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Everything is present *simultaneously*, in a mighty panorama of the whole of life since the birth of the ‘I’; but the several epochs are in a certain respect distinct from each other. We survey our experiences from birth until the change of teeth, then again, as one complete series, the experiences occurring between the time of the change of teeth and puberty, then the experiences of the period from puberty until the beginning of the twenties, and so forth. Further concentration and application of the methods for the attainment of spiritual knowledge enable us, as we survey this tableau, to observe, firstly, our life from birth to the seventh year. But later on these pictures are allowed to fade away and we see right *through* our life; when the consciousness has been emptied of all pictorial impressions and we have achieved Inspiration, we behold the living, weaving activity of the Moon sphere in place of the tableau of early childhood from birth until the seventh year. We behold this living, weaving activity. And so Initiation in the form that is normal and right for this present age brings us knowledge of the secrets of the Moon sphere, when the pictures of our own life up to the seventh year are obliterated in the consciousness of Inspiration and we perceive what now flashes up in their place.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":304,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/239/1924-06-08/p014","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1924-06-08","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 239/1924-06-08/p018","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p018"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":325,"en_words":304,"ratio":0.94,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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An unprejudiced observation of life will fill us with reverence for the achievements of ancient Initiation Science. Ancient Initiation Science knew by instinct something that is confirmed to-day by statistics, namely, that the illnesses of childhood occur most frequently in the *first* period of life; it is then that the human being is most prone to illness, and even to death; after puberty this tendency abates, but the healthiest period of all, the period when mortality is at its lowest, is between the ages of seven and fourteen. The wise men of old knew that this is due to the influences of the Mercury sphere and again to-day we may make the same discovery when through modern Initiation Science we penetrate the secrets of existence. Such things fill us with reverence for these sacred traditions of humanity.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":270,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/239/1924-06-08/p015","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1924-06-08","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 239/1924-06-08/p019","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p019"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":247,"en_words":270,"ratio":1.09,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. The German original passage(s) above are the edition-invariant anchor — fetch them (lang='de') to verify wording before quoting across editions."},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"D. S. 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Everything I am now describing is part of the true self-knowledge which unfolds in this way.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":89,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/239/1924-06-08/p016","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1924-06-08","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 239/1924-06-08/p020","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p020"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false,"length_check":{"de_words":99,"en_words":89,"ratio":0.9,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. The German original passage(s) above are the edition-invariant anchor — fetch them (lang='de') to verify wording before quoting across editions."},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"D. S. 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Through this illumination we perceive how such an individuality worked together with the Beings of the higher Hierarchies and with other human souls, and how his subsequent earthly incarnation in the nineteenth century took shape.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":122,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/239/1924-06-08/p018","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1924-06-08","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 239/1924-06-08/p021","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p021"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","reader"],"reader_german":["GA 239/1924-06-08/p021"],"reader_part":true,"length_check":{"de_words":206,"en_words":205,"ratio":1.0,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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For if a man attains Initiation before the age of 49, it is not possible for him to look back into the period of life which here comes into question, namely, the period between the forty-second and forty-ninth years. He must have passed his forty-ninth year if he is to be able to eliminate the pictures of this particular set of experiences and penetrate the secrets of the Mars sphere. If Initiation is attained after the age of fifty-six it is possible to look back into the period between the forty-ninth and fifty-sixth years of life, when karma that is connected with the *Jupiter* sphere takes shape. 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A human being appears in some earthly life—thus for example there is a certain great poet of whom I shall speak later—and we find that through his faculties, through his literary creations, he was giving expression to that in his karma which could have been wrought out only in the Saturn sphere.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":172,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/239/1924-06-08/p020","german_anchor":{"de_prefix":"1924-06-08","de_passages":[{"locus":"GA 239/1924-06-08/p022","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p022"},{"locus":"GA 239/1924-06-08/p023","url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p023"}],"bead_confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","reader"],"reader_german":["GA 239/1924-06-08/p023"],"reader_part":true,"length_check":{"de_words":257,"en_words":316,"ratio":1.23,"partial":false},"correspondence":"established","note":"English passage numbering is edition-relative, so the same number need not name the same paragraph in the German. 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Ich habe es ja öfter seit einiger Zeit sogar schon in öffentlichen Vorträgen geschildert, wie der Mensch, wenn er durch die Methoden, die Sie angegeben finden in meinem Buche «Wie erlangt man Erkenntnisse der höheren Welten?», zu dem wirklichen übersinnlichen Erkennen aufsteigt, zunächst zurückblickt auf sein Erdenleben und dieses wie in einem Tableau überschaut. Alles, was sonst im Innern hintereinander ist, ist gleichzeitig da als ein mächtiges Lebenspanorama, das man überschaut bis zur Ich-Geburt, aber getrennt in einem gewissen Sinne sind doch die einzelnen Lebensepochen. Man schaut hin auf dasjenige, was man durchlebt hat von der Geburt bis zum Zahnwechsel, man schaut zurück und übersieht als eine geschlossene Reihe für sich das, was vom Zahnwechsel bis zur Geschlechtsreife geht, dann wiederum bis zum Anfang der Zwanzig und so weiter. Aber indem man weiter aufsteigt in seinen Konzentfiationen, eben die Methoden für die Erkenntnis der geistigen Welt weiter auf sich anwendet, kommt man dazu, nicht nur das, was man da schaut, zu sehen, sondern man bringt es, indem man das Lebenstableau überschaut und zuerst das sieht, was von der Geburt bis zum siebenten Jahre geht, später dazu, daß dieses Menschenleben verschwindet: man schaut gewissermaßen durch sein eigenes Leben durch. Da erscheint an der Stelle des eigenen Lebens, welche die erste Kindheit bedeutet, da, wo man früher dasjenige gesehen hat, was sich in einem abgespielt hat von der Geburt bis zum siebenten Jahre, wenn man in das leere Bewußtsein eingetreten ist, wenn man zur Inspiration aufgestiegen ist, das Leben und Weben der Mondensphäre. So daß die Initiationswissenschaft für die normale heutige Initiation erkennen läßt die Geheimnisse der Mondensphäre, wenn man mit inspirierter Erkenntnis auslöscht das eigene Lebenstableau und sieht, was da nun aufleuchtet an der Stelle dessen, was in dem eigenen Leben sich abspielt von der Geburt bis zum siebenten Lebensjahre.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":325,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p018"},{"locus":"GA 239/1924-06-08/p019","passage_number":19,"text":"Schaut man dann zurück auf das Gebiet, das man durchlebt hat vom siebenten bis zum vierzehnten Jahre, und löscht man es aus in inspitierter Erkenntnis, so schaut man hinein in die Merkursphäre. Alles ist mit dem menschlichen Wesen selber verknüpft. Der Mensch ist mit dem ganzen Weltenall verbunden. Lernt er sich wirklich selber kennen, findet er sich in sich selber zurecht, so lernt er das ganze Weltenall kennen. Und nun bitte ich Sie, eines zu berücksichtigen. Man bekommt wirklich einen großen Respekt vor der alten instinktiven Initiationswissenschaft. Diehatden Dingen die richtigen Namen gegeben, die uns heute noch geblieben sind. Würden nur wenige Dinge heute Namen bekommen, so würde man das Chaos sehen. Denn mit heutigem Erkennen und Wissen können keine ordentlichen Namen gebildet werden. Aber wenn wir das Leben unbefangen anschauen, so bekommen wir Achtung, Ehrerbietung vor demjenigen, was die alte Initiationswissenschaft getan hat. Die wußte aus ihrem Instinkt heraus noch dasjenige, was heute durch alle möglichen Statistiken festgestellt werden kann: daß eigentlich der Mensch in ganz kindlichem Alter die Kinderkrankheiten hat, sehr krankheitsanfällig ist, leicht stirbt, und eben erst wieder so anfällig ist nach der Geschlechtsreife. Das gesündeste Lebensalter sind die Jahre von sieben bis vierzehn, da ist die Sterblichkeit gering. Da wirkt die Merkursphäre. Das haben die alten Weisen gewußt, und heute erkennen wir es wieder, wenn man durch die heutige Initiationswissenschaft eindringt in die Geheimnisse des Daseins. Da möchte man niederknien vor demjenigen, was aus den urheiligsten Traditionen der Menschheit vor einen hintreten kann.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":247,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p019"},{"locus":"GA 239/1924-06-08/p020","passage_number":20,"text":"Und dann, wenn man zurückblickt in dasjenige, was der Mensch erlebt von dem vierzehnten bis zum einundzwanzigsten Lebensjahre und es auslöscht in inspirierter Erkenntnis, so dringt man in die Geheimnisse der Venussphäre ein. Wiederum sehen Sie da die alte Initiationswissenschaft wunderbar wirken. Der Mensch wird geschlechtsreif, das Lieben tritt auf. Da tritt man ein in diejenige Lebensepoche, wo man die Venusgeheimnisse enthüllt, wenn man mit Initiationswissenschaft darauf zurückschaut. Alle die Dinge, die man auf solche Weise schildern kann, wie ich es getan habe, sind ein Teil der wirklichen menschlichen Selbsterkenntnis, der vertieften menschlichen Selbsterkenntnis, die auf diese Weise entsteht.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":99,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p020"},{"locus":"GA 239/1924-06-08/p021","passage_number":21,"text":"Dann wiederum, wenn man in die Zeit vom einundzwanzigsten bis zum zweiundvierzigsten Lebensjahre zurückblickt und durch Inspirationserkenntnis auslöscht das eigene imaginative Erleben, so kommt man an die Geheimnisse der Sonnensphäre heran, und es kann, wie ich schon verschiedentlich in den eben vorher gemachten Auseinandersetzungen angedeutet habe, der Mensch bei der Rückschau auf die Zeit zwischen dem einundzwanzigsten und zweiundvierzigsten Lebensjahre durch eine vertiefte Selbsterkenntnis erleben die Sonnenerkenntnisse. Um die Sonnenerkenntnisse zu erringen, müssen wir eine dreimal so lange Lebensdauer durchschauen, wie diejenige für die anderen Himmelskörper unseres Planetensystems. — Und nehmen Sie jetzt das Real-Konkrete. Wenn ich Ihnen gesagt habe, eine weltgeschichtliche Persönlichkeit hätte ihr Karma vorzugsweise durchgearbeitet in der Merkur- und in der Venussphäre, so sehen Sie jetzt, wie so etwas erforscht wird. Man erlangt die Möglichkeit, im eigenen Leben zurückzublicken in die Lebensepoche zwischen dem siebenten und vierzehnten Jahre, und dann in die zwischen dem vierzehnten und einundzwanzigsten Jahre; dann löscht man sie aus in der Inspiration, und dann erlangt man Einblicke in die Merkur- und in die Venussphäre. Durch diese Einblicke sieht man, wie eine solche Individualität zusammenarbeitet mit den anderen Wesenheiten der höheren Hierarchien und mit anderen Menschenseelen, und wie dadurch ihre Erdeninkar nation zustande gekommen ist, eine Erdeninkarnation im neunzehnten Jahrhundert.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":206,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p021"},{"locus":"GA 239/1924-06-08/p022","passage_number":22,"text":"![239-02](images/239-02.webp)","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":0,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p022"},{"locus":"GA 239/1924-06-08/p023","passage_number":23,"text":"Haben nun Wesenheiten an ihrem Karma besonders arbeiten müssen in der Marssphäte, so ist das schon schwerer zu erforschen. Denn wenn jemand vor dem neunundvierzigsten Jahr initiiert wird, so kann er nicht zurückblicken zu derjenigen Lebenszeit, auf die es jetzt hier ankommt, die Lebenszeit vom zweiundvierzigsten bis neunundvierzigsten Jahre. Man muß über das neunundvierzigste Lebensjahr hinausgekommen sein, um auslöschen zu können, was man da war; dann kann man in die Geheimnisse der Marssphäre hineinschauen. Und ist man initiiert nach dem sechsundfünfzigsten Jahr, so kann man noch in eine andere Periode zurückblicken, in die Periode zwischen dem neunundvierzigsten und sechsundfünfzigsten Lebensjahre, in die Periode, wo die Jupiterkarmen ausgearbeitet werden. Und nun sehen Sie den ganzen Zusammenhang dieser Dinge. Erst beim Rückblick in die Lebenszeit zwischen dem sechsundfünfzigsten und dreiundsechzigsten Lebensjahr kann der ganze Zusammenhang dann überschaut und aus innerer Erkenntnis heraus gesprochen werden, denn da kann man auf die ganz außerordentlich merkwürdige Saturnsphäre zurückblicken. Denn die Saturnkarmen sind diejenigen, welche die Menschen auf die merkwürdigste Weise gerade zusammen wiederum in die Welt hineinstellen. Aber um diese Zusammenhänge mit der Initiationswissenschaft zu durchschauen - gewiß, durch Unterweisung kann man es schon verstehen -, aber um selbständig hineinzuschauen und den ganzen Zusammenhang zu beurteilen, muß man selbst sogar dreiundsechzig Jahre geworden sein. Es heißt das also: Es treten Menschen auf innerhalb eines bestimmten Erdenlebens, zum Beispiel ein großer Dichter, von dem ich Ihnen sprechen werde, tritt auf; er lebt durch seine Fähigkeiten, durch seine Schöpfungen ganz besonders das in seinem Karma dar, was nur durchgearbeitet werden konnte in. der Saturnsphäre.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":257,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/239/1924-06-08/p023"}],"beads":[{"from":[14],"to":[18],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[15],"to":[19],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[16],"to":[20],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[17,18],"to":[21],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[19,20],"to":[22,23],"confidence":"medium","pairing_state":"verified"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. 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