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When our present solar system organised itself in accordance with the goal of our Earth, that which we see as the regular movements of the Earth and of the planets began, and that brought it about that the seasons of the year succeed each other in regular succession, that we have sunshine and rain, that our fruits ripen in the fields, and so on. Those are conditions which repeat themselves over and over again according to the rhythm of the Cosmos which shaped itself for the present existence after the Moon existence descended into the twilight. But within the Earth existence works Lucifer; and we shall see that he works a good deal more than merely in the domain into which we axe able to follow him in man himself, which he nevertheless has made his most important domain. Even if Lucifer were to be found only in the Earth existence, man would nevertheless, through all the conditions which are determined by the regular course of the planets round the Sun, through the changes of summer and winter, rain and sunshine and so on, have fallen into what we may call luciferic temptation. If man were to receive all that could come to him from a well-ordered Cosmos, and everything which the regular rhythmic movements of the solar system could produce, if only those laws prevailed which are adapted to our present Cosmos, man would still fall under the luciferic influence, and would prefer his comfortable life to a life of striving after his cosmic welfare, preferring the regular course to that which he ought to achieve for himself.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":286,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/120/1910-05-22/p032","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1910-05-22","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 120/1910-05-22/p031","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/120/1910-05-22/p031"}],"bead_confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":266,"en_words":286,"ratio":1.08,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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Forces were necessary which would intervene in the normal cosmic phenomena and bring about events which, on the old Moon, were highly beneficial and normal, but which, when they work on the Earth existence to-day, are abnormal and endanger its regular course. These influences appear in such a way that they correct that which would occur if the rhythm alone existed, giving the tendency to comfortable living, to comfort, to ease and luxury; and we see such forces, for instance, manifesting themselves in violent hailstorms. So when that which otherwise would be produced by the regular forces of the Earth is destroyed, a correction is in these cases brought about which on the whole works beneficially—even although man cannot at first see it—because there is a higher reason at work than can be perceived by man. When the hail drives down into the fields, we may then say: Upon the old Moon these forces which work in the hail were the regular ones, just as to-day are those which bring blessings in the rain and the sunshine; but they rush in, in order to correct that which otherwise would be produced by the luciferic influence. And when the regular course is again re-established, they rush in again to effect further correction. Everything that leads to further progressive evolution belongs to the forces of the earth itself. When the volcano throws out its lava, forces are working in it which are retarded forces brought over from the old Moon in order that they should bring about the correction in the Earth life. We shall find that much that comes from outside finds its justification in the general march of evolution. 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Als sich unser jetziges Sonnensystem entsprechend dem Erdenziele geordnet hat, ist das aufgetreten, was wir als die regelmäßigen Bewegungen der Sonne, der Erde und der andern Planeten sehen und was bewirkte, daß wir Tag und Nacht haben, daß die Jahreszeiten in der regelmäßigen Weise aufeinanderfolgen, daß wir Sonnenschein und Regen haben, daß unsere Früchte auf den Feldern gedeihen und so weiter. Das sind Ordnungen, die sich immer wiederholen nach dem Rhythmus des Kosmos, der sich für das jetzige Erdendasein herausgebildet hat, nachdem das Mondendasein in die Dämmerung hinuntergestiegen ist. Aber innerhalb des Erdendaseins wirkt Luzifer. Und wir werden sehen, daß er noch viel mehr wirkt als nur in dem Gebiet, wo wir ihn schon verfolgen konnten, in dem Menschen selbst, wo er sich allerdings seinen wichtigsten Schauplatz ausgesucht hat. Aber selbst wenn Luzifer nur innerhalb des Erdendaseins vorhanden wäre, und schon durch alle die Ordnungen, welche eintreten durch den regelmäßi 140 gen Gang der Planeten um die Sonne, durch den Wechsel von Sommer und Winter, Regen und Sonnenschein und so weiter, würden die Menschen in das verfallen, was wir nennen können «luziferische Verführung». Wenn den Menschen alles das zukommen würde, was ihnen aus dem geordneten Kosmos zukommen kann, was die regelmäßigen, rhythmischen Bewegungen des Sonnensystems hervorbringen, wenn nur die Gesetze herrschten, welche unserem jetzigen Kosmos angemessen sind, so müßte der Mensch dem Iuziferischen Einfluß verfallen, müßte das Wohlleben lieber gewinnen als das, was er gewinnen soll zu seinem kosmischen Heil, müßte den regelmäßigen Gang lieber gewinnen als das, was er sich erringen soll.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":266,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/120/1910-05-22/p031"},{"locus":"GA 120/1910-05-22/p032","passage_number":32,"text":"Daher mußten Gegenkräfte geschaffen werden. Es mußten Gegenkräfte wirken, welche dadurch zustande kamen, daß sich hineinmischten in die regelmäßigen kosmischen Vorgänge unseres Erdenlebens solche Vorgänge, die für den alten Mond höchst wohltätige und normale waren, die aber heute, wenn sie auf das Erdendasein wirken, abnorme sind und den regelmäßigen Erdengang gefährden. Diese Einflüsse treten so auf, daß sie gewissermaßen zurechtrücken, was, wenn der bloße Rhythmus vorhanden wäre, als Hang zum Wohlleben, als Behaglichkeit und Üppigkeit entstehen würde; und es zeigen sich uns solche Kräfte zum Beispiel in dem, was als der heftige Hagel dahinstürmt. Und wenn das, was sonst unter den regelrechten Kräften der Erde geschaffen würde, zerstört wird, so wird in einem solchen Falle eine Korrektur geschaffen, die im ganzen wohltätig wirkt, wenn es auch der Mensch zunächst nicht einsieht, weil es eine höhere Vernünftigkeit gibt als die, welche der Mensch begreift. Wenn der Hagel hereinstürmt in die Felder, dann können wir sagen: Auf dem alten Monde waren diese Kräfte, welche im Hagel heranstürmen, segenbringende Kräfte wie heute diejenigen Kräfte, welche segenbringend im Regen und Sonnenschein wirken. Heute stürmen sie herein, damit Korrektur geschaffen wird für das, was der luziferische Einfluß sonst anrichten würde. Und wenn der regelmäßige Gang fortgeht, stürmen sie in immer heftigerer Weise herein, um noch mehr Korrektur zu schaffen. Alles, was zur regelmäßigen Fortentwickelung führt, gehört den Kräften der Erde selber an. Wenn der Vulkan seine Laven hinausschleudert, so wirken darin Kräfte, welche als verspätete Kräfte vom alten Mond mit herübergebracht worden sind, damit sie Korrektur schaffen im Erdenleben. So ist es mit den Erdbeben und mit den Elementarereignissen überhaupt. Und wir können sehen, daß manches, was von außen kommt, im Gesamtgange der Entwickelung seine vernünftige Begründung findet. Wie das mit dem menschlichen Ich-Bewußtsein zusammenhängt, das werden wir noch sehen; was unbefriedigend am heutigen Vortrag erscheint, wird sich dadurch morgen ausgleichen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":306,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/120/1910-05-22/p032"},{"locus":"GA 120/1910-05-22/p033","passage_number":33,"text":"Wir müssen uns aber doch das eine klarlegen, daß diese Dinge alle nur die eine Seite des menschlichen Daseins, des Erdendaseins, des kosmischen Daseins überhaupt, darstellen. Und wenn wir auf der einen Seite sagen, wenn uns ein Organ zerstört wird, sind es wohltätige Wirkungen geistiger Mächte, und wenn wir heute gefunden haben, daß sogar der ganze Gang der Erdentwickelung wieder korrigiert werden muß durch Kräfte aus dem alten Mondendasein, so müssen wir jetzt fragen: Wie steht es nun damit, daß wir versuchen müssen, als Erdenmenschen auf der andern Seite wieder Korrektur zu schaffen für die schädlichen Einflüsse der alten Mondenkräfte? - Wir werden ja schon ahnen, daß wir als Erdenmenschen nicht gerade herbeisehnen dürfen Vulkanausbrüche und Erdbeben, daß wir nicht selber Organe zerstören dürfen, um die segensreiche Wirkung der geistigen Mächte zu unterstützen. Aber wir werden uns auch sagen können, und das hat gewiß seine Berechtigung: Bricht irgendwo eine Epidemie aus, so wird dadurch etwas herbeigeführt, was der Mensch geradezu sucht, damit in ihm etwas ausgeglichen wird. Und wir können annehmen, daß der Mensch hineingetrieben wird in gewisse Verhältnisse, um eine Schädigung zu erfahren, durch deren Überwindung er sich der Vervollkommnung nähert.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":192,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/120/1910-05-22/p033"},{"locus":"GA 120/1910-05-22/p034","passage_number":34,"text":"Wie steht es aber dann mit hygienischen und sanitären Maßregeln? Könnte nicht jemand sagen: Also werden Epidemien sehr Gutes wirken können? Ist es dann nicht falsch, durch allerlei gesundheitsfördernde Einrichtungen, durch krankheitsvorbeugende Maßnahmen die Möglichkeit zu vermindern, daß solche Einflüsse geschehen? 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