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Das war also der Anblick auf der alten Sonne, daß, als die eigentlich die Sonne belebenden Menschen, nämlich die Erzengel, sich da hinaus begaben in den Weltenraum, daß ihnen da von vier Seiten die Cherubim, und zwar vier Arten von Cherubim, entgegenkamen. Dadurch also war es den Erzengelwesen möglich, länger im Reich des Geistes, das die alte Sonne umgab, zu verweilen, als es ihnen sonst möglich gewesen wäre. Denn belebend im höchsten Grade, im geistigen Sinn belebend, wirkte auf die alten Erzengel der Einfluß dieser Cherubim. Aber da diese Cherubim in die Nähe der Sonne kamen, mußte sich ja ihre Wirkung, die Wirkung dieser Cherubim, auch sonst geltend machen. Nicht wahr, etwas, was irgendwo ist, macht sich ja nicht immer bloß in einer Beziehung geltend. Sagen wir, in einem Zimmer seien zwei Menschen; der eine wünscht etwas stark geheizt zu haben, aber der zweite, der das nicht wünscht, muß auch drinnen sein: Es wird auch dem anderen warm. So war es auch bei diesen aus dem Weltenraum hereinstrahlenden Cherubim. Auf diejenigen Wesenheiten der alten Sonne, die sozusagen sich bis zum Licht-Element aufgeschwungen hatten, die im Licht-Element zu leben wußten, auf die wirkten sie in der geschilderten Weise. Aber auf dieses Licht-Element konnte ja nur gewirkt werden während eines Sonnentages, während Licht hinausströmte in den Weltenraum. Es gab aber auch Sonnennächte, wo Licht nicht hinausströmte, da waren die Cherubim doch auch am Himmel. In dieser Zeit, wo sich der Sonnenplanet verfinsterte, da war er also bloß Wärme-Gas, nicht leuchtend; da strömten Wärme-Gase innerhalb des Sonnenballs. Ringsherum waren nun die Cherubim und sandten ihre Wirkung herunter: Jetzt wirkten sie in das finstere Gas hinein. Wenn also diese Cherubim nicht auf die Erzengel in normaler Weise einwirken konnten, dann wirkten sie herein auf den dunklen Rauch der Sonne, auf das dunkle Gas. Während also auf dem alten Saturn Wirkungen geübt wurden auf die Wärme, wurden jetzt vom Weltenraum herein Wirkungen geübt auf die verdichtete Wärme, auf das Gas der alten Sonne. Dieser Wirkung ist es zuzuschreiben, daß auf der alten Sonne aus dem Sonnennebel heraus sich die erste Anlage bildete zu demjenigen, was wir heute das Tierreich nennen. So wie auf dem alten Saturn die erste Anlage des Menschenreiches im physischen Menschenleib entstanden ist, so wird auf der Sonne aus dem Rauch, aus dem Gas die erste Anlage des Tierreiches gebildet. Aus der Wärme bildete sich auf dem alten Saturn die erste Anlage des Menschenleibes; auf der alten Sonne bilden sich durch die sich in diesen Sonnengasen spiegelnden Cherubimgestalten die ersten rauchartig sich bewegenden physischen Tierkörper-Anlagen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":447,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/110/1909-04-13_02/p021"},{"locus":"GA 110/1909-04-13_02/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"So ist das, was sich da als Cherubimgestalten rings herum um die Sonne ausbreitet, jene Gesamtheit hoher Wesenheiten, die auf der einen Seite mit offenen Armen sozusagen den Erzengeln entgegenkommt und auf der anderen Seite in den Sonnennächten herauszaubert aus dem Sonnengas die ersten physischen Anlagen zum Tierreich. Es wächst aus dem Sonnennebel heraus das Tierreich in seiner ersten physischen Anlage. Deshalb haben diejenigen unserer Vorfahren, die aus den Mysterien heraus Bekanntschaft hatten mit diesen tief bedeutsamen Sachen der geistigen Kosmologie, sie haben diese Wesenheiten, die von den verschiedenen Seiten des Weltenraums hereinwirkten auf die alte Sonne, den Tierkreis genannt. Das ist die ursprüngliche Bedeutung des Tierkreises. Auf dem alten Saturn wird zuerst die Menschheit veranlagt, indem der Stoff, den sie heute im physischen Leib hat, von den Thronen ausgegossen, hingeopfert wird. Auf der Sonne wird die erste Anlage zum Tierreich gebildet, indem aus dem zum Gas verdichteten Wärmestoff durch die sich spiegelnden Gestalten der Cherubim herausgezaubert werden die ersten Tierformen. Und so werden die Tiere zunächst Sonnenabbilder des Tierkreises. Das ist eine wirkliche innere Beziehung zwischen dem Tierkreis und den auf der Sonne werdenden Tieren. Unsere Tiere sind karikaturenhafte Nachfolger jener auf der Sonne werdenden Tiere. Wahrhaftig, man hat nicht umsonst den Dingen solche Namen gegeben. Man darf niemals glauben, daß in jenen alten Zeiten die Namen in beliebiger Weise ausgedacht wurden. Heute, wenn ein neuer Stern aus der Planetoidenkette entdeckt wird, was macht da der betreffende Astronom, der das Glück gehabt hat, den Stern zu erspähen? Er schlägt ein Lexikon auf und sucht einen Namen aus der griechischen Mythologie, der noch freigeblieben ist, und legt ihn dem Stern bei. So hat man in den Zeiten, wo man in den Namen den Ausdruck gesucht hat für die Sache, so hat man in den Zeiten, wo die Mysterien mächtig waren, niemals Namen gegeben; sondern in den Namen, die damals gegeben wurden, können Sie überall die tiefe Bedeutung der Sache drinnen finden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":321,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/110/1909-04-13_02/p022"},{"locus":"GA 110/1909-04-13_02/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Die Formen unserer Tiere, wenn sie heute auch zu Karikaturen verzerrt sind, sind heruntergeholt aus dem Umkreis des Universums, aus der Gestalt des Tierkreises, die damals vorhanden war. Nun kann es Ihnen auffallen, daß hier zunächst nur vier Namen des Tierkreises hingeschrieben sind. Das sind eben nur die hauptsächlichsten Ausdrücke für die Cherubim, denn im Grunde genommen hat jede solche Cherubimgestalt nach links und rechts eine Art Nachkommen oder Begleiter. Denken Sie sich jede der vier Cherubimgestalten mit zwei Begleitern ausgestattet, dann haben Sie zwölf Kräfte und Mächte im Umkreis der Sonne, die in einer gewissen Andeutung auch schon beim alten Saturn vorhanden waren. Wir haben zwölf solcher Mächte, die angehören dem Reich der Cherubim und die in der Weise ihre Aufgabe, ihre Mission im Universum zu erfüllen haben, wie wir es jetzt gesagt haben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":135,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/110/1909-04-13_02/p023"},{"locus":"GA 110/1909-04-13_02/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Nun könnten Sie noch fragen, wie verhält es sich aber mit den gewöhnlichen Tierkreisnamen? Davon werden wir noch ein Wort in den nächsten Tagen sprechen. Denn in der Reihenfolge der Namen hat sich einiges geändert. Man fängt gewöhnlich an zu zählen mit Widder, Stier, Zwillinge, Krebs, Löwe, dann kommt Jungfrau, Waage. Der Adler hat durch eine spätere Verwandlung sich die Benennung Skorpion gefallen lassen müssen — aus ganz bestimmten Gründen. Und dann die zwei Begleiter Schütze, Steinbock. Der Mensch heißt aus gewissen Gründen, die wir auch noch kennenlernen werden, Wassermensch oder Wassermann. Und dann die Fische. — Sie sehen also sozusagen die wirkliche Gestalt, aus der der Tierkreis entsprungen ist, nur noch durchleuchten in dem Stier, in dem Löwen, ein wenig noch im Menschen, der in der gewöhnlichen exoterischen Benennung der Wassermensch oder Wassermann heißt. Warum der Tierkreis die Umwandlung erfahren hat, wird noch zu besprechen sein in den nächsten Tagen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":151,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/110/1909-04-13_02/p024"},{"locus":"GA 110/1909-04-13_02/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"So also sehen Sie, daß hohe geistige Wesenheiten, hohe Hierarchien, die Throne zunächst, aus ihrer eigenen Substanz die Feuermaterie heraussondern auf dem alten Saturn. Und Sie sehen, wie noch höhere Geister, die wir bezeichnen als Cherubim, das was gleichsam als Licht entspringt aus dieser Feuermaterie, in sich aufnehmen können und ihm sein Lichtdasein verklären, erhöhen können. Aber jedesmal, wenn im Universum eine Erhöhung eintritt, muß auch, um den entsprechenden Ausgleich zu schaffen, eine Erniedrigung eintreten. Damit bei Tag die Erzengel die Gelegenheit finden, ihr geistiges Dasein auszudehnen, müssen die Cherubim in der Nacht fortwirken und die unter der Menschheit stehenden tierischen Wesenheiten, tierische Formen in dem zum Nebel, zum Rauch, zum Gas verdichteten Wärmestoff zum Ausdruck bringen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":117,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/110/1909-04-13_02/p025"}],"beads":[{"from":[28],"to":[21],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[29,30,31],"to":[22],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[32,33],"to":[23],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[34],"to":[24,25],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers)."}}