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Jahrhundert, denn unser jetziger Zeitraum beginnt 1413; der vierte nachatlantische Zeitraum, der griechisch-lateinische, beginnt 747 vor dem Mysterium von Golgatha, dauert bis 1413: das ist die Zeit, wo ein schwacher Einschnitt geschieht, 1413. Seit jener Zeit haben wir die fünfte nachatlantische Zeit, in der wir drinnen leben, und die allmählich erst ihre Charaktereigentümlichkeiten in unserer Zeit so ganz herausbringt, aber sie haben sich vorbereitet seit dem 15. Jahrhundert. In der vierten nachatlantischen Zeit, da war es vorzugsweise die Verstandes- und Gemütsseele, die sich entwickelte; jetzt ist es die Bewußtseinsseele, die sich entwickelt in der Gesamtmenschheitsentwickelung. Als der Mensch eingetreten ist in dieses Zeitalter, da war es seine besondere Schwachheit, auf welche die führenden geistigen Wesenheiten Rücksicht nehmen mußten gegenüber diesem Doppelgänger. 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