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And so it was too on the old *Sun*, although its condensation had advanced to the gaseous state: this air planet, the old *Sun*, contained all its creatures within itself, and that means, within the divine-spiritual Being. Even on the old *Moon* this condition prevailed.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"14. 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Und alles, was an Wesenheiten auf dem Saturn war, war noch im Schoße des göttlichen Vater-Geistes. So war es auch auf der alten Sonne, wenn sie auch schon bis zur Luft verdichtet war. Dieser Luft-Planet, die alte Sonne, enthielt in ihrem Schoß, und damit im Schoß der göttlich-geistigen Wesenheit, alle ihre Geschöpfe. Und so war es auch beim alten Mond. Erst auf der Erde drang aus dem Schoß der göttlich-geistigen Wesenheit die Schöpfung hervor, wurde etwas neben der göttlich-geistigen Wesenheit. Dem aber, was nun neben der göttlich-geistigen Wesenheit wurde, und was auch das Kleid, die Umhüllung, die physische Leiblichkeit des Menschen wurde, dem wob sich allmählich ein, gliederte sich allmählich ein alles, was von zurückgebliebenen Geistern vorhanden war. Dadurch aber wurde es als ein Geschöpf nicht so, wie es hätte werden sollen, wenn es ein Abbild der göttlich-geistigen Wesenheit geworden wäre. Die göttlich-geistige Wesenheit, nachdem sie alle Geschöpfe, unser heutiges Mineralreich, Pflanzenreich, Tierreich und Menschenreich in ihrem Schoß getragen, hat gleichsam sie alle entlassen, ausgebreitet wie einen Teppich um sich her. Und das war nun ein Abbild der göttlich-geistigen Wesenheit. So hätte es bleiben sollen. Aber da hat sich hineinverwoben alles, was zurückgeblieben war, was vorher von der göttlich-geistigen Wesenheit ausgestoßen war. 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