{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 95/1906-08-26/p013","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"All activity, all work, had its beginning at some time long ago. There were as yet no pyramids, not even any tools. Everything existed in the form given to it by gods, or, as materialists would say, by the forces of nature; and man was set into the midst of it all. Now, however, most of our surroundings are the work of man. Thus the Earth is always being transformed by man. This will go on increasingly, and what man cannot accomplish here, he carries out in the period between death and rebirth. Thus our own evolution is tied up with the changes of the whole Earth. The structure and evolution of the Earth are the work of men on higher planes, and the more highly man succeeds in developing himself, the more quickly and perfectly will the transformation of the physical Earth, and of its flora and fauna, advance. The more highly developed a man is, the longer is the time he can spend at work in the higher regions of Devachan. A savage sees little of it. In many stories and legends the human spirit—apparently childish but in reality inspired by lofty powers has given expression to these facts.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"5. Human Tasks in the Higher Worlds","site_heading":null,"date":"1906-08-26","location":null,"word_count":201,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/95/1906-08-26/p013","alignment_confidence":"medium","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"E.H. 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Der Bau und die Evolution der Erde ist die Arbeit des Menschen auf den höheren Planen, und je höher sich der Mensch selbst entwickelt, um so rascher und vollkommener schreitet die Umgestaltung der physischen Erde und der Fauna und Flora vorwärts. Je höher er entwickelt ist, desto länger hat er zu arbeiten in den höheren Partien des Devachan. Der Wilde hat noch wenig Einblick darin. 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