{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 100/1907-06-22/p008","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Spiritual science explains that everything which occurs in the world is dependent upon Karma. Karma is the general law of the universe. Even the Bible speaks of this law at the very beginning. It says: “In the beginning God created the heaven and earth”. On reading this superficially, as is generally the case to-day, you do not notice that these words lie within the meaning of the law of Karma, but you notice it without further ado if you consult the original text of this ancient document, or if you take one of the oldest Latin translations, for instance the Septuagint, which the Roman Catholic Church still considers as the authoritative translation of the Old Testament, and particularly of Genesis. Perhaps in an introductory course such as this one, which is to acquaint you step by step with the immense depths of the spiritual-scientific world-conception, it is not inappropriate to deviate a little from our main subject.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"VII. The Law of Karma","site_heading":null,"date":"1907-06-22","location":null,"word_count":157,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/100/1907-06-22/p008","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"not_established","translator":null,"identified_edition":"ANS1942","book_title":"Theosophy and Rosicrucianism","publisher":null,"publisher_inferred":false,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA100/English/ANS1942/19070622p01.html","evidence":null,"reason":"source_says_translator_unknown","note":"The source page itself says the translator is unknown. 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Karma ist das allgemeine Weltengesetz. — Auch die Bibel erzählt gleich im Anfang von diesem Karma. Sie sagt nämlich: «Im Anfang schuf Gott die Welt.» Wenn man das so oberflächlich liest, wie heute im allgemeinen gelesen wird, da merken Sie nicht, daß das im Sinne des Karmagesetzes ist; Sie merken es aber ohne weiteres, wenn Sie zum Beispiel den Urtext dieser alten Urkunde nehmen, in welcher uns von diesem Schaffen gesprochen wird, oder wenn Sie eine der ältesten Übersetzungen der Urkunde ins Lateinische nehmen, wie zum Beispiel diejenige aus der Septuaginta, die ja heute noch für die gesamte katholische Kirche als die maßgebende Übersetzung des Alten Testamentes und besonders der Genesis angesehen wird. Und da ist es ja wohl gerade im Hinblick auf einen solchen Einführungszyklus, der Sie ja doch Stück für Stück mit den ungeheuren Tiefen der geisteswissenschaftlichen Weltanschauung bekanntmachen soll, nicht unzweckmäßig, wenn wir einmal einen Schritt abseits unseres eigentlichen Themas machen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":167,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/100/1907-06-22/p007"}],"english":["GA 100/1907-06-22/p008"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":167,"en_words":157,"ratio":0.94,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.01,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":4787,"original_word_count":4729,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"not_established","translator":null,"identified_edition":"ANS1942","book_title":"Theosophy and Rosicrucianism","publisher":null,"publisher_inferred":false,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA100/English/ANS1942/19070622p01.html","evidence":null,"reason":"source_says_translator_unknown","note":"The source page itself says the translator is unknown. 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