{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 101/1907-12-29/p019","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"We initially have the pure, chaste plant substance, where the plant, subject only to the law of the ether body, adds leaf after leaf. Now this pure, chaste plant substance is increasingly permeated by what is called kama in theosophy, the realm of instincts and feelings, the realm of desires, right up to the images. And now, in man, that which has developed in him since he had a plant nature is to be overcome again. As man developed, he took in the red blood. The red blood brings about in the human being that which makes him self-conscious. The chlorophyll of the plant, permeated by astral substance and the I, has been transformed into the red blood. If you could permeate the green plant substance with the I and the astral substance, you would get the red blood. Now think of the image of the cross. In the image of the cross you also have something that points to the future of man. Where does man's future lie? He is to regain his plant nature, but connected with the higher level of consciousness that today's man has already gained. The red roses of the Rose Cross signify what has been gained through blood, but also what he had as plant nature and is to have again. This is prefigured in the rose. It has a plant nature, and it also has the red color of blood. The etheric body is active in the green leaves, and the astral body is active in the red blossom, where the closure is; the rose blossom owes its red to the most intense effects of the astral body of the earth.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"IX. 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Es ist das von astralischer Substanz und vom Ich durchzogene Chlorophyll der Pflanze, das sich umgewandelt hat in das rote Blut. Wenn Sie die grüne Pflanzensubstanz durchziehen könnten mit Ich und astralischer Substanz, würden Sie das rote Blut bekommen. Denken Sie nun an das Bild des Kreuzes. Im Bild des Kreuzes haben Sie auch etwas, das auf des Menschen Zukunft hinweist. Wo liegt des Menschen Zukunft? Die Pflanzennatur soll er wieder erringen, aber verbunden mit der höheren Stufe des Bewußtseins, die der heutige Mensch sich schon errungen hat. Die roten Rosen des Rosenkreuzes bezeichnen, was durch das Blut errungen wurde, aber auch, was er als Pflanzennatur hatte und wieder haben soll. Das ist vorgebildet in der Rose. Sie hat Pflanzennatur, und sie hat auch die rote Farbe des Blutes. In den grünen Blättern wirkt der Ätherleib, in der roten Blüte, wo der Abschluß ist, wirkt der Astralleib; die Rosenblüte verdankt das Rot den intensivsten Einwirkungen des Astralleibes der Erde.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":253,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/101/1907-12-29/p019"}],"english":["GA 101/1907-12-29/p019"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":253,"en_words":278,"ratio":1.1,"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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