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Aber es war ein Empfindungs-, ein Wahrnehmungsorgan der Menschheit in jenen ur-uralten Zeiten, mit dem der Mensch noch frei und offen hinausschauen konnte in das, was wir die astralische Welt nennen, mit dem er nicht nur die Körper, sondern auch die Seelen hat sehen können und das, was in diesen Seelen um ihn herum gelebt hat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":151,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/101/1907-10-21/p009"},{"locus":"GA 101/1907-10-21/p010","passage_number":10,"text":"Zusammengeschrumpft zu der sogenannten Zirbeldrüse ist dieses Organ, das von der Decke des Kopfes jetzt bedeckt ist. Der Mensch trägt aber heute als Erbstück dieses alten Organs, mit dem er die geistigen Welten um sich erleben konnte, eines in seiner Seele in sich, und das ist die Sehnsucht nach diesen Welten, für die sich ihm das Tor geschlossen hat, das Tor seines eigenen Kopfes. Die Sehnsucht nach dieser Welt ist geblieben, nicht die Möglichkeit des Hineinschauens. 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