{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 284/1907-05-20/p008","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Paracelsus rightly said: When the lines of force that connect it to the physical body during the day begin to loosen, it then comes into contact with the entire harmonious system of forces that flows through the starry sky. At the moment when a person falls asleep, he rests in the harmony of the spheres, and from there he brings the forces to balance what has been used during the day. Thus, the astral body rests during the night in the world of the stars; that is its true home. And when it returns, it brings with it the powers of the stars to help remove the substances that cause fatigue. That is why sleep is a good doctor, because order and harmony can then be restored when the astral body rests again for some time in the world that contains the laws for the starry sky, and these are the laws for the spiritual world in general. If a person does not sleep, their health will be undermined because the astral body has not rested in the starry world for a while. That is why the astral body has been given this name. In the past, names were not given that did not correspond to the essence of the matter. And before we correct occult names and designations, we must first think about the name, why it was given. Today, when a comet or a minor planet is discovered, one opens a mythology encyclopedia and gives the star a name. The principle of naming in spiritual times was to let the essence of the thing itself resonate in a name: it sounded in the name of the connection with the world.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Planetary Evolution and the Evolution of Humanity","site_heading":null,"date":"1907-05-20","location":null,"word_count":282,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/284/1907-05-20/p008","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"Images of Occult Seals and Columns","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA284/English/SOL2024/19070520c01.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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Daher ist der Schlaf ein guter Arzt, weil dann Ordnung und Harmonie eintreten kann, wenn der Astralleib wiederum einige Zeit ruht in derjenigen Welt, die die Gesetze für den Sternenhimmel enthält, und das sind die Gesetze für die geistige Welt überhaupt. Wenn der Mensch keinen Schlaf hat, wird die Gesundheit deshalb untergraben, weil der Astralleib nicht eine Zeit geruht hat in der Sternenwelt. Deshalb hat der Astralleib diesen Namen erhalten. Früher wurde kein Name gegeben, der nicht dem Wesen der Sache entsprach. Und bevor wir okkulte Namen und Bezeichnungen korrigieren, müssen wir erst über den Namen nachdenken, wozu er gegeben worden ist. Wenn heute ein Komet oder kleiner Planet entdeckt wird, schlägt man ein Lexikon der Mythologie auf und gibt daraus dem Stern einen Namen. Das Prinzip der Namengebung in spirituellen Zeiten war, in einem Namen das Wesen der Sache selbst tonhaft nachklingen zu lassen: es klang im Namen der Zusammenhang mit der Welt.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":257,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/284/1907-05-20/p008"}],"english":["GA 284/1907-05-20/p008"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":257,"en_words":282,"ratio":1.1,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","anchors","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.06,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":6380,"original_word_count":6015,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"Images of Occult Seals and Columns","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA284/English/SOL2024/19070520c01.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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