{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 106/1908-09-05/p031","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"In ancient times, forces proceeded from the teacher to the pupil. Even in ancient Egypt there were still a great many people who could absorb forces in this manner. If a person who was especially sensitive stood before someone who had learned to strengthen his thoughts, a strong thought worked in such a way that it appeared as a picture in the soul of the sensitive person. In ancient Egypt such a telepathic influence was eminently possible, and thought-transference was present to a high degree. If a strong will-nature confronted someone who had not been strengthened, this was often the case. In Egypt one was able to guide and direct in a high degree through thoughts, in a way we today cannot imagine at all. Today such forces would be woefully misused. 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Noch im alten Ägypten gab es wirklich eine große Zahl Menschen, die fähig waren, auf eine derartige Weise Kräfte aufzunehmen. Wenn ein Mensch besonders empfänglich war und einem anderen gegenüberstand, der gelernt hatte, seine Gedanken zu verstärken, dann wirkte ein starker Gedanke so, daß er in der Seele des Empfänglichen auftauchte als Bild. Es war also im alten Ägypten eine solche telepathische Wirkung in hohem Grade möglich, und Gedankenübertragung war in hohem Maße vorhanden. Wenn eine starke Willensnatur einer nicht gestärkten gegenüberstand, war das sehr der Fall. So vermochte man auch noch in Ägypten einen anderen durch Gedanken zu lenken und zu leiten in einem Maße, wie man es sich heute gar nicht vorstellen kann, Heute würde man natürlich mit solchen Kräften argen Mißbrauch treiben. Im wesentlichen beruhten im alten Ägypten die Einweihungen auf ähnlichen Kräften. So war es auch im alten Indien möglich gewesen und in Persien. Diese Kräfte verstärkten noch die Methode, die, wenn man sich exoterisch ausdrücken wollte, man auch eine medizinische nennen könnte. Darunter ist natürlich nicht die offizielle Heilkunde von heute zu verstehen. Über das, was heute der Mensch Medizin nennt, darüber hätte der ägyptische Arzt und Eingeweihte nur gelacht. Der alte ägyptische Mediziner hat eins gewußt: er hat gewußt, daß jene Zustände, die in der Atlantis ursprünglich vorhanden waren, und wie man sie bei der Einweihung hat wahrnehmen können, auch jetzt noch in gewissem Sinne wieder zu erwecken waren. Das Bewußtsein, in dem der Mensch in der Atlantis lebte, war ein dumpfes Hellseherbewußtsein. Da gab es eine Zeit, sagte sich der ägyptische Eingeweihte, in der die geistigen Wesen eine viel größere Kraft auf den Menschen ausübten. Heute weiß der Mensch, wenn er schläft, nichts von den höheren Welten; aber der atlantische Mensch lebte da noch in einem dämmerhaften Hellseherbewußtsein mit den Göttern. Und so wie es viel besser wirkt als alle moralischen Lehren, wenn der heutige Mensch sich erheben kann zu einem idealen Menschen, so wirkte damals der ägyptische Eingeweihte durch Kräfte und Bilder höherer geistiger Vorgänge auf den Schüler. 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