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This is indicated in the seal in violet-bluish coils as a luminous image. This luminous image of the serpent signifies the devoted nature of knowledge. Only this devoted nature can grasp the world spiral in the Caduceus, which will then be fiery, which winds itself out of pure knowledge. Then it transforms into the downward-pointing pure chalice. The chalice of the plant is today directed upwards, pure and chaste; in man it is the other way round. But the human chalice will again be chaste and will turn downwards - that is why the Grail is represented here as a chalice turned downwards. The pure man, the man who has become innocent, is represented by the dove. The rainbow indicates the sevenfold creative man.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Notes on the Design and Decoration of the Congress Hall","site_heading":null,"date":"1907-05-21","location":null,"word_count":258,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/284/1907-05-21/p035","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/SOL2024/19070521c01.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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Der durchsichtige Würfel unten stellt dar einen durchsichtigen Diamantwürfel, der aus reinem Kohlenstoff besteht. Wenn der Mensch so weit sein wird, daß er den Kohlenstoff selbst zum Leib-Aufbau verwenden wird - ohne Mitwirkung der Pflanze -, dann wird er den Würfel erzeugen. Dieser Würfel aus kristallisiertem reinem Kohlenstoff ist die beste Hindeutung auf jenen zukünftigen Zustand des Menschen. Da wird der Mensch so weit sein, daß er nicht nur erkennen wird die drei Dimensionen, sondern auch die entgegenkommenden Kontra-Dimensionen: daher kommen im Spiegelbilde den drei Dimensionen die drei anderen entgegen. Diese Kontra-Dimensionen stellen dar, was der Mensch einstmals, wenn er das Physische im Geiste überwunden hat, erreichen wird. Die Schlangen bedeuten das Hinaufentwickeln zum Höheren. Es ist das in dem Siegel in violett-bläulichen Windungen als ein Lichtbild angedeutet. Dieses Lichtbild der Schlange bedeutet die hingebungsvolle Natur der Erkenntnis. Nur diese hingebungsvolle Natur darf erfassen die Weltenspirale im Merkurstab, die dann feurig sein wird, die sich herauswindet aus der reinen Erkenntnis. Dann wandelt sie sich um zu dem nach abwärts gewendeten reinen Kelch. Der Pflanzenkelch ist heute keusch, frei nach oben gerichtet; beim Menschen ist es umgekehrt. Aber der Menschenkelch wird wiederum keusch sein, wird sich nach abwärts wenden - daher ist der Gral hier dargestellt als ein nach abwärts gewendeter Kelch. Der reine Mensch, der unschuldig gewordene Mensch ist dargestellt in der Taube. 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