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Das Staubgeborene ist nichts anderes als die in der Materie sich inkarnierende und wieder aus ihr herausstrebende Gottheit. Wir haben es hier zu tun mit etwas, was nicht nur ein Abfallen, sondern ein Opfer ist. Die Gottheit selbst gießt sich aus, um wieder erlöst werden zu können. Dieses Abfallen wird uns dargestellt. Die Schlange ist nichts anderes als das Gegenbild der Gottheit, sie ist die Gottheit in anderer Gestalt. Deshalb ist die Schlange in allen Religionen das Symbol für den Initiationsvorgang. Er besteht darin, dass der Mensch nicht nur erkennt, sondern dass er erkennend die Materie erlöst vom bloßen Materiesein, dass er aus der bloßen Materie heraus den Geist gebiert. 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