7otherness7% the elementary "orl : earth% "ater% air% "armth) R# olf .teiner e4plains: !!! through the co pression of the hu an "ody "rought a"out "y the luciferic "eings& an "eca e heavier and sank down fro the periphery (of the earth! to the ground! This was the departure fro =aradise& as it is figuratively descri"ed (&#g) EC% *+*B% G& *EE!) The l#ciferic spirits asserte their o"n "ill% an this create in the h#man astral bo y esires "hich re" him o"n"ar s into a more rigi form% so that the etheric an physical consoli ation took place) Then the progressive Gods were o"liged to place an into a sphere where& fro the lightether downwards& death lives in his physical "ody! But at that ti e these progressive Gods said !!!2 3Man has ac#uired the power to distinguish good and evil& "ut he shall not have life! 4e shall not eat of the 3tree of life3 (A#ly *-% *+*C% G& *GG!) /an "as e4pelle from the "orl of the life$forces% in "hich he ha "elt in a s#per$conscio#s con ition% an "here conscio#sness an e4istence forme a #nity) <rom then on he ha to e4perience them as separate% "hereby the force of his in i0i #al 7I7 increase in strength% b#t not in s#bstance) The secret of life remaine beyon the threshol of conscio#sness an re0eale itself only in instincti0e "ill) &n th#s it "ill remain% so long as man has not learne to irect his life$processes "ith his conscio#sness) To the present ay "e breathe instincti0ely; "e are not conscio#s of bloo $circ#lation or the processes of metabolism) The process of in i0i #ali6ation of the h#man being has stoppe at the point of the e4change "ith the en0ironment) Therefore t"o "orl s ha to arise: the inner an the o#ter) The interaction bet"een them "as gra #ally ifferentiate into a n#mber of processes s#ch as igestion% breathing an perception) In the aeon of the Ol .#n igestion an breathing "ere a single process) 9ater they "ere again separate from one another% parallel to the e0elopment of the inner organs% circ#lation an the ner0o#s system% an still later% #ring the 9em#rian perio of the Earth aeon% the sense organs began to open o#t"ar s) Their acti0ity has become a refine (astral! breathing process) In the (ible it says that Go breathe the living "reath into man (Genesis E;K!% i)e) man took his first breath% recei0e from "itho#t a certain inner content an th#s #na0oi ably separate from Go ) In this "ay the separation of man from Go began% an at the same time the system of his inner organs began to e0elop) They are all the res#lt of separation% of egoistic enclos#re "ithin oneself% an conse=#ently their 7pocket7 shape is not acci ental) /an is e0il beca#se of his organs; the possibility of e0il is containe in them (&#g) EE% *+EC% G& EC,!) & sick organ concentrates e0il "ithin itself to a special egree% an can th#s e0en ie off)
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The organs of the bo y are connecte "ith the planetary system) &t the beginning of the Earth aeon there "as in ee a 7primal neb#la7) /aterially it consiste only of "armth% "hich "as permeate by a #nifie etheric$astral formation% an this constit#te the /acro$&nthropos "hich ha passe o0er from the con ition of the Great Dralaya to the /an0antara) 8hat separate o#t as planets from this formation% let #s say the 7first & am7% "ere% in a manner of speaking% macrocosmic inner organs) &gainst this backgro#n astrology% follo"ing the ancient forms of the art of healing% brings the inner organs of mo ern man in relation to the planets) O#r organs are in ee the microcosmic e4pression of the planets: the heart that of the s#n% the li0er that of A#piter etc) (#t this relation goes f#rther% on to the fi4e stars "hence the 7primal neb#la7% as it is calle % originates) It "as on this macro$le0el that goo an e0il came into m#t#al opposition as a res#lt of the separation of the hierarchies) .#ch is% in 0ery broa terms% the phenomenology of the <all) &s "e ha0e seen% its origin lies in the <all of the archetypal phenomenon) This is spoken of in "hat is kno"n as the Rosicr#cian legen of the creation of man% "hich is more esoteric than the "orl of the (ible) It tells ho" & am sa" #n er the oli0e tree in Dara ise an angel that resemble a pentagram resting on t"o pillars) In esoteric tra ition these pillars "ere calle 7Hakin7 an 7(oas7) & am s"ore ne0er to be le astray "ith respect to the force represente in these pillars) (#t "hen 9#cifer tempte him% & am erre ) 8hen he again 0isite the place "here the angel ha appeare to him% so R# olf .teiner relates% he e%perienced fear of his own "eing! The fallen pentagra & open on one side (an th#s! upside-down) in this sign the angel now appeared to Ada & threatening with the sword of fire& and Ada fled (G& E-G% p) ,C+!)

<ig#re *E

In this form% "hat re0eale itself to & am "as% =#ite simply% his o"n archetypal image%> his cosmic% planetary being from "hich he ha separate off into the phenomenology of earth$ e0elopment) ?>8e #se the term 7archetypal image7 (Orbil ! in the Goethean sense)@ This% ho"e0er% "as in its beginnings s#ch that all the planets e4isting to ay "ere containe in it as in a single hea0enly bo y) It e4ten e % accor ing to the in ications of R# olf .teiner% beyon the present orbit of .at#rn) (#t this hea0enly bo y "as more etheric than material) It consiste of etheric atoms% comparable to the #st particles in a #st$clo# ) In s#persensible 0ision one co#l recogni6e in these atoms the h#man being of to ay enclose "ithin them) 8e ha0e something similar to this in a see in "hich imaginati0ely is containe the f#t#re plant that can arise o#t of it (Aan) EK% *+B5% G& *BE!) The originally etheric$astral formation "as s#rro#n e by the "orking of higher astral "or $forces) In this sense it "as reminiscent of the 7yolk7 in the 7egg7 of "orl being) <rom this it "as separate thro#gh the "orking of physical (not material! forces) 8ith the help of the ether$forces the entire cosmos "as able to "ork #pon this formation) Thro#gh its o"n astral forces the ifferentiate solar system e0ol0e "ithin it% an the earth became a kin of in epen ent in i0i #ality "ithin the solar system) 8hen all the planets still forme a #nifie "orl bo y% this str#ct#re "as b#ilt #p accor ing to the la"s of a li0ing organism an this organism "as the archetypal image of the microcosm) The s#n "as the organ of no#rishment "ithin it) The neb#la "hich m#st be regar e as the primal con ition of the earth aeon "as no#rishe from o#t of the cosmos) The f#t#re planet earth "as "ithin the s#n% an the f#t#re moon insi e the earth (cf) fig) *,!) In the centre of the entire formation "as something that co#l be compare to a stomach) The s#n re" in from all si es the spirit#al s#bstances that reache it as comets% an passe them to this centre) O#t of this con ition the earth came into being) The embryonic e0elopment an birth of the h#man being are a repetition of that prime0al e0elopment of the solar system (.ep) ,B% *+EE% G& ,CK!) The #nifie phylo$ an ontogenetic f#n amental la" is far more comprehensi0e in its "orking than biology can concei0e)
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The three bo ies of man $ physical% etheric an astral $ ha at the beginning of the earth$aeon to be bro#ght into a partic#lar m#t#al relationship in or er to be able to recei0e the 7I7 into themsel0es) <or this reason a #nifie planetary cosmos "as necessary at the beginning) &fter this a complicate reg#lation of the e0elopmental rhythm "as re=#ire ) Th#s the ether$bo y soon nee e a slo"er e0elopment) The s#n therefore separate off from the earth% an "ith it the spirit#al beings (hierarchies! "ho stoo higher in rank an "ere m#ch =#icker in e0elopment than man) Then the moon separate from the earth an took "ith it the astral inheritance of the Ol /oon aeon% "hich hin ere man in his e0elopment (/ay *K% *+*B% G& *EB!)
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The separation of sun- and oon-forces fro the earth provided the "alance "etween life and for !!! The forces that (later! ca e fro the sun create and fructify life! That which pours this life into fi%ed for s& co es fro the oon! 0e owe to the oon the co ing into "eing of the physical (an material! "ody ))) (No0) *5% *+BK% G& *BB!) R# olf .teiner escribes the e0elopment of man at this stage as follo"s: <irst% man became a "armth being in "hom a kin of "armth$organ e0elope in that part "hich later belonge to the region of the hea ) This organ "as comparable to an etheric 7lamp7 an recalls the eye of the legen ary Cyclops) It ser0e to seek o#t s#itable con itions) Ra iating from it% linear streams of force% rays% le to the heart) 9ater these became bloo $0essels) <irst "armth sprea insi e in them% an this then became bloo ) &fter the "armth% the light $ the fo#n ation of the ner0o#s system $ entere man) The lines of force& the structural lines of the nervous syste are light that have "eco e for (/arch *K% *+B5% G& +5!) The h#man beings "ere at that time b#n les of light concentrating aro#n fiery matter% aro#n the 7lamp7) 8hen the s#n separate from the earth% the 7 ance of the s#bstances7 began ("e #se esoteric concepts here% "itho#t #n0eiling their content! #n er the infl#ence of the 7cosmic m#sic7) Drotein an protoplasm came into being; the cell e0elope later) Nor i the atom e4ist originally (this can only be #n erstoo thro#gh the o0ercoming of the narro" materialistic 0ie" of matter!) (efore the moon separate from the earth% there falls out of the organic su"stances ("hich "ere not yet so ense an forme as nat#ral science no" kno"s them! the ineral& the ashy su"stance (an "orks "ithin earth an man! like a di ing& a darkening! /nly protein-like su"stances e%isted prior to this! $ow there appear ash-clouds e "edded in the protein! These ash-clouds are incorporated into the organic su"stances of all the natural kingdo s& those of plants& ani als and an (Ibi )!) No" man enters the stage referre to in biology as the e0ol#tion of species) Darallel to the separating off of the planets% s#bstances an matter% a separation also took place "ithin the spirit#al "orl ) 8hen the s#n "as separate % some of the spirit#al beings% the l#ciferic% attempte to follo" it% b#t "ere not s#ccessf#l in this% beca#se they ha remaine behin on the Ol /oon) 8hen they ret#rne to the earth% they ma e efforts to e0elop f#rther "ith the help of man) 8hen the spirits of form% "ho ha left the earth "ith the s#n% en o"e man "ith the 7I7% the l#ciferic spirits approache man7s astral bo y) &t that time he "as not yet rea y to e0elop 7I7$ conscio#sness) Th#s the harmony of man7s three bo ies "as estroye % as "as alrea y mentione abo0e) The <all began% the macrocosmic archetypal image of man "as 7o0ert#rne 7) The pentagram as a microcosmic archetypal image is more than a symbol) It brings to e4pression the original planetary constellation of man) In his tr#e form% to "hich he al"ays ret#rns "hene0er he passes thro#gh the portal of eath% man% e0en at the present time% e4pan s to the o#ter limits of the solar system) This "as al"ays kno"n "ithin the closer circle of initiates) The fig#res of &grippa 0on Nettesheim for instance% one of "hich is sho"n in fig#re *ERC% bear "itness to this fact) The pentagram e4presses the la" accor ing to "hich man is membere into the cosmos) This la" is not #ne=#i0ocal) The position of the planets on the pentagram can change accor ing to "hat con ition of man the la" e4presses)> ?>The planetary signs in brackets in fig) *ERC correspon to the in ications of R# olf .teiner (G& E-C% p) *+B!)@ The 7o0ert#rning7 of the pentagram signifies a f#n amental change in the h#man e0ol#tionary la"s) /an began as it "ere to t#rn himself insi e$o#t% as he $ I speak "ith ca#tion $ progresse along the /oebi#s$loop) &n in ee % he t#mble hea long o"n on to the earth) In the first stage of his earth e4istence he "as a plant$animal formation% resembling the 'ellyfish) The organ that later became the hea fastene itself to the bottom of the "orl ocean% "hich at that time co0ere the entire earth% "hile his e4tremities reache o#t to"ar s the s#n)
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&s man passe thro#gh the e0ol#tion of species% he gra #ally arri0e at the stage of animal$man) The cartilagino#s spinal col#mn e0elope an he co#l propel himself for"ar in the "ater like a fish) Only in the transition from 9em#rian to &tlantean times "hen the continents forme i man ac=#ire the #pright post#re) Th#s his archetypal image ret#rne to its correct position% b#t only organically) Its s#pports% its 7pillars7% change =#alitati0ely) 7(oas7 became the 7tree of eath7 instea of the 7tree of life7; it represente the principle of the bl#e bloo in man) 7Hakin7 correspon e to the re bloo ) Together they forme the basis of h#man life on earth) The Rosicr#cian legen tells that .eth "as allo"e to enter Dara ise) There he behel the t"o trees an from them took three see s "ith him to earth) 2e lai them in the mo#th of the ea & am an a mighty tree gre" from his gra0e) It ra iate a fiery glo" "hich took on the form of t"o letters: H an ( $ the initial letters of 7Hakin7 an 7(oas7) O#t of this tree t"o pillars an a cross$beam (/! "ere ma e% "hich later forme the entrance to .olomon7s temple) The 9e0ites thre" the pillars into the pool of (ethes a% "hich thereby recei0e healing po"ers) &t the time of Christ the pillars "ere taken o#t of the pool an place o0er the brook of 1e ron) Christ "alke across them "hen 2e "ent to the /o#nt of Oli0es) 9ater it "as ma e into the cross of Golgatha) In the (ible the t"o pillars 7Hakin7 an 7(oas7 come to e4pression thro#gh Cain an &bel) &bel enotes that stage of h#man e0elopment "hen man "as still close to Go % Cain the stage "hen man began to act o#t of free "ill an "as th#s also capable of e0il) &bel also signifies "is om% b#t it is the tribal archetypal "is om "hich is passe on thro#gh the bloo ) Cain% on the other han % means strength; that strength "hich is "on on the in i0i #al spirit#al path of e0elopment) &bel is a priest% Cain a master b#il er) (et"een them stan s .eth; this fig#re e4presses the piety that is to #nite "is om an strength% the hea0enly an the in i0i #al% c#lt#s an cognition) .eth correspon s to the connecting beam that rests on the pillars: the principle of piety% lo0e an bea#ty) Christ raises the beam o#t of the 7"ater7 $ of the astral plane $ an crosses the brook (the path to the higher "orl s! to"ar sacrificial eath on Golgatha) Christ7s sacrifice #nites the three col#mns of strength% bea#ty an "is om into one $ the threefol h#man spirit consisting of .pirit /an (&tma% 7(oas7!% the 9ife .pirit ((# hi% 7Hakin7! an the .pirit .elf (/anas% /! (G& E-G% p) ,CE$,G*!) In other "or s% after the /ystery of Golgatha the h#man archetypal image fin s its s#pport in the tri#ne nat#re of the h#man spirit% "hich "as create by the hierarchies in the co#rse of the last three aeons% an "hich% no" that it is en o"e "ith the 7I7% gra #ally becomes the in i0i #al h#man spirit) The 7I7 lights #p in the threefol so#l% so that man is enable % thro#gh the force of the Christ$imp#lse% to e0elop the threefol so#l on the planetary% macrocosmic le0el "ith their help% an transform the threefol bo y into the threefol spirit) Th#s "e see that man passe thro#gh the <all in stages) &s these procee e he attaine % by "ay of the e0ol#tion of species an "ith the help of the ac=#ire here itary an generic =#alities% the con ition of gro#p$so#l 7I7$conscio#sness) Op to a certain point in time this form of conscio#sness fettere the e0il "hich ha arisen thro#gh the fall from Go ) It "as act#ally thro#gh this e0il that the entire organic h#man being ha arisen) Then the priestly &bel "orke "ithin man an transforme the s#bstances) (#t gra #ally the #nconscio#s egoism of the bo y #nite "ith the conscio#s so#l$ egoism an ifferentiate itself in a complicate "ay in the so#l an in the organs) There arose an e=#ally problematic interplay bet"een t"o kin s of egocentricity: isolation an hostility) In e0erything that is con itione as a means of cognition by brain an spinal marro"% says R# olf .teiner% h#man beings fo#ght by reason of their "orl $0ie"% their religio#s o#tlook) &n all this has a more or less s#per$personal character) &n "ith respect to the fac#lty "hose organ is the ganglion system% they fo#ght a battle in "hich hatre spoke against hatre (Aan) *C% *+*K% G& *KC!) This comes abo#t beca#se the 7I7% as it enters into the "hole bo y% has its main s#pport in the solar ple4#s% in the ganglion system% "here it manifests especially strongly in the h#man recepti0ity to sense perceptions) 0hen the hu an "eing lives in a nor al& healthy condition& this 353 is "ound as it were to the solar ple%us and everything connected with it !!! 0hat does this ean( This hu an 353& which has "een given to an in the course of earth evolution as a gift "y the spirits of for & was e%posed& as we know& to the luciferic te ptation (thro#gh the astral bo y!) This 353& as it live in the hu an "eing& would actually& "ecause it is infected "y the luciferic forces& "e the "earer of evil forces !!! 5t is infected "y all possi"le for s of egois ! This is si ply how the 353 is& since it is luciferically infected! 0hat lives in an as ganglion syste & as solar ple%us& ca e (to the earth! fro the (Ol ! Moon develop ent and represents& so to speak& the dwelling for the 353) the 353 fits into it in a certain way! This is why it can "e "ound or fettered to it !!! Through the luciferic infection the 353 always has the tendency to "ehave in an insidious& untruthful way& to place itself into the light and all else in the shadow! But it is "ound "y the nervous syste of the a"do en! There it has to o"ey! Through the nervous syste of the a"do en the rightfully progressing forces who have ascended through 'aturn-& 'un- and Moon-develop ent& co pel the 353 not to "e a de on in the negative sense of the word! 'o that we "ear our 353 within us in such a way& that it is "ound to the organs of the a"do en (Ibi )!) (#t if these pro0e to be #nhealthy% "hich means that they do not fully acco odate what fits into the spiritually& what spiritually "elongs to the % the 7I7 is so to speak let loose into the outer world% an characteristics "hich are #e to the l#ciferic temptation increase (Ibi )!) Dhysical illness can be manifeste in this "ay)> ?>R) 9) .te0enson escribe this phenomenon
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artistically in The 'trange Case of >r! -ekyll and Mr! 4yde) It concerns the phenomenon of the o#ble) I0an 1arama6o0 "as plag#e by it; the R#ssian a#thor Gogol also s#ffere from it to"ar s the en of his life)@ (#t if the ganglion system cannot master the 7I7 any longer (e)g) #n er magnetic infl#ence% or nat#rally!% the freeing of the 7I7 sho"s itself in the phenomenon of somnamb#lism) 5n our hu an nature $ concl# es R# olf .teiner $ any things have to "e fettered! 5n a certain way we are of the devil& and only the supervision of the divine-spiritual powers who have undergone a regular develop ent through 'aturn& 'un and Moon evolutions& who have fettered the devil in us - only thanks to this are we to any e%tent decent hu an "eings - so ething to which we are not specially inclined& as a result of the various te ptations (Ibi !) This concl#sion is har ly comforting) (#t if this "ere not the case% co#l man in ee o so m#ch e0ilMS 2o"e0er% let #s not forget that he has a higher nat#re too) 2e sho#l arrange his earthly e4istence $ from health an hygiene to the entire e #cational system $ in accor ance "ith this) &n #ltimately s#ch an organi6ation prepares the gro#n for the social str#ct#re "hich% "ere it to be reali6e % "o#l contrib#te significantly to a restraining of the lo"er h#man nat#re) 8e refer to social threefol ing% the complete separation an in epen ent co$e4istence of the economic% '# icial an spirit#al spheres of life) In s#ch an or ering of society the h#man l#st for po"er "hich gi0es rise to #nspeakable misery co#l be hel in check% an other ab#ses too) (#t% on the "hole% life is so arrange that neither Cain may kill &bel% nor &bel Cain) /an o"es the fact of his e4istence to the presence of e0il) Cain is that part of h#man nat#re "hich resists the forces of inheritance that forme &bel) &n the h#man 7I7 "ill% for a long time to come% rebel against e0erything of a gro#p$so#l% half$conscio#s% a#thoritarian nat#re% an against the bloo $ties) And a an3s foes shall "e they of his own household (/atthe" *B;,-! #ntil it fin s the strength to remain #pright "ithin the 7gol en triangle7 of /anas% (# hi an &tma% i)e) to ac=#ire mastery of the three bo ies thro#gh the higher 7I7) In ee % man has been ri0en o#t of the spirit#al sphere% being has been remo0e from his conscio#sness% b#t Christ proffers him the fr#its of the 7tree of life7% an reconciles Cain an &bel) The ideas that co e directly out of the spiritual world into the hu an soul ust "e e%perienced - says R# olf .teiner! But they can only "e e%perienced when the hu an soul takes the Christ into itself! And then we have so ething entirely different fro the concept of knowledge) then we have the concept of life! 0hilst we ust watch ,ucifer and Ahri an very closely& as it were& so that - when in the distant future they let knowledge penetrate us fro the outer world (thereby ca#sing the eath process in the ner0es! $ we see that they co e fro Ahri an and ,ucifer! 0e ust also "e clear that the Mystery of Golgatha has "rought it a"out in the e%istence of an that ideas arise in hu an "eings for the sake of life! $ot for the sake of ere knowing& "ut of life (No0) **% *+*G% G& EGC!) (#t the root of all e0il lies in the fact that the representati0es of religion ha0e eclare "ar on science% abo0e all spirit#al science% &nthroposophy) They o not "ant to free themsel0es of original sin; they still want not only to appeal to God who said to an2 4e will give the life& they should not eat of the 3Tree of ,ife3 the selves !!! "ut they also want to appeal to the luciferic and the ahri anic spirit& and let their eyes "e opened through religion for the distinguishing "etween good and evil! ?eligion (as s#ch% i)e) not as a cree ! wants to "e 3knowledge3! But that cannot "e& "ecause it is life-su"stance (Ibi )!) The a 0ersary po"ers insin#ate into the min s of the representati0es of religion the tho#ght of taking #p arms against scientific an spirit#al$scientific kno"le ge% i)e) to en lessly perpet#ate the fratrici al "ar bet"een Cain an &bel) (#t only &nthroposophy can p#t an en to the e0il that has laste o0er millennia) Its imp#lse would consist in e%periencing the unity of science& religion and art at @aster) and in e%periencing at Michael as (from .eptember E+! how the Three - that have one other& the @aster other -& how the Three "eco e sisters& and stand ne%t to each other& "ut co ple ent one another (&pr) E% *+E,% G& EE,!) They are the heral s of the Tri#ne .pirit of Go % "ho "o#l become the in i0i #al spirit in man)

The 3i0ision of the .e4es

Of #ntol significance for the spirit#al in i0i #al e0elopment of the h#man being is the i0ision% bro#ght abo#t thro#gh e0ol#tion% of the originally bi$se4#al (an rogyno#s! h#man being into t"o beings of ifferent se4es) The esoteric epth of this phenomenon can har ly be fathome properly any"here o#tsi e of &nthroposophy) .#ch kno"le ge is of especial importance in o#r epoch in "hich% partic#larly in the realm of se4#ality% m#ch that is repellent an e0il takes place% th#s pro0i ing a fertile soil for the mysteries of arkness) The pre$con itions for the separation of the se4es "ere alrea y lai o"n in e0ol#tion "ithin the foregoing aeon of the Ol /oon) &t that time all h#man mona s possesse gro#p$conscio#sness) This e%perienced itself as fe ale !!! The
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.#n% "hich alrea y ill#mine the moon from the o#tsi e% was e%perienced as ale! This is preserved in the old @gyptian yths with& for e%a ple& the oon as 5sis& fe ale& and the sun as /siris& ale (A#ne C% *+BK% G& ++!) In the earth aeon man "as en o"e "ith the spark of the 7I7% an it became necessary to e0elop in i0i #al 7I7$ conscio#sness) (#t the forces re=#ire for this "ere not a0ailable in the bi$se4#al h#man being% they "ere all #se for propagation% for self$fertili6ation) Thro#gh the separation of the present moon from the earth the inheritance from the Ol /oon aeon came to an en ) The #nifie spirit#al centre in man "hich catere % so to speak% for repro #ction an the cosmic mirror$conscio#sness "as i0i e into t"o) Gra #ally the central ner0o#s system e0elope % together "ith separate repro #cti0e organs $ male an female) The shift of the #nifie centre res#lte in the e0elopment of the spine ("ith the chakras!) In the co#rse of time the speech organs also e0elope o#t of the same centre) The separation of the se4es% ho"e0er% i not yet gi0e rise to m#t#al attraction of the t"o si es) Th#s the spirit#al forces of :en#s "ere calle #pon to help) Through the !!! love in its lowest for & as the attraction of the se%es& is i planted in the earth! This love is intended to "e continuously enno"led& and later to attain the highest for s (G& E-E% p) 5,ff!) The spirit beings of :en#s f#lfille yet another mission on earth) They ma e h#man reason pro #cti0e thro#gh en o"ing it "ith that half of the repro #cti0e force that remaine o0er after the i0ision of the se4es) .ince then intellect#al acti0ity an the se4#al realm stan in a spirit#al connection "hich re=#ires ennoblement an harmoni6ation if the h#man being is to ascen to higher con itions of conscio#sness% rather than becoming the so#rce of e0il) No" the facts gro" more complicate thro#gh the fact that in the istant past of "hich "e speak not only :en#s beings% b#t spirit#al beings from /ars also "orke on man) They enriche the bloo "ith iron (/ars permeate the not yet consoli ate earth in a rarefie % semi$spirit#al con ition! an imb#e the po"er of #n erstan ing "ith a certain higher passion (Ibi )% p) 5C!) This occ#rre "ith the collaboration of l#ciferic beings) They fille the astral bo ies of h#man beings "ith the astral forces of /ars% th#s acti0ating the passions an the intellect) Their symbol "as the serpent of Dara ise) It approache the female nat#re beca#se this possesse the forces of regeneration) &n since then man stan s bet"een t"o kin s of passion: that of spirit#al an that of organic repro #ction) The f#t#re belongs to the first; an this is the reason "hy man blocks his path to it "hen he sinks into eroticism) The (iblical myth an the /ysteries of anti=#ity clothe the i ea of the separation of the se4es in the fig#res of Cain an &bel) In Greek 7&bel7 means 7Dne#ma7 (spirit! an is female) The "or 7Cain7 literally means 7male7) T"o opposite principles are sho"n in &bel an Cain: the female an the male% tho#gh not yet physical% b#t p#rely spirit#al% at the stage "here the i0ision of the #nifie h#man being takes place for the first time) The (ible e4presses it th#s: $ow A"el was a keeper of sheep& "ut Cain was a tiller of the ground (Genesis; C;E!) The 7smoke7% the spirit plante by Go on the earth% rises from &bel to Go b#t Cain7s 7smoke7 remains on the earth) 8hat is in epen ent remains on the earth as Cain7s 7smoke7 (A#ne *B% *+BC% G& +,!) The organic process of the i0ision of the se4es took place thro#gh the fact that the capacity of the single being to repro #ce gra #ally cease ) The female egg lost the ability to fertili6e itself; fr#ctification passe o0er to the other se4) &t the same time e0erything else i0i e also: the astral bo y% the ether$bo y% the ispositions to in i0i #al e0elopment) Only the highest macrocosmic archetypal phenomenon in man remaine #nchange an #nifie ) This is incorporate into the 6o iac in s#ch a "ay that to imaginati0e perception the macro$anthropos appears as a male being in the se0en #pper signs (from &ries to 9ibra!% an as a female being in the lo"er fi0e (from the <ishes to .corpio!) To i aginative perception the macro$anthropos indeed e%tends over the zodiac as ale and fe ale in a self-enclosed serpent for (Aan) 5% *+EC% G& ,*-!) &n "hen clerical i eology lashes o#t at the 7Gnostic serpent7 of the occ#ltists% it eclares "ar against hea0en an estroys the innermost being of man% "hom Go o#ght clearly to ha0e ma e accor ing to their fancy) The archetypal phenomenon of man in the 6o iac mirrors the i0ine plan of creation an encompasses the "hole of earth being% "hich in the co#rse of time separate o#t into the fo#r king oms) /an "as able to separate o#t from himself the three lo"er king oms of nat#re% an "ill in the f#t#re absorb them again) Originally the h#man archetypal image of man re0eale itself in the 6o iac as the fo#r forces of 8ater$(earer$9ion an (#ll$Eagle (.corpion!% "hich together form a cross) <or imaginati0e perception% man to this ay is the totality of these three beasts an the 8ater$ (earer or angel) <or that "hich became in him the hea $system or ner0e$sense$system ca#se % after it ha s#ccee e in casting off the part that hin ere earth e0elopment% the "orl of the bir s to arise (eagle L king of the bir s!) The lion is in this sense relate to the breathing or rhythmic system% the b#ll to the metabolism) The &pocalypse speaks of all this: The first living creature was like a lion& the second living creature like a calf& the third living creature had a face like a an& and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle (Re0elations C; K $ Cf) fig#re!)
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3#ring the i0ision of the se4es the physical "ody of the wo an arose out of the lion-nature& while the physical "ody of the "ull is the ancestor of the ale "ody (Oct) E+% *+B5% G& *BK!) The female physical bo y has remaine to this ay on a more spirit#al le0el; it has not escen e completely into the material) It has retaine something of the con ition in "hich it "o#l ha0e staye if it ha not absorbe matter into itself) R# olf .teiner says that in its present form it is an ill#sion "ith the e4ception of hea an limbs) The forms of the :en#s of /ilo re0eal to #s the female fig#re as it might ha0e become if it ha incarnate f#lly into the earthly) The male bo y on the other han 7o0ershot7 the normal point of escent into matter) The fig#re of &pollo of (el0e ere re0eals the i eal incarnation of the male form) The ifferences bet"een male an female on the physical le0el are closely relate to those in the etheric an astral bo y) Th#s the astral bo y plays a large part in the life of a "oman; hence her entire organi6ation is more cosmic than that of the man) The secrets of the cosmos are more easily re0eale thro#gh her; her astral bo y is more finely ifferentiate than that of the man) .e ale life is the fantasy-life of the universe! Male life is what gives contours to life (Aan) K% *+E*% G& ,E,!) &ll this sho"s alrea y in chil hoo an teenage years) Th#s the *,$*C$year$ol girl e4periences #p to her EBth$E*st year the strong infl#ence of those processes "hich take place in her astral bo y in the formation of the 7I7) The spirit of contra iction therefore becomes acti0e #ring this time an "ays sho#l be fo#n of letting the chil gi0e free rein to her imp#lses) (oys ten to remain "eaker in character at this age% they are "ith ra"n% b#t ha0e special tho#ghts an feelings) Coarse beha0io#r is often the res#lt (A#ne *-% *+E*% G& ,BE!) In the process of conception the female element brings abo#t the similarity to the parents an to the ancestors in general) The male element speciali6es) Thro#gh the female the species is preser0e ; the male gi0es rise to in i0i #ality)> ?><or this reason states that are b#ilt #p on racist principles etermine the nationality in the case of mi4e marriages accor ing to the mother)@ This can be e4plaine thro#gh the fact that the moon especially infl#ences the male ether$bo y% an the s#n the male physical bo y) It is the re0erse in "omen) In each se4 there are not only ifferences b#t also a n#mber of factors "here male an female principles are intert"ine ) The ether-"ody $ says R# olf .teiner $ is twofold in each person! And the ether-"ody of a an as he lives a ong us e%hi"its fe ale& the ether-"ody of a wo an ale characteristics !!! The hu an soul "uilds itself a "ody as a agnet is for ed out of two poles! 5t "uilds itself a ale and a fe ale part& this ti e one part as physical "ody& and the ne%t ti e as etheric "ody! Thus with regard to the passions related to the ether-"ody2 devotion& courage and love& a wo an can clearly e%hi"it ale traits of character& while a an can so eti es appear #uite fe inine! Therefore it will o"viously "e the case that& if we want to o"serve the hu an "eing as a whole& we have "efore us a anifestation in two parts& a revealed (o#ter! aterial part& and a hidden& spiritual part! And only he is a complete hu an "eing& who is a"le to co "ine with outward asculinity& fe inine "eauty of character within (No0) *K% *+B-% G& GC!) In the 0ario#s stages of e0ol#tion sometimes the male% sometimes the female principle is ominant) In the last fe" cent#ries the male principle has pre ominate in social an spirit#al life) Therefore c#lt#re became materialistic) It "ill only be spirit#ali6e if the male h#man being ac=#ires "hat Goethe calle the eternal feminine) In the istant f#t#re% "hen the h#man being "ill rank higher than se4#ality% "hen he ascen s to the .pirit .elf% "e "ill be able to say: Neither the male nor the female% b#t the eternally human leads us on (Ibi )!) <or the attainment of this goal% the instit#tion of marriage "as gi0en to man) In all its elements marriage is #alistic% b#t it is also #nity in m#ltiplicity% the #nity of the opposites) This is "hy marriages 7are ma e in hea0en7% before birth% i)e) are karmically etermine ) The gospels say: But fro the "eginning of the creation the hu an "eing was ade ale-fe ale (the canonical translation is incorrect here!) .or this reason a an shall leave his father and other and "e Aoined to his wife& and the two shall "eco e one flesh) so then they are no longer two& "ut one flesh (/ark *B; K%5!) 3espite its apparent e0ery ay character% marriage is a mystery in "hich both si es are preparing for the f#t#re #nion of the se4es) The man has before
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him in the "oman an the "oman before her in the man the most imme iate completion of hisRher o"n #nifie (tri#ne! nat#re) (#t the #nity is attaine thro#gh the metamorphic process of the opposites) The h#man being is in0ol0e in a gigantic process of metamorphoses% if he "ishes to reconstit#te "ithin himself the archetypal image create by Go ) 8hen he is born on earth as a man% his thinking is less fle4ible than that of a "oman% an th#s connecte more "ith the intellect than "ith the psyche) 2is life$e4perience oes not press 0ery eeply into the #p$b#il ing forces% an therefore the ten ency arises to b#il a female bo y in the ne4t life) .#ch a ten ency strengthens the "oman in man) 8omen ha0e a eeper an more recepti0e isposition than men; they are more connecte to the psyche an are emotional% therefore their life$e4perience penetrates farther into the organism% so that their ne4t incarnation "ill be male) &n the e4periences they ha0e gathere in marriage play an especially important part in this process) The an is the kar a of the wo an !!! The wo an is the kar a of the an (/ay E-% *+B-% G& *EB!) This is "hy celibacy% rightf#l celibacy is the e4pression of a high e0elopmental stage of the in i0i #al spirit) $ (#t h#manity "ill ha0e to "ait for the correspon ing con itions in or er to incarnate on earth in a finer materiality) Then the mat#re so#ls "ill begin to pass thro#gh a profo#n m#tation) The re#nification of the se4es "ill take place an % R# olf .teiner says% the repro #cti0e organ "ill then be the speech organ) &fter man "ill ha0e recei0e the cosmic 9ogos he "ill master the magic of the "or an "ill be able% thro#gh #tterance of the magic "or in "armth$air s#bstance% to form a bo y into "hich a h#man so#l "ill then incarnate) Hes% in ee % this "ill come% for it says in the Gospel of .t) Aohn: 5n the "eginning was the 0ord and all things were ade "y 5t! In or er to attain this con ition in the f#t#re man m#st pass thro#gh a eep moral transformation "hose basis is lo0e) 2e is permitte to e4perience lo0e in its lo"er an higher aspect) &t first he meets it by 0irt#e of his o"n nat#re% so that it arises in the "oman o#t of fantasy $ the "oman lo0es not so m#ch the real person as the image she has create of him$ an man lo0es "ith his "ish) And this distinction ust "e ade& whether it then co es to e%pression in a real sense& or ore in the sense of ideas or ideals! The highest ideal can still contain ideal wishes) the instinctively ost sensual can "e a product of fantasy !!! A wo an3s love is steeped in fantasy) a an3s love is steeped in wishes! They there"y for so ething that co es into har ony in life (Aan) C% *+EE% G& ,B,!) 8hen the harmony is conscio#s% it creates the con itions for higher e0elopment) This is "hy an and wo an should!!! "e a"le to freely Aoin hands "ecause now spirit speaks to spirit& not sensuality to sensuality! This is the great idea of the future (Aan) E% *+B-% G& +,!) (#t it is #tterly estroye by the se4#ality "hich in o#r time is artificially implante % an promote by e0ery concei0able means) It arises thro#gh the earth% i)e) "orks more strongly on the man an is also the so#rce of egoism) <or this reason it "ill al"ays pro #ce 0iolence) .e4#ality can spirit#ally kill the h#man being (of either se4!; it shares the nat#re of A# as Iscariot (&pr) *% *+BK% G& +-! an it is not by chance that the same myth is tol of him as of Oe ip#s) .#ch is lo"er lo0e) It has t"o si es) If it is not stifle in se4#ality b#t is ennoble % it sho"s itself as passion that 0ery effecti0ely frees from egoism) The e4perience of "hat is bea#tif#l an aesthetic from early chil hoo "eakens the erotic principle correspon ingly) No" it is easy to #n erstan "hy the isco has become so "il ly s#ccessf#l aro#n the "orl ) It is the spirit#al g#illotine that prepares the 7Napoleonic 8ars7 of each against all) It can be co#ntere only thro#gh the e #cation of the sense of bea#ty "hich also frees the h#man being physically) Then the bo y "ill no longer oppress him% an lo0e "ill be able to transfer its source, its motive, from the one who loves to the being who is loved ) & lo0e of this kin o0ercomes the l#ciferic temptation) 5n spiritual love this personal& individual ele ent& we could say this egoistic ele ent of love& is fully Austified& "ecause it takes an out of the world of the senses& it leads hi up into the spiritual world& it encourages hi to fulfil his o"ligation to ake hi self ever ore perfect !!! ,ucifer wants to ake sensual love si ilar to spiritual love! Then he can tear it fro the sense world and lead it into his special kingdo (&#g) EG% *+*,% G& *CK!) 2ere a great ser0ice is one to 9#cifer by me ical science% "hich hol s the opinion that se4#al relations are in ispensable for goo health% or that $ accor ing to latest 7 isco0eries7 $ homose4#al ten encies are inherite an e0erything inherite is nat#ral etc) E0en if these e4planations appear in the guise of science $ concl# es R# olf .teiner $ they are nothing other than inspirations of the luciferic ele ent in the world !!! an people do not notice that ,ucifer is "ehind it all (Ibi )!) /ost people to ay are not in the least eterre by this "is om) They simply ask: 7&n "hy not 9#ciferM7 The ans"er to this is: ret#rn to the animal king om a"aits the h#man being in s#ch a case) R# olf .teiner gi0es the follo"ing e4planation: 0hen present-day civilization thinks a"out love& then it only speaks the word love& it is actually talking a"out eroticis !!! 5t is denial of the spirit which turns the force of love into erotic force! 5n any areas the genius of love has not only "een replaced "y his lower servant eroticis & "ut in any places its counter i age& the de on of love& has entered )))
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'o that the descending path is as follows2 we recognize the genius of love& we have spiritualized love! 0e recognize the lower servant& eroticis ! But we fall into the de on of love! And the genius of love has its de on in the interpretation& not in its true for & "ut in the interpretation of se%uality "y present-day civilization! 0e do not only speak of eroticis today when we want to approach love& "ut erely of se%ualityB !!! The de on enters where the genius is denied !!! !!! 5t lies within the power of the hu an "eing& as it were& to deny his own nature (A#ly EE% *+E,% G& EEG!) Th#s in all that is kno"n to ay by the shameless term 7se4#al re0ol#tion7 e0il fla#nts itself =#ite openly an ass#mes h#gely estr#cti0e proportions) The tri#mph of this 7re0ol#tion7 is the Re=#iem for mankin ) It is% as R# olf .teiner characteri6es se4#ality% the worst e%pression of aterialis & the ost devilish in the world today !!! 'e%uality and love have nothing at all to do with one another! 'e%uality is so ething that has nothing whatever to do with pure& original love! 'cience has "rought it to this disgrace "y creating an entire literature a"out it !!! (/ay 5% *+*E% G& *C,!) This "as the sit#ation alrea y in the first =#arter of the cent#ry) To ay% at its close% "e are "itnesses of an #nimaginable% open an total pogrom against all the spirit#al 0al#es of h#manity) 8e are e0en "itnesses to the estr#ction of the genetic fo#n ation of the h#man species) 2a0ing consi ere "hat spirit#al science has ha to say concerning the eepest cosmic e0ol#tionary traits an interrelationships of the male an female se4% "e "ill no" re0ie" the complete legali6ing% the general '#stification an promotion of se4#al per0ersions% "hereby the comparison of man "ith the animal so#n s like an ins#lt to the animal king om) The "hole thing smacks of comp#lsion% as "e alrea y mentione in chapter *5) Drof) Igor 1ohn% #ntil recently consi ere a l#minary of R#ssian sociology% is no" campaigning for the con emnation of protests against se4#al per0ersion as being e=#i0alent to racism% an says that "ar sho#l be eclare on R#ssian 7homophobia7) (#t the 7homophobia7 among R#ssians is not a res#lt of their cha#0inism) It arises beca#se so far they ha0e s#ccee e % as if by a miracle% to preser0e some nat#ral moral i eas) <rom a p#rely me ical point of 0ie" it has long been pro0en that a complicate comple4 of psychic ist#rbances lea s to se4#al aberrations% "hich "o#l in icate that s#ch people sho#l be treate as ill) (#t since illnesses of this kin also represent a social risk (the se #ction of minors in partic#lar!% certain legal bo#n aries are set% =#ite #n erstan ably) Illnesses of this kin arise from hormonal ist#rbances% psychic shocks etc) &s "ith any other illness% these too can appear in mil or se0ere forms) In some% it sho"s only as an a0ersion to the opposite se4% in others as an inclination to bestiality etc) The most se0ere form of the sickness is necrophilia) 8hen a cl#b for 7se4#al minorities7 opene its oors in /osco"% ifferent gro#ps (or possibly sections! forme imme iately accor ing to the category of illness) 8ere any E#ropean "ho regar s as sick all se4#al per0ersions e4cept homose4#ality to 0oice his opinion there% he "o#l ha0e been thro"n o#t of this cl#b straight a"ay) The mass$me ia ha0e so far pai little attention to this comple4 of iss#es an #s#ally only report on a single form of the illness% "hich at the same time they present as emancipation of the personality) This propagan a% "hich is carrie e=#ally by the intellect#al "orl elite% politicians an religio#s ignitaries% infl#ences more an more people "ho% #n er ifferent con itions% co#l lea a =#ite normal life) 2ere% any emonstration or e4planation becomes 0ery iffic#lt) (#t "e sho#l lea the tho#ght carrie by the me ia $ press% literat#re% cinema an tele0ision $ to its logical concl#sion) If there is nothing "rong "ith homose4#ality% then% please% o not consi er bestiality abnormal either) &n "hat is to be sai abo#t chil molesting in this caseM In line "ith the 7 emocrati6ing press7 in the .o0iet Onion "e ha0e reache the point "here correspon ing a s appear in ne"spapers) /afia$ like gro#ps ab #ct or ab#se chil ren% ensla0e them for large s#ms to the se4#ally obsesse ) In (elgi#m an other E#ropean co#ntries crimes of this kin ha0e lately been #nco0ere an bro#ght to the attention of the p#blic in a most spectac#lar "ay) (#t% "e repeat% if yo# try to raise s#ch =#estions in the circles of liberal intellect#als% be it in /osco"% Daris or Ne" Hork% yo# "ill fin no #n erstan ing; yo# "ill be scorne % eclare a reactionary% regar e as ortho o4 an cha#0inistic% yo# "ill be sho"n the oor)> ?>In A#ly *++, "e co#l often hear in R#ssian broa casts of The Voice of A erica the reporter% in a "ell$so#n ing baritone $ the timbre an confi ence of his 0oice calc#late to e4press the irref#tability an force of &merica7s lea ing role $ in forming listeners of an e0ent of 7historic7 importance) The report containe phrases s#ch as: =resident Clinton has decided!!! the 0hite 4ouse !!! a well"alanced policy!!! the 'enator3s declaration !!! the General 'taff e%pressed its support!!! etc! It concerne a reg#lation allo"ing homose4#ality officially in the &merican army) &merican octors bro#ght for"ar 7scientific7 e0i ence to the effect that homose4#al ten encies are inherite an the legal e4perts straight"ay concl# e that "hat is inherite
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cannot be forbi en) [IJ Imme iately follo"ing an in step "ith Clinton7s ecision% Heltsin iss#e a ecree re0oking the prohibition of se4#al per0ersion in R#ssia) Tele0ision =#ickly took #p the theme of 7rene"al7 from /osco"% an broa cast% mainly for a 0ertising p#rposes% an inter0ie" "ith the 7happiest7 $ three$7parent7 in this case $ lesbian family) (efore /osco" co#l react% the initiati0e of the &mericans "as take #p by the (O.$sponsore ! ?adio ,i"erty% "hich% echoing the ol slogans of .o0iet i eology% sai : 4o ose%uals stood at the forefront of the struggle for freedo and de ocracy in A ericaB They deserve eternal praiseB etc) $ &nyone "ho consi ers this ob0io#s an not belonging to the sphere of high% irty politics% manifests a angero#s nai0ety) [IJ &s early as the *-th cent#ry the R#ssian ascetic Nil /e otochi0y (of &fon! ma e an interesting prophecy for *++E: The ro""eries that will "e co ittedB 0hat ho ose%uality& adultery& incest and e%cesses will take placeB R# olf .teiner: $ectar and a "rosia& the food of the Gods - that is the hu an love "etween an and wo an (G& E--$I% p) *C-!)@ Right #p into o#r o"n time% se4#al aberrations ha0e been incl# e by the religio#s conscio#sness among the mortal sins) They "ere also con emne by the pagans) 8e can e0en rea in 2eraclit#s: $ature is attracted not to what is si ilar "ut to what is opposite and creates out of this a certain "alance and har ony! - /ut of opposite #ualities a wonderful har ony is created! - $ature has "rought ale and fe ale together and esta"lished an original har ony out of the opposites! All the opposites are with God!

The &postle Da#l says: 0ho e%changed the truth of God for the lie !!! .or even their wo en e%changed the natural use for what is against nature! ,ikewise also the en& leaving the natural use of the wo an& "urned in their lust for one another& en with en co itting what is sha eful !!! who& knowing the righteous Audg ent of God& that those who practise such things are worthy of death& not only do the sa e "ut also approve of those who practise the (Romans *; EG$,E!) In the eyes of a Drof) 1ohn 2eraclit#s an the &postle Da#l are both 7racists7) (#t in o#r cent#ry 7racists7 are at the same time 7fascists7% i)e) they are o#tla"e an con emne "itho#t trial) 8o#l it not be fitting at last to e4amine "hat is o#r relation to these men of 7ancient7 times% some of "hom e0en call themsel0es &postlesM> ?>8hene0er something reasonable is bro#ght for"ar abo#t se4#al aberrations% co#ntless ishonest 'o#rnalists la#nch a h#ge o#tcry abo#t iscrimination an a ret#rn to ictatorship) $ 8e are th#s face "ith the choice of either agreeing "ith them or being bran e as reactionaries) (#t this sector of propagan a also has its #npre ictable aspects) Th#s the anti$fascists efen homose4#ality beca#se it "as forbi en in the Thir Reich) (#t the Comm#nists on the other han "rote at the time they "ere attacking the National .ocialists% that homose4#ality "as promote by the ..$Or ers) This "o#l imply that the .. men "ere e4treme anti$fascists) $ In this "ay i eological ma ho#ses are constr#cte to ay)@ &ltho#gh &nthroposophy "o#l then ha0e to be con emne too) <or let #s look at "hat R# olf .teiner says: Thus the decisive point will co e where one can go to the right2 "ut then one will need to "e awake) or one can go to the left2 then one can sleep) "ut instincts will then arise& instincts that are a"horrent! 0hat will the natural scientists say when such instincts arise( The scientists will say2 This is a natural necessity! 5t had to happen& this is ankind3s develop ent! *Man+ !!! would e%perience such a feeling of gratification in the pursuit of certain a"errations of the se%ual instinct) he would praise it as a particularly lofty e%pression of super-hu anness& of lack of preAudice& of enlightened Audg ent! Cgly would "eco e "eautiful and "eautiful ugly !!! and it would not "e noticed "ecause it would all "e looked upon as a natural necessity (Oct) +% *+*5% G& *5E!)> ?>The lect#re is entitle The 0orking of the Angel in our Astral Body) 8e a 0ise all those "ho are still incapable of isting#ishing free om from immorality or illness to rea the lect#re right thro#gh)@ The e0elopment of h#manity #n er the con ition of the #ality of the se4es lasts many millennia) (#t the time "ill come (Gth$-th milleni#m! "hen the se4es "ill #nite again) Then those "ho ha0e per0erte these relationships "ill be #nable to #n ergo the metamorphosis this entails) They will be cast out of the normal evolution of humanity into the subhuman, half-animal realm) These people therefore sin against e0ol#tion for the #ration of two root-races% an for this reason their sin is calle a mortal sin) The &postle Da#l speaks of 7the '# gement of Go 7 in this regar ) The mortal sin lea s to the secon eath% the eath of the so#l)

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In 0ie" of the fact that &hriman7s incarnation is shortly to take place% he is partic#larly intereste in the propagation of this sin) The spirits of arkness therefore try to strengthen their po"er o0er the h#man being "ith respect to his evolution) The e4tinction of morality% "hich is c#rrently taking place% gi0es birth to a cosmic co#nter$image) The earth ra iates isgrace o#t into the cosmos% as a confirmation to the 3i0ine 2ierarchies% that mankin has lost to#ch "ith the meaning of its e4istenceS & sit#ation of this kin cannot be altere by means of a sentimental% morali6ing sermon) The mysteries of arkness can only be co#ntere by the mystery of light% an that is &nthroposophy) This is "hy it is so necessary that many a"aken to its "is om% beca#se it sho"s the "ay o#t of the crisis) It is both ol an ne" an contains the enormo#s positi0e e4perience of h#manity% "hich has been gathere on the path to the spirit) Thro#gh &nthroposophy man can fin a "ay to approach the practical =#estions of the present time) Ci0ili6ation is s#ffering #n er an o#t ate % chronic crisis; conse=#ently% a momentary% spec#lati0e search for a sol#tion is oome to fail#re) Often people ha0e no i ea at all "hat the meaning of the crisis is) 8hat can anthropology or e0en Oni0ersity psychology say abo#t the estr#cti0e effect of an #nbri le se4#al instinct on the h#man 7I7% on the psychic isposition% the sense of self$"orth% the self$i entity of the personalityM 8hat can psychology create c#lt#rally if it is base on the <re# $A#ng octrine of the all$ etermining role of the 7phallic7 principle in the spirit#al an e0en the religio#s life of h#manityM> ?>The A#ngian interpretation of c#lt#re is no more than a cr# e in0ention) In early anti=#ity there "as no se4#al ri0e as an en in itself) E0erything "as a s#blime sacrificial act for the p#rpose of perpet#ating the h#man race) Repro #ction "as a holy ser0ice to h#manity) The lo"er nat#re in #s% as "e kno" it at present% is the res#lt of the l#ciferic temptation) (#t it is estine to become o#r higher nat#re% an this "as kno"n in the ancient "orl ) The lea ers of the ol /ysteries "ere not so fri0olo#s% cynical an philistine as people are to ay) Certain sy "ols of the ancient peoples $ says R# olf .teiner$ which today are only interpreted in a se%ual sense& sy "ols that are drawn fro the lower nature& can "e e%plained through the fact that the old Mystery-priests who used the & actually wanted to e%press in these sy "ols the higher that lives in the lower nature of an (October 5% *+*K% G& *KK!) (#t ho" are "e to isc#ss this "ith to ay7s scientists% "hen the main element of their scientific apparat#s is the irty 'okeM@ &ll teachings of this kin "ill sooner or later be attracti0e only to the psychically ill% an to people "ho ha0e kept their psychic health% the ol "is om "ill begin to speak in a mo ern lang#age) The millenia$ol mystery "is om is not naN0e; "e are naN0e; "e are the 0ictims of "il ly fantastic conceptions in the epoch of materialism) The Rosicr#cian legen tells that it "as prophesie to 2iram &biff% the representati0e of the earthly% male Cain$ "is om% that he "o#l beget a son "ho "o#l be the progenitor of a ne" h#man race b#t "ho "o#l be #nkno"n to him) &mong his escen ants the #nion of the t"o se4es "o#l take place) R# olf .teiner re0eale the essential meaning of this legen "hen he sai : The old fe ale 6A"el- or priest-< culture gave way to the ale culture! The fe ale as a physical for will die out! Then the ale ust have in it a force to "ring forth a (ne"! individual out of itself !!! 0hen an has ac#uired the strength& so that his laryn% develops to the stage where his word is creative& and he is a"le to "ring forth his own kind through the word& then the entire productive force will pass over to the ale se%! 0hat was once created "y the Gods will pass to an! 0hen was the word lost( 0hen the individuality of the se%es "egan! 5t is "uried& hidden! The sons of Cain only had it in their forefather! 4ira A"iff was at least to have the prophecy of it! 5 ediately after this he was killed! The word is "uried& "ut it is there! 5f it were not "uried& an would "e self-creative like the @lohi !!! (Oct) E,% *+BG% G& +,!) (#t the lost "or "ill be re isco0ere "hen passi0e male "is om (2iram; it "as alrea y e4plaine "hy it is passi0e! a"akens acti0ity $ female int#ition $ "ithin itself) <or this reason Goethe says: The eternal feminine .till lea s #s on) In the hope of fin ing the lost "or people of the past 'oine together in associations an brotherhoo s to form spirit#al comm#nities) This is "hat 9o ges of the <reemasons "ere originally) They "o#l no o#bt ha0e re isco0ere the "or if they ha not fallen a prey to political occ#ltism% "hich t#rne them into c#sto ians of the 7se4#al minorities7) &fter that% "ere there <reemasons in the "orl % "ho "ere still able to contin#e the goo % e0en s#blime% tra itions of the fathersM 8e cannot ans"er this =#estion) (#t at the beginning of the cent#ry a tr#e <reemason co#l ha0e sai to himself or in the circle of his fello"s: @verything that does not derive fro our own science which has spread
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throughout the world& originates fro the ancient ti es of rulership "y priestesses! 0e do not only want to overco e this& we wish also to inaugurate a new cycle of e%istence! 0e are to give intuition to ale Cain-cognition ourselves! This would "e i possi"le if one were to deprive en of the power "y sharing the secret with wo en! The o ent we speak it out "efore wo en the whole thing would cease to have any effect (Ibi )!) <or this reason "omen "ere for a long time not a mitte into the 9o ges) The speech organ is relate to one7s se4) This is "hy men% "hen they reach p#berty% #n ergo the breaking of their 0oice) R# olf .teiner contin#es in the abo0e$ mentione lect#re: $ow you will also understand what the .ree ason says2 /nly the an is destined to speak the lost word and transfor it) only the ale laryn% is capa"le of speaking !!! what can "e regained through the lost word !!! The fe ale laryn% has re ained at a rudi entary stage! 5t is the ale laryn% which is for ed into the future organ (Ibi )!) Th#s spoke the <reemasons in the *5th% an partially also in the *+th cent#ry) (#t it "as in the *+th cent#ry that they lost their connection to the o#ter "orl % an at the same time female "is om "as also lost; therefore there "ere no longer any higher egrees that preser0e this "is om) This process is to a certain e4tent legitimate) /an ha to pass thro#gh materialism% "hich e4cl# es the priestly "is om% in or er to b#il #p his ob'ect$conscio#sness) &s a res#lt the ol "is om isappeare an man ha to li0e in the o#ter "orl ) (#t soon the time came "hen the "is om "as taken in% "hich is beyon the se4es% "hich in its essential nat#re is neither male nor female) This tr#th is &nthroposophy) It teaches that in the "oman the male part is acti0e% an in the man $ his female part) On a higher le0el% in cognition% male an female #nite) &nthroposophy therefore re$establishes the harmony of the #nifie h#man being) The a 0ent of &nthroposophy in the "orl "as prepare by a consi erable n#mber of spirit#al streams% among them <reemasonry) 8hen in the *5th cent#ry so$calle 7a opti0e <reemasonry7 "as fo#n e % "hich also a mitte "omen (e)g) (aroness 3# e0ant% alias George .an !% the #nification of the se4es "as prepare ) 2) D) (la0atsky "as a member of s#ch a 9o ge) (#t "hat ha e0elope o#t of this in the mi le of the EB th cent#ry% co#l pro #ce nothing b#t a moral catastrophe) The theosophical mo0ement% too% ha the task o0ercoming the one$si e ness of male stri0ings% b#t this fact "as soon forgotten) There is throughout the Middle Ages $ says R# olf .teiner $ a grandiose preparation for the engendering within the an& of the other se% in a spiritual way! Through concentration within hi self& the an first creates as a thought what later is to arise in hi as "eing! This is why throughout the Middle Ages the Mary-cult arose in preparation! 5t is nothing other than concentration for the purpose of engendering the fe ale in the ale (Ibi )!) 8omen ha0e the same role in the Aes#s$c#lt) $ow you will realize $ concl# es R# olf .teiner $ what confusion was "ound to arise when an /rder appeared which "roke with everything and wants to win "ack fe ale wisdo ! The ai is rulership of the world& which is to "e con#uered! 5f so eone wants to leave ancient wisdo as it is& then he has to con#uer the world for the sake of old forces! 'uch an /rder e%ists2 it is the -esuit /rder! 5t has consciously set itself this task! This is why the -esuits and .ree asons stand in such stark contrast to one another (Ibi )!) In a complicate inter$connection one of the most important principles of e0ol#tion is falsifie ) On the one han the ifference bet"een the se4es is cancelle in an #nnat#ral "ay% an on the other it is heightene to the #tmost egree) In the /ary$mo0ement the claim is ma e to r#lership of the "orl by the feminine principle% "hile religio#s f#n amentalism places "omen in a con ition of sla0ery) In this "ay h#manity is attacke from t"o si es: by the l#ciferic an ahrimanic hosts) One si e "o#l stifle self$conscio#sness thro#gh #nbri le se4#ality% the other "o#l proclaim celibacy as the i eal) /an can only o0ercome the "orking of the a 0ersary po"ers thro#gh ennobling se4#al lo0e% an learning to lo0e bea#ty thro#gh the c#lti0ation of spirit#al interests)

The &rchetypal Dhenomenon of the /ystery of E0il

No" that "e ha0e analy6e the inner str#ct#re% the spirit#al personification% of the forces that are e4presse in the antithesis of goo an e0il% "e can ask the =#estion regar ing its archetypal fo#n ation; or% rather% "e ha0e alrea y broache this =#estion beca#se it "as pose 0ery generally "ith the help of fig#res *B (p) >! an ** (p) >!) <ig#re *B sho"s the 3i0ine Trinity% the highest perfection in the #ni0erse ("e calle it triangle &(C!) The threefol h#man spirit mo0es to"ar s this highest goal as .pirit .elf% 9ife .pirit an .pirit /an) 8orl e0ol#tion #nfol s% in correspon ence "ith this stri0ing% thro#gh a cycle of se0en aeons) On the macrocosmic le0el t"o global ten encies arise "ithin it) One is me iate by the acti0ity of the nine hierarchical beings "hich procee s from the 3i0ine Trinity (T (C3!) This is the "orl of goo % an its "orking is irecte to"ar the creation% the "orl of the non$7I7% "hich has arisen thro#gh the
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fall from Go ) The create "orl is sho"n as the triangle of forces "ith its point #p"ar s (T 3E<!) The force at "ork "ithin it is the creat#res7 longing for re#nion "ith the Creator) The Gnostics calle this longing 7&chamoth7) In the in i0i #al e0elopment of the h#man being both triangles interpenetrate; they form the se0enfol str#ct#re of man% since all that is in process of e0elopment bears "ithin it the str#ct#re of the se0enfol metamorphosis) This is the nat#re of the he4agram $ an ancient occ#lt symbol) In one of its meanings it stan s for e0elopment% namely the interaction bet"een the threefol bo y an the threefol spirit (fig) *C!) <rom their f#sion there arises as the #niting element the higher 7I7% "hich "as instille into man #ring the earth aeon)

<ig#re *C This is% in 0ery broa o#tline% the e0ol#tionary principle of man) The "orking of forces in his he4agram can also be presente ifferently: "ith the point of the triangle symboli6ing the spirit t#rne o"n"ar s% an the point of the triangle signifying the bo y t#rne #p"ar s) Then "e ha0e before #s the h#man being as Go 7s creat#re) The first 0ariant sho"e the constellation of the in epen ently$stri0ing in i0i #al spirit) This is ho" e0ol#tionary ten encies change) In one instance "hat is higher% the hierarchical% stri0es a"ay from the 3i0ine Trinity% an this lea s to i0ision of the hierarchies% the creation of man an the emergence of e0il) In the other% they ret#rn by "ay of the creat#re% thro#gh its free "ill% to the 3i0ine Trinity% thereby transforming e0il into goo ) &n man in ee becomes the 7meas#re of all things7) The t"o c#r0ing lines in fig#re *B% "hich sho" the e0elopmental path of the hierarchies "orking from abo0e an the e0elopment of the many$membere h#man being from belo"% are transforme in the e4perience of in i0i #al becoming% "hen the h#man being takes his estiny into his o"n han s% into t"o 7staffs of /erc#ry7 "hich "e fin 0ery graphically represente in the first alchemical Rosicr#cian seal (see fig)!) [&bbil #ng Omschlag 3R/ IJ /an o"es his ne"est constellation% in "hich he is hol ing the 7staffs of /erc#ry7 in his o"n han s% to the fact that he has been able to bring his lo"er 7I7 into connection "ith the higher 7I7 an e0elop the threefol so#l $ the sentient% rational an conscio#sness$so#l) (#t% as "e ha0e alrea y mentione % these bear "ithin them the l#ciferic an ahrimanic po"ers (also sho"n in the alchemical seal! "hich attack 7I7$conscio#sness by "ay of thinking% feeling an "illing) 2ere too% man% as the s#b'ect of e0ol#tion% is a microcosm% the e4pression on a small scale of the cosmic battle bet"een goo an e0il) In the concl# ing phase of e0ol#tion e0il also stri0es for threefol ing% in a re0erse "ay% b#t ne0ertheless 7in the image of Go 7% "hich is f#rther confirmation of the #nity an i0inity of the cosmos) (#t here there is no room for
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sentimentality) <rom the EBth cent#ry on"ar s "e "ill be "itnesses to an e4tremely angero#s e0elopment of the forces of e0il% "ho are ass#ming the character of threefol #nity (T E<G!) .ince Christ foresa" this% he escen e not only to the physical plane b#t also into the sphere of the s#b$physical m#t#al confrontation of 9#cifer an &hriman) On Easter .at#r ay 2e #n ertook the escent into 2ell) 2e entere the sphere "here h#man beings ha0e% after eath% to en #re the conse=#ences of the life they ha0e le on earth #n er the infl#ence of 9#cifer an &hriman) To the egree that man masters his 7I7% the errors he commits begin to ass#me increasingly the character of ob'ecti0e e0il% beca#se the tr#e so#rce of e0il is e4cl#si0ely his 7I7) Only "hat has a personifie character% if only to a small egree% can ha0e reality in the "orl ) In his commentary to the 79or 7s Drayer7% R# olf .teiner says that man e4periences temptation in his astral bo y) The hu an "eing can !!! when he co its errors through his ether or life-"ody& "eco e ore of a sinner a ong his fellow hu an "eings& he can neglect ore the social o"ligations that weave fro an to an and ake hu an social life possi"le (Aan) E5% *+BK% G& +-!) Therefore the prayer says in this connection: And forgive us our trespasses& as we forgive those who trespass against us (9#ke **; C!) The physical bo y is relate to the petition for daily brea ) &n "hen "e pray >eliver us fro evil "e sho#l think of the errors% the transgressions "e ha0e committe o#t of the lo"er 7I7 in f#ll conscio#sness)> ?>The higher 7I7 is e4presse in the prayer in the trinity of the spirit: of .pirit /an ("ill!% 9ife .pirit (king om! an .pirit .elf (name!)@ &s a special po"er "hich tempts the lo"er 7I7 an % thro#gh it% stan s in opposition to the higher 7I7 there emerge as an e0er$gro"ing force the retar e spirits of personality (archai!% kno"n in esoteric tra ition as the &s#ras) It is they "ho form the trinity of cosmic e0il (T E<G! as an antitheses to the 3i0ine trinity) R# olf .teiner characteri6es the 7triangle7 of e0il in the follo"ing "ay) 2e says that in the sentient so#l 9#cifer is anchore an in the rational so#l $ &hriman) In the ne" epoch man possesses the conscio#sness$so#l% "hich% thro#gh its spirit#al "orking% transforms the physical bo y into .pirit /an% i)e) creates "ithin #s the bo y of res#rrection) And in the ti e which is now approaching (at the en of the EBth cent#ry this time has no" come! the spiritual "eings called the Asuras will steal furtively into this consciousness-soul& into what is called the hu an 353 - "ecause the 353 is awakened in the consciousness-soul! The Asuras will develop evil with far ore intensive force than even the satanic powers of the Atlantean or the luciferic spirits of the ,e urian ti e (/arch EE% *+B+% G& *BK!) In a more #ni0ersal sense the &s#ras stan in opposition to the "orl $gro#n of the <ather% for their battle (thro#gh man! is "age against "orl #nity% against the oneness of Go ) (#t their intentions are oppose by the /ystery of Golgatha; they sho#l be regar e as belonging to the main opponents of Christ) Oltimately Christ7s prayer at the 9ast .#pper% "hich he a resses to the <ather an "hich Aohn the E0angelist gi0es to #s in the *K th chapter% is concerne "ith this confronting of the &s#ras) $ In the present time t"o incompatible paths of e0elopment ha0e come into an imme iate contact "ith one another: one% the path thro#gh the Christ to the <ather% the other% the path thro#gh the lo"er 7I7 that is falling into chaos% to the &s#ras% into the anti$"orl % an to the 7eighth sphere7)> ?>The f#t#re A#piter aeon% the f#t#re h#man con ition% mat#res in the 7eighth sphere7) &t the appropriate time #nity in the i0ine sense "ill be restore )@ In contrast to the &s#ras% the l#ciferic spirits ha0e bro#ght% in a ition to the possibility to o e0il% something that is goo : free om) <or this reason the e0il create by them in e0ol#tion "ill be completely o0ercome an transforme into goo in the co#rse of the earth aeon) The e0il ca#se by the ahrimanic spirits "ill be o0ercome by the h#man being thro#gh the "orking of the karmic la"s) (#t the e0il sent by the &s#ras is of =#ite a ifferent nat#re% beca#se they stri0e to #nite the innermost being of man% "here for the first time he becomes h#man in the tr#est sense of the "or $ the conscio#sness$so#l an the first e4pressions of the higher 7I7 $ only "ith the sense$nat#re of the earth) =iece "y piece will "e torn out of the 353! And to the degree that the Asuric spirits lodge in the consciousness-soul& the hu an "eing has to leave pieces of his e%istence "ehind on earth! These will "e lost irretrievably !!! $ot that the entire an has to fall prey to the & "ut pieces will "e carved out of the hu an spirit "y the Asuric powers! These Asuric powers are heralded in our ti e "y the spirit that holds sway& which we could call the spirit of ere e%istence in sensuality and in o"liviousness to all real spiritual "eings and spiritual worlds !!! a further step will "e - and this is heralded ever ore plainly - the "ase (gro#p! passions of sensuality that descend to the earth ore and ore and o"scure an3s gaze with regard to !!! spiritual powers! The hu an "eing will not know& and will not want to know& anything a"out a spiritual world! 5ncreasingly he will not only teach that the highest oral ideas of an are only higher anifestations of ani al drives& he will not only teach that hu an thinking is erely a odified for of what the ani al also possesses !!! that in his entire "eing he descends fro the ani al& "ut an will take this view seriously and live accordingly (Ibi )!) 8e ha0e s#fficiently sho"n in the pages of this book the e4tent to "hich these "or s of R# olf .teiner ha0e become reality in o#r time) 8e ha0e e0ery reason to concl# e that the e0elopment of ci0ili6ation in o#r cent#ry has taken a most iffic#lt an tragic t#rn) R# olf .teiner act#ally spoke in his ay% of ho" the &s#ras "ork in senseless o#tb#rsts
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of passion in sports sta i#ms) 8hat more nee s to be sai abo#t passionate o#tb#rsts at rock$concerts "here e0erything is bro#ght to a pitch by the m#sical element% "hich has a partic#larly strong effect on the lo"er 7I7M /#ch has become habit#al an a part of e0ery ay e4istence% so that in self$'#stification people "hisper po"erlessly: 78hat can "e possibly o abo#t itM7 78here else are the yo#ngsters to goM7 7Ho# ha0e to mo0e on "ith the timesS7 etc) (#t let #s concentrate on one =#estion at least $ the task of cognition) One "ill only fin strength to o0ercome the e0il that is tri#mphant on earth% "hen one has recogni6e its nat#re) This nat#re is cosmic an not only a pro #ct of the irresponsibility of single in i0i #als) In a 0ery early lect#re R# olf .teiner commente on the follo"ing e4planation by C) G) 2arrison as to the nat#re of the &s#ric forces: The Asuras are in their nature fiery or dyna ic& and their power to do evil was terri"le! This was destroyed for ever through the appearance of -esus Christ !!! they are 3held in check3& una"le to ove "ackwards or forwards& "etween the earth and the eighth sphere&D at the latent point where the attraction of "oth is everywhere the sa e& until the 3great day3 of the 3 eeting of the a%es3& when they will "e irresisti"ly pulled into the vorte% of the latter (appen i4 to A#ne *B% *+BC% G& +,!) 2#man beings co#l also be p#lle into this 0orte4; "hereby they "o#l be torn o#t of h#man e0ol#tion temporarily or for e0er) ?>The 7eighth sphere7 is the spirit region in "hich% on the one han % the s#bstance for the f#t#re A#piter aeon is prepare an "here% on the other% the forces of e0il bring into being their co#nter$image to this aeon)@ <ig#re *G :ie"e cosmically% the &s#ras ha0e alrea y been o0ercome% beca#se Christ entere the 7triangle7 of e0il an took the small h#man 7I7 #n er 2is "ing (fig) *G!) (#t since man only possesses his higher 7I7 "hen he e0elops free$"ill% he can only ser0e the Christ$force "hen he may freely choose) In or er to pre0ent this choice% the Asuras lead the polar opposite of luciferic and ahri anic forces to a synthesis an thereby create a completely ne" sit#ation on earth% "here man is e4pose to temptation in all the elements of his nat#re: thro#gh daily "read (the socialistic an other social e4periments!% thro#gh the trespasses of the life of society "ithin the state (b#t also bet"een the ifferent states! "hich is escen ing into planetary chaos% thro#gh the te ptation of loosene morality% the e4change of free om for arbitrariness% an finally thro#gh the e0il of false octrines% the hypertrophy of the lie% the "orl $"i e a 0ocacy of #nbri le sens#ality an the ragging of the conscio#sness$so#l o"n into the sphere of the instincts) &t the en of the EBth an the beginning of the E*st cent#ry the sit#ation of the "orl an of the in i0i #al h#man being becomes fra#ght "ith still greater iffic#lty thro#gh the "orking% on the si e of the &s#ric forces% of .orat $ the .#n$ emon% the opponent of Christ% as he is characteri6e by R# olf .teiner) 2e escribes this e0ent on the *E th .ept) *+EC as follo"s: All that we do now& y dear friends& in this age as we take hold of the spirituality of our teaching is of great significance& "ecause we do it for the hu an "eings of the present ti e su" specie aeternitatis! 5t is a preparation for those great& enco passing& intensive spiritual deeds that are to take place at the end of the century& after a great deal will have occurred which works counter to a spiritualizing of odern civilization! Those great upheavals in @urope which were ushered in "y the Crusades& coincided with the recurrence of the figure EEE& and this fact found its outer e%pression in the downfall of the Knights Te plars! @ver and again 'orat strives to oppose that which& fro the 'ungenius& endeavours to work for a true Christianity! The ti e is now i inent of the third return of the figure EEE2 9::8! At the end of this century we co e to that point in ti e when& rising up again fro the waves of evolution& 'orat will raise his head ost powerfully& when he will "e the adversary of that vision of the Christ which those hu an "eings who are prepared for it will already have in the first half of the 7;th century& through the "eco ing visi"le of the etheric Christ (G& ,C-!)> ?>8e "o#l like to =#ote here a f#rther central tho#ght of R# olf .teiner concerning the &s#ras: The Asuras re ain "ehind on /ld 'aturn! As did firespirits on the 'un! Christ is the regent of the fire-spirits! The satanic hosts are the fallen fire-spirits! /n /ld Moon it is the luciferic spirits! 5n the ,e urian race ,ucifer intervened in hu an develop ent! 4e was drawn into earth develop ent and served as a li"erator through giving an independence and enthusias for wisdo ! The satanic "eings "egin their 3work3 in the Atlantean race 6"lack agic<! They are the gods of hindrance! The Asuras intervene only now in the fifth race! They are "y far the ost har ful and work ainly into the se%ual life& i!e! the physical "ody! The any se%ual a"errations of the present can "e traced "ack to their strong influence! All forces of hindrance work in such a way that they seek to hold on to what e%ists at present& what is i perfect& to carry it through and reinforce it in its i perfection! The luciferic "eings still worked as li"erators& "ecause they gave independence& the egoity together with egois ! 0e had to pass through egois & which was& as it were& the first e%pression of the ego - Aust as error is the first e%pression of wisdo in a world of "eco ing& and ani alistic love is the first e%pression of the highest spiritual love! /ur task is the transfor ation in each case! The third root-race saw the separation of the se%es& in the si%th rootE5 of CE

race it will "e overco e) this has to "e prepared in the si%th su"-race! The reproductive forces of an are undergoing transfor ation! ?eproductive force in itself is the ost holy in our possession "ecause it is directly divine! The ore divine what is dragged through the ud "y us& the greater the sin! The reproductive organs in us will "e heart and laryn%! As the word "eca e flesh in Christ& so in the ti e of the fulfil ent of Christianity the flesh has to "eco e word! *F+ !!! Good and evil are as yet differentiated relatively little! And our eyes do not uch penetrate the "ehind the unifor appearance of the flesh! $ow it is still a relatively s all step fro evil to good& fro good to evil! 0hen the powers of the Masters and of those who support the with all their strength and will& and the powers of the gods of hindrance& also called Ma on 6the 'atans and Asuras<& with their hu an following& intervene ever ore strongly in the life of hu anity& in earthly develop ent - then good will develop into a divine good& and evil into so ething terri"le& the Anti-Christ! Then every single one of us world-helpers 6 ay this word "e spoken in deepest hu ility< will need all the strength that can "e gained fro suffering and the overco ing of suffering& fro evil and the overco ing of evil! 5t is the task of Theosophy 6Anthroposophy<& of ?osicrucianis & to su on hu an "eings to this "attle through knowledge of such things& and in the "attle to "ring the peace (G& E--RI% p) *-+R*KB!)@ In this 7comple47 "ay the archetypal phenomenon of man% the pentagram of the microcosm "ithin the 7triangle7 of e0il% is o0ert#rne Ro0erthro"n if it re'ects the helping han of Christ (fig) *-!) It is 7o0ert#rne Ro0erthro"n7 in an all$ embracing manner in the "i er sphere of social life% "hich takes on partic#larly great an e0en ecisi0e importance in the epoch of the conscio#sness$so#l) The organi6ations of "orl $e0il sho"n in the fig#re incorporate into themsel0es 0irt#ally the entire spirit#al elite of to ay7s h#manity) &nyone "ho in one "ay or another is gifte an creati0e ser0es one or e0en se0eral forms of e0il) 2ar ly has a h#man being isco0ere his creati0e capacities% than he is se #ce % entice or "ooe by the correspon ing associations% Darties an Or ers) Other paths to self$reali6ation "ill pro0e to be close to him) The gifts of a h#man being an his ability to e0elop thereby become an enormo#s risk to him an the a0erage person is simply manip#late "ithin the mass)

<ig#re *2o"e0er% it "o#l not be right for anyone to accept the sit#ation that has arisen in the "orl % as this "o#l mean the aban onment of f#rther e0ol#tion% "hose =#intessence is the h#man being; it "o#l mean the forgoing of eternity% 7 eath of the so#l7% follo"e by the e4tinction of the h#man mona ) (#t the h#man being "ho oes not conform "ill% if he en ea0o#rs to #n erstan the primary phenomenon of #ni0ersal e0il an follo" its f#rther manifestations% be f#lfilling the central task of man to ay) This is of co#rse not easy to reali6e% as "e ha0e to o "ith something that is f#n amentally ne" $ "ith the principle of in0erte ialectics) It is '#st as ne" for o#r times as classical ialectics "as ne" (an also iffic#lt! for the "orl of .ocrates% Dlato an &ristotle)
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&ll the elements of 7in0erte ialectics7 (there are three an fi0e of them; cf) fig) *-% p) >! negate each other% b#t not in a constr#cti0e% creati0e manner $ the 7"ar of each against all7 is alrea y being "age in their mi st $ an yet they e4ist after the fashion of an organic "hole) They o not e4ist at the e4pense of their o"n members% b#t at the e4pense of c#lt#re an ci0ili6ation% "hich they take o0er% 70ampiri6e7 an th#s estroy) It is important to make a broa an at the same time precise in0estigation% accor ing to their symptoms% of the manifestations of the primary phenomenon of e0il at the en of the EBth cent#ry an correspon ing prospects at the beginning of the E* st) In this book "e ha0e at least come close to the f#lfilling of s#ch a task% "e ha0e trie to meet some of the pre$con itions for its f#lfilment) &n no"% "ith a concl# ing e4ample% "e "o#l challenge the rea er to carry o#t his o"n in epen ent research) In contemporary R#ssia> (olshe0ism is again gro"ing in strength an infl#ence% after ha0ing #n ergone a complicate metamorphosis) ?>The en of *++5 is meant (D#blisher7s Note!)@ It isplays a nationalistic colo#ring an th#s combines "ith patriotic% national an nationalistic streams% behin "hich one can recogni6e the basic inspiration of the Aes#it 7<athers7 an their latest offspring) The nationalistic mo0ements% for their part% occ#r in three 0ariations: materialistic% clerical$f#n amentalist% an neo$pagan) In the latter the ten ency can occasionally be note % to occ#py the platform of national$socialist i eology) In this sphere% as tho#gh from a t"ilight realm% the entire 7front7 arises% #n er the official name of the 79eft7% an gi0es itself o0er to confrontation "ith Uionism; "hile at the same time there is enth#siasm for the racist policy of Israel% "hich is re0ere as an e4ample "orthy of imitation)> ?>.#ch (olshe0iks often remin the Uionists% "hile they are heaping reproaches on them% that they o"e the recognition of the .tate of Israel to them% the (olshe0iks; an this is absol#tely tr#e% as the oc#ments re0eal beyon a sha o" of o#bt) The Uionists respon in the press "ith the reproach that the (olshe0iks are starting to become anti$.emitic an to forget to "hom they o"e their e4istence) 2ere "e are simply stating the facts of e0ery ay political life in /osco" an many other cities)@ /#ch that is comparable can also be fo#n in the 8est) <or e4ample% in A#ne *++5 a isc#ssion took place in (erlin on the 7(lack (ook of Comm#nism7 "hich ha appeare in <rance) & 79eft7 gro#p in0ol0e in the isc#ssion (these are the 7Right7 in R#ssia! trie to break #p the meeting) 8ith "histles an sho#ting these people trie to pre0ent a isc#ssion taking place by means of arg#ments% beca#se they sai that class$genoci e "as not a crime in R#ssia% as it is base on the scientifically$fo#n e theory of Comm#nism) The political agitators "ere carrying a banner "ith the slogan: 9ong 9i0e Comm#nismS They then sho#te o#t in chor#s: Germany ne0er againS ( -unge .reiheit% Nr) EKR+5 of E-)-)+5! $ In '#st the same "ay% in R#ssia o#r 7Right7$"ing chants: R#ssia ne0er againS Thereby gi0ing grist to the mill of the neo$ Comm#nists) &n as to their nationalism% these people of the 79eft7 "ere also calle 7re <ascists7 in the co#rse of the isc#ssion) These are the symptoms "hich testify to encirclement by conscio#sly irecte chaos) (#t of co#rse antagonism pre ominates% beca#se the Uionist lobby in R#ssia is a ser0ant of Dan$&mericanism ("e alrea y spoke of this! an therefore represents a strong political an financial po"er) The neo$(olshe0iks e4hibit their 7sincere7 concern for the goo of R#ssia an % not "itho#t reason% blame the Derestroika emocrats ("ho call themsel0es officially people of the 7Right7; in their terminology .talin an 2itler belong to the 79eft7! for the estr#ction of the lan % of the economy% an acc#se them of carrying o#t a real genoci e on the peoples of R#ssia an its former rep#blics) This is the present sit#ation) 8hat% in 0ie" of all this% o the neo$(olshe0ik nationalists (also kno"n as 7R#ssian cha#0inists7% or the 7Re $bro"ns7! ream of especiallyM They ream of erecting again in 9#blyanskaya .=#are% before the hea =#arters of 1G(% the <eli4$36er6hinsky /emorial% "hich "as remo0e at the beginning of the Derestroika) The memorial to the Dolish Ae" "ho inspire the 7Re In=#isition7 an t#rne the lan into a single bloo $bath; a genoci e 0irt#ally "itho#t parallel in h#man historyS &n "ho pre0ents the national$(olshe0iks from reali6ing their reamM The 7 emocratically7 an Uionistically$oriente core (th#s also nationalistic! pre0ailing in R#ssia at present% "hich "orks in the interest of Dan$&mericanism% is no" the only force that can hin er the re$birth of (olshe0ism in R#ssia) If its po"er collapses% the people "ill again be s"allo"e #p in an infernal ictatorship) It is tr#ly so $ it is none other than these 7Right emocrats7 "ho are shiel ing the R#ssia of to ay from this cr#el fate) (#t they perform this goo "ork "hile estroying the lan #tterly by means of la"s "hich stifle all pro #ction an at the same time pl#n er the lan "itho#t mercy) V#ite istinct so#rces agree in estimating that #ring the Derestroika years R#ssia "as robbe of a trillion (one tho#san billion! ollars) In this "ay the lan is being t#rne into a esert an the pop#lace is ying #n er horrifying con itions) 2istorical e4perience sho"s that s#ch con itions lea to the setting #p of a ictatorship $ for e4ample% Germany in the 7EB7s) 8hen it has come to po"er the fi0e centres of force of the in0erte pentagram "ill regro#p an contin#e% #n er the ne"
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con itions% to stri0e for the estr#ction of ci0ilisation% in or er finally to 7rene"7 it accor ing to the metho escribe by 1) .) /ereshko0sky in *+B, in his #topian no0el 7The Earthly Dara ise7) If the rea er is able to encompass in his conscio#sness this many$layere character of the occ#lt$political panorama "itho#t falling into one$si e points of 0ie"% then he is =#ite certainly on the only right an necessary path) 8e ha0e th#s arri0e at the concl#sion of o#r in0estigation) The fi0e$hea e e0il that "orks in the fi0e po"er$centres of the "orl is not the res#lt of the 7free7 play of ba ten encies in single in i0i #als% b#t a strictly integrate % spirit#ally (or% rather% anti$spirit#ally! forme unity% one co#l e0en say $ an organism% "hich is s#persensibly personifie % negates ci0ili6ation an h#manity% an by 0irt#e of its inherent conformity to la"% negates also itself (th#s e4plaining the bitter m#t#al str#ggle of its single parts! b#t e4ists as a "hole ne0ertheless) 9ooke at from the p#rely cogniti0e point of 0ie"% "e ha0e here to o "ith an e4tremely interesting phenomenon of o0ert#rne Ro0erthro"n ialectics) There is "ithin it a stri0ing for synthesis% in "hich only negation r#les; its r# imentary elements o not attain a higher e4istence by 0irt#e of their cancellation) (This opens #p for #s a eep #n erstan ing of the essential ifference bet"een /ar4ist an 2egelian ialectics)! In s#ch a case egocentricity nat#rally ass#mes the character of the infinite $ the attrib#te of the higher "orl ; altho#gh man sho#l not enter this 7infinity7% beca#se nobo y kno"s "hat might happen to him if he "ere to be con0erte back into the primal con ition of a 7l#mp of clay7 of creation) (#t to ay the =#estion is not "hether the h#man being "o#l or "o#l not like to follo" this path% b#t "hat he nee s to o if he oes not "ant to follo" it) In this case it is 0ery important to recogni6e the archetypal phenomenon of e0il that is ominant in the present E#ropean c#lt#ral epoch) &s soon as he has #n erstoo this he can begin to orient himself in the insi io#s "eb of the occ#lt$political "orl $str#ggle that is taking place before o#r eyes) &t the en of the EBth cent#ry "e "ere affor e a brief glimpse of its secrets (abo0e all in R#ssia! an it is eno#gh to rea the ne"spapers to obtain confirmations in their h#n re s% if not tho#san s% of the concreteness of "hat R# olf .teiner ga0e to #s 5B years ago in his historical symptomatology) 8e m#st a0ail o#rsel0es of e4isting opport#nities no"% beca#se soon they "ill be gone) No"a ays many are se #ce by the s"eet l#nacy of political pl#ralism an of free om in the omain of occ#lt acts) &t the same time "e can also recogni6e ho" the "orl $0ie" of Dan$materialism is promote by e0ery means $ political% scientific% occ#lt% religio#s $ 7pl#ralistically7) I eology is helpe by science: technical progress makes possible gene$ manip#lation% the monitoring an control of conscio#sness% b#t also of the material crossing of its tra itional bo#n aries (on the le0el of electro$magnetic energies!) <inally% e0en the highest that man on earth possesses $ the science of initiation $ is taking on &s#ric feat#res) In this connection "e sho#l pay special attention to the phenomenon of occ#lt (olshe0ism) It is practise in close circles as an e4tremely ark system of initiation) It is no" re0eale openly thro#gh the books of Gregory 1limo0 an the i eology of the .o0iet 7Dolarians7) :ictor .#0oro0 also has in irectly escribe it in t"o of his "orks) In or er to #n erstan the escriptions of the sai a#thors% "e nee the help of statements ma e by R# olf .teiner regar ing black$magical mysteries of a special kin % "hich "ere practise in ancient times on the North &merican continent $ in ol /e4ico $ an remnants of "hich "ere fo#n by the .panish con=#ista ors)> ?>To the present ay /e4ico remains a partic#larly ark centre for practical an rit#al magic) It "as no acci ent that Trotsky li0e there after he "as chase o#t of the O..R) Carlos Castane a "as initiate in s#b$nat#ral magic there as "ell)@ In those mysteries one 0enerate a ghost$like spirit of ahrimanic character% "ho "as the s#ccessor of the Great .pirit of &tlantis) The latter "orke legitimately in his time% b#t gra #ally% to"ar s the en of the &tlantean perio % ass#me ahrimanic traits) The name of this ahrimanic spirit "as Taotl) 2is priests learne the cosmic secrets thro#gh offering #p h#man sacrifices) The wisdo out of the cos os $ says R# olf .teiner $ which in itself was not "ad& which even contained holy secrets& this wisdo was kept carefully hidden "y the initiates of Taotl ))) This wisdo was i parted to no-one who had not co itted urder in a certain way! And with the first urder he learned only so e of the secrets! /nly with the su"se#uent urders was he told further and higher secrets (.ep) *5% *+*-% G& *K*!) The m#r ers or sacrificial acts "ere carrie o#t in s#ch a "ay% that the chosen 0ictim "as prepare for eath in a 0ery special manner) &n "hen he freely consente to it% he "as place on a special catafal=#e so that his stomach "as protr# ing 0ery far% after "hich the priest #n ergoing initiation c#t o#t the stomach accor ing to a precise rit#al an e icate it% in a certain ceremony% to Taotl) The res#lt of s#ch a proce #re "as that a =#ite special connection "as establishe bet"een the initian an the 0ictim) The one who was urdered in this way was to "e prepared there"y in his soul to strive upwards into the luciferic real & and the initiand was to receive the wisdo so to shape this earthly world that souls would "e driven out of it! Through creating a relationship "etween the victi and the initiated one ,* of CE

not urderer& one can say& "ut initiated one -& the possi"ility was given that the initiated one was "orne off "y the other soul& i!e! could leave the earth at the appropriate o ent (Ibi )!) R# olf .teiner concl# es of co#rse that these ha been mysteries of the most o#trageo#s kin ) <ort#nately they cease after some time% beca#se other"ise earth ci0ili6ation "o#l ha0e been threatene "ith e4tinction) It happene that an #n#s#al being "as born in ol /e4ico% "ho accor ing to tra ition "as name :it6lip#t6li) 2e "as a contemporary of Aes#s of Na6areth an "as 0enerate as a s#n being) 2is mother "as a 0irgin) :it6lip#t6li set off to fight against the mightiest black magician to be incarnate on earth at that time) The latter ha alrea y in se0eral incarnations committe rit#al m#r ers in the mysteries of Taotl an no"% at the age of thirty% stood i ediately "efore an historic decision !!! through continued initiation really to "eco e so powerful as a single hu an individuality& that he would have known the funda ental secret through which he could have given so powerful an i pulse to the su"se#uent hu an earth evolution& that hu anity in the fourth and fifth post-Atlantean period would have "een darkened to such an e%tent that the intentions of the ahri anic powers for these periods would have "een realized (.ep) *5% *+*-% G& *K*!) :it6lip#t6li7s battle "ith the great black$magician laste for three years) <inally the magician "as con=#ere % physically cr#cifie % an his so#l robbe of the forces of kno"le ge "ith "hich it ha committe m#r ers; the magician7s so#l "as lai #n er a c#rse) $ow there lives on& not what would have lived on fro those regions if the ysteries of Taotl had "orne fruit& "ut there lives on as it were only in the etheric world& what has re ained of forces& of night-forces fro what went on in those ysteries! All these forces e%ist) they e%ist su"-sensi"ly !!! "eneath the volcanic lid of everyday life& so to speak (Ibi )!) & consi erable n#mber of mo ern people "ill no o#bt ismiss all this "ith a smile an regar it as a fairy$tale) In this case they "ill contin#e to belie0e that the "orl "ars% re0ol#tions% mass e4ec#tions of millions of people occ#r by p#re chance% '#st beca#se 7in the little to"n of .imbirsk an or inary boy calle 9enin "as born7% that in the &#strian forest thicket an 7or inary boy7 calle .chickelgr#ber came into the "orl % that some"here in the back"oo s of Georgia the 7or inary boy7 3'#gash0ili "as born etc) One cannot hol a con0ersation "ith s#ch rea ers; it "o#l probably make more sense to eclaim some re0ol#tionary poetry to them% s#ch as: 7.leep% comra es% sleep) 8ho% then% ist#rbs yo#r reposeM7 8ith regar to the political% or rather% occ#lt$political reality "hat is no" occ#rring as% perhaps% the greatest mystery of our times, is an awakening, an arising from the sub-sensible on to the outer, social plane, of those forces which held sway in the mysteries of Taotl) E0en in the books of Carlos Castane a one can rea abo#t their attit# e of 7e4pectation7 in the ancient tombs) (#t "e ha0e far more important reason to e4amine their interference in the life of E#rope an the "hole "orl to ay) In e0elopment e0erything occ#rs rhythmically) &n if at the time of the first coming of Christ the gigantic black$ magical co#nter image of the /ystery of Golgatha appeare in the 8estern hemisphere% an the inter0ention of the infernal forces% "hich co#l bring abo#t the irre0ocable o"nfall of earthly ci0ili6ation% "as bro#ght into opposition to the i0ine sa0ing inter0ention in the estiny of mankin % ho" co#l the forces of Taotl not attempt to eli0er a co#nter$ attack in the EBth cent#ry% "hen the ret#rn of Christ is alrea y taking place in the ether "orl M In a ition to this% &hriman is preparing his incarnation on earth) &ll these in ications of R# olf .teiner ha0e profo#n metho ological significance) They help #s to #n erstan the most important mystery of o#r time% the mystery of o#r epoch% "hich consists in the fact that all international or national socialistic e4periments are eeply occ#lt in their nat#re) This is why an attempt is being made to restore the old Taotl-mysteries, no longer according to the ahrimanic, but to the Asuric principle, so that they may be placed in opposition to the reappearance of the Christ ) If "e no" reflect% in the light of the comm#nication gi0en by R# olf .teiner "hich "e ha0e =#ote abo0e% #pon the phenomenon of the 9enin /a#sole#m% s#rro#n e by the 7eternal7 Dolitb#ro% "e #n erstan "here the Taotl$mysteries are no"a ays celebrate in a metamorphose form% an "hat they look like)> ?>It is imperati0e that "e =#ote here a f#rther confession ma e by the occ#ltists of (olshe0ism to ay regar ing the intensifying of the battle o0er their greatest relic $ the m#mmy of 9enin) The ne"spaper 7.o0iet R#ssia7 p#blishe the follo"ing article on A#ne **% *++K: Mar%is -,eninis assu ed the status of the 'tate religion whose structure was al ost wholly derived fro the Christian religion! $ot without reason @ngels already pointed to the astounding si ilarity "etween the e ergence of early Christianity and that of the 5nternational 0orkers3 ove ent! This fact can "e e%plained! $o social ove ent can Au p over its own shadow& and thus it is forced& in order to forge a path for itself in the world& to use those eans
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provided "y the epoch in which it lives! Thus& despite its declared atheis & Mar%is -,eninis has assu ed clearlydefined traits of a religious cult! 5t has its 4oly 'criptures& its theology& in which #uotes fro the 'criptures carry ore authority than all references to e%perience or other sources& it has its apostles& saints and artyrs& its heretics and its ost holy 5n#uisition! 0hether it could have "een different in the early socialistic revolutions is a co plicated #uestion! At any rate& the history of all great revolutions - including the Christian - showed that this was ore often the rule than the e%ception!!!*F+ The "ody of ,enin has ac#uired a deeply sacred significance for illions of people! Therefore it is a gross insult to the feelings of the truly faithful if the ausoleu is visited purely out of curiosity!!! Alas& if this were otherwise& how any cynics and alcontents there would "e! *F+ 5f the ausoleu were turned into a kind of theatrical enterprise& it would "e as "lasphe ous as turning a church into an attraction with TV-coverage etc!!! 5n 'oviet ti es taking snapshots was prohi"ited in the ausoleu ! And there were purely religious reasons for this! May"e we ought to take a further step in this direction! [IJ The best sol#tion% in keeping "ith both the spirit of scientific comm#nism an the eman s of moral piety to"ar s the ea % "o#l be))) if the 9enin ma#sole#m an all scientific an technical ser0ices belonging to it "ere left intact% b#t p#blic access "ere prohibite or efinitely restricte % if it "ere close fore0er) Only special initiates sho#l be concerne "ith the conser0ation of 9enin7s bo y) They "o#l be allo"e access to the altar% as is c#stomary in the Christian ch#rches) 9ay people are =#ite o#t of place there) (S! [IJ 2o"e0er% this is not a political b#t a spirit#al =#estion% the sol#tion to "hich oes not lie "ith the go0ernment or society as a "hole) It is the task of 9enin7s spirit#al escen ants an isciples% i)e) the R#ssian comm#nists) Only their share opinion can etermine ho" the great tomb sho#l be care for)@ 8e are probably not mistaken to assert that the reincarnate 7priests7% the most important politicians of the EB th cent#ry% are initiates of those ol &merican mysteries "hich took the hea0ens by storm "ith the help of rit#al m#r ers (by far not all of them are kno"n in the o#ter "orl !) Then "e "ill also #n erstan "hy people of this kin can be so immoral: so ata0istic are they% that in the co#rse of their reincarnations they ha0e absol#tely not yet enco#ntere concepts like morality or compassion) <or this reason it is at present "holly ina missible% in ee tragic an hopeless% for the R#ssians to belie0e in a ifference bet"een .talin% 9enin or Trotsky% bet"een (#kharin an .0er lo0 etc)% or to belie0e that anyone from this circle "o#l ha0e been able to think of the interests of R#ssia% to be simply h#man) (y no means) &ll of them% together "ith the other bearers of fi0e$hea e e0il% ha0e p#rs#e one single aim: to help the mysteries of Taotl to tri#mph thro#gho#t the "hole "orl ) &s to the 8estern efforts to con=#er them #ring the time of the Derestroika% it co#l "ell be that the intention "as to e4ting#ish them in one place% only to ha0e them appear some"here else) (lack$magical mysteries e4ist also in the 8est) Their lea ers belie0e that they are alrea y in complete control of the sit#ation on o#r planet% an they o not "ish the earth to be estroye premat#rely% "hich "o#l be the aim of the .o0iet 7re priests7) (#t to fin an accommo ation "ith 7re ci0ili6ation7 (this concept "as recently intro #ce into e0ery ay political lang#age by the (olshe0ist occ#ltists!% is clearly impossible% as it has taken on an &s#ric character) Its priests "ork "ith s#per$h#man b#t ahrimani6e intellect% an a st#pen o#s% l#ciferi6e "ill) They ac=#ire this s#rpl#s of forces at the e4pense of the n#llifie % paraly6e sphere of feeling) In his a#tobiographical no0el The A#uariu :ictor .#0oro0 "rites that "ithin a system ("e "o#l say% of .o0iet Initiation! one i ediately dissociates oneself fro anyone who gives free rein to their feelings ) .#0oro0 is himself a mitte into the 7inner circle7 beca#se% as he is tol : 1ou have a "rain like an electronic achine !!! that is not tunedin! But you can "e tuned-in! 7T#ning$in7% as he escribes it% is achie0e "ith the help of e4ercises that can be fo#n in occ#lt te4tbooks% b#t they are carrie o#t for the sake of an ill#sory e0elopment of 7I7$conscio#sness) It appears to make the 7I7 #n#s#ally alert% self$ass#re % a#tonomo#s an strong% b#t at the same time programme into the tone gi0en from "itho#t% as tho#gh it co#l pro #ce thro#gh its acti0ity nothing b#t lies% estr#ction an eath) It is of cr#cial importance to note that in .#0oro07s book the intellect#al training of the 7st# ents7 takes place in a Scientific Research Institute for lectromagnetic Radiations ) This brings #s face to face "ith the comple4 theme of the psychotronic manip#lation of conscio#sness) The pe agogical principle applie % says .#0oro0% is that success is achieved only when every aspect of the training (of the memory% the m#scles% the psyche% "ill$po"er% stamina! leads the hu an "eing to the li it of his possi"ilities) (eyon this limit lie% in the one case% the mysteries of the light% the higher 7I7 of man% an % in the other% the present$ ay mysteries of Taotl% the realm of instinct: you need the auto atic refle% !!!& in five years& you will have the appropriate refle%es% the st# ents are tol by the teachers) The initian m#st% as a f#t#re agent of the .ecret Dolice (GRO! be transforme into an animal$man thro#gh a heightening of the instincts) .#0oro0 escribes his first 7hierophant7% /a'or 1raftso0% as follo"s: 4e is an ani al! ' all& "loodthirsty& e%tre ely dangerous! 4e knows his goal& goes straight for it without turning "ack once! 5 know his guiding star! 5t is called power! 0hen Kraftsov sits "y the ca pfire& red shadows surge over the wilful face with its proAecting cheek"ones! A "lack& regular profile! ?ed shadows! $o ore! $o "lending of outlines! $o co pro ises ) In short $ none other than the
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priest of the mysteries of Ol /e4ico) 2is "ill to po"er is metaphysical) 2e ensla0es by occ#lt means e0eryone "ho comes into his sphere of infl#ence: he ensla0es on earth so that the effect "ill contin#e into the "orl beyon ) (#t EGH of the G=C and KGB agents who re ain in the 0est& "ecause they do not want to return& return nevertheless after a very short ti e with a self-denunciation! 0e shoot the - says another 3Aztec3! They know it - and co e "ack all the sa e) Of co#rse% this inh#man e #cation of spies an 7 i0ersants7> escribe by .#0oro0 can be '#stifie as a means of efen ing the co#ntry) ?>Comm#nist "or for sabote#r% tro#blemaker@ (#t if this "ere the only consi eration% the .o0iet Onion o#ght to ha0e laste longer than the Inca Empire) It sho#l ha0e e4iste to all eternity) (#t the Derestroika has sho"n that all social$political an i eological bogies "ere no more than a 0eil concealing the black$ magical mystery) To ensnare as many people as possible an g#i e them on to its co#rse "as% for this mystery% an en in itself) Remember ho" cynically the 7black professors7 in 1limo07s =rotocols speak abo#t their r#ling i eology) &n e0en .#0oro07s 7teacher7 tells him =#ite frankly: 1ou can "etray whoever you wish& even the 'oviet .atherland& "ut not e% i)e) not the la"s of the black mystery% not the astral connection of the teacher ("ho performs the same h#man sacrifices% thro#gh in a rene"e form! "ith the p#pil; that connection "hich forms% in the esoteric centre% the 7eternal Dolitb#ro7% the basis for ahrimanic immortality) 2ere% politics an i eology are only secon ary; here other tasks a"ait yo#) >on3t you find pleasure in torturing other people& 1raftso0 asks .#0oro0% or do you only hide it( O0er the co#rse of years the metho s of initiation in the 7Re Or er7 change ) <ormerly the h#man sacrifices% f#lly in keeping "ith the ol Taotl tra itions% "ere chosen from their o"n ranks) 2o" "ell they "ere prepare "as sho"n by their beha0io#r before e4ec#tion) /arshal T#khache0sky% for instance% calle o#t: 79ong li0e .talinS7 In the co#rse of time "i er sections of the pop#lation "ere ra"n #pon for the p#rpose of rit#al m#r ers) In his no0el Control .#0oro0 shatteringly escribes ho" normal an e0ery ay this all appeare to be at first sight) 2o"e0er% the initiation$rit#al became 0ery complicate ) In a certain 7sanct#ary7 belonging to a special% inner po"er$centre an locate in a former monastery a specially chosen brotherhoo of Chekists> "orke "itho#t interr#ption) ?>Chekist $ a member of the .o0iet political police *+*K$*+EE) The "or is still in #se to ay)@ Their life "as strict an ascetic) .tren#o#s intellect#al "ork alternate "ith physical e4ercises an military training of the members $ the 7monks7 an 7n#ns7 $ an also the tort#re of a gro#p of prisoners hel in the monastery e4pressly for this p#rpose% an perio ically special comman os "ere re=#ire to carry o#t the e4ec#tions) 7Neophyte7 Nastya .treletskaya% a A# o$master an highly$ skille parach#tist "ho% thanks to her tr#ly e0ilish int#ition% ha s#ccee e in performing an in0al#able ser0ice to the lea er himself% the 7high priest7 $ she ha #nco0ere a conspiracy against him $ "as taking part in one of these e4ec#tions) .# enly she "as grabbe hol of by those she regar e as her comra es% she "as br#tally beaten an ragge to a mass gra0e) .he hear a b#llet shoot past her ear% an then lost conscio#sness) 9ater it t#rne o#t that this ha merely been the proce #re of a higher initiation) 2er 7frien 7 an fello"$member 1holo0ano0% calle the 73ragon7% console her: 78e "ere testing yo# in the real thing7% he sai ) 7The res#lt is promising ))) Ho# are f#lfilling o#r e4pectations)7 This is the "ay the ol proce #re of 7c#tting o#t the stomach7 is carrie o#t in mo ern con itions) It is prece e by a long preparation "ith the aim of loosening the connection bet"een astral an physical bo y) <or this reason to ay7s mystery p#pils of Taotl contin#o#sly practise the free fall $ sometimes from the stratosphere% sometimes from close to the gro#n $ in "hich the opening of the parach#te is elaye ) In one of his no0els> Castane a says of himself that% "hen he "as once e4pose to imme iate o#ter anger% he e4perience ho" a monster$like% #n#s#ally strong astral o#ble s# enly release itself from him an eli0ere s#ch a terrible astral blo" to the "itch% that she "as e0en "eakene physically) ?>Castane a7s no0els ha0e been analy6e in another "ork by the present a#thor: Triune Man of Body& 'oul and 'pirit in the ,ight of Anthroposophy (:ol#me I; /oska#$(asel$:erlag% *++,; D#blisher7s note!)@ 2ere he is escribing a tr#e occ#rrence) On er the effect of occ#lt e4ercises "hose main element is fear% the connection bet"een Castane a7s astral an physical bo y is loosene ) This normally res#lts in a fettering of the lo"er nat#re% the l#ciferic$ahrimanic o#ble of man) The 7a epts7 of the GRO e4perience something of this kin ; "hich is "hy they contin#o#sly e4pose themsel0es to mortal angers% so that finally certain changes took place in the solar ple4#s% the ganglion$system) Then the h#man being ac=#ires the ability to a"aken the forces of e0il "ithin him an p#t his 7I7 in the occ#lt ser0ice of e0il) It is a remarkable fact that the p#pils of the 7Re Or er7 "ere mainly selecte from among the .la0s) O"ing to special factors in the ethnic e0elopment of the .la0s% the physical bo y of the R#ssians% Okrainians an 8hite R#ssians is more fle4ible than that of the other% ol er nations) Their connection of the 7I7 "ith the bo y is more mobile; it fl#ct#ates easily bet"een the higher an the lo"er ( o#ble! nat#re) 2ence they can so easily mo0e from a bo#n less rea iness to
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sacrifice to an e=#ally bo#n less capacity for e0il) In the mystery of the &s#ras their e0elopment aims e4cl#si0ely at the strengthening of the o#ble) The o#ble represents the s#m total of all the negati0e ee s of a h#man being in pre0io#s incarnations) The mysteries of the light help p#pils to ennoble the o#ble an li0e o#t negati0e karma% so that the path is opene #p to tr#e free om) The mysteries of arkness lea their p#pils in the 0ery opposite irection $ into total ensla0ement) Occ#lt (olshe0ism remains tr#e to its principles in e0ery respect) 2a0ing pinne its hopes on the 7proletariat7% the 7"orkers7% it affor s them free access to its mysteries) 2#n re s of tho#san s of sol iers an officers ser0ing in the arme forces constit#te in the 7Re Or er7 a kin of co#nterpart to the 7Rotary7 an 79ions7 cl#bs in the 8est) Not m#ch is i0#lge to them% b#t certain things are retaine ne0ertheless) &s they belong to the army elite% they arri0e $ e0en in a #ni0ersal$h#man sense $ at the eep con0iction that h#man nat#re is% as .#0oro0 p#ts it% vicious and incorrigi"le& that we are all wild ani als !!! we fight always and everywhere! There is no truce& and there never will "e !!! life is a "attle of evil with still greater evil! They are all s#b'ect to the strict r#le an the 0o": As soon as you have Aoined the organization& you "elong to it co pletely) Of co#rse not all $ far from it $ are a"are ho" eeply this 7a mission7 lea s into the infernal realms% or that a firm astral bon arises bet"een 7priests7 an 7lay people7 (the sacrificial 0ictims!% "hich contin#es e0en beyond the threshold of death) In the 7Re Or er7 one is not afrai of eath; an this is the goal to "hich e0erything lea s $ eath an the orgies of eath) 8ar is therefore an especially festi0e occasion for the Or er) =eace - is war is proclaime in the #topian "orl of 7English socialism7% an % in his escription of this% reali6e (olshe0istic socialism ser0e as the mo el for George Or"ell) This "as a irect contin#ation of the Ol /e4ican Taotl$mysteries% in "hich the aim "as to erect a echanical& rigidified real of death on the earth (.ep) *5% *+*-% G& *K*! thro#gh the 7killing7 of all in epen ence an of all mo0ement of so#l)

Gro#n s for Optimism

In face of the #nparallele hypertrophy of e0il one can easily sink into a moo of pessimism) &s the h#man being e4periences himself as a 7small fortress7% he obser0es ho" hor es of #nname % incomprehensible in0a ers close in on him from all si es) 2e starts to look for allies: in the family% among frien s% like$min e people% in parties% i eologies% confessions $ b#t e4periences e0ery"here the same spirit of in0asion) 3isoriente by all this% he forgets the essential thing: to seek for the ally "ithin himself% in his o"n 7I7) 2ere% a shining tho#ght% a p#re feeling an a free $ an therefore strong $ "ill co#l help him) 8here these "ork harmonio#sly together% the meaning an significance of all e4istence% an of man himself% are re0eale ) Then% instea of looking for frail o#ter s#pports% the h#man being begins to e4perience himself as a pillar of the "orl ) (#t it "o#l be "rong to begin "ith the =#estion: 78hy is there so m#ch e0il in the "orl M7 <irst "e sho#l make an effort to get to kno" "hat the essential nat#re of this "orl is% "hat can 7bring it into mo0ement7% an "hether it can be bro#ght into mo0ement at all) If the seeker is able to recogni6e the tr#e so#rce of e4istence% he "ill also come to a kno"le ge of "hat can help him for"ar ) &s "e ha0e alrea y mentione % R# olf .teiner in icate that man recei0e % besi e the /ystery of Golgatha thro#gh "hich Go en o"e earth e4istence "ith immeas#rable capacity for spirit#ali6ation an eification% yet another gift% namely% the <all) 8e sho#l 0ie" it as the gift that enables the h#man being to ac=#ire free "ill) If man #n erstan s an accepts both gifts as components of his earthly estiny% instea of losing himself an separating himself off in egoism% then he can try to #n erstan the reasons "hy it "o#l be meaningf#l to lo0e the "orl ) 5nstead of staring into the world that "ears the 353 on its waves in fortune and isfortune& we find the 353 that through will activity shapes its own destiny! 5nstead of colliding with the world& which shatters the 353 to frag ents& one enters into the 'elf that feels itself united with the world-process (G& E-% p) CC!) (y 0irt#e of the la" of ca#se an effect the h#man being participates in the perfecting of the "orl ) It 'oins the series of h#man earthly incarnations into a single "hole% in "hich life an eath% goo an e0il play the role of hammer an an0il% "hereby in i0i #al conscio#sness is forge % the in i0i #al being of man in the a#tonomo#s 7I7 $ the 7.ampo7 of <innish mythology)

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Intellect#alism is not possible "itho#t egocentricity; therefore it separates people) (#t something arises from it% that belongs to the 0ery core of man7s being) The more intellect#alism there is in the "orl % the fe"er the people "ho seek for "hat is spirit#al% an the more estrangement an antisocial instincts there "ill be) 8e ask o#rsel0es therefore ho" one can remain intellect#al an yet gro" into a social being) 0e will $ says R# olf .teiner $ co e ever closer to the truth which the hu an "eing should write into his soul as a high oral ideal2 0hen you see so ething evil in the world& do not say2 here is so ething evil and therefore i perfect! But ask instead2 4ow can 5 raise yself to the knowledge that this evil will& within a higher world-connection& "e transfor ed into good "y the wisdo that is in the cos os( 4ow can 5 co e to tell yself2 That you see here so ething i perfect is due to the fact that you are not yet sufficiently advanced to see the perfection within this i perfect thing (A#ne E5% *+B+% G& **E!) In other "or s% the ea ening effect of the intellect% an at the same time the e0il that has arisen from it% "ill gra #ally be o0ercome by the fire of the heart) 8hen intellect an heart begin to "ork together% then the "ill becomes acti0e in a positi0e sense) The higher goo in the "orl is Christ% an it is gi0en to man to kno" the being of Christ an partake in "is om) Once he takes this path he sa0es not only himself% b#t e0en the l#ciferic beings $ thro#gh Christ$kno"le ge) &n "hat once fell into sin thro#gh the l#ciferic temptation is transforme into goo % into a blessing) 8e sho#l not ass#me ho"e0er that the attainment of this kno"le ge is easy or elementary) Go 2imself sai : 5t is i possi"le that no offences should co e& "ut woe to hi through who they do co eB (9#ke *K; *!) .#ch is% if yo# like% the antinomy of earthly e4istence) <or cent#ries h#man tho#ght an the Christian 0ie" of life ha0e labo#re to fin a sol#tion to it) .ometimes life helps #n erstan ing; sometimes #n erstan ing helps life) The h#man form% the li0ing e4ample% not infre=#ently contrib#tes to a sol#tion of the #nspoken mystery of the polarity of the antithesis bet"een goo an e0il) 3ostoye0sky escribes in his no0el The Brothers Kara azov the li0ing process of the transformation of e0il into goo thro#gh the .tarets Uossima) 8e =#ote a fragment for the sake of clarification) It is the scene in "hich Uossima is speaking to the people "ho ha0e come to him for help) But the 'tares had already noticed two "urning eyes through which a haggard& see ingly consu ptive "ut still young countrywo an looked at hi ! 'he looked at hi silently& her eyes "egged for so ething& "ut she see ed afraid to co e closer! 30hat "rought you here& y child(3 3'ave y soul& .ather3 - she said #uietly and slowly& knelt down and "owed to the ground "efore hi ! 35 sinned& y .ather& 5 fear y sin!3 The 'tares sat on the "otto step& the countrywo an approached hi closer on her knees! 35 a a widow& already for the third year3 - she "egan& half whispering while shuddering! 3My arriage was hard& he was old and "eat e! Then he fell ill and stayed in "ed! And 5 think& as 5 see hi now& "ut if he gets well again and gets up& what then( And then 5 had a thoughtB !!!3 3'peak ore #uietly3 - said the 'tares and "rought his ear closer to her lips! 'he continued her confession #uietly whispering& no one could hear it! 'oon she finished! 3The third year(3 - asked the 'tares! 3The third year! .irst 5 did not think a"out it& "ut now illness co es and with it the fear of soul!3 3>id you co e fro far away(3 3More than five hundred 0erst fro here!3 34ave you confessed it already(3 31es 5 confessed& 5 confessed twice!3 30ere you ad itted to co union(3
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31es& 5 was ad itted! 5 a afraid) 5 fear death!3 3>o not fear anything and& do not fear ever and do not frighten your soul! As long as repentance does not cease in you& God will forgive everything! $o sin e%ists& there is no sin in the world so great that God the ,ord does not forgive the truly repentant sinner! Man can never co it a sin so great that it would e%haust the "oundless love of God! /r do you think that a sin e%ists that is greater than God( Be concerned a"out repentance& always repent& "ut you should cast fear fro you! Believe that God loves you as you cannot i agine it) that he loves you with your sin and in your sin! >o you not know that it is written2 The heavens will reAoice ore a"out a repentant sinner than a"out ten Aust en! Go now and do not fear! >o not allow people to e "itter you and do not "e angry a"out their insults! Give everything to hi that is dead& reconcile with hi in truth! 1ou love when you repent& "ut if you love& you are already God3s child !!! ,ove purchases everything! 5f you ove even e& a sinner like you and 5 feel co passion for you& how uch ore will God feel for you( ,ove is an i easura"le treasure) you can "uy the whole world with it and not only free your own "ut also the sins of others! Go in peace and fear not!3 Three ti es he ade the cross over her& took a s all picture of a saint fro his neck and placed it around her neck! 5n silence she "owed "efore hi to the ground! 4e got up and looked with Aoy on a healthy countrywo an that carried an infant in her ar ! This "as a religio#s life$e4perience) &nthroposophy completes it thro#gh raying into the secrets of e4istence the light of cognition "itho#t "hich the members of the 0ery complicate 1arama6o0 family in 3ostoye0sky7s no0el har ly kno" "hat to o "ith themsel0es) It is intellect#al helplessness in partic#lar that lea s some of them into moral cynicism% others into materialism; thro"s them into chaos an sin) <or espite the ifferences in their characters they all ha0e a ne" =#ality: they "ant to know something abo#t the fo#n ations of morality) In this kno"le ge h#manity recei0es the thir i0ine gift% the kno"le ge of reincarnation an karma) Therein lies the sol#tion to the =#estions that estroy the so#ls of I0an 1arama6o0) 8itho#t this concrete spirit#al$scientific kno"le ge ("hich sho#l not be conf#se "ith the pop#lar% e4tremely mo ern mystical babble!% mo ern man to ay seems to ha0e arri0e at a certain ea % 7latent7 point in e0ol#tion% from "here "e can mo0e back"ar s% to the animal$state% an also for"ar s% to "is om an lo0e) To enable man to fin the strength to o0ercome s#ch 7 ea 7 points of e4istence% &nthroposophy she s light on its great #ni0ersal connections) Then kno"le ge becomes force in #s) 8e learn to kno" "hat really stirs h#man optimism% "hat "orks "ithin #s% long before "e begin to grasp the secrets of e4istence% as instincti0e "is om% as an inborn inclination to the goo ) R# olf .teiner says in a lect#re: 5n the fourth post-Atlantean period Christ -esus developed 4is i pulse for earth3s hu anity out of death! 0e ay say2 0hat strea ed into hu anity arose out of the death that had taken place! - Thus it is out of evil that hu anity of the fifth (present! post-Atlantean period is led& in a strange& parado%ical way& to the renewal of the Mystery of Golgatha! Through the e%periencing of evil (i)e) thro#gh the contin#e "orking of the <all! it is ade possi"le for the Christ to appear again& as 4e appeared through death in the fourth post-Atlantean epoch (Oct) EG% *+*5% G& *5G!) <or this reason it is sai in the spirit of esoteric Christianity% "here lo0e an "is om al"ays "ork together: The heaviest guilt that has ever "een incurred lay in the fact that Christ was killed! 4ere the highest salvation coincides with the heaviest guilt !!! it is a ost profound riddle (&pr) ,% *+*K% G& *KG!) Thro#gh the in0estigations ma e in the co#rse of this "ork "e ha0e en ea0o#re to come a step closer to the sol#tion of this ri le) And when they had co e to the place called Calvary& there they crucified 4i & and the alefactors& one on the right hand and the other on the left! Then -esus said& 3.ather& forgive the ) for they know not what they do3 (9#ke E,; ,,$ ,C!)

Concl#sion
It is no" time to ra" #p a balance) This "o#l be s#bstantially easier if the rea er "ere alrea y familiar "ith at least chapters * an C of my book Triune Man of Body& 'oul and 'pirit in the ,ight of Anthroposophy%> in "hich "e attempte to think thro#gh the e0ent of the .econ Coming of Christ from the stan point of the octrine of the e0ol#tion thro#gh metamorphoses% "hich pro0i es the fo#n ation of the Goethean metho of cogniti0e research) ?>8e hope that the rea er "ill rightly #n erstan the references to o#r o"n "orks) It has nothing to o "ith self$promotion% b#t "ith the fact that the themes "e ha0e "orke on o0er the co#rse of many years are closely inter"o0en% an "hat follo"s al"ays b#il s #pon "hat "ent before) This is the character of all scientific "ork% if it is carrie thro#gh
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systematically an not one in a ran om manner (The "ork is a0ailable in C 0ol#mes: chapter I in 0ol) I% chapter C in 0ol) III; D#blisher7s Note)!@ The /ystery of Golgatha is the central e0ent not only of the earthly b#t also of the entire cosmic e0ol#tion) 2o"e0er% the /ystery itself is a link in the chain of macrocosmic metamorphoses "hich Go 2imself #n ergoes as 2e permeates the realm of e4istence 2e has create ) On the basis of higher metho s of cognition% R# olf .teiner has re0eale to #s that Christ came to the ai of h#manity three times before the /ystery of Golgatha) <irst% Christ re #ce the terribly l#ciferi6e % #nbri le character of man7s opening sense organs) 2e accomplishe this from the s#persensible "orl s% thro#gh the innocent part of the h#man so#l that ha remaine behin in s#per$earthly e4istence% #nto#che by the fall into sin; the so#l that incarnate in the Nathan Aes#s$chil "hose lineage is gi0en in the Gospel of .t) 9#ke) 9ater 2e bro#ght or er into the e0elopment of the life$processes $ breathing% igestion etc) &n then 2e harmoni6e the in i0i #ali6e e4perience of tho#ghts% feelings an e4pressions of "ill% that "as e0eloping in man) The fo#rth sacrificial ee of Christ "as 2is becoming man an his passage thro#gh eath on the cross) In all% "e m#st isting#ish se0en Christ$e0ents "hich escribe the f#ll circle of 2is ee s for the sal0ation of fallen h#manity) There are se0en of them% beca#se the "hole "orl % the #ni0erse as s#ch% passes thro#gh a series of se0en$membere metamorphoses "ithin the cycle in "hich man is create ) This% "e may "ell say% is the highest law of development in this cycle% an it has procee e from the absol#te i0ine creati0e act (.et6en!) In Goetheanism% in &nthroposophy% it has been elaborate in etail an in many 0arie aspects) In the abo0e$mentione book "e en ea0o#re to follo" its "orking on the 0ario#s le0els of being $ from the le0el of abstract thinking (the theory of kno"le ge% logic! to the manifestation of the i0ine in the "orl of create being) If "e #n erstan this la" in the 0ariety of its manifestations then "e are better able to #n erstan the meaning of the i0ine "orking "hich pre0ents the "orl an man from sinking irre0ocably into matter an into non$being) The /ystery of Golgatha "as the stage of the 2oly 3i0ine metamorphosis thro#gh "hich Go % as 2e passe thro#gh them% #nite "ith all the king oms of nat#re) The act of this #nion is gi0en to religio#s conscio#sness in the festi0al of 7&scension7) Christ raise 2imself to the a#ra of the earth% to its astral an etheric bo y% "ea0ing 2imself at the same time thro#gh the "hole of material e4istence) Therefore 2e says: .or y flesh is food indeed& and y "lood is drink indeed (Aohn -; GG!) One can also 0ie" the &scension of the 9or as an act of i0ine behol ing) &ll i0ine "orking is acti0e% creati0e) This is "hat Goethe meant "hen he spoke of percepti0e '# gment (anscha#en e Orteilskraft! thanks to "hich o#r spirit (o#r #n erstan ing! can perceive the ideas behind things) (On erstoo rightly% Goetheanism is the p#re Christianity of the &scension)! Go as the con ition of the "orl in the form of i ea #nites% in the act of behol ing% "ith ensifying spirit $ "ith the "orl gi0en to #s in o#r perceptions) Thro#gh the act of the &scension of Christ the "orl that thro#gh materiali6ation has separate from Go is fille again "ith its tr#e content) The process of the &scension laste e4actly *+ cent#ries $ from ,, to *+,, &3) This is the length of time it took for Go to #nite f#lly (tho#gh not in the bo y of Aes#s! "ith the "orl of the physical% i)e) of spatio$temporal being) (The n#mber of time is *E; the n#mber of life% of metamorphosis in three$ imensional space is K) Christ nee e , years in or er to #nite "ith the bo y of Aes#s; there r#les in man the principle of the trinity)! The "orl has no" entere a stage of e0elopment that correspon s to 8hits#n% the festi0al "hen the 2oly .pirit escen s to those h#man beings "ho possess an in i0i #al 7I7% an "ho are le from this to a yet higher stage% to the principle of the not 5& "ut Christ (the highest 7I7! in e) This epoch "ill last EGBB years% taking #s appro4imately to the en of the first thir of the si4th% .la0ic$Germanic c#lt#ral epoch) In the lect#re in "hich R# olf .teiner speaks of the .econ Coming of Christ he also in icates a special perio icity of e0elopment "hich is #se in the Eastern esoteric tra ition% an he sho"s its relation to the 8estern tra ition "hich has ass#me o0er the co#rse of time a p#rely literary% romantic character) &ccor ing to this perio icity h#manity in its e0elopment passes thro#gh the follo"ing stages (H#ga!: The Golden Age R or Krita 1uga% The 'ilver Age R or Treta 1uga%
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The Copper Age R or >vapara 1uga The >ark Age R or Kali 1uga% (from ,BB* (C to *5++ &3! The new epoch "egan in 9:;; and will last 7&G;; years (cf) Aan) EG% *+*B% G& **5!) <or the people of ancient times the H#gas encompasse the e0elopment of man from his e4istence in Dara ise to the beginning of the EBth cent#ry) 3#ring this time h#man beings li0e thro#gh e4p#lsion from Dara ise% they learne to master the in i0i #al bo y% so#l an spirit in the materiali6e bo y% they lost contact "ith the spirit#al "orl entirely% they #n er"ent the loss of all s#persensible e4perience) (#t no" the gates of the s#persensible are opening for them again) If "e consi er all these things% "e "ill be able to appreciate the f#ll significance of this cent#ry) & =#ite ne" e0elopment is beginning here) (ehin #s lies the Gol en &ge% at the en of "hich "e "ere thr#st into soli matter) This "as the ancient 9em#rian epoch "here% on the le0el of an animal$h#man% "e elaborate o#r o"n sense$organs an life$processes) The l#ciferic spirits% "ho ha cast h#manity from Dara ise on to the earth% li0e o#t their o"n nat#re in these processes% an these thereby took on the character of passions that "ere #nen #rable to the h#man being) There#pon Christ% "orking o"n from spirit#al heights (at that time 2e ha alrea y escen e from the "orl of the fi4e stars to the planetary system!% banishe 9#cifer from o#r senses an life$processes% pressing him o"n into the s#bconscio#s "here his "orking "as mo erate ) 3#ring the epoch of Ol &tlantis Christ ga0e str#ct#re to o#r thinking% feeling an "illing) Golgatha took place aro#n the mi le of 1ali H#ga) Thro#gh in icating s#ch a perio icity% R# olf .teiner ga0e #s the possibility (as he fre=#ently i ! to #n erstan % on the basis of the Goethean teaching of e0ol#tion% an entire series of ee s of Christ% "hich 2e accomplishe in strict a herence "ith the la"s of e0elopment% as 2e 2imself tells #s) Th#s the EBth cent#ry is prece e by fi0e ee s of Christ (incl# ing &scension!% as a res#lt of "hich man became a tri#ne being of bo y% so#l an spirit% an ac=#ire the capacity to ascen into the spirit#al spheres as an in i0i #al an no longer as a gro#p being) &ll this "e o"e to the Christ) (#t in or er to grasp this% "e m#st #n erstan all seven deeds of Christ% those of the past an those of the f#t#re) Not all h#man beings% by any means% s#ccee in forming an appropriate connection to them at the right time) /any ha0e still retaine something of the ol &tlantean l#ciferic passions in their process of igestion) (#t each epoch poses its o"n =#ite concrete tasks% an a certain n#mber of people nee to master them at least on the le0el of #n erstan ing) This gi0es gro#n s for hope that the others too "ill in time make #p for "hat they ha0e misse ) The sit#ation is ifferent "ith the spirits of opposition) They seek in e0ery concei0able "ay to falsify% to 0iolate the la"s of e0elopment an to t#rn them #psi e$ o"n% as to their significance an their operation) It is thanks to their effort that h#manity at the beginning of the EBth cent#ry "as able% only in a fe" of its representati0es% to become f#lly conscio#s of the Christianity of the epoch of the 9or 7s &scension) Onfort#nately "e are still in the mood and condition of aster !aturday% "here the e0elopment of the h#man so#l an spirit is concerne ) The "orl % o#r ci0ili6ation in all its manifestations $ incl# ing the ecclesiastical forms of the religio#s confessions% hol the Christ bo#n in 2is earthly gra0e an "ill not allo" 2is light$fille res#rrection to begin) This% "e may say% is the archetypal phenomenon of those two shadows which have survived from the Greco-Latin and old gyptian epochs : 9atinism an the 8estern occ#lt$political societies% of "hich "e ha0e spoken in this book) These forces battle not only against the secon b#t also the first coming of Christ) They oppose 2is se0en ee s% beca#se they are a"are that they "ill lose the game entirely if they cannot i0ert the attention of mankin from all these ee s) In a kin of anticipation Christ alrea y appeare a secon time to the &postles) To ay 2e can appear to any h#man so#l% as the all$encompassing, living idea of the world% the true essence of all things% as their i eal archetypal image% thro#gh "hich all things ca e into "eing an to "hich all things ret#rn) In li0ing thro#gh the secon coming% the h#man being e4periences the reali6ation of his inmost yearning $ the union of being and consciousness) 8hen the h#man being "ill ha0e mastere the in i0i #al .pirit .elf the 8hits#n festi0al "ill #n ergo a eepening) This "ill take place in the .la0ic$Germanic c#lt#ral epoch "hen Christ escen s to the h#man comm#nities of the .pirit .elf as 9ife .pirit) This "ill be 2is se0enth ee % an "e m#st alrea y prepare for 2is coming) $ 2erein lies the meaning of the spirit#al task that is to be f#lfille by /i le E#rope in the present c#lt#ral epoch) (#t the .la0s m#st prepare to carry this task f#rther) This se0enth ee of Christ "ill allo" man to partake in the bo y of res#rrection) (#t in o#r o"n time man m#st learn% thro#gh kno"le ge of the ee s of Christ% "hich is a gift of the 2oly .pirit% through confessing to the Christ in spirit
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and truth% to celebrate tr#ly the &scension of Christ "ith hea an "ith heart% in or er to prepare himself for the e4perience of 2is coming) The "orl has great iffic#lties rea y to place in o#r "ay) .till to ay% those "ho are le to initiation% tho#gh by the ol ata0istic path $ the monsignori an politicians $ imitate the metho s of r#lership that "ere #se by the Roman Caesars "ho compelle the hierophants of the /ysteries to initiate them "itho#t #e preparation) The #s#al o#tcome of s#ch an initiation "as possession) This in t#rn became a social factor% a factor of .tate political policy% "hich lai claim to #nrestricte omination in the "orl ) It "as abo0e all for the achie0ement of political aims that Christianity "as ma e the state religion in Constantinople an Rome) The challenge to Rome that "as presente by /i le E#rope an the &nglo$.a4on "orl "as finally e4ting#ishe thro#gh the infl#ence of materialistic c#lt#re an the ahrimani6ation of (ritish$&merican occ#ltism) The ne" epoch brings yet another problem) If "e isregar mass c#lt#re% "hich is alrea y in a terminal state of ecline% an "e t#rn to those "ho% in the face of all hin rances% ha0e fo#n thro#gh their connection "ith esoteric Christianity the strength an ability to balance the "orking of 9#cifer an &hriman thro#gh the imp#lse of the Christ $ the Go of the h#man 7I7 "ho re0eals 2imself thro#gh the 2oly .pirit "hen the h#man being o0ercomes e0erything that is national% tribal% racial $ "e fin these people confronte no" by the retar e spirits of time% the &s#ras) They lie in "ait for those "ho are stri0ing to"ar s the conscio#sness$so#l an ca#se them to lo"er this into the sphere of the instincts) <or this reason the &nglo$.a4on an German$speaking peoples% "hose task it is to bring to birth the 7I7 in the threefol so#l% an "ho therefore ha0e to master the conscio#sness$so#l% an also those "ho t#rn to &nthroposophy% inc#r the greatest risk in the ne" epoch) 3angers ha0e al"ays l#rke on the path of e0elopment% an this "ill al"ays be the case) (#t if "e e4pose o#rsel0es to angers% "e sho#l o so "ith #n erstan ing) It is a p#rely &s#ric i ea to "ant to b#il an earthly para ise "here man is not e4pose to any risks) The ma'ority of people "ill be le in the ne" epoch to a certain egree of in i0i #ali6ation) Intellect#alism "ill increasingly become a possession of the broa er masses% b#t for the sole p#rpose of harnessing these masses completely to mechani6e c#lt#re% to the e4tent that the h#man being "ill be incorporate as an element into the 0ario#s mechanical$cybernetic systems of the f#t#re% an also% in part% of the present) The 72ighest7 to "hich man can look #p "ill be% instea of the .pirit .elf% ahrimanic immortality% "hile the most 0arie cybernetic$parapsychological refinements "ill sprea o0er the earth% "hich not only prolong h#man life% b#t also rob so#ls of the possibility of passing thro#gh a spirit#al e0ol#tion after eath) In the last resort it "ill be possible to con0ey a not inconsi erable portion of h#manity into the sphere of the electro$magnetic energies% the fallen ethers% in or er on this fo#n ation to b#il #p an anti$"orl % an anti$cosmos% "hich "ill be place o0er against the i0ine "orl creation) The initiates of the 9atin an the &nglo$.a4on race kno" of this an look #pon s#ch a perspecti0e of e0elopment as being =#ite acceptable) (#t it is not gi0en to them to #n erstan an become conscio#s of the fact that there is no place in it for the h#man so#l an spirit% as they are s#b'ect to the infl#ence of rit#al (ceremonial! magic) &lrea y these people are the 0irt#al r#lers of the "orl ) /#st "e keep silent abo#t all this% an "ait patiently for the e0ents to #nfol M $ /ay e0ery thinking person ans"er this =#estion for himself) 8e o"e a certain forbearance to the person "ho simply oes not "ant to belie0e all this% "ho thinks that the "orl is mo0e by the chance fort#ity of e0ents an the play of arbitrary choice or of the noble intentions of h#man beings stan ing in isolation to one another) (#t it is =#ite ifferent for those "ho ha0e gro"n o#t of the s"a ling ban s of their social% political an occ#lt infancy) They sho#l on no acco#nt #n erestimate the significance of present e0ents) Rather% they are s#ch that their significance cannot be estimate highly eno#gh) 8e are the "itnesses an participants in a cosmic mystery rama% the co#rse of "hich has an imme iate bearing on o#r o"n estiny) 8hat the single in i0i #al can o #n er these circ#mstances $ of this "e ha0e alrea y spoken) It is important to reali6e that all that once took place in Dalestine is #n ergoing a repetition in the ne" epoch% an "ill be repeate on an e0er$ increasing scale an o"n to the smallest etails) Christ ie for the in i0i #al h#man being% an th#s this /ystery cannot be e4perience collecti0ely) 8e sho#l recogni6e the e0elopment of in i0i #al so#ls% an b#il the str#ct#re of society accor ing to this principle) As a collective, humanity walks on towards the grave of Christ, as with "is disciples on aster !unday) 8e% h#manity% are still in a state of conf#sion o0er the fact that the tomb is empty) E0erything that arises in o#r so#ls o0er an abo0e this is no more than the hope for some istant f#t#re% "hen Christ "ill appear to #s an "ill allo" #s to place o#r han s in 2is "o#n s) &nthroposophy as the message of the 2oly .pirit% the 7Comforter7% the 7.pirit of tr#th7 "hom Christ 2imself promise to sen to #s% an kept 2is promise% allo"s the h#man being to approach the e4perience of Christianity in the spirit of the 8hits#n <esti0al) &nthroposophy is in its essential nat#re (as the highest synthesis of the concept#al% spirit#al% religio#s an artistic =#est of the in i0i #al h#man spirit thro#gh all the ages of the past! that form in "hich Christianity has progresse from the stage of preparation to the stage of reali#ation) (#t the opposing forces $ an this
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is important to grasp $ are also mo0ing to"ar s a certain 7reali6ation7) 8hat this means is sho"n by the entire EB th cent#ry) $n its totality it has come to be the resistance to Christ%s second coming reali#ed in practice, and the practically reali#ed collaboration in preparing the ground for the incarnation of Ahriman ) In contrast to the Christianity of the 2oly Trinity o#r cent#ry creates its ne" kin of religion) This 7religion7 (co#nter$religion! absorbs all the fr#its of ata0istic occ#ltism an makes them% in one or another form% accessible to the masses) In the mass$me ia one is alrea y stating openly that parapsychology o#ght to take on the role of a ne"% #ni0ersal% international religion) &ny form "hate0er of practical magic% "itchcraft% shamanism% e0ery ol s#perstition% all the teachings of East an 8est% North an .o#th% the latest scientific theories an isco0eries $ all this "ill be thro"n into the melting$7pot7 of a so$calle #ni0ersal% earthly$cosmic "orl $0ie" "hose f#nction "ill be to etermine in practice the e0elopment of c#lt#re an ci0ili6ation in the ne" epoch) The entire social str#ct#re of the "orl ass#mes e0er more istinctly the traits of a social anti-threefolding) In place of the e=#ality of all h#man beings in the sphere of rights% "e see emerging the "orl $"i e r#lership of a ne"% occ#lt aristocracy) The spirit#al life is shape by means of magical hoc#s$poc#s% of anti$aestheticism% an thro#gh the synthesis of pop$art an parapsychology) Economically one i0i es the "orl into the caste of r#lers an the helots "ho "ork for them) It "ill not be long before% instea of the associations of free pro #cers (comm#nes% comm#nities!% "e "ill see the proletarians of the f#t#re: pio#s beings li0ing on the le0el of gro#p$conscio#sness% an bo#n to machines thro#gh the #se of occ#lt forces) &ll this is #nfort#nately no empty fantasy) .#ch a e0elopment can only be arreste thro#gh a conscio#s appeal to Christ in his .econ Coming% the e0ent heral e by &nthroposophy) In the en the forces of goo "ill tri#mph% for Christ has sai 2 5n the world you will have tri"ulation) "ut "e of good cheer& 5 have overco e the world (Aohn *-; ,,!)

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Translate from the German by 2elga .ch#lte$.chroeer; North :anco#0er% Cana a

Esoteric 9esson from No0ember *+B- in /#nich (notes!: Asuras stayed "ehind on /ld 'aturn! As did fire-spirits on the 'un! Christ is the regent of the fir-spirits! The satanic hosts are "ackward fire-spirits! /n /ld Moon they are the luciferic spirits! 5n the ,e urian race ,ucifer intervened in hu an develop ent! 4e was included in earth develop ent and served as li"erator "y "ringing independence and enthusias for wisdo to an! 'atanic "eings "egin their IworkI in the Atlantean race 6"lack agic<! They are the gods of hindrances! The Asuras "egin their activity only now in the fifth race! They are the ost detri ental and ainly effect se%ual life& the physical "ody! The any se%ual a"errations of the present can "e traced "ack to their strong influence! All forces of hindrance effect that they seek to hold on to what is inco plete& what e%ists at present& and e%ecute and strengthen it in its inco pleteness! ,uciferic "eings still were li"erators "ecause they gave independence& ego through egois ! 0e had to pass through egois & which& as it were& was the first e%pression of the ego Jas error is the first e%pression of wisdo in a world of "eco ing& so ani alistic love is the first e%pression of higher spiritual love! The corresponding transfor ation is our task! The third root race saw the separation of the se%es& it will "e overco e in the si%th root race) this has to "e prepared in the si%th su"-race! The productive forces of an transfor ! Creative force in itself is the ost holy in our possession "ecause it is directly divine! The ore divine what is dragged through the ud "y us& the greater the sin! /ur reproductive organs will "e heart and throat! As the word "eca e flesh in Christ& the flesh has to "eco e the word at the end of the ti e of fulfilling Christianity! KGood and evil is yet differentiated relatively little! /ur eyes do not uch penetrate the unified of the flesh! $ow it is still a relatively s all step fro evil to good& fro good to evil! 0hen the forces of the asters and of people that support the with all their strength and will as well as the forces of the gods of hindrances& called Ma on as well 6'atan and Asuras<& increasingly intervene in the life of hu anity& in earthly develop ent& with their hosts Jthen good will develop into divine good and evil into so ething terri"le& into the Anti-Christ! Then each one of us world-helpers 6this is spoken in deepest hu ility< needs all the strength that can "e gained fro suffering and overco ing suffering& fro evil and overco ing evil! 5t is the task of Theosophy 6Anthroposophy<& of ?osicrucianis to call people to this "attle through these perceptions and "ring the peace in the "attle (G& E--R*% p) *-+R*KB!)
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