XXV. On the Apocalypse I

GA 90a/1904-05-21/p018 ·1904-05-21 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.

The Luciferic beings could not participate in the development of the 'I', only in the astral body. So the effect of the Luciferic beings came into that. They gave the astral body independence, but also the possibility of falling into evil. In this way, the beings of Lucifer undergo a certain development. They make up in the astral body of man what they missed on the moon and achieve what they should have achieved there. They can vicariously experience in man what they missed on the moon. They advance with us. When the Earth unites with the Sun, there will be such Luciferic beings who will unite with the Sun with it. And so, by working on the sublimation of his instincts, man can redeem Lucifer. But only to the extent that he allows himself to be redeemed. There will be those who resist, who during their time on Earth remain in the state in which they were when they came to Earth. They will be cast out and appear as the evil astral world. There emerges the group of Luciferian entities that did not want to come any further. The old serpent is cast out, and the first of the dragons emerges. When the earth enters the sun, it is what is left behind.

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