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It consisted of the following: Whether we go to Egypt, or to Persia, or to India, whether we are deepened in the Orphic or the Eleusinian mysteries, we find there complete agreement in one feature: a prophecy concerning the One who is to come.[^5] This trait is also found in the Northern European mysteries. There was an initiate in the most ancient times who was signified by the name “Sig.” The Drotten mysteries, which were in Russia and Scandinavia, the Druidic mysteries in Germany all derived from an initiate with the name Sig, who was the founder of the northern mysteries. What happened in the mysteries has been preserved in the various myths and legends of the German nation and other Germanic peoples. The myths and legends are pictorial representations of what was experienced. In the Siegfried legend[^6] we see most clearly that feature that seeks for an end. 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It is the eternal in the human being, the divine soul that draws the human being forward. Just as initiation was described in ancient Egypt and Persia as the union of the soul with the spiritual, so was it also described here in the north. Here in the north it was understood best that a man proved his worth on the field of battle. Those who counted for something in the north were honored as fighters who fell in the field of battle; those were the ones who entered into eternal life; the others died in their sleep. The fallen fighters were received by the Valkyries,[^8] their own soul; union with the Valkyries was union with the eternal. It was said of Siegfried that he had already united with the Valkyries here on earth; that shows he was an initiate. The meaning of the story, that Siegfried had already experienced union with the Valkyries here on earth, is that he was an initiate. This legend tells us something with the death of Siegfried. When experiencing initiation in the ancient mysteries the initiate is told: We can only bring you to a certain point ... further than this only another can bring you—this other one is Christ Jesus—all that we can give you will be darkened when he comes, the One who will bring the new initiation. Siegfried is vulnerable to Hagen[^9] on his back because the cross has not yet been placed on the back of the one who will take over from the ancient initiation. This part of the body will one day be made invulnerable when the cross has been laid across it. 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We remember here the words of Christ—if we understand them we will also understand the Apocalypse—“Before Abraham was, I am.” (John 8:58) Christ directs his view from the past over to the present because for him there is an eternal present.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":153,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/104a/1907-05-01/p016","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1907-05-01","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 104a/1907-05-01/p016","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104a/1907-05-01/p016"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":170,"en_words":153,"ratio":0.9,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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Der bestand in folgendem: Ob wir hinübergehen nach Ägypten, oder nach Persien, oder nach Indien, ob wir uns vertiefen in die orphischen oder die eleusinischen Mysterien, wir finden da Übereinstimmung in einem Zug: einen prophetischen Hinweis auf Einen, der kommen soll. Auch bei den nordischen europäischen Mysterien war dieser Zug: Es war ein uralter Eingeweihter, den man dort mit dem Namen «Sig» bezeichnete. Die Drottenmysterien, die in Rußland und Skandinavien waren, die Druidenmysterien in Germanien, alle stammten ab von einem Eingeweihten mit dem Namen Sig, der da war der Begründer der nordischen Mysterien. Was in den Mysterien geschehen ist, hat sich erhalten in den verschiedenen Mythen und Sagen des deutschen Volkes und anderer germanischer Völker. Die Mythen und Sagen sind bildliche Darstellungen von dem, was das erlebt worden ist. In der Siegfriedsage zeigt sich am ausgeprägtesten jener Zug, der hinzielt nach einem Ende. Er drückt sich aus, mythologisiert, in der Götterdämmerung. Das ist der Zug in allen nordischen Mysterien.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":201,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104a/1907-05-01/p014"},{"locus":"GA 104a/1907-05-01/p015","passage_number":15,"text":"In aller Mystik wurde für die Seele das Bild des Weiblichen gebraucht, das Goethe auch gebraucht im «Chorus mysticus». Es ist das Ewige im Menschen, die göttliche Seele, die den Menschen hinanzieht. Wie im alten Ägypten und Persien die Einweihung beschrieben wurde als die Vereinigung der Seele mit dem Geistigen, so wurde es auch hier im Norden geschildert. Hier im Norden verstand man am besten, daß der Mensch seinen Mann auf dem Kampffelde stellt. Bei denen, die etwas galten im Norden, war es so, daß man sie ehrte als Krieger, die auf dem Kampffelde fielen; das waren die, die ins ewige Leben eingingen, die anderen starben den Strohtod, Die gefallenen Krieger wurden empfangen von den Walküren, der eigenen Seele; die Vereinigung mit der Walküre war die Vereinigung mit dem Ewigen. Von Siegfried nun erzählt man, er habe sich hier auf Erden schon mit der Walküre vereinigt; das zeigt an, daß er ein Eingeweihter war. Der Sinn der Erzählung, daß Siegfried die Vereinigung mit der Walküre schon auf Erden erlebt, ist, daß er ein Eingeweihter war. Eines kündet uns diese Sage bei dem 'Tode Siegfrieds. Wenn man in den alten Mysterien die Einweihung erlebte, wurde einem gesagt: Wir können dich bis zu einem gewissen Punkt bringen... weiter kann dich nur ein anderer bringen — dieser andere ist der Christus Jesus -; alles, was wir dir geben können, wird verdunkelt werden, wenn der kommt, der die neue Einweihung bringt. — Siegfried ist auf dem Rücken verwundbar für Hagen, weil da noch nicht dasjenige gelegen hat, was an jener Stelle liegen wird bei dem, der ablösen wird die alte Einweihung. Diese Stelle wird einst unverwundbar gemacht werden, wenn das Kreuz darauf gelegen haben wird. So wies man in den nordischen Mysterien auf den Christus Jesus hin.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":293,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/104a/1907-05-01/p015"},{"locus":"GA 104a/1907-05-01/p016","passage_number":16,"text":"In allen alten Mysterien sah man hin auf den, der da kommen sollte, der da leben wird auf dem physischen Plan, um eine neue Weltordnung zu begründen. Was geschehen sollte durch die Impulse, die er gegeben hat, das ist die neue Einweihung. Davon finden wir eine Darstellung in der Apokalypse. Sie sagt, wie die Einweihung sich abspielen wird, bis der Christus Jesus wiederkehren wird in einer neuen Gestalt. Die Apokalypse ist ein Hinweis auf die Zeit, wo das Organ für die Aufnahme des Christus entwickelt sein wird. Die Zeit bis zu dem wiederherankommenden Christus Jesus wird geschildert in der Apokalypse. Wir verstehen die einzelnen Worte, wenn wir uns versetzen in die Gesinnung dessen, der eine solche Einweihung erlebt hat. 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