{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 107/1909-01-01/p041","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"I am well aware that these questions have been given a turn not always in the mind of the one who asks them. But it is often the fate of occult science to be obliged to formulate the questions in the right way before they can be correctly answered. Again do not take this to mean that the mysterious connection between earthquakes and the karma of humanity is a secret that cannot be investigated. It *can* be investigated but there are reasons why only the most commonplace aspects of such questions can be presented to the world to-day. Let the knowledge reach mankind through spiritual science that there is a connection between the deeds of men and happenings in nature and then the time will come when these things can be answered in the way the question demands. Spiritual science may pass through many destinies; its influence may even be crippled, remaining within narrow and restricted circles. Nevertheless it will make its way through mankind, will be integrated into the karma of humanity, and then the possibility will be created for individuals themselves to have an effect upon the karma of humanity as a whole.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"II. Mephistopheles and Earthquakes","site_heading":null,"date":"1909-01-01","location":null,"word_count":195,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/107/1909-01-01/p041","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Dorothy S. 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Lassen Sie erst durch die Geisteswissenschaft eine Erkenntnis in die Menschheit kommen davon, daß es möglich ist, daß ihre eigenen Taten zusammenhängen mit den Naturereignissen, dann wird auch die Zeit kommen, in welcher der Menschheit gerade aus dieser Erkenntnis heraus das Verständnis erwächst, daß diese Dinge in einer Frage beantwortet werden können, wie es verlangt wird. Diese Zeit wird kommen. Denn die Geheimwissenschaft kann mancherlei Schicksale durchmachen. Es kann sogar so sein, daß ihr Einfluß lahmgelegt wird, daß ihr Einfluß nur auf einen engsten Kreis beschränkt bleibt. Aber sie wird ihren Weg machen durch die Menschheit, sie wird sich einleben in das Menschheitskarma, und dann wird auch die Möglichkeit geschaffen sein, daß durch die Menschheit selbst auf das Menschheitskarma eingewirkt werden kann.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":235,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/107/1909-01-01/p037"}],"english":["GA 107/1909-01-01/p041"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":235,"en_words":195,"ratio":0.83,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.95,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":7750,"original_word_count":8170,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Dorothy S. 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