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And Michael, with all the impulses that are his, though his dominion over the Intelligence has fallen from him, is striving to take hold of it again on earth at the beginning of his new earthly rule, from the year 1879 onwards. Human evolution stood at this decisive point in the last third of the 19th century. The Intelligence, formerly cosmic, had become earthly, and there was Ahriman, wanting to make it altogether earthly. He wants to make it continue in the way that began during the age of Gabriel, making it earthly, making it an affair only of the human communities of blood—an affair of the generations, the forces of reproduction and inheritance. 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He could alone desire to find again, on earth, what had had to take its own course in the intervening time in order that man might attain Intelligence and Freedom. He could alone desire to find it again in such a way that he might take hold of it on earth and become, within the earth once more, Lord of the Intelligence that is now working within mankind. Ahriman versus Michael: Michael finding himself obliged to defend against Ahriman what he had ruled through the aeons of time for the benefit of humankind. Mankind stands in the midst of this battle; and among other things, to be an anthroposophist is to understand this battle to a certain extent at least. 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Jahrhunderts bis heute, die Krisis, in der wir noch drinnenstehen, die Krisis, die sich ausdrückt als der Kampf Ahrimans gegen Michael: Ahriman, der alles aufwendet, um streitig zu machen dem Michael die Herrschaft über die Intelligenz, die jetzt irdisch geworden war — Michael, der sich bemüht, mit allen Impulsen, die er hat, nun, nachdem ihm die Herrschaft über die Intelligenz entfallen war, sie wiederum beim Beginne seiner irdischen Herrschaft vom Jahre 1879 an auf der Erde zu ergreifen. In dieser Entscheidung stand ja die Entwickelung der Menschheit im letzten Drittel des 19. Jahrhunderts. Da war irdisch geworden die frühere kosmische Intelligenz, da war Ahriman, der diese Intelligenz ganz irdisch machen wollte, so daß sie fortlaufend wird in der Art, wie sie in dem Gabrielischen Zeitalter eingeleitet worden war. Ganz irdisch werden sollte diese Intelligenz, nur eine Angelegenheit der menschlichen Blutsgemeinschaft sollte sie sein, eine Angelegenheit der Generationenfolge, eine Angelegenheit der Fortpflanzungskräfte. Das alles wollte Ahriman.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":164,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p030"},{"locus":"GA 237/1924-07-28/p031","passage_number":31,"text":"Michael stieg herunter auf die Erde. Er konnte dasjenige, was nun einmal seinen Gang in der Zwischenzeit hat machen müssen, damit die Menschen zur Intelligenz und zur Freiheit kommen, nur auf der Erde wiederfinden, so daß er es jetzt auf der Erde ergreifen muß, so daß er innerhalb der Erde wiederum Herrscher wird über die Intelligenz, die aber jetzt innerhalb der Menschheit wirkt. Ahriman gegenüber Michael, Michael in die Notwendigkeit versetzt, gegen Ahriman zu verteidigen, was er durch Äonen hindurch zugunsten der Menschheit verwaltete — in diesem Kampfe steht die Menschheit drinnen. Anthroposoph sein, heißt unter manchem anderen: diesen Kampf wenigstens bis zu einem gewissen Grade zu verstehen. Und überall zeigt er sich. Seine eigentliche Gestalt steht hinter den Kulissen des geschichtlichen Werdens, aber überall zeigt er sich in den Tatsachen, die im Offenbaren liegen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":135,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-07-28/p031"}],"beads":[{"from":[35],"to":[30],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[36],"to":[31],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"}],"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)."}}