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Und deshalb sehen wir auch, daß in bezug auf seinen Ätherleib nicht jeder Mensch seinen Erzengel hat, sondern es sind Volksstämme, Rassen, die von höheren und niederen Feuergeistern geleitet werden. Die Völker und Rassen unserer Erde werden in der Tat gemeinschaftlich gelenkt von jenen Geistern, die man die Erzengel oder Feuergeister nennt. Da erweitert sich Ihr Blick auf etwas, was für viele Menschen recht abstrakt ist, was aber für den, der in geistige Welten hineinsieht, etwas sehr Konkretes darstellt. Wenn jemand heute vom Volksgeist oder von der Volksseele spricht, so hält er das für irgendeine Abstraktion. Für den okkulten Beobachter ist das nicht so. Da ist das ganze Volk wie gemeinsam hineingebettet in eine geistige Substanz, und diese geistige Substanz ist der Leib eines Feuergeistes. Und wie unsere Erde gelenkt und geleitet wird von alten grauen Zeiten her bis auf uns, von Volk zu Volk, von Rasse zu Rasse, da sind es die sozusagen über die Entwickelung hinschreitenden Feuergeister, die in den Volksseelen ihren Leib haben und die den Gang der Erdentwickelung also leiten.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":275,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/105/1908-08-06/p020"},{"locus":"GA 105/1908-08-06/p021","passage_number":21,"text":"Und dann gibt es noch etwas, was von solchen Gemeinschaften wie Volk und Rasse unabhängig ist. Betrachten wir unsere heutige Zeit, wie vieles unabhängig von solchen Gemeinschaften ist; und blicken wir zurück zum Beispiel auf die Zeiten des 12. Jahrhunderts. Da sehen wir, wie gewisse geistige Angelegenheiten sich bei allen Völkern Europas in gleicher Weise abspielen, wir sehen etwas, was übergreifend ist über die Volksgeister - man hat den Namen Zeitgeist dafür geprägt. 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