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But with the loss of the old clairvoyance this knowledge was also lost; man is now ignorant of the influences that have worked upon his soul through the series of incarnations. The earlier clairvoyant knowledge has been replaced by ignorance. Darkness now envelops man; he cannot perceive whence come these influences of Lucifer and Ahriman, but they are there within him! He has within him something of which he knows nothing. It would be folly to deny the reality and effectiveness of something that exists, even though people are ignorant of it. The influences that have penetrated into man from incarnation to incarnation are working in him. 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Da haben im Laufe der Inkarnationen durch die lemurische und atlan tische Zeit hindurch in die menschliche Natur diejenigen Wesenheiten hereingewirkt, die wir die luziferischen Wesenheiten nennen, so daß der Mensch im Laufe der Zeiten in seinen astralischen Leib aufgenommen hat die Eindrücke und Einflüsse der luziferischen Wesenheiten. Von der atlantischen Zeit an wirkten dann noch diejenigen Wesenheiten auf den Menschen ein, welche unter der Führung des Ahriman standen. So hat der Mensch in seinen früheren Inkarnationen die Einflüsse der beiden Mächte auf sich erfahren, die wir als die luziferischen und die ahrimanischenWesenheiten bezeichnen. Hätten diese Wesenheiten nicht auf den Menschen gewirkt, so hätte sich der Mensch nicht die Freiheit, nicht die Gabe der Unterscheidung zwischen Gut und Böse und nicht die freie Willensbestimmung erwerben können. Von einem höheren Gesichtspunkte aus angesehen, ist es auch gut, daß diese Einflüsse so auf den Menschen gewirkt haben; aber in gewisser Beziehung haben sie auch den Menschen aus den göttlich-geistigen Höhen wieder weiter in das sinnliche Dasein heruntergeführt, als er sonst heruntergestiegen wäre. Dadurch hat der Mensch - so konnte sich der große Buddha sagen - gewisse Einflüsse in sich, die heute in ihm sind und die Erbstücke der Einwi`rkung Luzifers auf der einen Seite und Ahrimans auf der anderen Seite sind. Die sind ihm aus den früheren Inkarnationen geblieben, die trägt er in sich.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":265,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/114/1909-09-17/p017"},{"locus":"GA 114/1909-09-17/p018","passage_number":18,"text":"Als der Mensch noch vermöge seiner alten dumpfen Hellsichtigkeit in die geistige Welt hineinblicken konnte, da sah er die Einflüsse Luzifers und Ahrimans und konnte genau unterscheiden: hierher kommt ein Einfluß Luzifers, hierher kommt ein Einfluß Ahrimans. Und indem er hineinblickte in die astralische Welt und die luziferischen und ahrimanischen schädlichen Einflüsse wahrnahm, konnte er sich darüber Rechenschaft geben und sich vor ihnen schützen. Er wußte auch, wie er mit diesen Wesenheiten in Berührung gekommen ist. Es gab eine Zeit - so sagte sich Buddha -, in welcher die Menschen gewußt haben, woher diese Einflüsse kommen, die sie seit alten Zeiten von Inkarnation zu Inkarnation in sich tragen. Aber mit dem alten Hellsehen ist das Wissen von diesen Mächten verlorengegangen, und da die Menschen die Hellsichtigkeit verloren hatten, so ist auch das Nichtwissen von dem eingetreten, was auf ihre Seele von Inkarnation zu Inkarnation eingewirkt hat. An die Stelle des früheren hellseherischen Wissens ist das Nichtwissen getreten. Dunkelheit breitet sich über den Menschen aus. Er kann nicht erkennen, woher diese Einflüsse von Luzifer und Ahriman kommen, aber er trägt sie in sich. Er trägt etwas in sich, worüber er nichts weiß. Es wäre natürlich einfältig, die Realität und Wirksamkeit dessen abzuleugnen, was da ist, auch wenn man nichts davon weiß. Im Menschen wirken die Einflüsse, die sich in ihn hinein- begeben haben von Inkarnation zu Inkarnation. 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