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The old myths and legends spoke in images, but the nature of these leads us to assume that there was a correct understanding of the spiritual hierarchies that brought about what our earth is today with man. Not a child's imagination, but only a primal wisdom could create such images. ...","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"56. Theosophy and the Bible","site_heading":null,"date":"1910-11-29","location":null,"word_count":178,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/68a/1910-11-29/p004","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:identity","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","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/SOL2024/19101129p01.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. The translator IS verified for this lecture: its own source names the translator (evidence: the lecture's page, rsarchive's lecture list, or the cover of the book it was published in), and that page's text was matched against this unit (see match_score and source_url). Cite the translator with confidence; attribute the publisher only as probable."},"edition_coverage":{"de":["original"],"en":["English"]},"available_versions":[{"lang":"de","edition":"original","edition_basis":null,"is_original":true,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1910-11-29/p004"},{"lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/68a/1910-11-29/p004","paragraph_aligned":true}],"record":{"record_type":"unknown","scope":"volume","note":"How this text was taken down (shorthand transcript, listeners' notes or manuscript) is not on record here. 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Der heutige Mensch der neuzeitlichen Bildung, namentlich wenn er recht gescheit ist, sagt: «Das sind die kindlichen Vorstellungen, die sich die früheren Menschen gebildet haben.» Vom Gesichtspunkte der okkulten Forschung und durch die Beobachtung der Akasha-Chronik bekommt man aber einen gewaltigen Respekt vor diesen alten Urkunden. Die alten Mythen und Sagen sprachen zwar in Bildern, aber die Art derselben bringt uns darauf, anzunehmen, dass eine richtige Erkenntnis da war von den geistigen Hierarchien, die das bewirkten, was heute unsere Erde mit dem Menschen ist. Nicht eine kindliche Phantasie, sondern nur eine Urweisheit konnte solche Bilder schaffen. ...","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":169,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/68a/1910-11-29/p004"}],"english":["GA 68a/1910-11-29/p004"],"method":"identity","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":169,"en_words":178,"ratio":1.05,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","meaning","audit"]},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.03,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":1718,"original_word_count":1664,"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/SOL2024/19101129p01.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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