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Im unteren Devachan findet er die Ichs der Pflanzen als seine Genossen; da kann er die Pflanzenwelt verändern. Auf diese Weise wirkt er selbst mit an der Umgestaltung der Erde.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":82,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/95/1906-08-26/p011"},{"locus":"GA 95/1906-08-26/p012","passage_number":12,"text":"Mithin ist es der Mensch selbst, der die großen Veränderungen der Erde vollbringt; er arbeitet selbst an dem Antlitz der Erde. Den so ganz veränderten Schauplatz bei seiner neuen Inkarnation hat der Mensch selbst bewirkt. Aber diese Arbeit verrichtet er unter der Leitung und Führung höherer Wesen. Es ist also durchaus wahr, wenn wir im Hinblick auf die Tier- und Pflanzenwelt, die sich fortwährend verändert, sagen: Das ist das Werk der Verstorbenen. Die Toten arbeiten an der Umgestaltung der Fauna und Flora, ja selbst an der Umwandelung der physischen Formen der festen Erde. Erdenarbeit ist Totenarbeit. 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