{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 57/1909-05-06/p009","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"More to the North, in Scandinavia and Northern Russia, we find the Trottic Mysteries, founded by the Initiate who is known as Sieg, or Siegfried: Sikke. All the Siegfried myths are to be traced back to this being. These Northern Mysteries are characterised by a principle that is really common to all the Mysteries, but which here for the first time is clearly emphasised. Let me explain this principle by means of a comparison.—Think of the human being as he stands before us in life, with his head, hands, feet and other members. And now, if we imagine him without one of these members, he is no longer a whole man. Think of the most important organs, the heart, the stomach and others. Each one of these organs contributes to human life and serves its needs. The fact that these organs work together makes it possible for a soul to live and develop in the body of man. The soul lives in a physical body which is a unit composed of many members. This suggests that wherever a dwelling place has to be found for a human soul, or for a higher being, single members must be working together, each one of them carrying out their particular functions. And so even in the ancient Northern Mysteries it was realised that something can be accomplished if a number of men are gathered together and each individual is allotted a special and definite task. One man, for instance, may resolve to develop principally the thinking faculty, another the power of feeling, a third the power of will. 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Nehmen wir die wichtigsten Glieder: Herz, Magen, die jedes einzeln ein gewisses Teil beitragen zum menschlichen Leben und ihren Dienst tun müssen. Nur durch das Zusammenarbeiten dieser Glieder ist die Möglichkeit gegeben, daß in dem menschlichen Leib eine Seele lebt und sich entwickelt. Die Seele lebt in einem physischen Leibe, der eine Versammlung ist von vielen Gliedern. Daraus gewinnen wir die Anschauung, daß überall da, wo die Menschenseele oder ein höheres Wesen leben soll, einzelne Glieder zusammenwirken müssen, von denen jedes einzelne seinen Dienst tun muß. So finden wir schon in den nordischen Mysterien die Anschauung, daß man innerhalb der Menschenwelt dieses zum Ausdruck bringen kann, daß man eine Versammlung von Menschen bilden kann, so daß jeder einzelne eine gewisse Aufgabe übernimmt. Sagen wir zum Beispiel, ein Mensch übernimmt es, in sich besonders die Denkfähigkeit, ein anderer die Gefühlskraft, ein dritter die Willenskraft auszubilden. 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