{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 68b/1907-10-31/p054","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"So man's entire physical nature was not there at all. It formed in the first place [as a small, tiny thing] within the spiritual, etheric [and astral], and] what now detached itself from the etheric and astral and back, was doomed, it began to develop in a descending direction, [and became the lowest living creatures]. But what was seized by the forces of the etheric and astral bodies developed higher. [Something detached itself from the animal], step by step, until [the stage was reached where] today's man was present; he left beings everywhere in his wake, as a result of the [developmental] steps he has taken. The simplest being that one sees today, which is said to be the progenitor [of humanity], is only a side branch [of human development].","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"32. 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