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Thus we go through life in such a way that we have both our souls and a double of this kind, who is much more clever, very much more clever than we are, who is very intelligent, but with a Mephistophelian intelligence, an Ahrimanic intelligence, and also an Ahrimanic will, a very strong will, a will that is much more akin to the nature-forces than our human will, which is regulated by the warmth of soul ( *Gemüt*).","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":165,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/178/1917-11-16/p031","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1917-11-16","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 178/1917-11-16/p023","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/178/1917-11-16/p023"}],"bead_confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":361,"en_words":364,"ratio":1.01,"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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But when natural scientists believe that the nerve-force that belongs to us as the basis of our conceptual life has something to do with electrical streams that go through our nerves, then they are incorrect. For the electrical streams, which are the forces put into us by the being I have just mentioned and described, do not belong to our own being at all. 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They knew these things well and withheld them from humanity (again, we do not want to discuss their right to do so). Today conditions are such that it is impossible not to equip people gradually with such concepts, which they will need when they have passed through the portal of death. Everything that the human being experiences here, even what he experiences below the threshold of consciousness, he needs after death, because he must look back upon this life, and in looking back this life must be entirely comprehensible. The worst thing is for him to be unable to do this. An individual will not have sufficient concepts to understand this life on looking back at it if he cannot shed light on a being that takes over a portion of our life. This is an Ahrimanic being, which takes possession of us before our birth and always remains there, always creating a figure around us in our subconscious. This will be the case unless we can again and again shed light upon it. 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Only it must lay hold of human beings in the right way. It must not be disseminated to humanity only by those occult brotherhoods who make it a power issue, intending thereby to enhance their own power. Above all it must not be guarded further for the sake of enhancing the power of certain egotistically minded brotherhoods. Humanity strives for universal knowledge, and that knowledge must be disseminated.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":96,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/178/1917-11-16/p038","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1917-11-16","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 178/1917-11-16/p030","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/178/1917-11-16/p030"}],"bead_confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":219,"en_words":225,"ratio":1.03,"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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Er lernt ja allmählich erst kennen, und zwar noch dazu auf eine recht unzukömmliche Weise, durch Anatomie, Physiologie das, was in diesem Leib vorgeht. Wenn man warten müßte mit der Ernährung, bis man den Ernährungsvorgang begriffen hätte, man könnte nicht einmal sagen, die Menschen müßten verhungern; denn das ist gar nicht denkbar, daß man etwas weiß von dem, was die Organe zu tun haben, um die Nahrung zuzubereiten für den Organismus. Also der Mensch kommt recht sehr mit seinem Organismus, mit dem er sich bekleidet, in diese Welt herein, ohne daß er mit seiner Seele hinunterlangt in diesen Organismus. Dafür ist aber auch Gelegenheit vorhanden, daß kurze Zeit bevor wir geboren werden - nicht sehr lange bevor wir geboren werden -, außer unserer Seele noch ein anderes geistiges Wesen Besitz ergreift von unserem Leib, von dem unterbewußten Teil unseres Leibes. Das ist schon mal so: kurze Zeit bevor wir geboren werden, durchsetzt uns ein anderes, wir würden nach unserer ’Terminologie heute sagen, ein ahrimanisches Geisteswesen. Das ist ebenso in uns wie unsere eigene Seele. Diese Wesenheiten, welche ihr Leben gerade dadurch zubringen, daß sie die Menschen selber dazu benützen, um da sein zu können in der Sphäre, in der sie da sein wollen, diese Wesenheiten haben eine außerordentlich hohe Intelligenz und einen ganz bedeutsam entwickelten Willen, aber gar kein Gemüt, nicht das, was man menschliches Gemüt nennt. — Und wir schreiten schon so durch unser Leben, daß wir unsere Seele haben und einen solchen Doppelgänger, der viel gescheiter ist, sehr viel gescheiter ist als wir, sehr intelligent ist, aber eine mephistophelische Intelligenz hat, eine ahrimanische Intelligenz hat, und dazu einen ahrimanischen Willen, einen sehr starken Willen, einen Willen, der den Naturkräften viel näher steht als unser menschlicher Wille, der durch das Gemüt reguliert wird.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":361,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/178/1917-11-16/p023"},{"locus":"GA 178/1917-11-16/p024","passage_number":24,"text":"Im 19. Jahrhundert hat die Naturwissenschaft entdeckt, daß das Nervensystem von elektrischen Kräften durchsetzt ist. Sie hatte recht, diese Naturwissenschaft. Aber wenn sie glaubte, wenn die Naturforscher glauben, daß die Nervenkraft, die zu uns gehört, die für unser Vorstellungsleben die Grundlage ist, irgendwie mit elektrischen Strömen zu tun hat, welche durch unsere Nerven gehen, so haben sie eben unrecht. Denn die elektrischen Ströme, das sind diejenigen Kräfte, die von dem Wesen, das ich eben jetzt geschildert habe, in unser Wesen hineingelegt werden, die gehören unserem Wesen gar nicht an: wir tragen schon auch elektrische Ströme in uns, aber sie sind rein ahrimanischer Natur.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":103,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/178/1917-11-16/p024"},{"locus":"GA 178/1917-11-16/p025","passage_number":25,"text":"Diese Wesenheiten von hoher Intelligenz, aber rein mephistophelischer Intelligenz, und von einem der Natur mehr verwandten Willen, als es für den menschlichen Willen gesagt werden kann, die haben einmal aus ihrem eigenen Willen heraus beschlossen, nicht in jener Welt leben zu wollen, in der sie durch die weisheitsvollen Götter der oberen Hierarchie zu leben bestimmt waren. Sie wollten die Erde erobern, sie brauchen Leiber; eigene Leiber haben sie nicht: sie benützen so viel von den menschlichen Leibern, als sie benützen können, weil die menschliche Seele eben nicht ganz den menschlichen Leib ausfüllen kann.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":93,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/178/1917-11-16/p025"},{"locus":"GA 178/1917-11-16/p026","passage_number":26,"text":"Diese Wesenheiten also können, so wie sich der menschliche Leib entwickelt, zu einer bestimmten Zeit bevor der Mensch geboren wird, gewissermaßen in diesen menschlichen Leib hinein, und unter der Schwelle unseres Bewußtseins begleiten sie uns. Sie können nur eines im menschlichen Leben absolut nicht vertragen: sie können nämlich den Tod nicht vertragen. Daher müssen sie diesen menschlichen Leib, in dem sie sich festsetzen, immer auch, bevor er vom Tode befallen wird, verlassen. Das ist eine sehr herbe Enttäuschung immer wiederum, denn sie wollen gerade das sich erobern: in den menschlichen Leibern zu bleiben über den Tod hinaus. Das wäre eine hohe Errungenschaft im Reiche dieser Wesenheiten; das haben sie zunächst nicht erreicht.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":112,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/178/1917-11-16/p026"},{"locus":"GA 178/1917-11-16/p027","passage_number":27,"text":"Wäre das Mysterium von Golgatha nicht geschehen, wäre der Christus nicht durch das Mysterium von Golgatha gegangen, so wäre es längst so auf der Erde, daß diese Wesenheiten sich die Möglichkeit erobert hätten, im Menschen auch drinnen zu bleiben, wenn dem Menschen der Tod karmisch vorbestimmt ist. Dann hätten sie überhaupt über die menschliche Entwickelung auf der Erde den Sieg davongetragen, und sie wären Herren der menschlichen Entwickelung auf der Erde geworden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":72,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/178/1917-11-16/p027"},{"locus":"GA 178/1917-11-16/p028","passage_number":28,"text":"Das ist etwas von einer ungeheuer tiefgehenden Bedeutung: einzusehen diese Zusammenhänge zwischen dem Durchgehen des Christus durch das Mysterium von Golgatha und diesen Wesenheiten, die den Tod in der Menschennatur erobern wollen, aber ihn heute noch nicht vertragen können; die sich immer hüten müssen, im Menschenleibe zu erleben die Stunde, wo der Mensch vorbestimmt hat zu sterben, hüten müssen, seinen Leib über diese Todesstunde hinaus zu erhalten, das Leben seines Leibes über diese Todesstunde hinaus zu verlängern.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":77,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/178/1917-11-16/p028"},{"locus":"GA 178/1917-11-16/p029","passage_number":29,"text":"Auch über diese Sache, über die ich jetzt spreche, sind gewisse okkulte Brüderschaften längst unterrichtet, kennen die Dinge sehr gut und haben sie — wiederum wollen wir das Recht nicht untersuchen — der Menschheit vorenthalten. Heute ist die Sache so, daß es unmöglich ist, die Menschen nicht allmählich auszurüsten mit solchen Begriffen, die sie brauchen, wenn sie durch die Pforte des Todes geschritten sind. Denn alles das, was der Mensch hier erlebt, auch was er unter der Schwelle des Bewußtseins erlebt, das braucht er nach dem Tod, weil er zurückblicken muß auf dieses Leben und ihm dieses Leben ganz verständlich sein muß im Rückblicke, und weil es das Schlimmste ist, wenn er dieses nicht kann. Man hat aber keinen genügenden Begriff, um im Rückblicke dieses Leben zu verstehen, wenn man ein Wesen nicht beleuchten kann, das solchen Anteil nimmt an unserem Leben wie dieses ahrimanische Wesen, das vor unserer Geburt Besitz von uns ergreift und immer da ist, immer im Unterbewußten vor uns herumfiguriert, wenn man nicht immer wiederum Licht darauf hinwerfen kann. Denn Weisheit wird Licht nach dem Tode.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":180,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/178/1917-11-16/p029"},{"locus":"GA 178/1917-11-16/p030","passage_number":30,"text":"Diese Wesen sind aber überhaupt sehr wichtig für das menschliche Leben, und ihre Kenntnis muß allmählich die Menschen ergreifen und wird die Menschen ergreifen. Sie muß nur auf die richtige Weise die Menschen ergreifen; sie darf nicht nur etwa von solchen okkulten Brüderschaften in der Menschheit verbreitet werden, die eine Machtfrage daraus machen, und die dadurch ihre eigene Macht erhöhen wollen, und sie darf vor allen Dingen nicht ferner behütet werden zur Erhöhung der Macht gewisser egoistisch wirkender Brüderschaften. Die Menschheit strebt nach allgemeinem Wissen, und das Wissen muß ausgebreitet werden. Denn nicht mehr kann es in der Zukunft vom Heile sein, wenn okkulte Brüderschaften solche Dinge zur Ausbreitung ihrer Macht verwenden können. Die Kenntnis dieser Wesenheiten wird in den nächsten Jahrhunderten immer mehr und mehr die Menschen ergreifen müssen. Der Mensch wird in den nächsten Jahrhunderten immer mehr und mehr wissen müssen, daß er einen solchen Doppelgänger in sich trägt, einen solchen ahrimanischen, mephistophelischen Doppelgänger in sich trägt. Der Mensch muß es wissen. Heute entwickelt allerdings der Mensch schon eine ganze Anzahl von Begriffen, die aber eigentlich blind sind, weil der Mensch doch noch nichts Rechtes mit ihnen anzufangen weiß. Begriffe, sage ich, entwickelt der Mensch heute, die erst auf eine richtige Basis gestellt werden können, wenn sie mit dem, was als Tatsache ihnen zugrunde liegt, zusammengebracht werden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":219,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/178/1917-11-16/p030"},{"locus":"GA 178/1917-11-16/p031","passage_number":31,"text":"Und hier eröffnet sich etwas, was in der Zukunft wirklich getrieben werden muß, wenn nicht das Menschengeschlecht unendlich Hemmendes, unendlich Schreckliches eigentlich erleben soll. Denn dieser Doppelgänger, von dem ich gesprochen habe, der ist nichts mehr und nichts weniger als der Urheber aller physischen Krankheiten, die spontan aus dem Innern hervortreten, und ihn ganz kennen, ist organische Medizin. Die Krankheiten, die spontan, nicht durch äußere Verletzungen, sondern spontan von innen heraus im Menschen auftreten, sie kommen nicht aus der menschlichen Seele, sie kommen von diesem Wesen. Er ist der Urheber aller Krankheiten, die spontan aus dem Innern hervottreten; er ist der Urheber aller organischen Krankheiten. Und ein Bruder von ihm, der allerdings nicht ahrimanisch, sondern luziferisch geartet ist, der ist der Urheber aller neurasthenischen und neurotischen Krankheiten, aller Krankheiten, die eigentlich keine Krankheiten sind, die nur, wie man sagt, Nervenkrankheiten, hysterische Krankheiten und so weiter sind. So daß die Medizin geistig werden muß nach zwei Seiten hin. Daß das gefordert wird, das zeigt sich heute - ich habe darüber in Zürich gesprochen — durch das Hereinbrechen solcher Anschauungen wie der Psychoanalyse und dergleichen, wo man mit geistigen Entitäten schon wirtschaftet, aber mit unzulänglichen Erkenntnismitteln, so daß man gar nichts anfangen kann mit den Erscheinungen, die immer mehr und mehr in das menschliche Leben hereinbrechen werden. 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