{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 93a/1905-10-30/p023","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"In the Middle Ages the alchemist tried to make use of these spirits. Goethe knew this very well; Faust wished to have fire air; this was to be produced by the salamanders which have their body on the astral plane. Thus we have around us beings who actually have their consciousness in fire, to whom we cause pain when fire is kindled, for by so doing we actually cause a certain alteration in the body of the being in question on the astral plane. When one kindles fire one alters this astral being. In the same way when one brings about alterations in other spheres of the elements and the forces of Nature one alters something in these astral beings. When we do this or that we are continuously peopling the astral plane. If we think these thoughts through clearly, we have the meaning of church ritual: that is, not to make use of any kind of substances on the physical plane, except such as have meaning, whereby meaningful beings arise on the astral plane. When for instance one kindles the smoke of incense one does something which has purpose; one burns a particular substance and creates beings of a particular kind. When one passes a sword through the air in four directions one creates a definite kind of being.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"Lecture XXVII","site_heading":"The Three Logoi and Creation of Consciousness","site_heading_note":"A heading the site wrote for this unit from a summary of it; not in the edition, and not the words of Rudolf Steiner or of the translator. 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Wir bevölkern den Astralplan fortwährend mit Wesenheiten, indem wir dies oder jenes tun. Denken wir uns diesen Gedanken klar aus, dann haben wir den Sinn der kirchlichen Zeremonie: nämlich nicht beliebige Dinge vorzunehmen auf dem physischen Plan, sondern solche, die sinnvoll sind, wodurch sinnvolle Wesenheiten auf dem Astralplan entstehen. Wenn man zum Beispiel mit Weihrauch räuchert, macht man etwas Planvolles; man verbrennt bestimmte Stoffe und schafft Wesenheiten von einer bestimmten Sorte. Wenn man ein Schwert nach vier Seiten durch die Luft führt, schafft man ein bestimmtes Wesen. Ebenso der Priester, wenn er bestimmte Handbewegungen macht bei bestimmten Lauten, wie zum Beispiel bei 0, i, u, verstärkt durch die Wiederholung: Dominus vobiscum. Der Klang ist regelmäßig angeordnet, die Luft wird in bestimmte Erschütterungen gebracht, die dadurch verstärkt werden, daß man bestimmte Handbewegungen macht, und es wird eine Sylphe hervorgerufen. Auch Zeichen, Griff und Wort der Freimaurer bringen bestimmte Gebilde hervor, die eine Gesetzmäßigkeit in der physischen Welt ausdrücken. 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