{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 55/1906-12-13/p018","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Today we shall speak, mainly from the physiological viewpoint, about the work the physical principle accomplishes on a person's organism between birth and the change of teeth. During this period, the physical principle works on the physical body, just as before birth the forces and substances of the maternal organism work on the embryo. From the age of seven till puberty it is mainly the etheric principle that works on the physical body; after puberty it is mainly the forces of the astral body that are at work. Thus, we must think of the human embryo being enveloped by the maternal body up to the moment of birth; at that point the maternal body is, as it were, pushed aside; the senses are freed; the outer world begins to influence the human organism. Then at the age of seven another enveloping sheath is pushed aside. The development of an individual's being can only be understood when we recognize that at the change of teeth something happens spiritually that is similar to what happens physically at birth. The human being is truly born a second time about the seventh year, for the ether body is born and can begin to work independently, just as was the case with the physical body at its birth. The maternal body acts physically on the embryo before birth; up to the change of teeth the spiritual forces of the ether world act on the human ether body. At about the seventh year they are pushed aside, as was the maternal body at physical birth. Up to the seventh year the ether body remains latent within the physical body. At the time of the change of teeth the situation in regard to the ether body is comparable to a piece of wood being ignited. Up till then it was tied to the physical body; now it is freed and can act independently. The ether body's release is announced by the change of teeth. Those with deeper insight into human development recognize that the change of teeth is a significant event. Up to the age of seven the physical principle is at work unfettered, while the etheric and astral principles are still latent, that is, not yet born from their spiritual sheaths.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"V. 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Das wird geleistet in der Epoche von der Geburt bis zum Zahnwechsel. Da arbeitet das physische Prinzip am physischen Leibe so, wie die Kräfte und Stoffe des mütterlichen Organismus am Kindeskeim arbeiten, bevor das Kind geboren ist. Vom siebenten Jahre bis zur Geschlechtsreife arbeitet am physischen Leibe hauptsächlich das Ätherprinzip, und von der Geschlechtsreife an arbeiten die Kräfte, die innerhalb des Astralleibes verankert sind. So daß wir uns die Entwicklung des Menschen recht vorstellen, wenn wir uns denken, daß der Mensch bis zur Geburt vom Leibe der Mutter umschlossen ist. Mit der Geburt drängt er gleichsam den mütterlichen Leib zurück, seine Sinne werden frei, und nun ist es möglich, daß die äußere Welt anfängt, auf den menschlichen Organismus einzuwirken. Da stößt der Mensch auch eine Hülle von sich, und derjenige erst begreift richtig die Entwicklung des Menschen, der begreift, daß zwar nicht im physischen, aber im geistigen Leben etwas Ähnliches in der Zeit des Zahnwechsels vor sich geht. Um das siebente Jahr herum wird der Mensch richtig ein zweites Mal geboren. Da wird nämlich sein Ätherleib zur freien Tätigkeit geboren, wie sein physischer Leib zur Zeit der Geburt. So wie physisch der Mutterleib an dem Menschenkeim in der Zeit vor der Geburt arbeitet, so arbeiten geistige Kräfte des Weltenäthers bis zum Zahnwechsel an dem AÄtherleib des Menschen, und sie werden um das siebente Jahr herum ebenso zurückgedrängt wie der Mutterleib bei der physischen Geburt. Bis zum siebenten Jahre liegt der Ätherleib wie latent im physischen Leibe. Wie bei einem in Brand gesetzten Zündholz ist es mit dem Ätherleib um die Zeit des Zahnwechsels herum. Er ist im physischen Leibe darinnen gebunden und kommt nun heraus zur eigenen, freien, selbständigen Tätigkeit. Und das Zeichen, wodurch sich diese freie Tätigkeit des Ätherleibes ankündigt, ist gerade der Zahnwechsel. Der Zahnwechsel hat für den, der tiefer in die Natur des Menschen hineinschaut, eine ganz bedeutsame Stellung. Haben wir einen Menschen bis zum siebenten Jahr vor uns, so arbeitet das physische Prinzip frei im physischen Leib; aber gebunden und aus den geistigen Hüllen noch nicht herausgeboren ist das Äther- und das astrale Prinzip.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":367,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/55/1906-12-13/p014"}],"english":["GA 55/1906-12-13/p018"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":367,"en_words":375,"ratio":1.02,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":0.93,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":4576,"original_word_count":4907,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Rita Stebbing","identified_edition":"AP1987","book_title":"Supersensible Knowledge","publisher":"Anthroposophic Press","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA055/English/AP1987/19061213p02.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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