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Aber ebenso wie es zum Beispiel magnetische Kräfte um uns herum gibt, ebenso gibt es auch die luziferischen. Sie reichen hinein aus dem Kosmos der Weisheit in den Kosmos der Liebe. Sie waren es, welche den Menschen begabten mit ihrer kleinen Weisheit, sie schufen die subjektive intellektuelle Weisheit des Menschen im Ich, das zunächst sozusagen imprägniert wurde. Diesem Ich war eine Selbstständigkeit gegeben, die ihm nur ziemte auf dem Kosmos der Weisheit, wenn diese liebeerfüllte Weisheit eine bestimmte Stufe erreicht hatte. So bekam das Ich eine Kraft, die es jetzt in Selbstständigkeit verwandeln soll.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":122,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1908-02-20/p032"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1908-02-20/p033","passage_number":33,"text":"Erst in dem Maße, als das Christusprinzip hervorleuchtete, wurde das Ich fähig, sich in Einklang zu versetzen mit allen Kräften seiner Umgebung auf der Erde. Bevor diese Annäherung an das Ideal des Christus erreicht ist, setzen sich immer wieder solche Wesenheiten fest im Menschen, welche die entgegengesetzte Kraft des Ich sind. Die Kraft ist eine trennende Kraft, welche das Ich zu früh abtrennen will. Gegen alles das, was die Menschen zusammenführt, führen die luziferischen Wesenheiten einen Kampf. Diese Kraft hat auch ihre gute Aufgabe, sie verhindert, dass die Menschen sozusagen in einen Urbrei von Liebe zusammenfallen. Ebenso wie die Menschen auf die Liebe vorbereitet sein mussten, mussten sie früher auf die Weisheit vorbereitet werden. So ist dies luziferische Prinzip als das Prinzip der Erleuchtung, der Selbstständigmachung anzusehen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":127,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1908-02-20/p033"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1908-02-20/p034","passage_number":34,"text":"Nun haben wir die zwei Kräfte, welche nach zwei verschiedenen Richtungen hin die Menschheit leiten, und damit haben wir auch das Prinzip des selbstständigen Ich, das aus diesem Kampf heraus sich festigt. Ohne diese Selbstständigkeit wäre die Liebe nicht möglich, ohne diese Selbstständigkeit wäre der Ursprung des Bösen nicht möglich; die Liebe macht das Böse nötig. Und daher kommt das Prinzip der Liebe, welches herrührt von den Geistern der Liebe, und das Prinzip der Weisheit, welches herrührt von den Geistern der Weisheit, welche beide uns von Seele zu Seele, Geist zu Geist, Ich zu Ich führen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":96,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1908-02-20/p034"},{"locus":"GA 68a/1908-02-20/p035","passage_number":35,"text":"Auf dieser geistigen Tatsache beruht das Böse. Mit der Möglichkeit der Liebe war die Möglichkeit des Bösen gegeben. Nur dadurch, dass der Gott der Erde der Gott der Liebe ist und die Wesen selbstständige Ichmenschen wurden, nur dadurch war der Ursprung des Bösen möglich. Die Liebe machte das Böse möglich. Erst durch die luziferischen Kräfte gelangt der Mensch zur freien Liebe und zur wahren Größe, und nur dadurch nimmt er die Kräfte des Bösen in sich auf. Die Kraft der Liebe muss die ganze Erde durchdringen, muss das Böse überrungen, sozusagen bekehrt haben am Ende der Erdenlaufbahn. Wir sehen ein, dass es ein Gutes ist, was der Mensch dem Bösen verdankt, er verdankt dem Bösen die Freiheit. So ist im Luzifer-Prinzip, in dem der Ursprung des Bösen liegt, auch der Ursprung der Freiheit und damit die Möglichkeit der Entwicklung der Liebe gegeben.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":142,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1908-02-20/p035"}],"beads":[{"from":[25],"to":[30],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"proposed"},{"from":[26,27],"to":[31],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"},{"from":[28,29,30],"to":[32,33,34,35],"confidence":"high","pairing_state":"verified"}],"note":"Paired by the paragraph aligner; each language numbers its own paragraphs. A bead at either end of the span can carry text beyond it (the `from` numbers show what each bead covers)."}}