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The neophyte saw it in this way: Surrounded by a kind of shell, man descended from the regions which are now the regions of air. He was not yet as physically condensed when the animals already existed in the flesh. He was a delicate airy being even in the Lemurian epoch and he so developed that the spiritual picture presents the four group-souls: On one side something like the image of a Lion, on the other the likeness of a Bull, up above something like an Eagle and below something similar to Man. Such is the spiritual picture. Thus man moves forth from the darkness of the spirit-land. And the force which formed him appears as a kind of rainbow. The more physical powers surround the entire structure of this human being like a rainbow (Rev. 4). We have to describe this development of man in various realms and in various ways. The above description represents the way it appears to the investigator when he looks back and sees how these four group-souls have developed out of the common Divine-human which descends. 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The moment comes when the initiate says: “I do not merely see these four forms, but I am within them, I have expanded my being over them.” He identifies himself with them. He perceives that which is symbolized by the constellations, by the number twelve. We shall best understand that which spreads itself around, that which reveals itself, if we remember that our earth has passed through previous incarnations. We know that before the earth became earth it went through the condition of Saturn, then through that of Sun, then through that of Moon, and only then did it become our present earth. This was necessary, for only in this way was it possible for the beings we see on the earth around us to come forth as they have done. 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Als die mineralischen Wesen anfingen ihre heutige Form zu bekommen, da konnte man sagen: Der Mensch trat aus der Unsichtbarkeit hervor. So stellte er sich dem Einzuweihenden dar. Außen mit einer Art von Schale umgeben, stieg er aus den Regionen herunter, die heute die Luftregionen sind. Der Mensch war noch nicht dicht physisch da, als das Tier schon im Fleisch vorhanden war. Er war eine feine Luftwesenheit, selbst in den lemurischen Zeiten noch. Und er hat sich so herausgegliedert, daß sich das hellseherische Bild darstellt mit den vier Gruppenseelen: auf der einen Seite wie ein Löwenbild, auf der anderen wie das Bild eines Stieres, oben wie das eines Adlers, und in der Mitte unten etwas, was schon menschenähnlich ist. So zeigt sich das hellseherische Bild. So kommt aus dem Dunkel des Geisterlandes heraus der Mensch. Und das, was ihn an Kraft ausgebildet hat, das erscheint in einer Art Regenbogenbildung. Die mehr physischen Kräfte umgeben die ganze Bildung dieses Menschen wie ein Regenbogen. — Man muß auf den verschiedensten Gebieten und in der verschiedensten Weise dieses Menschwerden schildern. Jetzt wird es geschildert, wie es dem Forscher im Rückblick erscheint: wie diese vier Gruppenseelen sich herausgestaltet haben aus dem gemeinsamen Göttlich-Menschlichen, das heruntersteigt. Man hat von jeher diesen Moment symbolisch in die Form gebracht, die Sie auf dem zweiten der sogenannten sieben okkulten Siegel dargestellt finden. Das ist die symbolische Darstellung, sie ist aber mehr als ein bloßes Symbolum. Da haben Sie herauskommend aus dem unbestimmten Geistigen diese vier Gruppenseelen, den Regenbogen ringsherum und eine Zwölfzahl. Wir müssen auch verstehen, was diese Zwölfzahl bedeutet.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":329,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104/1908-06-19/p015"},{"locus":"GA 104/1908-06-19/p016","passage_number":16,"text":"Wenn Sie das herauskommen sehen, was eben geschildert worden ist, so haben Sie hellseherisch das Gefühl: Das ist von etwas umgeben, was ganz anderer Wesenheit und Art ist als das, was da heraustritt aus dem unbestimmten Geistigen. Und das, wovon es umgeben ist, das symbolisierte man in alten Zeiten in dem Tierkreis, in den zwölf Zeichen des Tierkreises. — Der Moment des Eintretens in das Hellsehen ist noch mit mancherlei anderen Erlebnissen verknüpft. Das erste, was der, dessen Ätherleib heraustritt, wahrnimmt, ist: er kommt sich vor, wie wenn er größer und größer würde und sich ausdehnte über das, was er da wahrnimmt. Es kommt der Moment, wo der Eingeweihte sich sagt: Ich sehe nicht bloß diese vier Gestalten, sondern ich bin da drinnen, ich habe mein Wesen darüber ausgedehnt. — Er identifiziert sich damit. Er nimmt das wahr, was durch die zwölf Sternbilder, durch die Zwölfzahl symbolisiert wird. Was sich da ausdehnt ringsherum um das, was sich enthüllt, das werden wir am besten verstehen, wenn wir uns wieder daran erinnern, daß unsere Erde frühere Verkörperungen durchgemacht hat. Wir wissen ja: Bevor die Erde Erde wurde, ging sie durch den Zustand des Saturns, dann durch den der Sonne, dann durch den des Mondes, und dann erst wurde sie Erde im heutigen Sinne. Das war notwendig. Denn nur dadurch war es möglich, daß auf der heutigen Erde die Wesenheiten herauskamen, die eben herausgekommen sind. Die mußten sich allmählich durch solche Verwandlungsformen hindurcharbeiten.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":240,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104/1908-06-19/p016"}],"beads":[{"from":[15,16],"to":[15,16],"confidence":"medium"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers)."}}