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Es ist nichts anderes als eine uralte Initiationsurkunde darüber, wie man in Indien, in Mittelasien und in den iranischen Gegenden initiiert worden ist, wie man aufgestiegen ist zu den okkulten Erkenntnissen, sich angeeignet hat das höchste Wissen, wie man ein Eingeweihter, ein Sonnenläufer geworden ist, wo man eingeweiht worden ist bis zu dem, was man die Himmelfahrt nennt. Das stand in diesen Initiationsurkunden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":76,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/90a/1904-07-25/p003"},{"locus":"GA 90a/1904-07-25/p004","passage_number":4,"text":"Sie waren nicht in dieser oder jener Sprache geschrieben, sie waren sogar sehr selten überhaupt geschrieben. Aber aufbewahrt waren sie in einer unvergänglichen Sprache, in der gemeinsamen Sprache aller Okkultisten, in einer symbolischen Sprache. Um sie zu verstehen, müssen okkulte Studien gemacht werden. Diese Initiationsurkunden waren streng geheim gehalten durch die Jahrtausende herauf. Sie waren geheim gehalten sowohl von den Priestern Ägyptens wie auch von den Druidenpriestern in Europa. Das geschah auch deshalb, weil sie niemand etwas nützen konnten. Nur dem, der sie verstehen konnte, konnten sie etwas nützen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":89,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/90a/1904-07-25/p004"},{"locus":"GA 90a/1904-07-25/p005","passage_number":5,"text":"Nun spielte sich auf dem Schauplatz der Geschichte eine historische Tatsache ab, die wir Taufe, Leiden, Sterben und Auferstehung des Christus Jesus nennen. Diese äußerlich zum Ausdruck gekommene Tatsache ist zugleich eine mystische Tatsache. Sie ist etwas, was man als historische Tatsache nur verstehen kann, wenn man versteht, was diese bestimmte Einweihung ist, die in der Initiationsurkunde stand, von der ich gesprochen habe. Mit anderen Worten ausgedrückt, ist dasjenige, was sich in den Jahren 30 bis 33 abgespielt hat als das Leiden und Sterben Christi, etwas, was sich unzählige Male im Innern der Tempel abgespielt hat. Der Vorgang wurde zu einem typischen Bild für alle, nachdem jemand die Stufenreihe der Entwicklung auf ein äußeres Ereignis übertragen hatte.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":117,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/90a/1904-07-25/p005"},{"locus":"GA 90a/1904-07-25/p006","passage_number":6,"text":"Die ersten Lehrer des Christentums traten daher etwa in der folgenden Weise vor diejenigen hin, denen sie Unterricht geben wollten: «Für euch und um euretwillen hat sich ein großer geschichtlicher Prozess abgespielt. Dies könnt ihr aber nur verstehen, wenn wir euch das Leben im Innern der Tempel erzählen.» - Und nun erzählten sie ihnen predigtweise, wie man initiiert wird. 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