{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 103/1908-05-31/p011","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"This cleansed, purified astral body, which bears within it at the moment of illumination none of the impure impressions of the physical world, but only the organs of perception of the spiritual world is called in esoteric Christianity the “pure, chaste, wise Virgin Sophia.” By means of all that he receives during katharsis, the pupil cleanses and purifies his astral body so that it is transformed into the Virgin Sophia. And when the Virgin Sophia encounters the Cosmic Ego, the Universal Ego which causes illumination, the pupil is surrounded by light, spiritual light. This second power that approaches the Virgin Sophia, is called in esoteric Christianity—is also so called today—the “Holy Spirit.” Therefore according to esoteric Christianity, it is correct to say that through his processes of initiation the Christian esotericist attains the purification and cleansing of his astral body; he makes his astral body into the Virgin Sophia and is illuminated from above—if you wish, you may call it overshadowed—by the “Holy Spirit,” by the Cosmic, Universal Ego. And a person thus illuminated, who, in other words, according to esoteric Christianity has received the “Holy Spirit” into himself, speaks forthwith in a different manner. How does he speak? When he speaks about Saturn, Sun and Moon, about the different members of the human being, about the processes of cosmic evolution, he is not expressing *his* own opinion. *His* views do not at all come into consideration. When such a person speaks about Saturn, it is Saturn itself that is speaking through him. When he speaks about the Sun, the Spiritual Being of the Sun speaks through him. He is the instrument. His personal ego has been eclipsed, which means that at such moments it has become impersonal and it is the Cosmic Universal Ego that is using his ego as its instrument through which to speak. Therefore, in true esoteric teaching which proceeds from esoteric Christianity, one should not speak of *views or opinions*, for in the highest sense of the word this is incorrect; there are no such things. According to esoteric Christianity, whoever speaks with the right attitude of mind toward the world will say to himself, for instance: If I tell people that there were two horses outside, the important thing is not that one of them pleases me less than the other and that I think one is a worthless horse. The important point is that I describe the horses to the others and give the facts. In like manner, what has been observed in the spiritual worlds must be described irrespective of all personal opinions. In every spiritual- scientific system of teaching, only the series of facts must be related and this must have nothing to do with the opinions of the one who relates them.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"XII. The Nature of the Virgin Sophia and of the Holy Spirit","site_heading":null,"date":"1908-05-31","location":null,"word_count":462,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/103/1908-05-31/p011","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:embedding","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Maud B. 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Damals war das Ich des Kosmos ausgegossen über den Menschen, und dieses Ich muß der Mensch auf sich wirken lassen. Er muß dieses Ich wirken lassen auf sein vorher präpariertes Inneres. Das heißt: Geläutert und gereinigt, veredelt, der Katharsis unterworfen werden muß des Menschen Inneres, mit anderen Worten, sein Astralleib. Dann kann er erwarten, daß das äußere Geistige zu seiner Erleuchtung in ihn einströmt. Das geschieht, wenn der Mensch so weit vorbereitet ist, daß . er seinen Astralleib der Katharsis unterworfen und dadurch seine inneren Erkenntnisorgane ausgebildet hat. Dann ist der Astralleib, wenn er jetzt untertaucht in den Ätherleib und physischen Leib, unter allen Umständen so weit, daß die Erleuchtung, der Photismos, erfolgt. Das, was wirklich eintritt, ist eben, daß der Astralleib seine Organe abdruckt im Ätherleibe, wodurch dann bewirkt wird, daß der Mensch um sich herum eine geistige Welt wahrnimmt, daß also sein Inneres, der astralische Leib, empfängt, was ihm der Ätherleib zu bieten vermag, was ihm der Ätherleib heraussaugt aus dem ganzen Kosmos, aus dem kosmischen Ich.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":267,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-31/p010"},{"locus":"GA 103/1908-05-31/p011","passage_number":11,"text":"Die christliche Esoterik nannte diesen gereinigten, geläuterten astralischen Leib, der in dem Augenblick, wo er der Erleuchtung unterworfen ist, nichts von den unreinen Eindrücken der physischen Welt in sich enthält, sondern nur die Erkenntnisorgane der geistigen Welt, die «reine, keusche, weise Jungfrau Sophia». Durch alles das, was der Mensch aufnimmt in der Katharsis, reinigt und läutert er seinen astralischen Leib zur «Jungfrau Sophia». Und der « Jungfrau Sophia » kommt entgegen das kosmische Ich, das Welten-Ich, das die Erleuchtung bewirkt, das also macht, daß der Mensch Licht um sich herum hat, geistiges Licht. Dieses Zweite, das zur « Jungfrau Sophia » hinzukommt, nannte die christliche Esoterik -— und nennt es auch heute noch — den «Heiligen Geist». So daß man im christlich-esoterischen Sinne ganz richtig spricht, wenn man sagt: Der christliche Esoteriker erreicht durch seine Einweihungsvorgänge die Reinigung und Läuterung seines astralischen Leibes; er macht seinen astralischen Leib zur « Jungfrau Sophia » und wird überleuchtet - wenn Sie wollen, können Sie es überschattet nennen — von dem «Heiligen Geiste», von dem kosmischen Welten-Ich. Und der, der also erleuchtet ist, der mit anderen Worten im Sinne der christlichen Esoterik den «Heiligen Geist» in sich aufgenommen hat, redet fortan dann in einem anderen Sinne. Wie redet er? Er redet so, daß es nicht seine Meinung ist, wenn er über Saturn, Sonne, Mond redet, über die verschiedenen Glieder der menschlichen Wesenheit, über die Vorgänge der Weltentwickelung. Seine Ansichten kommen dabei ganz und gar nicht in Betracht. Wenn ein solcher über den Saturn redet, redet der Saturn aus ihm. Wenn er über die Sonne redet, redet die geistige Wesenheit der Sonne aus ihm. Er ist das Instrument; sein Ich ist untergegangen, das heißt für solche Augenblicke unpersönlich geworden, und das kosmische Welten-Ich ist es, das sich seiner als Werkzeug bedient, um durch ihn zu sprechen. Daher darf man bei den wirklichen esoterischen Lehren, die aus der christlichen Esoterik herauskommen, nicht von Ansichten oder Meinungen reden. Das ist im höchsten Sinne des Wortes nicht richtig. Die gibt es da nicht. Derjenige, der im Sinne der christlichen Esoterik mit der richtigen Gesinnung von der Welt spricht, sagt sich: Nicht darauf kommt es an, daß ich den Leuten sage, da waren zwei Pferde draußen, das eine gefällt mir weniger gut, ich glaube, daß das ein faules Pferd ist. Worauf es ankommt, ist, daß ich den anderen die Pferde beschreibe und die Tatsachen wiedergebe! Darum handelt es sich, daß mit Ausschluß jeder persönlichen Meinung das Beobachtete aus der geistigen Welt erzählt wird. In jedem geisteswissenschaftlichen Lehrsystem muß einfach die Tatsachenfolge erzählt werden; das darf mit den Ansichten desjenigen, der da erzählt, gar nichts zu tun haben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":439,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/103/1908-05-31/p011"}],"english":["GA 103/1908-05-31/p010","GA 103/1908-05-31/p011"],"method":"embedding","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":706,"en_words":770,"ratio":1.09,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["anchors","reader"],"reader_german":["GA 103/1908-05-31/p011"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.05,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":7995,"original_word_count":7635,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Maud B. 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