{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 55/1907-02-28/p022","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"The astral attributes which an individual brings with him develop while the astral body is still surrounded by its astral sheath, as did the physical organs while still surrounded by the maternal body before birth. Only when puberty is reached does the astral body become free, that is, become open to external influence. Only now should appeal be made to the power of judgment and abstract thought. Before puberty the child should not be obliged to form personal opinions and judgments. The ability to do so is not present until the astral body is born. Before puberty the child should be able to look up to those with authority and obtain from them the important beliefs and opinions; to be obliged to formulate personal opinion at this time only leads to astral distortions. Not only is it absurd for anyone so young to have opinions about this or that belief or confession, but it is also detrimental to healthy development. It is a sign that something important has been neglected in his education. It shows the child has not had the opportunity to develop that great inner strength that matures under the influence of the right kind of authority. At this time, from the fourteenth year onwards, when the astral body is born, slowly and gradually the power of judgment begins to ripen and leads to convictions. Artistic accomplishment, religious and moral feelings now set their stamp on the countenance. A child now faces the world as a distinct individual. This gradual process lasts up to the twenty-first or twenty-third year.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"X. Stages in Man's Development in the Light of Spiritual Science","site_heading":null,"date":"1907-02-28","location":null,"word_count":261,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/55/1907-02-28/p022","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","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/AP1987/19070228p01.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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Vorher soll er aufschauen zu den Bekennern und von ihnen entgegennehmen, was er glauben soll; denn in diesem Zeitalter sich das selbst bestimmen, gibt eine astrale Karikatur. Vom okkulten Standpunkt ist es unmöglich, wenn der junge Mensch veranlaßt wird, schon irgendein Bekenntnis zu haben. Es ist sinnlos und ist entwicklungswidrig, wenn ein Kind in diesem Lebensalter es für möglich hält zu sagen: Ich habe ein eigenes Glaubensbekenntnis. Das wäre ein Zeichen, daß etwas in der Erziehung des betreffenden Menschen versiäumt worden ist; daß er nicht jene große Kraft in sich hat ausbilden können, die gerade unter dem Eindruck der berechtigten Autorität heranreift. Der Astralleib wird in dieser Zeit geboren, und langsam und allmählich hat in dieser Zeit vom vierzehnten Jahre ab das Urteil heranzureifen, das zum Bekenntnis führt. Das ist die Zeit, wo religiöse, moralische Empfindungen, wo künstlerische Errungenschaften in seinem Antlitz sich ausprägen. Dadurch kann er frei und als einzelnes Individuum der Welt gegenübertreten. 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