{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 112/1909-07-03/p016","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"In the case of an ordinary birth the attributes deriving from a previous incarnation unite with what is given through heredity. The human individuality that had existed in former lives merges with what is provided for him as his corporeal-etheric sheath; in ether words, something from the spiritual world unites with the principle that is physical, of the senses. Those of you who have frequently attended my lectures are aware that as regards outer appearances everything presents itself as in a mirror, reversed, as soon as we enter the spiritual world. So when a person becomes clairvoyant by rational methods, when his eyes have been opened to the spiritual world, he must first gradually learn to find his way about, for everything appears reversed. When he sees a number, say 345, he must not read it as he would in the physical world, but backwards: 543. In like manner you must learn to observe, in a certain sense, everything else as well in reverse—not only numbers. Now, the event of the Christ uniting with the outer sheath of Jesus of Nazareth appears, to one whose spiritual eyes are open, in reversed order. While in a physical embodiment something spiritual descends from higher worlds and unites with the physical, that which was sacrificed—in this case in order that the Christ Spirit might enter—appeared above the head of Jesus of Nazareth in the form of a white dove. Something spiritual appears as it detaches itself from the physical. That is factually a clairvoyant observation; and it would be far from right to consider it a mere allegory or symbol. It is a real, clairvoyant, spiritual fact, actually present on the astral plane for clairvoyant capacity. Just as a physical birth implies the attraction of spirit, so this birth was a sacrifice, a renunciation; and thereby the opportunity was provided for the Spirit, Who at the beginning of our *Earth* evolution *moved upon the face of the waters*, to unite with the threefold sheath of Jesus of Nazareth and to permeate it with power and fervor, as described.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"10. 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Wenn also jemand durch rationelle Methoden hellseherisch gemacht wird, wenn ihm der Blick für die geistige Welt aufgeht, so muß er erst langsam lernen, sich auszukennen in der geistigen Welt, denn da erscheint alles umgekehrt. Wenn ihm eine Zahl entgegentritt, zum Beispiel die Zahl 345, so darf er sie nicht so lesen wie in der physischen Welt, also nicht 345, sondern 543, umgekehrt muß er sie lesen. So müssen Sie lernen, in gewisser Weise alles in der Umkehrung zu betrachten, nicht nur Zahlen, sondern alles andere auch.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":180,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/112/1909-07-03/p014"},{"locus":"GA 112/1909-07-03/p015","passage_number":15,"text":"Indem sich der Christus vereinigte mit der äußeren Hülle des Jesus von Nazareth, zeigt sich dieses Ereignis in seiner äußeren Erscheinung dem, der die geistigen Augen geöffnet hat, auch in einer gegenteiligen Erscheinung. Während bei einer physischen Verkörperung ein Geistiges herunterkommt aus höheren Welten und sich mit dem Physischen vereinigt, erscheint dasjenige, was. in diesem Falle hingeopfert wurde, um den Christus-Geist aufzunehmen, über dem Haupte des Jesus von Nazareth in Form der weißen Taube. Ein Geistiges erscheint, wie es sich loslöst von dem Physischen! Das ist durchaus eine hellsehe. tische Beobachtung. Und sehr wenig richtig ist es, wenn gesagt wird: Das ist bloß allegorisch oder symbolisch gemeint. Es ist eine reale hellseherische geistige Tatsache, die für das hellseherische Vermögen auf dem astralischen Plan wirklich vorhanden ist. So, wie eine physische Geburt ein Heranziehen eines Geistigen ist, so war diese Geburt ein Opfer, ein Hingeben. 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