{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 284/1907-10-21/p014","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"SEAL VII is the reproduction of the “mystery of the Holy Grail”. It is the astral experience that reflects the universal meaning of human development. The cube represents the “space world”, which is not yet permeated by any physical being or physical event. For spiritual science, space is not just the “void”, but is the carrier that holds the seeds of all physicality in an as yet invisible way. Out of it, the whole physical world precipitates, as a salt precipitates out of a still completely transparent solution. And what, in relation to the human being, is formed out of the world of space, undergoes a development from the lower to the higher. Out of the three spatial dimensions, which are expressed in the cube, the lower human powers first develop, visualized by the two serpents that give birth to the purified higher spiritual nature, which is represented in the world spirals. Through the upward growth of these higher forces, the human being can become a recipient (chalice) for the reception of the pure spiritual world, expressed by the dove. Thus man becomes the ruler of the spiritual powers of the world, of which the rainbow is the image. This is only a very sketchy description of this seal, which contains within itself immeasurable depths that can reveal themselves to him who, in devoted meditation, allows it to take effect upon him. This seal is circumscribed by the truth saying of modern spiritual science: “Ex deo nascimur, in Christo morimur, per spiritum sanctum reviviscimus,” “From God I am born; in Christ I die; through the Holy Spirit I am reborn.” In this saying, the meaning of human development is fully indicated.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Images of Occult Seals and Columns","site_heading":null,"date":"1907-10-21","location":null,"word_count":281,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/284/1907-10-21/p014","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/SOL2024/19071021c01.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 was - in bezug auf den Menschen - sich aus der Raumeswelt herausbildet, das macht die Entwickelung vom Niedern zum Höhern durch. Es wachsen heraus aus den «drei Raumesdimensionen», welche im Würfel ausgedrückt sind, zuerst die niedrigeren Menschenkräfte, veranschaulicht durch die beiden Schlangen, die aus sich wieder die geläuterte höhere geistige Natur gebären, was in den Weltenspiralen sich darstellt. Durch das Aufwärtswachsen dieser höheren Kräfte kann der Mensch Empfänger werden (Kelch) für die Aufnahme der rein geistigen Weltwesenheit, ausgedrückt durch die Taube. Dadurch wird der Mensch Beherrscher der geistigen Weltmächte, deren Abbild der Regenbogen ist. Das ist eine ganz skizzenhafte Beschreibung dieses Siegels, das unermeßliche Tiefen in sich birgt, die sich demjenigen offenbaren können, der es in der hingebungsvollen Meditation auf sich wirken läßt. Umschrieben ist dieses Siegel mit dem Wahrheitsspruch der modernen Geisteswissenschaft: «Ex deo nascimur, in Christo morimur, per spiritum sanctum reviviscimus», «Aus Gott bin ich geboren; in Christo sterbe ich; durch den heiligen Geist werde ich wiedergeboren.» In diesem Spruch ist ja der Sinn der menschlichen Entwickelung voll angedeutet.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":263,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/284/1907-10-21/p014"}],"english":["GA 284/1907-10-21/p014"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":263,"en_words":281,"ratio":1.07,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.1,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":3639,"original_word_count":3322,"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/SOL2024/19071021c01.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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