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Thereby something new entered the Cosmos and rayed down upon Earth and made it possible for man, the physical earthly human form, into whom streamed the force of the etheric super-earthly Christ-Being, to protect himself from that destruction which must have overtaken him had not the Formative Force, which enabled him to become an upright harmonious being, permeated and lived on in him. Disorder must inevitably have entered had not this form-giving force, which was able to stream into mankind because of the first Christ Event, poured in with the forces of the physical Sun. This which man received into himself in the old Lemurian epoch has since lived on in the evolution of humanity. 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If nothing had been brought about by Christ, man in the Atlantean epoch would so have developed his whole life-culture—all his bodily organs: larynx, tongue, throat, etc., and indeed even the organs lower down such as the heart in so far as they are connected with the former—that he would only have been capable of expressing his own selfish joy or pain, desire or bliss, in poor babbling sounds somewhat like the utterances of Sibyls or mediums. Certainly he would have been able to utter much more artistic or intelligent sounds than an animal can produce, but these sounds would only have been expressive of that which lived within him, of the bodily processes taking place in his organism. He would have found expressive interjections for these only; his speech would have consisted entirely of interjections. Whereas we now limit our interjections to a few words, the human art of speech with all its subtleties would have developed at that time only as far as a language of such interjections. This disorder in the power of speech in so far as it would have affected man's inner being was averted; the second Christ-Event prevented it from entering human evolution. Through the fact that for the second time the Being in the etheric heights, who later became the Nathan-Jesus child, received into himself the Christ-Being who henceforward permeated the bodily organs of man, man became capable of uttering more than interjections. 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Through the second Christ-Event it might indeed have come to pass that man would have found not only sounds, interjections and words to express the feelings of his inner being; in a certain sense he might also have been able to give out what he had called forth as an inner speech movement. But the power of so describing outer things in words, in order that the words should rightly indicate them, was still in danger from the Luciferic and Ahrimanic influences right into the Atlantean epoch. Then came the third Christ-Event. For the third time that Being in the spiritual heights, later to be born as the Nathan-Jesus, united himself with the Christ-Being and again poured the forces so received into the human power of speech. The force of this Christ-Jesus Being now permeated once more the organs of the human body in so far as those organs come to expression in the power of speech. In this way it was made possible for the power of speech to create, by means of words, actual signs representative of the external environment, thus enabling mankind to create language as a means of communication between the different inhabited regions. A child learns to speak, but he could never do so if these two Christ-Events had not taken place during the Atlantean epoch. Through Spiritual Science we can enrich anew our inner feelings if we remember, when we see a child beginning to speak and gradually improving his power of expression, that the Christ-Impulses rule within the unconscious nature and that the Christ-Force lives in the child's power of speech, guarding and stimulating it.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":290,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/152/1914-03-07/p017","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1914-03-07","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 152/1914-03-07/p011","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/152/1914-03-07/p011"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","length_check":{"de_words":257,"en_words":290,"ratio":1.13,"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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Die Folge davon war, daß in dieser alten lemurischen Zeit — aber in ätherischen, geistigen Höhen - der spätere nathanische Jesus, der sonst die Gestalt des Engels gehabt haben würde, natürlich nicht fleischliche, sondern ätherische Menschengestalt annahm. In der überirdischen Region — aber in der nächst überirdischen Region - als ätherische Engelsgestalt ist der Jesus von Nazareth zu finden. Durch das Durchziehen mit dem Christus hat er ätherische Menschengestalt angenommen. Damit ist ein Neues in den Kosmos hineingedrungen, das jetzt ausstrahlt auf die Erde und dem Menschen, der physischen ErdenMenschenform, in die hineinströmte die Kraft der ätherischen überirdischen Christus-Wesenheit, möglich macht, sich zu schützen vor jener Zerstörung, die hätte eindringen müssen, wenn nicht aus dem Kosmos hätte hereinstrahlen und den Menschen durchdringen können, so daß sie in ihm lebt, die Gestaltungskraft, die ihn ein aufrechtes, ordentliches Wesen werden läßt. Unordnung hätte kommen müssen, wenn nicht hereingeströmt wäre mit der physischen Sonnenkraft die Kraft jener Formung, jener Gestaltung, die dadurch hetreinstrahlen kann, daß das erste Christus-Ereignis stattgefunden hat. Das, was der Mensch dadurch in sich hereinbekam, das lebte seit der alten lemurischen Zeit in der Entwickelung der Menschheit. Und wir schauen recht hin auf ein sich entwickelndes Menschenkind, wenn wir in dem Moment, wo das Kind aus dem kriechenden, rutschenden, unbehilflichen Zustande sich aufrichtet und zum ersten Mal steht oder geht, wenn wir in diesem Augenblick sagen: Recht und zum Heil der Menschheit kann das doch nur aus dem Grunde geschehen, weil in der alten lemurischen Zeit das erste Christus-Ereignis stattgefunden hat, weil derjenige, der als nathanischer Jesus sich durchdrungen hat mit dem Christus, damals in der lemurischen Zeit als geistig-ätherisches Wesen durch die Durchdringung mit dem Christus menschlichätherische Form angenommen hat.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":328,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/152/1914-03-07/p008"},{"locus":"GA 152/1914-03-07/p009","passage_number":9,"text":"Ja, daß wir unsere Empfindungen bereichern, dazu ist Geisteswissenschaft da. Solch eine Empfindung, die in unserer Seele leben kann, wenn wir ein Kind aufrechtstehen und gehen lernen sehen, solch eine Empfindung hat ganz gewiß tiefe religiöse Hintergründe. Wir sollen uns später öfter erinnern, warum das Kind geht, und dann denken, wie das dem Christus-Impuls zu verdanken ist. Dann haben wit durch Geisteswissenschaft unsere Weltanschauung bereichert, haben uns eine Empfindung angeeignet für das, was unsere Umgebung ist, die wir sonst nicht haben könnten. Wir merken gleichsam durch Geisteswissenschaft die Schützer, die Hüter kindlichen Wachstums und kindlichen Werdens. Wir merken, wie die Christus-Kraft dieses kindliche Wesen und kindliche Werden umstrahlt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":108,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/152/1914-03-07/p009"},{"locus":"GA 152/1914-03-07/p010","passage_number":10,"text":"Aus meiner Darstellung aus der Akasha-Chronik für die lemurische Zeit, wo von den lemurischen Vorfahren die Rede ist, werden Sie gesehen haben, daß diese Vorfahren stumm waren. Der atlantische Mensch hat eigentlich erst sprechen gelernt. Es ist in jenen Aufsätzen über die Akasha-Chronik ausgeführt, wie das gekommen ist. Das ist die zweite der Fähigkeiten, die sich das Kind aneignet, bevor das eigentliche Ich-Bewußtsein aufwacht: das Sprechenlernen. Das Erwachen des Ich-Bewußtseins folgt erst auf das Sprechenlernen. Das Sprechenlernen beruht durchaus bloß auf einer Art Nachahmung, zu der allerdings die Anlagen tief in der menschlichen Natur ruhen. Dieses Sprechen ist wiederum eine menschliche Fähigkeit, die in den Erdenmenschen hineingekommen ist dadurch, daß er sich vorwärtsentwickelt hat. Dadurch, daß die Geister der Form ihn durchgossen, durchdrungen haben, ist er imstande, eine Sprache zu sprechen, sein Erdenleben auf dem physischen Plan zu leben. Damit entreißt er sich durch zwei Elemente denjenigen geistigen Kräften, die auf der Erde wirksam sind. Die Tiere lernen nicht in Wirklichkeit sprechen, sie sind von diesen geistigen Kräften der Erde durchdrungen. Selbst das Sprechen durch Gebärden ist bei den Tieren nicht das Sprechen des Menschen. Und würde man durch Dressur oder andere Mittel dem Tiere ein ähnliches Sprechen beibringen, so würden außerhalb seines Leibes Verhältnisse eintreten, die von der Geisteswissenschaft erst besprochen werden müßten, was heute außerhalb unseres Themas bleibt. Wir wollen bei der normalen Entwickelung des Menschen stehenbleiben und sagen, daß dieses menschliche Sprechen schon veranlagt war im Menschen aus göttlichen Höhen herunter durch das, was die Geister der Form eingegossen haben. Wir wollen bei diesem stehenbleiben und ausschauen, wie der Mensch sich aus der Stummheit zum sprechenden Wesen verwandelt hat. Unabhängig hat er sich dadurch von den Kräften gemacht, die die Erde geistig durchspülen, wie er durch das aufrechte Verhalten sich unabhängig von der ersten Strömung gemacht hat. Durch den luziferischen und ahrimanischen Einfluß hätte im Sprechen alles unedel werden müssen, wenn der Mensch nur der Erde überlassen worden wäre, wenn nicht kosmischgeistige Einflüsse, die zur Erde herunterkamen, in den Menschen sich hereinergossen hätten. Der Mensch würde seine ganze Lebenskultur so entwickelt haben, alle seine Leibesorgane, Kehlkopf, Zunge, Rachen und so weiter, ja auch die tieferliegenden Organe wie Herz und so weiter, insofern sie damit zusammenhängen, der Mensch würde sie so entwickelt haben in der atlantischen Zeit, wenn nichts geschehen wäre durch den Christus, daß der Mensch nur fähig gewesen sein würde, in ärmlichem Lallen auszusprechen - etwa nach Sibyllen- oder Medienart — dasjenige, was ihm egoistisch Schmerz, Freude, Lust, Wollust bereitet. Der Mensch würde zwar viel künstlichere Laute als das Tier hervorbringen können, aber in seinen Lauten würde er nur Ausdrücke gefunden haben für das, was ihm im Innern lebt. Für das, was im Organismus als leibliche Vorgänge vorgeht, würde er die lebendigen Empfindungsworte gefunden haben. Die ganze Sprache wäre eine Summe von Interjektionen geworden. Während wir jetzt unsere Empfindungsworte auf ein kleines Maß zusammendrängen, wäre die menschliche Sprachkunst mit aller Kompliziertheit nur zu Interjektionen hinaufentwickelt worden. Das wurde abgewendet von der menschlichen Entwickelung. Die Unordnung in dieser Sprachkraft - soweit diese Unordnung das Innere des Menschen zum Ausdruck hat — wurde abgewendet durch das zweite Christus-Ereignis, dadurch, daß sich diese Wesenheit in Ätherhöhe, die später der nathanische Jesusknabe wurde, das zweite Mal durchdrang mit der Christus-Wesenheit, und daß sie eine solche Wesenheit annahm, die nunmehr die Leibesorgane des Menschen so durchdrang, daß der Mensch jetzt fähig wurde, etwas anderes als bloße Empfindungsworte auszustoßen. Daß er fähig wurde, das Objektive zu ergreifen, das ist durch das zweite Christus-Ereignis ermöglicht worden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":583,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/152/1914-03-07/p010"},{"locus":"GA 152/1914-03-07/p011","passage_number":11,"text":"Und noch immer stand die Sprache, die Sprachkraft, die menschliche Fähigkeit, Gemütsbewegungen in Worte umzuprägen, vor einer Gefahr. Durch das zweite Christus-Ereignis hätte es wohl geschehen können, daß der Mensch nicht nur Töne, Interjektionen, Empfindungsworte gefunden hätte für sein Inneres, sondern daß er in gewisser Weise hätte loslösen können das, was er als innere Sprachbewegung hervorgerufen hat. Aber die äußeren Dinge durch Worte zu bezeichnen, so daß die Worte richtige Zeichen sein können für die äußeren Dinge, das war immer noch gefährdet durch die luziferischen und ahrimanischen Einflüsse bis in die atlantische Zeit hinein. Da geschah das dritte Christus-Ereignis. Zum dritten Mal verband sich die Wesenheit in den geistigen Höhen, welche später als nathanischer Jesus geboren wurde, mit der Christus-Wesenheit, und ergoß sich wiederum mit den Kräften, die sie jetzt angenommen hatte, in die menschliche Sprachfähigkeit. Die Kraft dieser Christus Jesus-Wesenheit durchdrang jetzt neuerdings ein zweites Mal im menschlichen Leibe Organe, insofern diese Organe in der Sprachkraft zum Ausdruck kommen. Damit war der Sprachkraft die Möglichkeit gegeben, mit den Worten wirkliche Zeichen zu schaffen für das, was äußere Umgebung ist, und dadurch über die einzelnen Gebiete der Menschheit die Sprache als Verständigungsmittel zu schaffen. Das Kind könnte nimmermehr sprechen lernen, wenn nicht in der atlantischen Zeit diese beiden Christus-Ereignisse eingetreten wären. Und wir bereichern wiederum durch die Geisteswissenschaft unser Empfinden, wenn wir, wenn das Kind anfängt zu sprechen und immer mehr sich vervollkommnet im Sprechen, wenn wir da bedenken, wie im Unbewußten drinnen walten die Christus-Impulse, wie da beschützend und fördernd die Christus-Kraft in der Sprachkraft lebt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":257,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/152/1914-03-07/p011"}],"beads":[{"from":[11,12],"to":[8],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[13],"to":[9],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[14,15,16],"to":[10],"confidence":"medium"},{"from":[17],"to":[11],"confidence":"medium"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers)."}}