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They also could not have come to this of themselves. They could not have grown wicked of themselves, nor could the Spirits of Personality, nor could the Spirits of Fire. For, when these were men on the Sun, the Mights had not yet been ordered to oppose, there was as yet no possibility of becoming wicked. The first who had the possibility of becoming evil were the Angels, for this could only happen after the development of the Moon. There, from the Sun to the Moon, the Fight in Heaven took place. A part of the Angels avoided this possibility, they would not be seduced by the forces which had to introduce hindrances, they held to the way of the old Nature. Thus, as far down as the Angels, or part of them, we have Beings who are absolutely unable to do otherwise than follow the divine Will. 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Denken Sie sich, die Gottheit hätte die Weltenevolution gelassen, wie sie war, bis über den Jupiter hinaus: Gewiß, die Menschen hätten sich gut entwickeln können; aber noch stärker konnte die Menschheit werden, wenn man ihr Entwickelungshemmnisse in den Weg legte. Zum Wohle der Menschheit mußte man gewisse Mächte abkommandieren. Diese Mächte wurden zunächst nicht böse, man braucht sie nicht als böse Mächte aufzufassen, sondern man kann sogar sagen, daß sie sich geopfert haben, indem sie sich der Entwickelung hemmend in den Weg stellten. Diese Mächte kann man daher nennen die Götter der Hindernisse, im umfassendsten Sinne des Wortes. Sie sind die Götter der Hemmnisse, der Hindernisse, die der Entwickelungsbahn in den Weg gelegt worden sind; und von jetzt ab war die Möglichkeit gegeben zu all dem, was in der Zukunft sich vollzog. Diese Mächte, die abkommandiert waren, waren an sich noch nicht böse, waren im Gegenteil die großen Förderer der Entwickelung, indem sie Sturm liefen gegen die normale Entwickelung. Aber sie waren die Erzeuger des Bösen; denn dadurch, daß sie Sturm liefen, dadurch entstand nach und nach das Böse. Der Entwickelungsweg dieser «abkommandierten» Mächte gestaltete sich naturgemäß ganz anders als der ihrer Brüder. Ihr Wirken war ein ganz verschiedenes, und die Folge davon war, daß diese Mächte während der Mondenentwickelung in gewisser Beziehung die Verführer derjenigen Wesenheiten wurden, die wir die Engel nennen. Die Engel machen während der Mondenentwickelung ihre Menschheitsstufe durch. Es gab Engelmenschen auf dem Monde, die sozusagen es mitansahen, wie die Hemmnisse der Entwickelung wirkten, und die sich sagten: Wir könnten uns jetzt einlassen darauf, diese Hemmnisse zu besiegen, uns hineinzustürzen in den ganzen Strom der Mondenentwickelung, aber wir wollen es unterlassen, wollen nicht hinuntertauchen, wir wollen oben bei den guten Göttern bleiben. Diese Engelwesen entrissen sich in einem bestimmten Zeitpunkte der Mondenentwickelung sozusagen den Mächten, die da unten die Hemmnisse hineinwarfen in die Mondenentwickelung. Dagegen gab es andere von den Engelmenschen auf dem Monde, die sagten sich: Denen folgen wir nicht; würden wir ihnen folgen, so würde ja die Entwickelung jetzt wieder umkehren, es würde ihr gar nichts Neues einverleibt werden. — Gerade dadurch, daß diese Hemmnisse da waren, wurde der Entwickelung vom Monde ab ja etwas Neues eingefügt. Diejenigen Wesenheiten, welche sich sagten: Ich will nichts zu tun haben mit dem, was da unten vorgeht, ich bleibe bei den Mächten, die nicht berührt sein wollen von allem Niederen - die zogen sich aus der Mondenmasse heraus während der alten Mondenentwickelung und wurden Wesen von der Gefolgschaft alles dessen, was in der Sonne ist. Sie ließen sich nicht ein auf das, was in dem herausgeschleuderten Monde vorging, in dem eben die Hindernisse waren. Die andern aber, die untertauchten, diese Wesenheiten mußten Jetzt in alle ihre Körperlichkeit, in all das, was sie dem Monde entnahmen, aufnehmen, was an Hindernissen der Entwickelung vorhanden war; sie mußten sich sozusagen mehr verhärten, als es sonst der Fall gewesen wäre. Dichter wurden ihre körperlichen Hüllen, als sie es sonst geworden wären; sie hatten in ihrem Leibe die Konsequenz der Taten der Mächte. Aber die Taten der Mächte waren im göttlichen Weltenplan wohl begründet, das müssen wir uns immer vor Augen führen. Und eine weitere Folge war es, daß, als die Mondenentwickelung herüberging zur Erdenentwickelung, sich das Ganze in gewisser Weise wiederholte, daß diejenigen Wesenheiten, welche sich hineingestürzt hatten in die volle Flut der Mondenentwickelung, zurückblieben hinter denjenigen, die nichts davon hatten wissen wollen, und daß andere noch mehr zurückgeblieben waren, die angezogen wurden von der rückschreitenden Entwickelung. Das alles hatte dazu geführt, daß während der Erdenentwickelung fortgeschrittene Engelmenschen vorhanden waren und zurückgebliebene. Die fortgeschritteneren Engelmenschen machten sich an den Menschen heran in der Zeit, als er in Lemurien reif wurde, den Keim des menschlichen Ich zu empfangen, und stellten es ihm frei sozusagen, Jetzt schon hinaufzusteigen in die geistigen Welten und sich weiter nicht einzulassen in dasjenige, was seit dem Monde her hineingemischt worden war in den Gang der Weltenentwickelung. Und es waren diejenigen Wesen, die damals zurückgeblieben waren und die wir die luziferischen Wesenheiten nennen, die sich heranmachten an des Menschen Astralleib - an das Ich konnten sie ja nicht heran —- und diesem Astralleib einimpften alle Folgen des Streites am Himmel. Während also, als die Mächte abkommandiert wurden zum Streit am Himmel, während sie da nur geschaffen wurden zu Göttern der Hindernisse, schlichen sich jetzt die Folgen ihrer Taten ein in den menschlichen Astralleib, und da bedeuten sie etwas anderes: Da bedeuten sie die Möglichkeit zum Irrtum und die Möglichkeit des Bösen. Jetzt hatte der Mensch die Möglichkeit des Irrtums und die Möglichkeit des Bösen gegeben, damit aber zu gleicher Zeit die Möglichkeit, sich durch eigene Kraft über Irrtum und Böses zu erheben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":818,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/110/1909-04-18_02/p015"},{"locus":"GA 110/1909-04-18_02/p016","passage_number":16,"text":"Bedenken Sie jetzt, daß solche Wesenheiten, wie die zur zweiten Hierarchie gehörigen Mächte, gar nicht aus eigener Kraft die Möglichkeit gehabt hätten, böse zu werden - sie mußten abkommandiert werden. Und erst die Wesenheiten der dritten Hierarchie, und zwar erst diejenigen, die dem Menschen am nächsten stehen, die Engel, die konnten sozusagen folgen oder nicht folgen den hemmenden Mächten. Die da nicht folgten, finden wir immer wieder dargestellt in Bildern, welche versinnlichen sollen die Siege, die im Himmel erfochten werden; die zum Ausdruck bringen sollen, was damals während der Mondenentwickelung geschah, als der Mensch fortschritt bis zur Einverleibung des Astralleibes, das heißt bis zur Mensch-Tierheit. Da entrangen sich ja diejenigen Engelwesen, die sozusagen gut geblieben waren, diesem Mondenwerden, entstiegen dem, was da unten auf dem Monde war. Und dieses Bild steht in mancherlei Gestalten vor der Seele des Menschen. Es ist das, was ursprünglich bedeutet Michaels Streit mit dem Drachen. Dieses Bild sehen Sie auch im Bilde des Mithras-Stieres, und da besonders anschaulich. Natürlich wollte man nicht damit sagen: Diese Engelwesenheiten haben sich entzogen ihrer Aufgabe, sondern man hat sie hingestellt als ein Ideal der Zukunft. Diese Wesenheiten, sagte man, sie haben vorgezogen den Aufstieg in die geistige Welt. Du bist hinuntergestiegen; mit dir sind hinuntergestiegen andere Wesenheiten, die den Mächten der Hindernisse gefolgt sind. Nun mußt du.das verarbeiten, was du damit aufgenommen hast, und hinauftragen in die geistige Welt; du mußt sozusagen beim Wiederaufstieg ein solcher Michael, ein solcher Stierbesieger werden. — Denn ein jedes solches Symbolum ist in diesem zweifachen Sinne durchaus zu gebrauchen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":256,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/110/1909-04-18_02/p016"},{"locus":"GA 110/1909-04-18_02/p017","passage_number":17,"text":"So sehen wir, daß in einer gewissen Beziehung erst dadurch, daß die Mächte abkommandiert wurden, dem Menschen die Möglichkeit gegeben wurde, aus sich selbst heraus das Ziel zu erreichen, das selbst die höchsten Seraphim nicht aus sich selbst erreichen können. Das ist das Wesentliche. Sie können gar nicht anders handeln, die Seraphim, Cherubim, Throne, als unmittelbar den Impulsen folgen, die die Gottheit gibt. Die Herrschaften, die ganze zweite Hierarchie kann auch nicht anders handeln. Von den Mächten war eine Anzahl abkommandiert; also auch diese Mächte, die sozusagen sich in den Weg der Entwickelung warfen, konnten nicht anders als den Befehlen der Gottheit folgen. Auch in dem, was man nennen könnte den Ursprung des Bösen, auch da vollziehen sie nur den Willen der Gottheit; indem sie sich zu Dienern des Bösen machen, vollziehen sie nur den Willen der Gottheit, die durch den Umweg des Bösen das starke Gute entwickeln will. Und steigen wir jetzt herunter zu denjenigen Wesenheiten, die wir die Gewalten nennen: Durch sich selbst hätten sie das nicht erreichen können. Auch sie hätten nicht böse werden können durch sich selbst; auch nicht die Geister der Persönlichkeit, auch nicht die Feuergeister. Denn als diese auf der Sonne Menschen waren, da waren ja die Mächte noch nicht abkommandiert, da war überhaupt noch keine Möglichkeit vorhanden, böse zu werden. Die ersten, die die Möglichkeit hatten, böse zu werden, waren die Engel, denn diese Möglichkeit war erst von der Mondenentwickelung aus vorhanden. Da, von der Sonne zum Mond, hat der Streit am Himmel stattgefunden. Ein Teil der Engel hat nun diese Möglichkeit ausgeschlagen, hat sozusagen sich nicht verführen lassen durch die Kräfte, die in die Hemmnisse hineinführen sollten; die blieben bei der alten Natur. So daß wir bis zu den Engeln herab und noch in einem Teil der Engel solche Wesenheiten der geistigen Hierarchien vor uns haben, die unbedingt nicht anders können, als dem göttlichen Willen folgen, bei denen es keine Möglichkeit gibt, dem göttlichen Willen nicht zu folgen. Das ist das Wesentliche.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":330,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/110/1909-04-18_02/p017"},{"locus":"GA 110/1909-04-18_02/p018","passage_number":18,"text":"Und nun kommen wir zu zwei Kategorien von Wesenheiten: Erstens denjenigen Engeln, die sich hineingestürzt haben in das, was die Mächte während des Streites am Himmel angerichtet haben. Das waren solche Wesenheiten, die wir eben wegen ihrer weiteren Taten die luziferischen Wesenheiten nennen. Diese Wesenheiten haben sich dann herangemacht an den menschlichen Astralleib während der Erdenentwickelung und dem Menschen die Möglichkeit des Bösen gegeben, aber damit auch die Möglichkeit, aus eigener freier Kraft sich zu entwickeln. So daß wir innerhalb der ganzen Stufenfolge der Hierarchien nur bei einem Teil der Engel und beim Menschen die Möglichkeit der Freiheit haben. Sozusagen mitten in der Reihe der Engel beginnt die Möglichkeit der Freiheit; im Menschen ist sie aber doch erst in der richtigen Weise ausgebildet. Als der Mensch die Erde betrat, hat er allerdings zunächst verfallen müssen der großen Gewalt der luziferischen Geister. Sie durchdrangen den Astralleib des Menschen mit ihren Kräften, und das Ich wurde dadurch einbezogen in diese Kräfte; so daß wir während der lemurischen und atlantischen Entwickelung, und auch nachher noch, das Ich wie in einer Wolke haben, wie in eine Wolke gehüllt, die herbeigeführt worden ist durch die Einflüsse Luzifers. Der Mensch ist nur dadurch bewahrt worden vor der Überwältigung durch die ihn herabziehenden Kräfte, daß frühere Wesenheiten ihn überschattet haben, daß die Engel, die oben geblieben waren, und die Erzengel oben, in besonderen Individuen sich verkörpert und ihn geführt haben. Und das geschah bis in jene Zeit hinein, wo etwas ganz Besonderes eintrat, wo eine Wesenheit, welche bis dahin nur verbunden war mit dem Sonnendasein, so weit gekommen war, daß sie jetzt nicht nur, wie frühere Wesenheiten der höheren Welten, in den physischen Leib, Ätherleib und Astralleib des Menschen hineintreten konnte, sondern daß sie eindringen konnte in den Menschen bis in das Ich.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":296,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/110/1909-04-18_02/p018"}],"beads":[{"from":[18,19,20],"to":[15],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[21],"to":[16],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[22],"to":[17],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[23],"to":[18],"confidence":"medium"}],"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)."}}