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Eine solche Erscheinung wie die des Bienenlebens im Zusammenhange mit dem, was man wissen kann aus den übersinnlichen Welten, bietet wunderbare Antwort auf die großen Daseinsrätsel. Und von einer noch anderen Seite sind diese Dinge von einer großen Wichtigkeit: Es wird für die Menschheit immer unerläßlicher werden, das Wesen der Gruppenseelen zu begreifen. Denn dieses Wesen der Gruppenseelen zu erkennen, wird auch in der rein äußerlichen Entwickelung der Menschheit eine große Rolle spielen. - Wenn wir im Laufe der Zeiten Tausende und Tausende von Jahren zurückgehen, so finden wir den Menschen selbst noch als ein zu einer Gruppenseele gehöriges Wesen. Denn des Menschen Entwickelung auf unserer Erde ist die von der Gruppenseelenhaftigkeit zu der individuellen Seele. Immer mehr rückt der Mensch dadurch vor, daß seine ichbegabte Seele herunterrückt in das Physische, und in dem Physischen hat sie Gelegenheit, individuell zu werden. Wir können verschiedene Etappen in der Menschheitsentwickelung betrachten. Da werden wir schen, wie die Gruppenseele allmählich individuell wird.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":195,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/102/1908-06-01/p007"},{"locus":"GA 102/1908-06-01/p008","passage_number":8,"text":"Gehen wir zum Beispiel zurück in die Zeit des ersten Drittels der atlantischen Kulturentwickelung. Da ist das Leben des Menschen ein ganz anderes. In den Leibern, in denen wir dazumal verkörpert waren, erlebten unsere Seelen ganz andere Vorgänge. Einen Vorgang, der ja heute im Leben des Menschen, des einzelnen sowohl als des Menschen als soziales Individuum, eine Rolle spielt, können wir uns vor Augen rücken, der seit jener Zeit eine grandiose Veränderung durchgemacht hat: der Wechsel von Wachen und Schlafen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":80,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/102/1908-06-01/p008"},{"locus":"GA 102/1908-06-01/p009","passage_number":9,"text":"In den alten atlantischen Zeiten würden Sie nicht denselben Wechsel von Wachen und Schlafen erlebt haben wie heute. Was ist denn der charakteristische Unterschied im Vergleich mit der gegenwärtigen Menschheit?","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":30,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/102/1908-06-01/p009"},{"locus":"GA 102/1908-06-01/p010","passage_number":10,"text":"Wenn der physische und der ätherische Leib im Bette liegen, der astralische Leib mit dem Ich sich heraushebt, sinkt in dem Maße, wie astralischer Leib und Ich sich herausheben, dasjenige, was man das heutige Bewußtsein nennt, in ein unbestimmtes Dunkel hinunter. Am Morgen, wenn der astralische Leib mit dem Ich wieder hineinzieht in den physischen und den Ätherleib, bedienen sich der astralische Leib und das Ich wieder der physischen Organe, und das Bewußtsein leuchtet auf. Dieser Zustand von täglichem Wachen im Bewußtsein, nächtlichem Schlafen in Bewußtlosigkeit war früher nicht vorhanden. Es war vielmehr so, wenn wir den Ausdruck gebrauchen dürfen — es stimmt nicht ganz für die damaligen Verhältnisse; wir brauchen ihn für den Zustand, in dem der Mensch mit seinem physischen Leib verbunden war -, es war so, daß der Mensch bei Tag, wenn er Tag hatte und er in seinen. physischen Leib untertauchte, soweit es damals der Fall war, keineswegs die äußeren physischen Wesenheiten und Dinge in solchen Grenzen sah wie heute; sondern er sah alles mit unbestimmten, nach außen verschwimmenden Konturen, wie wenn Sie an einem Nebelabend in den Straßen gehen und die Laternen mit einer Nebelaura umgeben sehen. So war es für den Menschen der damaligen Zeit mit allen Dingen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":204,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/102/1908-06-01/p010"},{"locus":"GA 102/1908-06-01/p011","passage_number":11,"text":"Und wenn so der Tageszustand war, wie war denn der Nachtzustand? Wenn der Mensch während der Nacht hinausging aus dem physischen Leib und Ätherleib, kam nicht absolute Unbewußtheit über ihn. Es war nur eine andere Art des Bewußtseins. In der damaligen Zeit nahm der Mensch auch noch die geistigen Vorgänge und geistigen Wesenheiten um sich herum wahr, nicht mehr genau wie im wirklichen Hellsehen, aber wie in einem letzten Rest, der von dem alten Hellsehen geblieben war. In einer Welt mit verschwommenen, nebulosen Grenzen lebte der Mensch bei Tag. Bei Nacht lebte er unter geistigen Wesenheiten, die um ihn herum waren wie heute die Tagesgegenstände, So war keine strenge Grenze zwischen Tag und Nacht, und das, was Sagen und Mythen enthalten, sind nicht Dinge einer beliebigen Volksphantasie, sondern Erinnerungen an die Erlebnisse, die der alte Mensch in seinem damaligen Bewußtseinszustand in der übersinnlichen Welt hatte. Wotan oder Zeus oder andere übersinnliche geistig-göttliche Wesenheiten, die von diesen oder jenen Völkern anerkannt wurden, sind nicht Erdichtungen der Volksphantasie, wie man am grünen Tisch der Gelehrsamkeit behauptet. Nur der kann so etwas behaupten, der sich niemals mit dem Wesen der Volksphantasie bekanntgemacht hat. Es fällt dem Volke gar nicht ein, so zu personifizieren. Das waren Erfahrungen in alten Zeiten. Wotan und Thor waren Wesen, mit denen der Mensch so umging, wie er heute mit seinem Mitmenschen umgeht, und die Mythen und Sagen sind Erinnerungen an die Zeiten alten Hellsehertums.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":236,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/102/1908-06-01/p011"},{"locus":"GA 102/1908-06-01/p012","passage_number":12,"text":"Wir müssen uns aber klar darüber sein, daß mit diesem Hineinleben in die geistig-übersinnlichen Welten etwas anderes verknüpft war. Der Mensch fühlte sich in diesen Welten nicht als individuelles Wesen. Er fühlte sich als Glied geistiger Wesenheiten, er gehörte sozusagen zu höheren geistigen Wesenheiten, wie die Hände zu uns gehören. Das geringe Individualitätsgefühl, das der Mensch dazumal schon hatte, bekam er, wenn er in seinen physischen Leib untertauchte, wenn er sich sozusagen für kurze Zeit emanzipierte von dem Reigen der geistiggöttlichen Wesenheiten. Das war der Anfang seines Individualitätsgefühles. Es war das in einer Zeit, in welcher sich der Mensch durchaus klar darüber war, daß er eine Gruppenseele hat; er fühlte sich untertauchen in die Gruppenseele, wenn er sich aus seinem physischen Leib entfernte und in das übersinnliche Bewußtsein kam. Das war eine alte Zeit, in der im Menschen mit ungeheurer Stärke das Bewußtsein vorhanden war, zu einer Gruppenseele, zu einem Gruppen-Ich zu gehören.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":153,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/102/1908-06-01/p012"},{"locus":"GA 102/1908-06-01/p013","passage_number":13,"text":"Wir betrachten eine zweite Etappe der Menschheitsentwickelung — Zwischenetappen lassen wir fort —, jene Etappe, auf die hingedeuter wird in der Patriarchengeschichte des Alten Testaments. Was da eigentlich zugrunde liegt, haben wir bereits erwähnt. Wir haben den Grund erwähnt, warum die Patriarchen, Adam, Noah und so weiter, eine so lange Lebenszeit hatten. Sie hatten eine so lange Lebenszeit, weil das Gedächtnis dieser Menschen ein ganz anderes als das des heutigen Menschen war. Das Gedächtnis des heutigen Menschen ist eben auch individuell geworden. Der Mensch erinnert sich an das, was er seit der Geburt — mancher auch erst seit einem viel späteren Zeitpunkt — erlebt hat. So war es nicht in alten Zeiten. Damals waren die Dinge, die der Vater zwischen Geburt und Tod erlebte, die Erlebnisse, die der Großvater, der Urgroßvater gehabt hatten, ebenso ein Gegenstand der Erinnerung wie die eigenen Erlebnisse zwischen Geburt und Tod. So sonderbar es sich für den heutigen Menschen ausnimmt, wahr ist es, daß es Zeiten gab, in denen eine solche über das Individuum hinausgehende, die ganze Blutsverwandtschaft hinaufgehende Erinnerung da war. Und wenn wir uns fragen, welche äußerlichen Zeichen es dafür gibt, daß eine solche Erinnerung vorhanden war, so sind es eben solche Namen wie Noah, Adam und so weiter. Damit sind nicht einzelne Individuen gemeint zwischen Geburt und Tod, Der Mensch, der ein Gedächtnis hat, das zwischen Geburt und Tod eingeschlossen ist, gibt diesem einen Individuum einen Namen. Die Namensgebungen gingen früher so weit, wie das Gedächtnis in die Generationen hinaufreichte, so weit, wie das durch die Generationen hindurchfließende Blut ging.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":258,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/102/1908-06-01/p013"},{"locus":"GA 102/1908-06-01/p014","passage_number":14,"text":"‚Adam ist nichts anderes als ein Name, der so lange dauerte, als man sich erinnerte. Wer nicht weiß, daß die Namengebung früher eine ganz andere war, wird das Wesen dieser Dinge gar nicht verstehen können. In jenen alten Zeiten war eben ein ganz anderes vermittelndes Grundbewußtsein vorhanden. Denken Sie sich, der Ahnherr hätte zwei Kinder gehabt, jedes von diesen wieder zwei, die nächste Generation wieder zwei und so fort. Bei denen allen reicht das Gedächtnis bis zum Ahnherrn hinauf, und sie fühlten sich eins in dem Gedächtnis, das sich sozusagen da oben in einem Punkt begegnet. Das Volk des Alten Testamentes hat das ja zum Ausdruck gebracht, indem es sagte, und das galt für jeden einzelnen Bekenner des Alten Testamentes: «Ich und der Vater Abraham sind eins.» Da fühlte sich der Einzelne geborgen in dem Bewußtsein der Gruppenseele, in dem «Vater Abraham».","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":142,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/102/1908-06-01/p014"},{"locus":"GA 102/1908-06-01/p015","passage_number":15,"text":"Das Bewußtsein, das der Christus der Menschheit geschenkt hat, geht darüber hinaus. Das Ich hängt in seinem Bewußtsein direkt zusammen mit der geistigen Welt, und das kommt zum Ausdruck in dem Satz: «Bevor Abraham war, war das Ich - oder das «Ich bin».» Da kommt der Impuls, das «Ich bin» anzuregen, voll in das einzelne Individuum hinein.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":57,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/102/1908-06-01/p015"},{"locus":"GA 102/1908-06-01/p016","passage_number":16,"text":"So sehen wir eine zweite Etappe der Menschheitsentwickelung, die Gruppenseelenzeit, die ihren äußeren Ausdruck findet in der Blutsverwandtschaft der Generationen. Ein Volk, das das besonders ausgebildet hat, legt ganz besonderen Wert darauf, immer zu betonen: als Volk haben wir eine gemeinschaftliche Volksgruppenseele. Das war für das Volk des Alten Testamentes durchaus der Fall. Deshalb sträubten sich die Konservativen innerhalb dieses alttestamentlichen Volkes gegen das Betonen des «Ich bin», des individuellen Ich. Wer im Johannes-Evangelium liest, der kann das mit Händen, mit geistigen Händen greifen, daß es so ist. Man braucht nur die Erzählung zu lesen über das Gespräch des Jesus mit der Samariterin am Brunnen. Da ist ausdrücklich darauf hingewiesen, daß der Christus Jesus auch zu denen geht, die nicht blutsverwandt sind, die nicht durch Blutsverwandtschaft zusammengehören. Lesen Sie, wie bemerkenswert darauf hingewiesen wird: «Denn die Juden hielten keine Gemeinschaft mit den Samaritern.» Wer das nach und nach wirklich, und zwar meditativ, durchmachen kann, der wird sehen, wie die Menschheit von der Gruppenseele zu der individuellen Seele vorangeschritten ist.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":169,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/102/1908-06-01/p016"}],"beads":[{"from":[9],"to":[7],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[10],"to":[8],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[11],"to":[9],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[12,13],"to":[10,11],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[14],"to":[12],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[15],"to":[13],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[16],"to":[14],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[17],"to":[15],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[18],"to":[16],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. 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