{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 109/1909-05-25/p017","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"An Egyptian had the notion that in death he would be united with Osiris. He said these words to himself: “Long ago, in ancient ages, the soul was able to gaze into the beyond. It has now lost this visionary power, but it can make up for the loss if in this life it develops qualities by which it will become more and more like Osiris himself. The soul will then itself become Osiris-like and will be united with Osiris after death.” And so, by clinging to Osiris, the soul tried to create a surrogate for everything that could no longer be preserved from ancient times.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"10. 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Er sagte sich: Einstmals, in alten Zeiten, konnte die Seele drüben schauen. Jetzt hat sie die Kraft verloren, aber sie kann sich dafür einen Ersatz schaffen, wenn sie hier im Leben sich solche Eigenschaften aneignet, daß sie Osiris immer ähnlicher wird. Dann wird sie selbst eine Art Osiris und wird mit ihm nach dem Tode vereint sein. So hatte sich die Seele durch Anklammern an Osiris einen Ersatz zu schaffen versucht für das, was sie nicht mehr aus alten Zeiten erhalten konnte. Aber was Osiris der Seele nicht geben kann, das zeigt die ägyptische Legende, die sagt, daß Osiris einst mit den Menschen zusammen die Erde bewohnte. Dann aber wurde er von seinem bösen Bruder Seth in einen Kasten gesperrt, wie in einen Sarg. Das will sagen, daß Osiris einstmals, als die Menschen noch geistiger waren, mit ihnen zusammen war auf der Erde; doch dann mußte er in der geistigen Welt verbleiben, weil er zu gut war für die physische Menschengestalt. Ein solches Wesen muß die Seele werden, ein Wesen, das zu gut ist für die Menschengestalt, wenn diese Seele sich einen Ersatz verschaffen wollte für die geistige Kraft des Schauens zwischen Tod und neuer Geburt. Durch das Ähnlichwerden mit Osiris konnte die Seele drüben ihre Einsamkeit überwinden, doch sie konnte nicht das, was sie so erhielt in der geistigen Welt durch die Gemeinschaft mit Osiris, wieder mitbringen in eine neue Verkörperung, denn Osiris paßte ja nicht hinein in diese sinnlich-physische Verkörperung. 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