{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 15/l03/p005","lang":"en","edition":"ASGB1921","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":false,"text":"Now the progress made by the two classes of Angels or lower dhyanic beings—the class which leads mankind forward and that which obstructs—consisted in their being able to be leaders among the Egyptians and Chaldaeans. They achieved this by means of those qualities which they had acquired in primordial times, and which they had further developed by their work as leaders. The progressive angels are intervening to guide the fifth post-Atlantean civilization by means of capacities which they themselves had won during the third or Egypto-Chaldaeic civilization. Through the progress they make they are acquiring for themselves quite special capabilities, for they are qualifying themselves to receive the influx of forces emanating from the most important Being in the whole evolution of the *Earth*.The power of the Christ is working in them; for that power works not only on the physical world through Jesus of Nazareth, but also in the spiritual worlds upon the super-human beings. The Christ exists not only for the earth but also for these beings. The beings who guided the old Egypto-Chaldaeic civilization were not under the direction of the Christ. It is only since that period that they have placed themselves under His guidance. Their progress consists in their following Him in the higher worlds, so that they may guide our fifth post-Atlantean period of civilization in accordance with His influence. Those beings who operate as obstructive powers remain behind because they failed to put themselves under the leadership of the Christ. Thus they continue to work independently of Him. More and more in human evolution will become evident a materialistic movement under the guidance of these backward Egypto-Chaldaeic spirits. This movement will have a materialistic character and the greater part of contemporary science is under its influence. There are, for example, people today who say that our earth in its final essence consists of atoms. Who instills this thought into men's minds? It is the super-human angel beings who had remained behind during the Egypto-Chaldaeic period. But, side by side with this movement, there is another making itself *felt*, the one which has as its goal the eventual finding of the Christ-principle by man in all that he does.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Lecture III","site_heading":null,"date":null,"location":null,"word_count":365,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/15/l03/p005?edition=ASGB1921","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":null,"edition_coverage":{"de":["original"],"en":["AP1992","ASGB1921"]},"available_versions":[{"lang":"de","edition":"original","edition_basis":null,"is_original":true,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/15/l03/p005"},{"lang":"en","edition":"AP1992","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/15/l03/p005","paragraph_aligned":true},{"lang":"en","edition":"ASGB1921","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":false,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/15/l03/p005?edition=ASGB1921","paragraph_aligned":true}],"paired_german":{"status":"paired","german":[{"locus":"GA 15/l03/p005","passage_number":5,"text":"Der Fortschritt, sowohl der vorwärtsführenden wie der hemmenden Wesenheiten, die zur Klasse der Engel (oder niedern dhyanischen Wesenheiten) gehören, besteht darin, daß sie bei den Ägyptern und Chaldäern durch diejenigen Eigenschaften Führer sein konnten, welche sie selber in uralten Zeiten errungen hatten, daß sie sich aber durch ihre Führerarbeit auch weiter entwickelten. So treten die fortschreitenden Angeloi in die Leitung der fünften nachatlantischen Kulturentwickelung mit Fähigkeiten ein, welche sie sich während der dritten, der ägyptisch-chaldäischen, erworben haben. Sie eignen sich nun durch diesen ihren Fortschritt ganz besondere Fähigkeiten an. Sie machen sich nämlich geeignet, in sich die Kräfte einfließen zu lassen, welche von dem wichtigsten Wesen der ganzen Erdenentwickelung ausgehen. Auf sie wirkt die Kraft Christi. Diese Kraft wirkt nämlich nicht nur durch Jesus von Nazareth auf die physische Welt, sondern sie wirkt auch in den geistigen Welten auf die übermenschlichen Wesen. Der Christus existiert nicht nur für die Erde, sondern auch für diese Wesenheiten. Dieselben Wesenheiten, welche die alte ägyptisch-chaldäische Kultur geführt haben, standen damals nicht unter der Leitung des Christus, sondern sie haben sich erst seit der ägyptisch-chaldäischen Zeit der Führung des Christus unterstellt. Und darin besteht ihr Fortschritt, so daß sie jetzt unsere fünfte nachatlantische Kulturperiode unter dem Einflusse des Christus leiten; sie folgen ihm in den höheren Welten. Und das Zurückbleiben derjenigen Wesenheiten, von denen gesagt worden ist, daß sie als hemmende Kräfte wirken, rührt davon her, daß diese sich nicht unterstellt haben der Führung des Christus, so daß sie unabhängig von dem Christus weiter wirken. Daher wird immer deutlicher und deutlicher folgendes in der Kultur der Menschheit hervortreten. Es wird eine materialistische Strömung geben, die unter der Führung der zurückgebliebenen ägyptisch-chaldäischen Geister steht; sie wird einen materialistischen Charakter haben. Das meiste, was man die heutige materialistische Wissenschaft in allen Ländern nennen kann, steht unter diesem Einfluß. Aber daneben macht sich eine andere Strömung geltend, die darauf hinzielt, daß der Mensch bei allem, was er tut, endlich das finden wird, was man das Christus-Prinzip nennen kann. Es gibt heute zum Beispiel Menschen, welche sagen: Unsere Welt besteht im letzten Grunde aus Atomen. Wer flößt denn dem Menschen die Gedanken ein, daß die Welt aus Atomen bestehe? Das sind die während der ägyptisch-chaldäischen Zeit zurückgebliebenen übermenschlichen Engelwesenheiten.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":370,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/15/l03/p005"}],"english":["GA 15/l03/p005"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":370,"en_words":365,"ratio":0.99,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.11,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":7626,"original_word_count":6840,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"status":"unknown","warning":"No translator is recorded for this edition. An unattributed translation cannot be weighed as a witness: you cannot tell which hand made the choices in it. 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