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In the first lecture, the speaker tried to argue that the origin of legends and myths cannot be traced back to the personification of natural phenomena by the poetic fantasy of the people, as Ludwig Laistner had already suggested in “Riddle of the Sphinx” another explanation for the origin of certain myths, but that the strangely profound meaning of myths and legends point to regarding them as the symbolic expression of primal truths, which are intuitively recognized by primitive peoples themselves in images and symbols, and are also presented by the great teachers of humanity, who are initiated into the “primal secret teachings,” in images adapted to the understanding and character of the peoples of Asia, America, Africa and Europe. Thus, for example, we find the struggle of the higher nature with the lower, the spiritual battle of development, the primal fight, which takes place in the macrocosm as well as in the microcosm, and which the gods, that is, the beings who were the first to fight for spiritual development, fought in primeval times, is illustrated in the myths of the fight of the gods and heroes with the dragon. In the cycle of Teutonic myths we also find the fight against the dragon and the fight against the giants, the powers of the lower nature. For the warlike Germanic peoples, who regarded bravery as the highest virtue, the doctrine of the higher and lower self also found expression in the fact that the warrior who fell on the battlefield, elevated by his heroic death, moves up to Valhalla to meet his own higher soul, the Valkyrie, who comes to meet him. The speaker then expressed the view that the Theosophical Society in Europe had the primary task of working for an understanding of the great truths and beauties of the Germanic world of legends, as well as for a deeper understanding of the symbols of Christianity, since the forms of the Orient cannot be transferred to Europe without further ado. It must shine into the depths of the beautiful and true of the Germanic world of legends, which the great master Wagner artistically resurrected, and utilize it for her spiritualized conception of the world and life, as well as the primal truth of the Christianity brought to the Germanic world, which was destined to replace the old myths.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"18. 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Der theosophische Redner Dr. Rudolf Steiner hielt im Prinzensaale des Café Luitpold wieder zwei beifällig aufgenommene Vorträge über «Germanische und indische Geheimlehre» und über «Innere Entwicklung». Im ersten Vortrage suchte Redner die Ansicht zu vertreten, dass die Entstehung von Sagen und Mythen nicht auf die Personifizierung von Naturerscheinungen durch die dichtende Volksphantasie zurückzuführen sei, wie ja auch bereits Ludwig Laistner im «Rätsel der Sphinx» eine andere Erklärung der Entstehung gewisser Mythen nahegelegt habe, sondern dass der merkwürdig tiefe Sinn von Mythen und Sagen darauf hindeute, sie als den symbolischen Ausdruck von Urwahrheiten zu betrachten, die von den Naturvölkern selbst mehr intuitiv in Bildern, Symbolen erkannt, wie auch von den großen, in die « Urgeheimlehre» eingeweihten Lehrern der Menschheit in dem Verständnisse und der Eigenart der Völker Asiens, Amerikas, Afrikas und Europas angepassten Bildern dargestellt wurden. So finden wir zum Beispiel den sich im Makrokosmos wie im Mikrokosmos vollziehenden Kampf der höheren mit der niederen Natur, den geistigen Entwicklungskampf, den Urkampf, den in Urzeiten die Götter, das heißt die am frühesten um die geistige Entwicklung streitenden Wesen, gekämpft, in den Mythen vom Kampfe der Götter und Helden mit dem Drachen verbildlicht. Auch im germanischen Mythenzyklus finden wir den Drachenkampf und den Kampf mit den Riesen, den Mächten der niederen Natur. Für die kriegerischen germanischen Völker, die als höchste Tugend die Tapferkeit betrachteten, fand die Lehre vom höheren und niederen Selbst auch darin Ausdruck, dass der auf dem Schlachtfeld gefallene, durch den Heldentod erhobene Krieger nach Walhall hinaufzieht zur Walküre — seiner eigenen höheren Seele, die ihm entgegenkommt. Redner sprach sodann die Ansicht aus, dass die Theosophische Gesellschaft in Europa vor allem die Aufgabe habe, für das Verständnis der großen Wahrheiten und Schönheiten, die der germanischen Sagenwelt, wie auch anderseits für das tiefere Verständnis der Symbole des Christentums zu wirken, da die Formen des Orients nicht ohne Weiteres auf Europa übertragen werden können., Sie müsse hineinleuchten in die Urgründe des Schönen und Wahren der germanischen Sagenwelt, die der große Meister Wagner künstlerisch wieder erstehen ließ, und sie für ihre vergeistigte Welt- und Lebensauffassung verwerten, wie anderseits die Urwahrheit des der germanischen Welt gebrachten Christentums, das die alte Mythe abzulösen bestimmt war.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":361,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1906-04-22/p048"}],"english":["GA 68a/1906-04-22/p048"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":361,"en_words":418,"ratio":1.16,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","anchors","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.11,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":4086,"original_word_count":3694,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"The Essence of Christianity","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA068a/English/SOL2024/19060422p01.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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