{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 101/1907-12-29/p008","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Let us make a schematic drawing for ourselves. Some things become unclear due to incorrect symbolic drawing. So, although it is sufficient for understanding certain relationships if the physical plane, the astral plane and the devachan plane are drawn on top of each other, it is more correct to imagine the physical world as a self-contained sphere, where the astral is all around, and the devachanic is around that again. Instead of drawing horizontal layers, it is good to draw it this way (see drawing), because this provides a way to distinguish two areas of the astral plane from each other. If we look into two very specific areas of the astral plane, which we indicate here with arrow 1, we see that in the astral world, what we call the male and the female here on earth are the two opposites of “form” and “life”. Form and life are opposites on the astral plane. Now, if we want to encounter form and life on the astral plane, we will only encounter them if we go in that direction (from the center upwards, see arrow 2). If we go in the other direction (center downwards, see arrow 3), we will by no means encounter the beneficial contrast of form and life, but rather the contrast of “decay” and “disease”. So if we start from the physical world, we encounter the opposite of form and life on the astral plane above; this corresponds to the opposite of decay and disease in the astral world below, i.e. going down below the physical plane. Whenever we go to one side, where we see beneficial properties for the physical world, these correspond on the other side to destructive, harmful influences for the physical world. We now have an opportunity to distinguish between the parts of the astral plane. There are actually two quite different areas of the astral plane that affect the human soul. If we want to form an idea of how these two very different areas affect the soul, we have to imagine that in a human being we have: the physical body, the etheric body, the astral body; and depending on their development, which has been described many times: manas or spirit self, budhi or life spirit, and atma or spiritual man; and in between we have, filled by the I, the soul. So that we can distinguish in a certain respect: body - which actually includes the three bodies -, soul and spirit. Now the three lower members, astral body, ether body and physical body, are reflected in the soul. Insofar as the physical body, ether body and astral body are reflected in their original nature, they introduce lower, downward-pulling qualities into the human soul. But that which is higher is also reflected in man: manas, buddhi, atma, and thus we also have uplifting, purifying elements in the soul. In strict Christianity, people also knew about this twofold way of being reflected in the human soul. One saw that the higher human nature was reflected in the soul, or the lower nature was reflected in the soul. Many sensed this, even if they were not esotericists. That is why it was said: When a person dies, he perceives the reflection of the spiritual world as the collection of laws of Moses; and when the lower nature is reflected in the soul, the devil reads the record of sins to the soul in death.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"IX. 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Wenn wir in zwei ganz bestimmte Gebiete des Astralplanes hineinschauen, die wir mit dem Pfeil 1 hier bezeichnen, so gibt es in der astralen Welt für das, was wir hier auf der Erde das Männliche und das Weibliche nennen, die beiden Gegensätze «Form» und «Leben». Form und Leben sind Gegensätze auf dem Astralplan. Nun würden wir aber, wenn wir auf dem Astralplan Form und Leben treffen wollen, sie nur treffen, wenn wir in dieser Richtung (von der Mitte nach oben, siehe Pfeil 2) gehen. Gehen wir nach der anderen Seite (Mitte nach unten, siehe Pfeil 3), so treffen wir dort keineswegs den wohltätigen Gegensatz von Form und Leben an, sondern wir treffen den Gegensatz «Verwesung» und «Krankheit» an. Wenn wir also von der physischen Welt ausgehen, treffen wir auf dem Astralplan nach oben den Gegensatz Form und Leben; dem entspricht in der astralen Welt nach unten, also gleichsam unter das Physische hinuntergehend, der Gegensatz von Verwesung und Krankheit. Immer wenn wir nach der einen Seite gehen, wo wir für die physische Welt wohltätige Eigenschaften sehen, entsprechen diesen auf der anderen Seite für die physische Welt zerstörende, schädliche Einflüsse. Da haben wir jetzt eine Möglichkeit, zu unterscheiden zwischen den Teilen des Astralplanes. Auf die menschliche Seele wirken tatsächlich zwei ganz voneinander verschiedene Gebiete des Astralplanes. Wenn wir uns eine Vorstellung davon bilden wollen, wie diese zwei ganz verschiedenen Gebiete auf die Seele wirken, müssen wir uns denken, daß wir beim Menschen haben: den physischen Leib, den Ätherleib, den Astralleib; und je nach deren Ausbildung, die ja öfter beschrieben worden ist: Manas oder Geistselbst, Budhi oder Lebensgeist, und Atma oder den Geistesmenschen; und zwischen drinnen haben wir, vom Ich erfüllt, das Seelische. So daß wir in gewisser Beziehung unterscheiden können: Leib - der eigentlich die drei Leiber umfaßt -, Seele und Geist. Nun spiegeln sich in der Seele die drei unteren Glieder Astralleib, Ätherleib und physischer Leib. Insofern sich physischer Leib, Ätherleib und Astralleib in ihrer ursprünglichen Art spiegeln, versetzen sie in die Seele des Menschen niedere, herunterziehende Eigenschaften. Aber es spiegelt sich im Menschen auch das, was das Obere ist: Manas, Budhi, Atma, und dadurch haben wir in der Seele ebenso heraufziehende, läuternde Elemente. Im strengen Christentum wußte man auch von dieser zweifachen Art der Spiegelung in der menschlichen Seele. Man sah, es spiegelt sich die höhere Menschennatur in der Seele, oder es spiegelt sich die untere Natur in der Seele. Das ahnten manche, auch wenn es nicht Esoteriker waren. Deshalb sagte man: Wenn der Mensch zum Tode kommt, nimmt er die Spiegelung der geistigen Welt als die Gesetzessammlung des Moses wahr; und wenn sich das Untere in der Seele spiegelt, wird der Seele im Tode vom Teufel das Sündenregister vorgelesen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":542,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/101/1907-12-29/p008"}],"english":["GA 101/1907-12-29/p008"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":542,"en_words":573,"ratio":1.06,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","anchors","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.07,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":6715,"original_word_count":6277,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"Myths and Legends, Occult Signs and Symbols","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA101/English/SOL2024/19071229p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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