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Jene Wesenheiten, deren Schauplatz im Himmel gefunden wurde, haben sie hinuntergestoßen auf die Erde. Alles Böse, alles Schlimme hat aber sein Gutes und ist mitbegründet in der Weisheit der Welt. Diese Wesenheiten mußten zurückgelassen werden in der Welt, damit sie den Menschen herunterzogen in die physische Materie, innerhalb welcher er nur lernen konnte, zu sich «Ich» zu sagen, damit er sein Selbstbewußtsein entwickeln konnte. Ohne die Verwickelung in die Maja hätte der Mensch nicht gelernt, zu sich «Ich » zu sagen. Aber der Mensch wäre untergegangen in der Illusion, wenn es der Illusion und ihren Mächten — Luzifer- Ahriman - gelungen wäre, den Menschen zu halten innerhalb der Illusion.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":155,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/112/1909-07-07/p009"},{"locus":"GA 112/1909-07-07/p010","passage_number":10,"text":"Ich muß jetzt allerdings einiges aussprechen, was ich Sie bitte — ich möchte sagen — mit aller Erkenntnisvorsicht anzuhören. Denn nur dann, wenn Sie sich diese Gedanken weiter ausbilden und sie zwar wörtlich nehmen, aber doch nicht in dem Sinne, wie eine materialistische Ansicht das Wörtlichnehmen zu tun pflegt, werden Sie sie richtig verstehen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":54,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/112/1909-07-07/p010"},{"locus":"GA 112/1909-07-07/p011","passage_number":11,"text":"Was beabsichtigten die luziferisch-ahrimanischen Wesenheiten mit der physischen Welt? 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