{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 97/1907-03-17/p024","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Before the Christian era, Initiation took place in such a way that the disciple was first prepared for everything which Mystery Teaching was able to give, until he reached the point where he was familiar with all the concepts and ideas, all the habits and feelings which are needed for living and perceiving in the higher worlds. This was followed by what was designated as the Awakening, which lasted for three and a half days and three nights. This consisted of a process whereby, through the skill of the Temple-Priest, the human being was artificially placed in a condition resembling death, for three and a half days. Whereas, normally the physical and etheric bodies remain connected during sleep, the initiating priest now drew out, during this space of time, the etheric body of the disciple about to be initiated, so that only a very loose connection existed between the etheric and physical body, on the one hand, and the remaining two bodies, on the other hand. It was a deep, trance-like sleep. The Ego of the man lived in the higher worlds, during this period of time. As the disciple had been given a knowledge of the higher worlds, he now felt at home there. The Priest was his guide. First of all, the Priest had to free the etheric body from the lethargic physical body, in order to lead it out of the physical body; in a fully-conscious state, the human being would never have been able to rise to these higher worlds ; it was necessary for him to be lifted out of such a state. Although the experiences which a human being passed through in such a process, were sublime and overpowering, he was nevertheless entirely in the hands of the Priest; he was under the power of another, and only under these conditions was he able to enter the higher worlds.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"The Sin Against the Holy Ghost and the Ideal of Christian Grace","site_heading":null,"date":"1907-03-17","location":null,"word_count":315,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/97/1907-03-17/p024","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"not_established","translator":null,"identified_edition":"Singles","book_title":"The Christian Mystery","publisher":null,"publisher_inferred":false,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA097/English/Singles/19070317p01.html","evidence":null,"reason":"source_says_translator_unknown","note":"The source page itself says the translator is unknown. 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Während sonst im Schlaf physischer und Ätherleib verbunden bleiben, wurde dem Einzuweihenden für diese Zeit der Ätherleib durch die Kunst des initiierenden Priesters herausgehoben aus dem physischen Leibe, so daß nur eine lose Verbindung zwischen dem physischen Leib und den andern Leibern bestand. Es war ein tiefer Tranceschlaf. Das Ich des Menschen lebte während dieser Zeit in den höheren Welten. Da man dem Schüler ein Wissen von der höheren Welt gegeben hatte, kannte er sich dort aus. Der Priester leitete ihn. Erst mußte der Priester den Ätherleib von dem lethargischen physischen Leib befreien, um den Schüler in die geistigen Welten hinauszuführen. Im vollbewußten Zustande hätte der Mensch in jene höheren Welten nie hinaufsteigen können. Er mußte aus diesem Zustande herausgehoben werden.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":209,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/97/1907-03-17/p015"},{"locus":"GA 97/1907-03-17/p016","passage_number":16,"text":"So großartig und gewaltig es war, was der Mensch da erlebte, er war doch ganz in der Hand des Priesters. Ein anderer herrschte über ihn, und nur um diesen Preis konnte er in die höheren Welten eindringen. Was er nach dieser Zeit war, können Sie sich vorstellen, wenn Sie bedenken, daß der Mensch bei dieser Gelegenheit sein Ewiges erleben konnte. Er war entledigt desjenigen Teiles der Endlichkeit, des physischen Leibes, den er nicht brauchen konnte, wenn er sich in den höheren Welten bewegen sollte. Aus diesem kam ein solcher Mensch als ein Wissender heraus, als ein solcher, der aus eigener Anschauung zeugen konnte von dem Siege des Lebens über den Tod. Das waren die Eingeweihten, die davon zeugen konnten. Es mußte der Ätherleib aus dem physischen Leib herausgehoben werden, um den Christos im Menschen zu erleben. Diese Eingeweihten konnten sagen: Ich habe es selbst erlebt, daß im Menschen vorhanden ist ein Teil, der ewig ist, der alle Verkörperungen überdauert. Ich weiß es, ich habe ihn selbst erlebt, diesen ewigen Wesenskern. - Um diesen Preis mußten sie in einen dreitägigen völligen Traumschlaf eingehen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":182,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/97/1907-03-17/p016"}],"english":["GA 97/1907-03-17/p024","GA 97/1907-03-17/p025"],"method":"length","confidence":"high","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":391,"en_words":496,"ratio":1.27,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"verified","verified":true,"evidence":["length","reader"],"reader_german":["GA 97/1907-03-17/p015","GA 97/1907-03-17/p016"],"reader_part":true},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.22,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":4694,"original_word_count":3850,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"not_established","translator":null,"identified_edition":"Singles","book_title":"The Christian Mystery","publisher":null,"publisher_inferred":false,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA097/English/Singles/19070317p01.html","evidence":null,"reason":"source_says_translator_unknown","note":"The source page itself says the translator is unknown. 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