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Die Eingeweihten, die in die höheren Gebiete der geistigen Welt hinaufsahen, wurden immer seltener, denn die Prozedur der Einweihung wurde immer gefährlicher. Immer schwieriger wurde es, dreieinhalb Tage in einem todähnlichen Zustand zuzubringen und den Ätherleib sich trennen zu lassen, ohne daß der Tod eintrat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":65,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/112/1909-06-29/p031"},{"locus":"GA 112/1909-06-29/p032","passage_number":32,"text":"Nun trat für das ganze menschliche Leben eine Erneuerung ein durch jenen Impuls, von dem wir schon in den letzten Tagen gesprochen haben: durch den Christus-Impuls. Wir haben ja schon charakterisiert, daß der Christus, der hohe Sonnengeist, sich allmählich der Erde genähert hat. Wir haben gesehen, wie er zu Zarathustras Zeiten noch in der Sonne als «Ahura Mazdao» gesucht werden mußte, und wie ihn Moses bereits im brennenden Dornbusch und im Feuer auf Sinai sehen konnte. 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