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In the last three or four centuries it has been the dominion of Gabriel. Now it will be that of Michael, for three hundred years to come. Let us turn our gaze therefore to the whole series of these Archangel Beings: Gabriel, Raphael, Zachariel, Anael, Oriphiel, Samael, Michael. As we look to all these Beings, we can characterise the relation that exists between them and the loftier Spirits of the Hierarchies, somewhat as follows.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":118,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/237/1924-08-01/p018","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"George Adams. Revised by D.S. 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Simple as the words may sound, they are not lightly meant. Of all these Angels, the number of whom is seven, six have to a very considerable extent (not entirely—Gabriel most of all—but even he not altogether)—six, as I said, have to a very considerable extent resigned themselves to the fact that man is faced with Maya, with the great illusion, because, in his quality which no longer accords with his original pre-destination, he has in fact descended from his first stature. Michael alone, Michael is the only one (I say again, I am forced to use banal expressions) Michael is the only one who would not give in. Michael, and with him those who are the Michael spirits even among men, continues to take this stand: I am the Ruler of the Intelligence. And the Intelligence must be so ruled that there shall not enter into it any illusion nor false fantasy, nor anything that would restrict the human being to a dark and vague and cloudy vision of the world.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":193,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/237/1924-08-01/p019","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"George Adams. Revised by D.S. Osmond","identified_edition":"RSP1977","book_title":"Karmic Relationships  III","publisher":"Rudolf Steiner Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA237/English/RSP1977/19240801p01.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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Von allen diesen Engeln, deren sieben an der Zahl sind, haben sechs sich zwar nicht ganz — am meisten Gabriel, auch er nicht ganz -, aber doch sechs verhältnismäßig sehr stark sich abgefunden mit der Tatsache, daß die Menschen vor der Maja, vor der großen Illusion stehen, weil sie durch ihre Qualität, die nicht dem entspricht, wozu sie ursprünglich bestimmt waren, herabgestiegen sind von dieser ihrer ursprünglichen Gestalt. Einzig und allein Michael ist derjenige, der eben — ich muß mich, ich möchte sagen, banal ausdrücken - nicht nachgeben wollte und der mit denen, die Michael-Geister sind auch unter den Menschen, auf dem Standpunkte steht: Ich bin der Verwalter der Intelligenz. Die Intelligenz muß so verwaltet werden, daß in sie nicht eintritt die Illusion, die Phantastik, das, was den Menschen nur dunkel und nebulos in die Welt hineinschauen läßt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":173,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-08-01/p019"},{"locus":"GA 237/1924-08-01/p020","passage_number":20,"text":"Meine lieben Freunde, zu durchschauen, wie da Michael dasteht als der größte Opponent in der Erzengelschar, das ist ein ungeheuer erhebender Anblick, das ist etwas überwältigend Grandioses. Und jedesmal, wenn eine Michaelzeit da war, geschah auch auf Erden dieses, daß die Intelligenz als Mittel zur Erkenntnis nicht nur kosmopolitisch wurde, wie ich es schon dargestellt habe, sondern so wurde, daß die Menschen sich durchdrangen mit dem Bewußtsein: Wir können doch zur Gottheit hinauf.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":73,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-08-01/p020"}],"beads":[{"from":[18],"to":[18],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[19],"to":[19],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[20],"to":[20],"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)."}}