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And these beings, who thus have intellect at their disposal, will be joined by other elemental beings, because man, in turn, will be influenced by the elemental beings, so that the danger of humanity becoming ahrimanized is present. This is a somewhat radical statement, but it is nevertheless a truth.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":101,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/251/1922-05-21/p032","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA251/English/SOL2024/19220521s01.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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If someone writes a sentence and doesn't put the predicate where it is supposed to be for whatever reason, it is stylistically incorrect; and if you go to France, everything is already stylistically incorrect because the language has already become stereotyped. In Germany, you can still turn your sentences around to get different possibilities of expression, but in France people are gradually getting out of the habit of doing that. In the East – Bolshevism wanted to get rid of it, but it will make itself felt again – there is still a certain flexibility in the language. But in general, this flexibility decreases with civilization. It is especially the case with younger people that they talk like mechanisms. They start – forty years ago it would have been interesting to pay attention to how they would continue to talk – but today we already know it, we are no longer interested; they talk like clockwork. There has been – we can see it today, but we want to close our eyes to it – a certain calcification of people, even literally, so that the intellect has indeed slipped down. But Ahriman takes him in. He cannot work through the nervous-sensory system as humans do, but he works through the elemental spirits. What the brains and etheric bodies are for us, the elemental spirits are for Ahriman; he waits until they place themselves at his disposal. But he has them as his brain and as his heart, which has become a leather bag. It is the case that the elemental spirits place themselves at the disposal of the Ahrimanic powers. 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And when we look at the liquid and the elemental spirits on which it is based, we find a teeming population of individuals that clearly appear to us as single beings; there the number dominates. It is, so to speak, the world of the elemental realms populated by immeasurable elemental beings. But when we look at the ethereal world, there is more than one unit of spirituality living there. In the light ether, we can no longer distinguish the individual elemental spirits from one another, as we can in the air or water element or even in the earthly element. In the earthly element, it is the case that you go out into certain forests, track down some gnome's nest, and - you might say - thousands and thousands of elemental beings can be enclosed in a small globe, and then you are standing in front of a multitude. You have only a small ball in your hand and it is teeming with what it counts. There is the number, there is the teeming, that which forces us to count and which makes us admit that we cannot count at all because it is immeasurable and because every number is immediately exceeded. And of the one who has a spiritual vision, you can not say that he “miscalculates”. You can not distinguish what is there sooner or later; You think you have counted five, and see that you actually had to count eleven. But the six were not added, they were already there. The teeming of the number prevails. But in the etheric everything converges to a unity. Even in the light ether, the elementary beings form a unity. This is even more the case in the chemical ether, and it is completely the case in the life ether. And it was from this feeling that the idea contained in the idea of Yahweh was once formed, the idea of the one God Jehovah. This is the being that is unspokenly connected and composed of the many individual beings and that animates the ether, just as the many elementary beings animate the ether.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":482,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/251/1922-05-21/p034","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA251/English/SOL2024/19220521s01.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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And from what I have described, a combined rule over the earthly of Ahriman and Lucifer would arise.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":95,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/251/1922-05-21/p036","witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The History of the Anthroposophical Society 1913–1922","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA251/English/SOL2024/19220521s01.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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Und diesen Wesen, die so den Intellekt zur Verfügung haben, werden sich, weil der Mensch dann seinerseits wieder beeinflusst wird von den Elementarwesen, schon andere Elementarwesen anschließen, sodass die Gefahr der Verahrimanisierung der Menschheit da ist. Das ist zwar jetzt etwas radikal ausgesprochen, aber es ist doch eine Wahrheit.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":96,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/251/1922-05-21/p032"},{"locus":"GA 251/1922-05-21/p033","passage_number":33,"text":"Wenn man noch vor vierzig Jahren den Menschen daraufhin angeschaut hat, wie er sich intellektuell mit seinem Verstande betätigt hat —der Mensch, der gerade die Ausbildung des Verstandes zu seinem Beruf machte -, so war da etwas Tätiges in seinem Verstandesausbilden. Der Mensch war dabei. Es waren wirklich große Geister da, die den Verstand betätigten; in den Schulen waren Geister da, dass man sich freuen konnte über die Verstandesregsamkeit. Heute ist es nicht so, und es kommen einem die Menschen vor, als wenn der Verstand ein Stück tiefer gerückt wäre, und als wenn sie den Verstand als Mechanismus hervorbrächten. Man fühlt, wie die Menschen reden in Verstandesformen, aber wie wenn der Verstand gar nicht mitarbeiten würde. Es sind schon ganz einfältige Redewendungen, denen man begegnet. Je weiter man nach Westen kommt, desto schlimmer ist es, aber in Deutschland nistet es sich auch heute schon ein. Wenn jemand einen Satz hinschreibt und das Prädikat nicht dort hinstellt, wo es aus irgendeinem Grunde sein soll, so ist das stillos; und wenn Sie nach Frankreich kommen, so ist dort schon alles stillos, weil da die Sprache schon stereotyp geworden ist. In Deutschland kann man wenigstens noch seine Sätze drehen, um so verschiedene Möglichkeiten des Ausdrucks zu bekommen, aber in Frankreich gewöhnen sich die Leute das allmählich ab. Im Osten — der Bolschewismus hat es wegbringen wollen, aber es wird sich schon wieder bemerkbar machen - ist noch eine gewisse Biegsamkeit in der Sprache vorhanden. Aber im Allgemeinen nimmt diese Biegsamkeit mit der Zivilisation ab. Es ist besonders bei jüngeren Leuten so, dass sie wie Mechanismen reden. Sie fangen an - vor vierzig Jahren wäre es einem interessant gewesen, darauf zu achten, wie sie weiterreden würden -, heute weiß man es schon, man ist gar nicht mehr daran interessiert; sie reden wie ein aufgezogenes Uhrwerk. Es ist - man kann das heute sehen, aber man will die Augen davor verschließen - eine gewisse Verkalkung der Menschen eingetreten, sogar buchstäblich, sodass der Intellekt eben durchaus heruntergerutscht ist. Da nimmt ihn aber Ahriman in Empfang. Er kann nicht, wie die Menschen, durch sein Nerven-Sinnes-System wirken, sondern er wirkt durch die Elementargeister. Was für uns die Gehirne und Ätherleiber sind, das sind für Ahriman die Elementargeister; er wartet, bis sie sich ihm zur Verfügung stellen. Aber er hat sie als sein Gehirn und als das zu einem ledernen Beutel gewordene Herz. Es ist so, dass sich die elementarischen Geister den ahrimanischen Mächten zur Verfügung stellen. Das ist die eine Seite.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":413,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/251/1922-05-21/p033"},{"locus":"GA 251/1922-05-21/p034","passage_number":34,"text":"Wenn wir aber die Welt zunächst äußerlich räumlich und zeitlich betrachten, so haben wir ja außer diesen Elementargeistern noch eine Welt: Das ist die ätherische Welt. Wir müssen vorzugsweise herunterschauen auf das feste Erdreich, auf das, was dieses feste Erdreich umgibt und umstürmt, umfließt und umströmt als die Wasser-Sphäre, als die Luft-Sphäre, was sie durchwellt und durchwirkt als Wärme. Wir müssen vorzugsweise hinunter und geradeaus schauen, wenn wir zu dieser Art von Elementarwesenheiten hinschauen wollen. Aber wir müssen vorzugsweise in die Weiten schauen, also nach oben - Wärme gehört ja noch dem Irdischen an, aber über dem Wärmeäther liegen der Lichtäther und der chemische Äther —, wir müssen in die Weiten schauen, wenn nach dem Ätherischen schauen wollen. Und wenn wir so nach dem Flüssigen schauen und den ihm zugrunde liegenden Elementargeistern, dann finden wir eine wimmelnde Bevölkerung von Einzelwesen, die klar uns erscheinen als einzelne Wesen; da herrscht die Zahl. Es ist gewissermaßen die Welt der Elementarreiche bevölkert von unermesslichen Elementarwesen. Wenn wir aber den Blick in die ätherische Welt richten, so lebt dort die Geistigkeit mehr als eine Einheit. Schon im Lichtäther können wir die einzelnen Elementargeister nicht mehr voneinander unterscheiden, wie wir es können im Luft- oder Wasserelement oder gar im irdischen Element. Im irdischen Element ist es ja so, dass man hinausgeht in gewisse Wälder, irgendein Gnomennest aufspürt, und - man möchte sagen - in einem kleinen Erdball können unter Umständen Tausende und Abertausende Elementarwesen eingehüllt sein, die dann in Vervielfältigung vor einem stehen. Man hat nur einen kleinen Ball in der Hand- und das wimmelt dann von dem, was sich auszählt. Da herrscht die Zahl, da herrscht das Gewimmel, das, was uns zwingt zu zählen, und was uns gestehen lässt, dass wir gar nicht zählen können, weil es unermesslich ist und weil jede Zahl gleich wieder übersprungen wird. Und von dem, der ein geistiges Schauen hat, kann man auch gar nicht sagen, dass er sich «verzählt». Sie können gar nicht unterscheiden, was früher oder später da ist; Sie glauben, Sie hätten fünf gezählt, und sehen, dass Sie eigentlich haben elf zählen müssen. Da sind die sechs aber nicht hinzugekommen, sondern die waren vorher schon da. Es herrscht das Gewimmel der Zahl. Aber im Ätherischen geht alles auf eine Einheit aus. Schon im Lichtäther bilden die Elementarwesenheiten eine Einheit. Das ist noch mehr der Fall im chemischen Äther, und das ist vollends der Fall im Lebensäther. Und aus dieser Empfindung heraus entstand ja einst jene Vorstellung, die in der Jahve-Vorstellung enthalten ist, in der Vorstellung des einen Gottes Jehova. Das ist das Wesen, das unausgesprochen aus den vielen einzelnen Wesen zusammenhängt und sich zusammensetzt und den Äther belebt, so wie die vielen Elementarwesen den Äther beleben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":450,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/251/1922-05-21/p034"},{"locus":"GA 251/1922-05-21/p035","passage_number":35,"text":"Aber geradeso, wie wenn der Mensch das Hereinbrechen der Spitualität in unsere Zeit unberücksichtigt lässt, dann die Welt der unteren Elementarwesen sich mit den der menschlichen Entwicklung feindlichen ahrimanischen Wesen verbindet, so werden die luziferischen Mächte, die alles in Anspruch nehmen können, was menschliches Willens- und Empfindungselement ist, dieses Element den Luft- und Wasserwesen entreißen, und sie werden es als luziferische Wesen hineintragen in den Äther.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":66,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/251/1922-05-21/p035"},{"locus":"GA 251/1922-05-21/p036","passage_number":36,"text":"Nur mithilfe des Menschen kann in dem Äther erhalten werden die Kraft des einheitlichen Gotteswesens, das eine abgelebte Zeit einmal mit dem Namen Jehova, bezeichnete. Wenn die Menschen nicht die Geisteswelle aufnehmen, dann wird dasjenige Wesen, das als Jehova erschienen ist als das zusammenhaltende Geisteswesen, sich zurückziehen müssen vor dem luziferischen Ansturm, der aus der Jehova-Macht herausreißt die Lichtwesen, die chemischen Wesen und die Lebenswesen. Und aus dem, was ich beschrieben habe, würde entstehen eine kombinierte Herrschaft über das Irdische von Ahriman und Luzifer.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":84,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/251/1922-05-21/p036"},{"locus":"GA 251/1922-05-21/p037","passage_number":37,"text":"Dem ist einzig und allein dadurch zu entgehen, dass die Menschen ein neues Christus-Verständnis, ein neues Verständnis des Mysteriums von Golgatha, durch die hereinbrechende spirituelle Welle bekommen. Denn dadurch stürbe der Intellekt nicht ab; er würde sich als Intellekt nicht weiterentwickeln, aber er würde durch die Spiritualität belebt werden. Er würde aus der toten Abstraktion zu einem gewissen inneren Leben kommen. Auf der anderen Seite würde dasjenige, was in den menschlichen Emotionen, in den menschlichen Instinkten lebt, nicht in Anspruch genommen werden von einer abstrakten Einheit im ätherischen Gebiete; es könnte nicht luziferisch werden. Ein neues Christus-Verständnis, ein neues Verständnis des Mysteriums von Golgatha, brauchen wir. Und zu der richtigen Einsicht, wie wir das brauchen, kommen wir auch, wenn wir das richtig ins Auge fassen, was vorzugehen droht als eine andere Gruppierung im Weltenall, als eine andere Gruppierung der elementarischen und der ätherischen Wesenheiten. Ja, man kann wirklich schon wahrnehmen, wie auf der einen Seite der Verstand sich heruntersenken will zum Ahrimanischen, zu den niederen elementarischen Wesenheiten. Dann ist auf der anderen Seite deutlich wahrnehmbar, wie heute ein gewisser Hang besteht, von dem eigentlichen Christus-Wesen sich zu entfernen und in jene ätherische Einheit unterzutauchen, sodass durch dieses Untertauchen, eben durch die Verleugnung des Christus-Prinzips, etwas Luziferisches aufgenommen wird.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":208,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/251/1922-05-21/p037"}],"beads":[{"from":[32],"to":[32],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[33],"to":[33],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[34],"to":[34],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[35],"to":[35],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[36],"to":[36],"confidence":"high"},{"from":[37],"to":[37],"confidence":"high"}],"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)."}}