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So daß man sagen kann: Wesenheiten, die während der Mondenentwickelung eigentlich ihre normale Menschheitsstufe hätten durchmachen sollen, luziferische Wesenheiten beseelten oder durchseelten den Menschen für die ältere Weisheit, und der Mensch nahm an dem, was dieses Engelwesen in ihm erlebte, teil. Es war das, was da der Mensch als eine solche Weisheit bekam, eine außerordentlich hohe Erkenntnis. Es war diejenige Erkenntnis, die eben als eine sehr vollendete während der Mondenentwickelung dem Engelwesen zuteil geworden war, aber es war eben keine Erkenntnis, die eigentlich für den Menschen so geeignet war, daß er auf der Erde etwas damit anzufangen wußte. Auf der Erde benahm sich der Mensch mehr oder weniger instinktiv, ich möchte sagen, wie ein höheres Tier benahm er sich. 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