{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 101/1907-10-21/p020","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Once upon a time the pineal gland was very active and powerful; it has now become an organ of almost no importance. The methods for attaining clairvoyance will again conjure forth a new organ from the present pineal gland. Certain organs are imbued with life again when they have reached the stage of death; others die off entirely, disappear from the physical plane and then arise in a new form. Let us study those organs in man which are most obviously on the descending path leading to death, and those in which young life is unfolding on the upward path. The organs of greatest importance are those in which both death and life are contained. The use to which they are put is, from a certain point of view, of supreme importance.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Myths and Symbols","site_heading":null,"date":"1907-10-21","location":null,"word_count":132,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/101/1907-10-21/p020","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Dorothy S. 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Wer den Menschen vom okkulten Standpunkte aus betrachtet, kann bei jedem Organ angeben, ob es ein solches ist, das zur abflutenden Entwickelung gehört, das dem Tode zueilt, das die Menschheit künftig nicht mehr haben wird, oder ob es ein solches ist, das auf der Jugendstufe steht und in Zukunft erst größer und gewaltiger ausgebildet sein wird. Sie können solche Organe im menschlichen Leibe sehen, die in ihrer Natur schon zusammengeschrumpft und in ihrer Tätigkeit abgestumpft sind, die nur noch eine spärliche Tätigkeit haben. Ein solches Organ ist die Zirbeldrüse. Sie hatte einstmals eine mächtige Tätigkeit und ist jetzt herabgesunken zu einem fast bedeutungslosen Organ. Gewisse Organe gehen fast bis zur Stufe des Todes und werden dann wieder neu belebt in anderer Weise. Andere Organe sterben ganz ab, sie verschwinden in ihrer Form vom physischen Plan und treten dann wieder auf in anderer Gestalt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":226,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/101/1907-10-21/p017"},{"locus":"GA 101/1907-10-21/p018","passage_number":18,"text":"Nun betrachten wir einmal den menschlichen Leib, da wo er am deutlichsten auf der absteigenden Bahn dem Tode zueilt, und da, wo er in aufsteigender Bahn ein neues, junges Leben entfaltet. Diese beiden Dinge gehen durch einander hindurch. Die wichtigsten Organe sind hineingepreßt in diese Bahn der auf- und absteigenden Entwickelung, so daß sie beides, den Tod und das Leben, in sich haben. Ihre Behandlung ist unter Umständen im menschlichen Leben das Allerwichtigste. So wollen wir sie an einem signifikanten Beispiel anschauen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":82,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/101/1907-10-21/p018"}],"english":["GA 101/1907-10-21/p019","GA 101/1907-10-21/p020"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":308,"en_words":234,"ratio":0.76,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.83,"band":"watch","note":"This witness is somewhat shorter than the original. Minor omissions or condensation are possible.","word_count":4951,"original_word_count":5960,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Dorothy S. 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