IX. World-Thoughts in Michael, and World-Thoughts in Ahriman

Now Ahriman acquired possession of the intellectual force at a time when he could not convert it into inward life. It remained in his being as a force that has nothing to do with the heart and soul. A chill and frosty, soulless cosmic impulse is the intellectual power as it streams from Ahriman. And the men who are overtaken by this impulse evolve chains of reasoning in which, in merciless and heartless fashion, the logic seems to speak for itself—in reality it is Ahriman, who is speaking through it—and which show no sign of any real, inward connection of the man's heart and soul with what he is thinking and saying and doing.