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Here, looking up into the cosmic forces of the universe and penetrating a little by means of Anthroposophy, through the true spiritual wisdom into the secrets of the universe, humanity can first become ripe to understand this, that what as the Christ-Birth Festival was once understood by the Gnostics, was in fact the festival celebrated on January 6th, the Festival of the Birth of Christ in the body of Jesus of Nazareth, as a higher stage of the Birth-Festival of Jesus. To enable us to plunge into the twelve great Forces of the universe, the twelve Holy Nights are set between the Christmas Festival and the festival which should be celebrated on the sixth of January, which now is the festival of the Three Holy Kings, and which in fact is the festival we have been speaking about.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"8. 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Dezember für unser Nachdenken, für unser Nachempfinden das haben, was die Menschheit durch die luziferischen Kräfte geworden ist von Adam und Eva bis zur Geburt des Christus in dem Jesus. Wenn wir das empfinden, dann empfinden wir schon genug die Bedeutung dieses Festes und empfinden dann auch, was man damitvor die Menschheit hinstellen konnte.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":171,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/127/1911-12-21/p017"},{"locus":"GA 127/1911-12-21/p018","passage_number":18,"text":"Es ist, wie wenn die Menschheit, wenn sie die Gelegenheit benützt, diese Marksteine der Zeit als Meditationsstoffe zu nehmen, wirklich einmal gewahr werden kann ihres reinen Ursprunges in den kosmischen Kräften des Universums. 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