{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 237/1924-08-01/p043","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Read the inner meaning that is contained in my book *Mysticism at the Dawn of the Modern Spiritual Life* (Modern Mysticism).[^1] On the last page you will see (in the form, of course, in which I could and had to write it at that time), you will see that the whole point was to guide the Anthroposophical Movement in this direction—to awaken once more the faculty to read not only in the Book of Revelation, in which I said that Jacob Boehme was still reading, but in the Book of Nature. The blundering, inadequate, and frequently repulsive attempts of modern natural science must be transmuted by a spiritual world-conception, till there arise from them a true reading of the Book of Nature. I think even this expression, ‘the Book of Nature,’ is to be found at the end of my book *Mysticism at the Dawn of the Modern Spiritual Life*. From the very beginning, the Anthroposophical Movement had this ‘Shibboleth.’ From the very beginning it was an appeal to those who should now listen to the voice of their own karma, and hear more or less dimly and subconsciously the call: ‘Behold, my karma is somehow moved and taken hold of by this Michael message which is sounding forth into the world. I, through my own karma, have to do with this.’","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"VIII. Ahriman's Fight Against the Michael Principle — The Message of Michael","site_heading":null,"date":"1924-08-01","location":null,"word_count":222,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/237/1924-08-01/p043","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"George Adams. Revised by D.S. 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The German original passage(s) above are the edition-invariant anchor — fetch them (lang='de') to verify wording before quoting across editions."},"paired_german":{"status":"paired","german":[{"locus":"GA 237/1924-08-01/p041","passage_number":41,"text":"Nehmen Sie auf den Sinn, der enthalten ist in meinem Buche «Die Mystik im Aufgange des neuzeitlichen Geisteslebens». In diesem Buche werden Sie auf der letzten Seite sehen - nur eben in der Gestalt, wie ich es dazumal schreiben konnte und schreiben mußte —, daß es sich darum handelte, die anthroposophische Bewegung in dem Sinne zu führen, daß wiederum gelesen werden kann nicht nur in dem «Buche der Offenbarung», von dem ich sagte, daß noch Jakob Böhme darin gelesen hat, sondern auch in dem «Buche der Natur». Die stümperhaften, die ungenügenden, die oftmals schauderhaften Anfänge der neueren Naturwissenschaft, sie müssen umgewandelt, metamorphosiert werden durch eine spirituelle Weltanschauung in ein wirkliches Lesen in dem Buche der Natur. Auch ist, glaube ich, der Ausdruck vom «Buche der Natur» am Ende des Buches «Die Mystik im Aufgange des neuzeitlichen Geisteslebens» gebraucht. Vom Anfang an hatte die anthroposophische Bewegung dieses «Schibboleth». Vom Anfange an war das ein Appell an diejenigen Menschen, die nun hören sollten auf die Stimme ihres Karma, mehr oder weniger unterbewußt und dunkel vernehmen sollten den Ruf: Mein Karma wird etwas affiziert und ergriffen von dem, was als Michael-Botschaft da in die Welt tönt; ich habe durch mein Karma etwas damit zu tun.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":202,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/237/1924-08-01/p041"}],"english":["GA 237/1924-08-01/p043"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":202,"en_words":222,"ratio":1.1,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.08,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":4872,"original_word_count":4510,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"George Adams. Revised by D.S. 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