Chapter XIX of the Crisis of Civilization

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Chapter XIX of The Crisis of Civilization

By Gennady Bondarev

Translation from the German

by Graham Rickett

[NOTE: This is Chapter Nineteen of the bookAnthroposophie auf der Kreuzung der okkult-politischen Bewegungen der Gegenwart(The Crisisof Civilizationin the English eition! "ritten by the R#ssian mining$engineer% sociologist% philosopher% an &nthroposophist Gennai' onare"

(Gennady Bondarevin an English transliteration!) onare" "as born in *+,- an "as the leaer of the R#ssian &nthroposophical .ociety in/osco" in late .o0iet times% "hen he "as repeately interrogate by the 1G) 2e escape these interrogations essentially #nharme% an he is

incline to attrib#te his escape to 3i0ine protection) 2o"e0er% he "as e4pelle from the 3ornach &nthroposophical .ociety in *++5% allegely#e to the p#blication of this book) $$ In this book he analy6es the c#lt#ral% political an economic planetary sit#ation from an &nthroposophical

point of 0ie") The "hole English translation (by Graham Rickett! is a0ailable (in a proofreaer7s spiral$bo#n eition% "itho#t ill#strations! fromNelson 8illbyat the 8ellspring ookshopin 9onon) The German eition is a0ailable from the 9ochmann erlag in asel; see thispagefor

onare"7s "orks a0ailable there) $$ E4cerpts from this book first appeare on the 888 in R#olf .aacke7s former "ebsite) 2is present"ebsites are&nthroposophie Online an anthroposophie)pl) $$ Robert /ason!

/anichaeism% Catholicism% Character from the no0el The

Master and Margaritaby /) #lgako0)@ /oreo0er% if someone oes not "ish to attain kno"lege of the mystery of

e0il in its concrete sense$s#persensible form% e0en "hen he has the best incenti0es to o so (=#ite apart from the people

"ho seek comfort in the ill#sion that they "ish to ha0e nothing to o "ith e0il $ e0en thro#gh cognition!% he "illne0ertheless pro0e to be an instr#ment of e0il to some egree)


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e0elopment) #t in this =#estion the paths of religion an science i0erge f#namentally an% in orer to #nite them

again% i)e) to interpret the content of religio#s traition scientifically% "e m#st again t#rn to spirit#al science% "hich

looks #pon this separation as eeply tragic) The saly inae=#ate res#lts to "hich science an religion ha0e come in the

=#estion of goo an e0il are a conse=#ence of it)

&nthroposophy is a irect s#ccessor of the octrine of goo an e0il "hich "as gi0en to the "orl by one of the

greatest leaers of h#manity $ /anes) In the thir cent#ry he fo#ne a small comm#nity in the Near East% an this

gre" gra#ally into a mighty spirit#al stream kno"n as /anichaeism) It seems that e0erything possible "as #nertaken

by the religio#s faiths to slaner /anichaeism $ an "ith great s#ccess) Contrib#ting to this "as the fact that the

orinary isciples of /anes often #nerstoo his teaching only s#perficially% beca#se its eep esotericism is e4pressein the form of pict#res)

/anichFism is base on a eeply significant legen) 8e "ill tell it in the 0ersion gi0en by R#olf .teiner) The legen

says that once the spirits of darkness wanted to stor the real of light! They succeeded in reaching the "oundary of

the real of light and wanted to con#uer it! But they could accoplish nothing! $ow they were to "e punished !!! "y the

real of light! But nothing evil e%isted in the real of light& only good! The deons of darkness could only have "een

punished with good! 'o what happened( !!! The spirits of the real of light took a portion of their real and i%ed it

into the aterial kingdo of darkness !!! Thus there arose within this real of darkness a sourdough as it were& a

ferent& which set the kingdo of darkness into a chaotic whirling dance& where"y it received a new eleent& naely

death! 'o that it continuously devours itself and thus "ears the seed of its own destruction within itself (No0) **% *+B%

G& +,!) The legen tells f#rther that thanks to this e0ent man appeare) &s the first man (&am! it "as !!! he who had

"een sent fro the real of light to i% with the real of darkness and to overcoe through death all that should not

"e in the real of darkness) to overcoe it within hiself (ibi)!)

Th#s thro#gh the 0ery fact of his e4istence man is place before the task% not to eny e0il b#t to transform it into goo)

&ccoring to the /anichFan 0ie"% e0il is goo that "as p#t at the "rong time into the "rong place) 3ialectically

speaking "e ha0e here to o "ith the =#estion of the relationship bet"een content an form% "hich comes into

mo0ement by 0irt#e of the polarity) .pirit#al light or self$conscio#sness% the 7I7$conscio#sness as being% gi0es rise% in its

enco#nter "ith the realm of arkness% to a series of ifferent forms% comes to e4pression in a 0ariety of manifestations%

"itho#t 7committing7 itself to them finally% an o0ercomes them again an again% #ntil it has become ientical "ith the

form% has attaine 7agreement7 "ith itself% has arri0e at its o"n ientity an transforme the form (matter% arkness!

into p#re spirit (light!% so that the form of spirit#al selfhoo% the higher 7I7% is born)

This is the irection follo"e by the inner life of Christenom) It comes into mo0ement thro#gh the o0ercoming of its

o#ter forms (the religio#s faiths!) The point is not $ says R#olf .teiner $ to seek e#uality everywhere in the outer fors

of e%pression& "ut to sense the inner (Christian!strea of life that is there everywhere "eneath the surface(Ibi)! &n

"hat can be fo#n beneath the s#rface of the ecclesiastical forms is the p#re content of Christianity) Occ#lt

Christianity% the Christianity of Ne" Testament times as a /ystery $ that is esoteric Christianity)


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highest 0eneration) [J There "ere Templars "ho e4perience #ring their initiation "hat the h#man so#l is capable of

e0en "hen it remains #nconscio#s) The initiate "ecoes aware of this and tries to overcoe what otherwise reains in

the su"conscious!!! he saw those huan forces which strive to lead "ack to the old heathendo& to worship what the

pagans worshipped and to scorn Christian progress! These people knew how the huan soul can succu" to such

teptations& "ecause they had to overcoe the consciously!Dhilip I) ha kno"lege of these e4periences thanks to

his ahrimanic initiation thro#gh gol (.eptember % *+*-% G& *K*!) [J To this ay the r#mo#r is circ#late that the

Templars "orshippe aphomet) #t R#olf .teiner e4plains that aphomet *is+ a "eing of the ahrianic world who

appeared to people when they were "eing tortured!(Thro#gh the tort#ring of the Templars! this was cunningly ade to

happen! They "rought "ack with the any visionary e%periences when they returned to consciousness (G& ,BBa% p)

*,B!)@ They are all o"literated fro the physical plane$ says R#olf .teiner $ "ut their inner life works on! ,ater theantithesis is e%pressed in a weakened& yet still powerful for in two streas& "oth "orn of an occidental culture as

esuitis !!! and .reeasonry !!! These are the offspring of the old spiritual streas! That is why you have in esuitis

and .reeasonry a continuation of the sae initiation cereonies as in the old streas !!! They run parallel to one

another "ut follow #uite different directions(Ibi)!)

In pre0io#s chapters "e spoke a great eal abo#t the present relationships bet"een the streams mentione here% so that

no" the =#estion that remains to be consiere is that concerning the p#rely esoteric fo#nations of the battle bet"een

the "orl po"ers an bet"een those "ho accompany them) & /anichFan legen pro0ies the key% b#t it nees a

spirit#al$scientific interpretation)

The 8orls of Goo an E0il

One of the most important re=#irements of the spirit#al$scientific metho of cognition is that all phenomena sho#l be

obser0e in their e0elopment) The teaching of the e0ol#tion of the "orl an of man forms the basis of the

anthroposophical metho of cognition) &s this is o#r starting$point% "e o#ght to act accoringly) #t as "e are

restricte to one chapter "e "ill e4press a n#mber of post#lates only aiti0ely% as information (i)e) not organically!%

an occasionally make #se of iagrams) The latter are in any case commonly #se an they can be 0ery ifferent) .ome

e0en ser0e as meitati0e form#lae)

&nthroposophy speaks of the e0ol#tion of "orl an man as a process of global transformations% in the co#rse of "hich

the manifeste conitions (/an0antaras! are follo"e by a general spirit#ali6ation of all e4istence (in Dralaya!) 2ereone is ra"ing on traitional esoteric octrine% "hich has been kno"n in East an 8est for more than a milleni#m)

8ithin the frame"ork of o#r cycleof e0ol#tion ("e can 0ie" it as a #nity if "e take acco#nt of the ancient

Dythagorean school! in "hich the h#man being appears an rises to high le0els of perfection% "orl e0ol#tion passes

thro#gh seven/an0antaras or planetary aeons% as they are also calle) In chapter * they "ere referre to "itho#t

f#rther e4planation #ner their traitional names of Ol .at#rn% Earth% ?>R#olf .teiner escribes

"orl e0ol#tion in etail in his book /ccult 'cience& an /utline@ In the co#rse of each aeon man attains a certain le0el

of conscio#sness) Th#s on Ol .at#rn% for instance% he ha an 7#nconscio#s all$conscio#sness7; on Earth "e ac=#ire the

ob'ecti0e% "aking% thinking conscio#sness; in the f#t#re aeons man "ill ascen to three le0els of ini0i#al s#per$

conscio#sness)

There #nfol in the "orl a m#ltiplicity of ifferent le0els of being an of conscio#sness) et"een man an Go arefo#n $ p#rely spirit#al beings $ the 2ierarchies) They stan high abo0e man in e0ol#tion% an therefore take part in it

as creators) Their self$conscio#sness is cosmic% s#bstantial an isposes of immeiate creati0e po"er) There are nine

hierarchies% beginning "ith the angels an ascening to the .eraphim) Their names "ere alreay kno"n to Christian

Gnosis)

The i0ine act of creation thro#gh "hich the e0ol#tion of o#r cycle began m#st be imagine as proceeing from

absol#te #nity% "hich has fo#n e4pression in all monotheistic an monistic 0ie"s right #p to the present ay) In

Christian Gnosis ("e sho#l not at all consier it to be a heretical teaching if "e "ish to be fact#al! Go is

sim#ltaneo#sly one an three in one% "hich "e sho#l #nerstan to mean that 2e is one in 2is hien nat#re; an in

re0elation% "hen 2e t#rns to the act of creation of the ne" cycle (of the "orl!% he is tri#ne)

O#r cycle iffers principally from all others in that here absol#te being confronts itself (in #nity! for the first time) &nman appears as a ne" creation originally at the bo#nary of the m#t#al confrontation of being an non$being% of

8orl$7I7 an 8orl$non$7I7) This is the act#al nat#re of the principal la" of the emergence of o#r 7I7$conscio#sness) In

orer that it sho#l ac=#ire its main characteristics $ self$etermination% freeom of choice% freeom of "ill $% Go ha

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On an esoteric% occ#lt le0el "e sho#l #nerstan this to mean that the i0ine hierarchies% "hen they enter the

e0ol#tionary cycle% form relationships"hich% to the egree that they immerse themsel0es in the create "orl% ass#me

the character of polarities) .o that finally the "orl of 7seconary7 gos% the gos of the non$7I7$"orl% comes into

being% in "hich e0erything is only a mirror imageof the tr#e 3i0ine 8orl)

In the general "orl$pict#re% "here e0erything has an anthropocentric character (corresponing to the plan of o#r

e0ol#tionary cycle!% there stans o0er against the 3i0ine Trinity $ the realm of light $ the tri$#nity of the "orl of being

7other7) This is spoken of as the 7fallen7% the e0il "orl an it is $ as material cosmos $ also a #nity)

&nthroposophy pro0ies a eep an many$sie escription of the personifie str#ct#re of the "orl of not$7I7) In itso"n "ay it too consists of 7three hypostases7) In the i0ine all$#nity the three tr#e hypostases are oppose% not by a

onefol% b#t by a threefol e0il: three kins% as it "ere% of 7anti$i0ine7 beings: the l#ciferic% ahrimanic% an as#ric)


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permeate by the three hypostases of i0ine re0elation) &ll this can be #nerstoo as the totality of la"s etermining

e0erything that comes into being thro#gh e0ol#tion in time an space as a mirror$image of the 70essel7)

Th#s the material #ni0erse% the fo#r kingoms of nat#re% are a 7reflection7) They ha0e been in a escening mo0ement

since Ol .at#rn; they ha0e been falling a"ay from Go) 3#ring the Earth aeon this escent reaches its lo"est point%

its limit% an the process of ascent begins)

8e may concl#e from this that the e0ol#tion of man an the "orl takes place in t"o aspects sim#ltaneo#sly) In the

e4tra$temporal realm it has alreay come to completion% "hereas in time it has only reache the mi$point) This raises

many =#estions concerning the nat#re of time% of preestination% freeom etc) The a#thor aresses these in his "orkTriune Man of Body& 'oul and 'pirit in the ,ight of Anthroposophy% accoring to the metho e0elope by him) In the

present chapter "e can only refer to this)

8hat is escribe in the ible as the e4p#lsion from Daraise is the transition of man from the "orl of the n

re0elation to that of the ,r% "here he can e0elop freeom of the spirit) 8hoe0er is #n"illing to 0ent#re into the realm

of trials an of error cannot attain spirit#al freeom) &n in orer that h#man ees might not "ork too estr#cti0ely

for the higher "orl of being% for the higher harmony% o#r ense% lifeless shao"$"orl "as create% in "hich

e0erything higher e4ists only in its reflection% as a likeness)

#t "e sho#l not imagine that the polarity of t"o "orls $ that of being an that of non$being $ has only conitional

significance) The "orl of being$other has the potential "ithin it to cancel o#t the "orl of being% an become itself thesole reality) .omething of this kin co#l take place if the p#rposes of the realm of arkness are reali6e in the time

necessary to this realm% an not in the time necessary to the #ni0erse) If this "ere to come abo#t% then goo "o#l

transform into e0il) &n in orer that this sho#l not happen% the .on of Go escene into the "orl of self$

confrontation that ha been "ille by 2im% an change "ithin it the la" of escent% of materiali6ation% of the


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for the o0ercoming of "hich so m#ch effort has been e4pene) The falling back into gro#p$conscio#sness leas man

back into the grey istant past "hen he "as still at the stage of animal$man) On this path nothing b#t the gra0est perils

a"ait him)

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The #pper path (sphere I! is for man the ieal an highest goal) 2ere he alreay stoo as Go7s creation an "as

eno"e by the spirits of form or Elohim "ith a spark of their fire) The 7I7 lit #p in him an man e4perience his

inepenence o#tsie the material boy) #t this conscio#sness of the higher 7I7 "as an ieal mirroring of the "orl$all%

an co#l not ser0e for cognition of the "orl) If man ha remaine in this conition% the Elohim "o#l ha0e eno"e

him "ith a p#rely s#persensible form of conscio#sness$being corresponing to his nat#re) Instea of the skeletal

system% says R#olf .teiner% man "o#l ha0e ha Imagination) The spirits of mo0ement (3ynamis $ the hierarchy

abo0e the Elohim! "o#l ha0e gi0en him Inspiration instea of m#scles% an the spirits of "isom (1yriotetes!

Int#ition instea of the ner0o#s system (3ec) ,B% *+*% G& *,!) /an "o#l ha0e remaine a threefol cosmic being

e4isting in the three conitions of cosmic s#per$conscio#sness ("hich he is only no" beginning to e0elop an m#st

bring to completion in the coming aeons!) #t in this conition he "o#l ne0er ha attaine ini0i#al freeom% anhis high le0el of conscio#sness "o#l ha0e ha s#per$ini0i#al b#t gro#p$like traits) In other "ors% that lofty #nity

"o#l ne0er ha0e ifferentiate into the m#ltiplicity of ini0i#al 7I7s7 "hich etermines the original being of earth7s

h#manity) The original being an the self$conscio#sness "hich man possesses toay ha0e arisen o#t of the fact that

Go 2imself 7e4pelle7 him from that high sphere of being% from Daraise% an ga0e him the task of ret#rning to it as a

free spirit)

!) #t they ha0e

come into contraiction "ith the la"s of higher being an at some time in the past misse the opport#nity to e0elop

their 7I7$conscio#sness% so that they no" #se man to make #p for "hat they misse) Thro#gh their battle against the tr#e

gos a consoliation of spirit to the state of materiality is bro#ght abo#t; an an act#al s#b$physical realm is create in

"hich the ether$ an astral forces of the #ni0erse isintegrate) These beings kno" no bo#ns in their intentions) They

hope to 7ra"7 the entire #ni0erse across into their sphere an% as it "ere% t#rn it insie$o#t)

Initially it "as only gi0en to man to e0elop the principle of freeom in the right "ay% an it is the foremost task of o#rentire e0ol#tionary macro$cycle to create a hierarchy of freeom an lo0e) It "as for this reason that the Gos ecie

to ri0e man o#t into the material cosmos% "hereby they also bro#ght s#ffering #pon themsel0es) In this "ay a tragey

entere "orl$e0elopment) 1ou were "ought at a pricesays the &postle Da#l (*) Cor) K; ,!) &n R#olf .teiner says

.ree will on the one hand& the possi"ility to choose "etween good and evil& "etween the "eautiful and the ugly& "etween

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true and false& this free will on the one hand& and an apprehension of the divine so that it penetrates into our soul and

we know ourselves to "e inwardly filled& freely filled with the divine on the other hand& these are the two goals of

huan soul-developent on earth(A#ly *% *+*% G& *!) In orer to attain these% man recei0e t"o religio#s gifts)

One of them is intended to place into the huan soul the forces that lead to freedo& to the distinguishing "etween true

and false& "eautiful and ugly& good and evil (Ibi)!) This gift "as the


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behin at a still earlier stage that i the l#ciferic beings) They o#ght to ha0e attaine the le0el of archangels alreay in

the aeon of the Ol .#n% b#t faile to o so)

Th#s "e see that comple4 transformations in e0ol#tion% "hich "ere relate to the emergence of a ne" kin of self$

conscio#sness that "as also being elaborate by man% etermine the polarity of goo an e0il in the cosmos) 2ere one

sho#l bear in min that the (acti0ely! "illing 7I7$9ogos represents the most essential element in cosmic e0ol#tion)

There e4ist in the cosmos only beings eno"e "ith the 7I7) This 7I7 can be an ini0i#al or $ for a time $ a gro#p$7I7) In

the latter case being has a semi$ill#sory character) This is the most important tr#th of being% inepenent of any

confessional pre'#ice) 8e sho#l amit that the conitions in the "orl originate "ith the creator an not "ith man%

an that it is therefore better to recogni6e than to eny an falsify them)

E0erything in the "orl is etermine by the la"s of e0elopment) The la"s themsel0es are beings% hierarchies in their

rankan in their relationto each other (here lies the origin of the octrine of the categories!% "hereby their ees an

their m#t#al interaction are etermine) They are solely creati0e force of 7I7$conscio#sness) 2#man freeom also

e0elops in harmony "ith the higher la"s% since it is not arbitrary b#t the self$etermine conition of the ini0i#al

spirit) In orer to attain this% the relation bet"een s#b'ect an ob'ect has to arise "ithin the original #nifie "hole; the

s#b'ect m#st% in orer to become a s#b'ect% mirror itself in the ob'ect) &t a gi0en point in e0elopment this mirroring

relationship ass#mes the character of polarity an negation) & "orl arises in "hich the higher conition of

conscio#sness an being pre0ails thro#gh the negation of a lo"er) #t the antithesis remains basically ethical% beca#se

e0erything is oriente to"ars the f#t#re synthesis% to all$#nity $ the #nity of the entire m#ltiplicity of 7I7$

conscio#snesses) In aition to this the negation is enclose "ithin the innermost being of man; "here it has a perfectly

legitimate f#nction% for thro#gh it thinking arises)

The earthly h#man 7I7 arises thro#gh the combining of these ingreients: thinking% feeling an "illing) They all o"e

their genesis to the earthly e4istence of man: the higher ner0e acti0ity% the sensations an perceptions an a certain

#nconscio#s% instincti0e force $ the "ill) &ll three ingreients ha0e a positi0e an a negati0e pole: affirmation is

oppose by negation% a positi0e feeling by a negati0e one% constr#cti0e "ill is oppose by estr#cti0e "ill or absence of

"ill) &ll this has long been kno"n to the traitional sciences) .pirit#al science completes the pict#re by aing the

kno"lege of the personifiednat#re of all psychic an spirit#al manifestations of man $ his =#alities)

8hen physiology speaks of the ecay of ner0e s#bstance #ring the tho#ght process% &nthroposophy pro0ies in

aition the teaching of ahrimanic beings% of their goals an "orl$mission) 8hen psychoanalysis escribes the

7sl#ge7 in the so#l an the 0ario#s conf#sions arising in the h#man 7libio7% &nthroposophy places o0er against this theteachings of the 73oppelgPnger7$being "elling in the s#b$nat#re of man% an of reincarnation an karma)

The conitions pre0ailing in the cosmos re=#ire of man that he sho#l attain kno"lege of the "orl$battle "age by

the Gos against the l#ciferic an ahrimanic hores) In this battle the highest Go% "ho passe thro#gh eath on earth

an pointe the "ay to the final o0ercoming of the "orl$#alism of spirit an matter% is on the sie of man) #t man

can follo" Christ only in the 7I7% for 2e is the Go of the h#man 7I7) This means that% in his 7I7% "hich he li0es o#t in the

combine fac#lties thinking% feeling an "illing% the h#man being sho#l stri0e for the ieal of the higher life% "hich

brings not impo0erishment an loss b#t enhancement of self$conscio#sness an the "ealth of ini0i#al being)

On the path to higher stages of life hinrances are create by the l#ciferic an ahrimanic beings) &s "e ha0e alreay

mentione% they nee the h#man being% in orer to catch #p in their e0elopment) Th#s they initially f#rthere man7s

ini0i#ali6ation% his separation from the #ni0ersal$h#man) #t no" man7s task is not to follo" them any longer% b#t to

lea a strong% inepenent life in his 7I7 thro#gh o0ercoming them)

8hen 9#cifer an &hriman infl#ence h#man thinking% their aim is to aro#se the false con0iction that man in his inner

being is only contraictory% an that the contraictions cannot be resol0e) Th#s they in0ent% says R#olf .teiner%

tho#ght$combinations in the h#man so#l s#ch as: in tune& in harony with the infinite%etc) .#ch conceptions arise

"ecause in their souls huan "eings are too cowardly to face up to contradiction& and want to let ,ucifer-Ahrian

invent for the a harony with the infinite !!! To seek satisfaction in such a world-view is e#uivalent to tying a

"lindfold over one3s eyes! Today the huan "eing shies away fro looking at the ultiplicity of "attles that are fought

in spiritual reals (g) *% *+*K% G& *K-!)

8hen attacking man% 9#cifer approaches him from the sie of the "ill (from belo"! an &hriman from thinking (fromabo0e!)Ahrian continuously strives to ake an only into a head! ,ucifer seeks continuously to cut off an3s head

so that he cannot think at all& so that everything is diverted through the heart and streas out as warth& that he

overflows with world-love and pours out into the world as world-love& pours forth as a cosic fantasist (A#ly ,% *+*%

G& B!) 9#cifer is fon of pio#s so#ls "ho stri0e for the spirit% for the goo% b#t only o#t of egoism)$owhere does

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,ucifer intrude ore in our feelings $ R#olf .teiner says $ than where people are striving for the divine out of their

passions and desires (often c#nningly refine!without illuinating the divine with the light of knowledge (/ay *5%

*+*B% G& *B!)

Thinking has act#ally% if the h#man being tr#ly masters it an oes not merely #se stereotype phrases% the =#ality of

"ill) 2ere instincti0e "ill becomes conscio#s for the first time thro#gh the moti0e of an action% an then a ee

becomes o#r o"n) The 9#ciferic beings% ho"e0er% fetter the "ill that begins to free itself in man) They try to cast

unclarity over the huan "eing regarding the e%ercise of free will through aking hi into a good "eing! ,ucifer

wants actually to "ring a"out - says R#olf .teiner $%fro the point of view 5 a alluding to here& the good in an& the

spiritual! But he wants to ake it autoatic& without free will! The huan "eing is& so to speak& to "e autoaticallyraised to clairvoyance according to good principles& "ut the luciferic "eings want to ro" an of his free will (an

thereby!of the possi"ility for evil !!! *They+ have a strong interest in taking hold of an so that he cannot coe to free

(i)e) reasone!will& "ecause they did not achieve it theselves! .ree will can only "e attained on earth! But they want

to have nothing to do with the earth !!! They act in a highly spiritual anner& "ut they act autoatically - this is of

iense significance -& and they want to raise the huan "eing up to their own !!! spiritual height(Oct) +% *+*5% G&

*5!)

If "e take note of these "ors an think of all the moral sermons "ith "hich all the confessions thro#gho#t the "orl

"ish to eify #s% "e reali6e at once that the #topia of 1) .) /ereshko0sky "ill s#rely become social reality if people

are #n"illing to recogni6e in "hat times they are li0ing) 8here the l#ciferic beings once ga0e man the imp#lse to

freeom% they no" o the e4act opposite) The reason for this is profo#n% for they remaine behin in the aeon of the

Ol /oon% "hen man i not yet ha0e an 7I7) The highest member of his re0eale e4istence "as the astral boy) &t that

time they "ere not yet permitte to "ork #pon it; b#t in the earth aeon they may) 2ere% ho"e0er% man is e0eloping the

ini0i#al 7I7% "hich is "orke #pon abo0e all by the higher spirits; an thro#gh the 7I7 they then "ork f#rther on to the

astral boy an effect "ithin it a catharsis)


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"orl life $ as R#olf .teiner remarks) 2e "as banishe to the earth kingom% "hich lies bet"een the angel an

animal$kingoms) Emphasi6es form an la"

* of


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> 2e ra"s #p"ars% into the neb#lo#s% mystical > Dromotess peantry an philistinism

> 2as ascetic contempt for the earthly > Dromotes gro#p$like emotions> 9o0es ro#tine an likes to "ork into the s#bconscio#s

acti0ity

> Is re0ol#tionary> Is conser0ati0e an "ants to remain in the present

moment

> Robs man of a gen#ine conscio#sness an harmony "ith the

o#ter "orl> Dromotes lies% clichQs an ieologies

> Dromotes h#nger for kno"lege > ses kno"lege to achie0e "hat is esire

eca#se 9#cifer an &hriman complement one another in comple4 interaction% they infl#ence man an bring abo#t in

him a "hole system of one$sie patterns of beha0io#r% a precise system% for other"ise sciences s#ch as psychology

an psychiatry "o#l not be possible% an moral e#cation co#l not be combine in one system) &nthroposophy

iffers from c#rrent sciences of the so#l only in that it takes acco#nt of real spirit#al beings "ho "ork #pon the so#l)

8e "ill borro" '#st one e4ample from R#olf .teiner% sho"ing the la"s that apply in the sphere of temptation) 2e

speaks in one lect#re of the angers to "hich moern man is e4pose if he confesses one$siely to either the

materialistic or the iealistic "orl$0ie") 8hen this is the case the follo"ing comple4 of reciprocal relationships

arises:

5dealists2Thinking and imagining can easily "ecoe luciferic) dreaers& fantasists&

enthusiasts!

Willcan easily "ecoe ahrianic) despotic& tyrannical!

Materialists

2

Thinking, imaginingcan easily "ecoe ahrianic) so"er& philistine& dry& "ourgeois!

Will can easily "ecoe luciferic) anialistic& greedy& nervous& sensitive& hysterical 6March 78& 9:9:& GA

9:;

8hen "e th#s percei0e the nat#re of the spirit#al forces that "ork co#nter to the e0elopment of the personality% "e

penetrate to the archetypal phenomenon of all that fins its manifol e4pression toay in po"er$str#ct#res in theconfessions% in s#b$c#lt#re% in social organi6ations an finally in occ#ltism) Then "e begin to #nerstan the primary

so#rce of toay7s crisis of ci0ili6ation in its f#ll epth: "hy politics has become occ#lt an inh#mane% "hy religions

estrange man from the "orl% "here the geni#ses of pop$c#lt#re originate% an "hy so terrible a battle has er#pte for

the ensla0ement of h#man self$conscio#sness)

On the one han all this has to be% for thro#gh opposing Go man becomes a free spirit) On the other han% beca#se 7I7$

conscio#sness is alreay e0elope% man m#st #se this capacity in the task of reconciliation "ith Go% an lea his

forces along the path of higher e0elopment) The 7proigal son7 sho#l ha0e ret#rne to his spirit#al home long ago an

sho#l kno" e4actly ho" this is achie0e) 2e sho#l kno" that for a long time to come he "ill be staning bet"een

the l#ciferic an ahrimanic forces "hich he is not permitte to ignore% eliminate or con=#er% b#t "hich he m#st learn to

lea to mutual cancellation) That is the metho to #se in the battle "ith e0il) It is base on the contin#o#s

enhancement of the principle of ini0i#ality% of self$conscio#sness)

It is of cr#cial importance for #s to kno" that &hriman7s infl#ence on man in o#r epoch is angero#s only "hen the

conscio#sness is ist#rbe in any "ay) .o long as the conscio#sness is clear an alert% is not arkene by lies% r#gge

by s#b$c#lt#re or #nermine by occ#lt practices% asceticism an fear $ then neither &hriman nor 9#cifer can harm

man) On the contrary% the a#tonomo#s h#man spirit is strengthene thro#gh confronting them)

It is angero#s% inee fatal% for the h#man being if he oes not kno" "hat ark spirit#al forces approach him% "hen

9#cifer is conf#se "ith Go an &hriman "ith 9#cifer) The a0ersaries kno" the forces "hich enable man to b#il a

trinity on the earthly plane% an they 0eil this secret from him completely% for its re0elation ena"les huanity to

achieve the state of "alance "etween ahrianic and luciferic powers (No0) *% *+*+% G& *+! an ne#trali6e them)

R#olf .teiner emboie the secret of the mystery$battle of goo an e0il in the gro#p 7The Representati0e of /an7

(see fig)!) The central fig#re is Christ as he appears toay to the h#man so#l "ho rises to perception of the etheric

forces) The so#l then percei0es ho" Christ hols &hriman back in the sphere of the mineral forces (the gest#re of the

right han!% an irects him to his realm of meas#re% n#mber an "eight) 8ith the gest#re of the left han Christ keeps

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9#cifer back from the fall into arkness% an thereby opens #p for him the possibility of sal0ation (the fig#re of 9#cifer

e4ternally remins one of the ear $ he has a special relation to the sense of hearing!) In the central area of the gro#p

9#cifer an &hriman appear in their cosmic antithesis)


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The organs of the boy are connecte "ith the planetary system) &t the beginning of the Earth aeon there "as inee a

7primal neb#la7) /aterially it consiste only of "armth% "hich "as permeate by a #nifie etheric$astral formation% an

this constit#te the /acro$&nthropos "hich ha passe o0er from the conition of the Great Dralaya to the

/an0antara) 8hat separate o#t as planets from this formation% let #s say the 7first &am7% "ere% in a manner of

speaking% macrocosmic inner organs) &gainst this backgro#n astrology% follo"ing the ancient forms of the art of

healing% brings the inner organs of moern man in relation to the planets) O#r organs are inee the microcosmic

e4pression of the planets: the heart that of the s#n% the li0er that of A#piter etc) #t this relation goes f#rther% on to the

fi4e stars "hence the 7primal neb#la7% as it is calle% originates) It "as on this macro$le0el that goo an e0il came into

m#t#al opposition as a res#lt of the separation of the hierarchies)

.#ch is% in 0ery broa terms% the phenomenology of the 8e #se the term 7archetypal image7

(rbil! in the Goethean sense)@ This% ho"e0er% "as in its beginnings s#ch that all the planets e4isting toay "ere

containe in it as in a single hea0enly boy) It e4tene% accoring to the inications of R#olf .teiner% beyon the

present orbit of .at#rn) #t this hea0enly boy "as more etheric than material) It consiste of etheric atoms%

comparable to the #st particles in a #st$clo#) In s#persensible 0ision one co#l recogni6e in these atoms the h#man

being of toay enclose "ithin them) 8e ha0e something similar to this in a see in "hich imaginati0ely is containe

the f#t#re plant that can arise o#t of it (Aan) K% *+B5% G& *B!)

The originally etheric$astral formation "as s#rro#ne by the "orking of higher astral "or$forces) In this sense it "as

reminiscent of the 7yolk7 in the 7egg7 of "orl being)


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The three boies of man $ physical% etheric an astral $ ha at the beginning of the earth$aeon to be bro#ght into a

partic#lar m#t#al relationship in orer to be able to recei0e the 7I7 into themsel0es)


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&s man passe thro#gh the e0ol#tion of species% he gra#ally arri0e at the stage of animal$man) The cartilagino#s

spinal col#mn e0elope an he co#l propel himself for"ar in the "ater like a fish) Only in the transition from

9em#rian to &tlantean times "hen the continents forme i man ac=#ire the #pright post#re) Th#s his archetypal

image ret#rne to its correct position% b#t only organically) Its s#pports% its 7pillars7% change =#alitati0ely) 7oas7

became the 7tree of eath7 instea of the 7tree of life7; it represente the principle of the bl#e bloo in man) 7Hakin7

correspone to the re bloo) Together they forme the basis of h#man life on earth)

The Rosicr#cian legen tells that .eth "as allo"e to enter Daraise) There he behel the t"o trees an from them took

three sees "ith him to earth) 2e lai them in the mo#th of the ea &am an a mighty tree gre" from his gra0e) It

raiate a fiery glo" "hich took on the form of t"o letters: H an $ the initial letters of 7Hakin7 an 7oas7) O#t of thistree t"o pillars an a cross$beam (/! "ere mae% "hich later forme the entrance to .olomon7s temple) The 9e0ites

thre" the pillars into the pool of ethesa% "hich thereby recei0e healing po"ers) &t the time of Christ the pillars

"ere taken o#t of the pool an place o0er the brook of 1eron) Christ "alke across them "hen 2e "ent to the

/o#nt of Oli0es) 9ater it "as mae into the cross of Golgatha)

In the ible the t"o pillars 7Hakin7 an 7oas7 come to e4pression thro#gh Cain an &bel) &bel enotes that stage of

h#man e0elopment "hen man "as still close to Go% Cain the stage "hen man began to act o#t of free "ill an "as

th#s also capable of e0il) &bel also signifies "isom% b#t it is the tribal archetypal "isom "hich is passe on thro#gh

the bloo) Cain% on the other han% means strength; that strength "hich is "on on the ini0i#al spirit#al path of

e0elopment) &bel is a priest% Cain a master b#iler) et"een them stans .eth; this fig#re e4presses the piety that is to

#nite "isom an strength% the hea0enly an the ini0i#al% c#lt#s an cognition) .eth correspons to the connecting

beam that rests on the pillars: the principle of piety% lo0e an bea#ty) Christ raises the beam o#t of the 7"ater7 $ of the

astral plane $ an crosses the brook (the path to the higher "orls! to"ar sacrificial eath on Golgatha) Christ7s

sacrifice #nites the three col#mns of strength% bea#ty an "isom into one $ the threefol h#man spirit consisting of

.pirit /an (&tma% 7oas7!% the 9ife .pirit (#hi% 7Hakin7! an the .pirit .elf (/anas% /! (G& -% p) ,$,*!)

In other "ors% after the /ystery of Golgatha the h#man archetypal image fins its s#pport in the tri#ne nat#re of the

h#man spirit% "hich "as create by the hierarchies in the co#rse of the last three aeons% an "hich% no" that it is

eno"e "ith the 7I7% gra#ally becomes the ini0i#al h#man spirit) The 7I7 lights #p in the threefol so#l% so that man

is enable% thro#gh the force of the Christ$imp#lse% to e0elop the threefol so#l on the planetary% macrocosmic le0el

"ith their help% an transform the threefol boy into the threefol spirit)

Th#s "e see that man passe thro#gh the


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artistically in The 'trange Case of >r! ekyll and Mr! 4yde) It concerns the phenomenon of the o#ble) I0an

1arama6o0 "as plag#e by it; the R#ssian a#thor Gogol also s#ffere from it to"ars the en of his life)@ #t if the

ganglion system cannot master the 7I7 any longer (e)g) #ner magnetic infl#ence% or nat#rally!% the freeing of the 7I7

sho"s itself in the phenomenon of somnamb#lism)

5n our huan nature $ concl#es R#olf .teiner $ any things have to "e fettered! 5n a certain way we are of the devil&

and only the supervision of the divine-spiritual powers who have undergone a regular developent through 'aturn&

'un and Moon evolutions& who have fettered the devil in us - only thanks to this are we to any e%tent decent huan

"eings - soething to which we are not specially inclined& as a result of the various teptations(Ibi!)

This concl#sion is harly comforting) #t if this "ere not the case% co#l man inee o so m#ch e0ilMS 2o"e0er% let

#s not forget that he has a higher nat#re too) 2e sho#l arrange his earthly e4istence $ from health an hygiene to the

entire e#cational system $ in accorance "ith this) &n #ltimately s#ch an organi6ation prepares the gro#n for the

social str#ct#re "hich% "ere it to be reali6e% "o#l contrib#te significantly to a restraining of the lo"er h#man nat#re)

8e refer to social threefoling% the complete separation an inepenent co$e4istence of the economic% '#icial an

spirit#al spheres of life) In s#ch an orering of society the h#man l#st for po"er "hich gi0es rise to #nspeakable misery

co#l be hel in check% an other ab#ses too)

#t% on the "hole% life is so arrange that neither Cain may kill &bel% nor &bel Cain) /an o"es the fact of his e4istence

to the presence of e0il) Cain is that part of h#man nat#re "hich resists the forces of inheritance that forme &bel) &n

the h#man 7I7 "ill% for a long time to come% rebel against e0erything of a gro#p$so#l% half$conscio#s% a#thoritariannat#re% an against the bloo$ties)And a an3s foes shall "e they of his own household(/atthe" *B;,-! #ntil it fins

the strength to remain #pright "ithin the 7golen triangle7 of /anas% #hi an &tma% i)e) to ac=#ire mastery of the

three boies thro#gh the higher 7I7)

Inee% man has been ri0en o#t of the spirit#al sphere% being has been remo0e from his conscio#sness% b#t Christ

proffers him the fr#its of the 7tree of life7% an reconciles Cain an &bel) The ideas that coe directly out of the

spiritual world into the huan soul ust "e e%perienced - says R#olf .teiner! But they can only "e e%perienced when

the huan soul takes the Christ into itself! And then we have soething entirely different fro the concept of

knowledge) then we have the concept of life! 0hilst we ust watch ,ucifer and Ahrian very closely& as it were& so

that - when in the distant future they let knowledge penetrate us fro the outer world (thereby ca#sing the eath

process in the ner0es! $we see that they coe fro Ahrian and ,ucifer! 0e ust also "e clear that the Mystery of

Golgatha has "rought it a"out in the e%istence of an that ideas arise in huan "eings for the sake of life! $ot for thesake of ere knowing& "ut of life (No0) **% *+*% G& !)

#t the root of all e0il lies in the fact that the representati0es of religion ha0e eclare "ar on science% abo0e all

spirit#al science% &nthroposophy) They o not "ant to free themsel0es of original sin; they still want not only to appeal

to God who said to an2 4e will give the life& they should not eat of the 3Tree of ,ife3 theselves !!! "ut they also want

to appeal to the luciferic and the ahrianic spirit& and let their eyes "e opened through religionfor the distinguishing

"etween good and evil! ?eligion (as s#ch% i)e) not as a cree!wants to "e 3knowledge3! But that cannot "e& "ecause it is

life-su"stance (Ibi)!) The a0ersary po"ers insin#ate into the mins of the representati0es of religion the tho#ght of

taking #p arms against scientific an spirit#al$scientific kno"lege% i)e) to enlessly perpet#ate the fratricial "ar

bet"een Cain an &bel) #t only &nthroposophy can p#t an en to the e0il that has laste o0er millennia) Its imp#lse

would consist in e%periencing the unity of science& religion and art at @aster) and in e%periencing at Michaelas (from

.eptember +! how the Three - that have oneother& the @aster other -& how the Three "ecoe sisters& and stand

ne%t to each other& "ut copleent one another (&pr) % *+,% G& ,!) They are the herals of the Tri#ne .pirit of

Go% "ho "o#l become the ini0i#al spirit in man)

The 3i0ision of the .e4es

Of #ntol significance for the spirit#al ini0i#al e0elopment of the h#man being is the i0ision% bro#ght abo#t

thro#gh e0ol#tion% of the originally bi$se4#al (anrogyno#s! h#man being into t"o beings of ifferent se4es) The

esoteric epth of this phenomenon can harly be fathome properly any"here o#tsie of &nthroposophy) .#ch

kno"lege is of especial importance in o#r epoch in "hich% partic#larly in the realm of se4#ality% m#ch that is repellentan e0il takes place% th#s pro0iing a fertile soil for the mysteries of arkness)

The pre$conitions for the separation of the se4es "ere alreay lai o"n in e0ol#tion "ithin the foregoing aeon of the

Ol /oon) &t that time all h#man monas possesse gro#p$conscio#sness) This e%perienced itself as feale !!!The

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.#n% "hich alreay ill#mine the moon from the o#tsie% was e%perienced as ale! This is preserved in the old

@gyptian yths with& for e%aple& the oon as 5sis& feale& and the sun as /siris& ale(A#ne % *+BK% G& ++!)

In the earth aeon man "as eno"e "ith the spark of the 7I7% an it became necessary to e0elop ini0i#al 7I7$

conscio#sness) #t the forces re=#ire for this "ere not a0ailable in the bi$se4#al h#man being% they "ere all #se for

propagation% for self$fertili6ation) Thro#gh the separation of the present moon from the earth the inheritance from the

Ol /oon aeon came to an en) The #nifie spirit#al centre in man "hich catere% so to speak% for repro#ction an the

cosmic mirror$conscio#sness "as i0ie into t"o) Gra#ally the central ner0o#s system e0elope% together "ith

separate repro#cti0e organs $ male an female) The shift of the #nifie centre res#lte in the e0elopment of the spine

("ith the chakras!) In the co#rse of time the speech organs also e0elope o#t of the same centre)

The separation of the se4es% ho"e0er% i not yet gi0e rise to m#t#al attraction of the t"o sies) Th#s the spirit#al

forces of en#s "ere calle #pon to help) Through the !!! love in its lowest for& as the attraction of the se%es& is

iplanted in the earth! This love is intended to "e continuously enno"led& and later to attain the highest fors(G&

-% p) 5,ff!)

The spirit beings of en#s f#lfille yet another mission on earth) They mae h#man reason pro#cti0e thro#gh

eno"ing it "ith that half of the repro#cti0e force that remaine o0er after the i0ision of the se4es) .ince then

intellect#al acti0ity an the se4#al realm stan in a spirit#al connection "hich re=#ires ennoblement an harmoni6ation

if the h#man being is to ascen to higher conitions of conscio#sness% rather than becoming the so#rce of e0il)

No" the facts gro" more complicate thro#gh the fact that in the istant past of "hich "e speak not only en#s

beings% b#t spirit#al beings from /ars also "orke on man) They enriche the bloo "ith iron (/ars permeate the not

yet consoliate earth in a rarefie% semi$spirit#al conition! an imb#e the po"er of #nerstaning "ith a certain

higher passion(Ibi)% p) 5!) This occ#rre "ith the collaboration of l#ciferic beings) They fille the astral boies of

h#man beings "ith the astral forces of /ars% th#s acti0ating the passions an the intellect) Their symbol "as the

serpent of Daraise) It approache the female nat#re beca#se this possesse the forces of regeneration) &n since then

man stans bet"een t"o kins of passion: that of spirit#al an that of organic repro#ction) The f#t#re belongs to the

first; an this is the reason "hy man blocks his path to it "hen he sinks into eroticism)

The iblical myth an the /ysteries of anti=#ity clothe the iea of the separation of the se4es in the fig#res of Cain

an &bel) In Greek 7&bel7 means 7Dne#ma7 (spirit! an is female) The "or 7Cain7 literally means 7male7) T"o opposite

principles are sho"n in &bel an Cain: the female an the male% tho#gh not yet physical% b#t p#rely spirit#al% at thestage "here the i0ision of the #nifie h#man being takes place for the first time) The ible e4presses it th#s: $ow

A"el was a keeper of sheep& "ut Cain was a tiller of the ground(Genesis; ;!) The 7smoke7% the spirit plante by Go

on the earth% rises from &bel to Go b#t Cain7s 7smoke7 remains on the earth) 8hat is inepenent remains on the earth

as Cain7s 7smoke7 (A#ne *B% *+B% G& +,!)

The organic process of the i0ision of the se4es took place thro#gh the fact that the capacity of the single being to

repro#ce gra#ally cease) The female egg lost the ability to fertili6e itself; fr#ctification passe o0er to the other se4)

&t the same time e0erything else i0ie also: the astral boy% the ether$boy% the ispositions to ini0i#al

e0elopment) Only the highest macrocosmic archetypal phenomenon in man remaine #nchange an #nifie) This is

incorporate into the 6oiac in s#ch a "ay that to imaginati0e perception the macro$anthropos appears as a male being

in the se0en #pper signs (from &ries to 9ibra!% an as a female being in the lo"er fi0e (from the


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3#ring the i0ision of the se4es the physical "ody of the woan

arose out of the lion-nature& while the physical "ody of the "ull is

the ancestor of the ale "ody(Oct) +% *+B5% G& *BK!) The

female physical boy has remaine to this ay on a more spirit#al

le0el; it has not escene completely into the material) It has

retaine something of the conition in "hich it "o#l ha0e staye

if it ha not absorbe matter into itself) R#olf .teiner says that in

its present form it is an ill#sion "ith the e4ception of hea an

limbs) The forms of the en#s of /ilo re0eal to #s the female

fig#re as it might ha0e become if it ha incarnate f#lly into theearthly)

The male boy on the other han 7o0ershot7 the normal point of

escent into matter) The fig#re of &pollo of el0eere re0eals the

ieal incarnation of the male form)

The ifferences bet"een male an female on the physical le0el are

closely relate to those in the etheric an astral boy) Th#s the

astral boy plays a large part in the life of a "oman; hence her

entire organi6ation is more cosmic than that of the man) The secrets of the cosmos are more easily re0eale thro#gh

her; her astral boy is more finely ifferentiate than that of the man).eale life is the fantasy-life of the universe!

Male life is what gives contours to life(Aan) K% *+*% G& ,,!) &ll this sho"s alreay in chilhoo an teenage years)

Th#s the *,$*$year$ol girl e4periences #p to her Bth$*styear the strong infl#ence of those processes "hich take

place in her astral boy in the formation of the 7I7) The spirit of contraiction therefore becomes acti0e #ring this time

an "ays sho#l be fo#n of letting the chil gi0e free rein to her imp#lses) oys ten to remain "eaker in character at

this age% they are "ithra"n% b#t ha0e special tho#ghts an feelings) Coarse beha0io#r is often the res#lt (A#ne *-%

*+*% G& ,B!)

In the process of conception the female element brings abo#t the similarity to the parents an to the ancestors in

general) The male element speciali6es) Thro#gh the female the species is preser0e; the male gi0es rise to

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him in the "oman an the "oman before her in the man the most immeiate completion of hisher o"n #nifie (tri#ne!

nat#re) #t the #nity is attaine thro#gh the metamorphic process of the opposites)

The h#man being is in0ol0e in a gigantic process of metamorphoses% if he "ishes to reconstit#te "ithin himself the

archetypal image create by Go) 8hen he is born on earth as a man% his thinking is less fle4ible than that of a "oman%

an th#s connecte more "ith the intellect than "ith the psyche) 2is life$e4perience oes not press 0ery eeply into the

#p$b#iling forces% an therefore the tenency arises to b#il a female boy in the ne4t life) .#ch a tenency

strengthens the "oman in man)

8omen ha0e a eeper an more recepti0e isposition than men; they are more connecte to the psyche an areemotional% therefore their life$e4perience penetrates farther into the organism% so that their ne4t incarnation "ill be

male) &n the e4periences they ha0e gathere in marriage play an especially important part in this process) The an is

the kara of the woan !!! The woan is the kara of the an (/ay -% *+B-% G& *B!) This is "hy celibacy% rightf#l

celibacy is the e4pression of a high e0elopmental stage of the ini0i#al spirit) $ #t h#manity "ill ha0e to "ait for

the corresponing conitions in orer to incarnate on earth in a finer materiality) Then the mat#re so#ls "ill begin to

pass thro#gh a profo#n m#tation) The re#nification of the se4es "ill take place an% R#olf .teiner says% the

repro#cti0e organ "ill then be the speech organ) &fter man "ill ha0e recei0e the cosmic 9ogos he "ill master the

magic of the "or an "ill be able% thro#gh #tterance of the magic "or in "armth$air s#bstance% to form a boy into

"hich a h#man so#l "ill then incarnate) Hes% inee% this "ill come% for it says in the Gospel of .t) Aohn:5n the

"eginning was the 0ord and all things were ade "y 5t!

In orer to attain this conition in the f#t#re man m#st pass thro#gh a eep moral transformation "hose basis is lo0e)

2e is permitte to e4perience lo0e in its lo"er an higher aspect) &t first he meets it by 0irt#e of his o"n nat#re% so that

it arises in the "oman o#t of fantasy $ the "oman lo0es not so m#ch the real person as the image she has create of

him$ an man lo0es "ith his "ish)And this distinction ust "e ade& whether it then coes to e%pression in a real

sense& or ore in the sense of ideas or ideals! The highest ideal can still contain ideal wishes) the instinctively ost

sensual can "e a product of fantasy !!! A woan3s love is steeped in fantasy) a an3s love is steeped in wishes! They

there"y for soething that coes into harony in life (Aan) % *+% G& ,B,!)

8hen the harmony is conscio#s% it creates the conitions for higher e0elopment) This is "hy an and woan

should!!! "e a"le to freely oin hands "ecause now spirit speaks to spirit& not sensuality to sensuality! This is the great

idea of the future(Aan) % *+B-% G& +,!) #t it is #tterly estroye by the se4#ality "hich in o#r time is artificially

implante% an promote by e0ery concei0able means) It arises thro#gh the earth% i)e) "orks more strongly on the manan is also the so#rce of egoism)


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'o that the descending path is as follows2 we recognize the genius of love& we have spiritualized love! 0e recognize the

lower servant& eroticis! But we fall into the deon of love! And the genius of love has its deon in the interpretation&

not in its true for& "ut in the interpretation of se%uality "y present-day civilization! 0e do not only speak of eroticis

today when we want to approach love& "ut erely of se%uality !!! The deon enters where the genius is denied !!!

!!! 5t lies within the power of the huan "eing& as it were& to deny his own nature(A#ly % *+,% G& !) Th#s in all

that is kno"n toay by the shameless term 7se4#al re0ol#tion7 e0il fla#nts itself =#ite openly an ass#mes h#gely

estr#cti0e proportions) The tri#mph of this 7re0ol#tion7 is the Re=#iem for mankin) It is% as R#olf .teiner

characteri6es se4#ality% the worst e%pression of aterialis& the ost devilish in the world today !!! 'e%uality and love

have nothing at all to do with one another! 'e%uality is soething that has nothing whatever to do with pure& originallove! 'cience has "rought it to this disgrace "y creating an entire literature a"out it !!! (/ay 5% *+*% G& *,!)

This "as the sit#ation alreay in the first =#arter of the cent#ry) Toay% at its close% "e are "itnesses of an

#nimaginable% open an total pogrom against all the spirit#al 0al#es of h#manity) 8e are e0en "itnesses to the

estr#ction of the genetic fo#nation of the h#man species) 2a0ing consiere "hat spirit#al science has ha to say

concerning the eepest cosmic e0ol#tionary traits an interrelationships of the male an female se4% "e "ill no"

re0ie" the complete legali6ing% the general '#stification an promotion of se4#al per0ersions% "hereby the comparison

of man "ith the animal so#ns like an ins#lt to the animal kingom)

The "hole thing smacks of comp#lsion% as "e alreay mentione in chapter *5) Drof) Igor 1ohn% #ntil recently

consiere a l#minary of R#ssian sociology% is no" campaigning for the conemnation of protests against se4#alper0ersion as being e=#i0alent to racism% an says that "ar sho#l be eclare on R#ssian 7homophobia7) #t the

7homophobia7 among R#ssians is not a res#lt of their cha#0inism) It arises beca#se so far they ha0e s#cceee% as if by

a miracle% to preser0e some nat#ral moral ieas)

?>In A#ly *++, "e co#l often hear in

R#ssian broacasts of The Voice of Aericathe reporter% in a "ell$so#ning baritone $ the timbre an confience of his

0oice calc#late to e4press the irref#tability an force of &merica7s leaing role $ in forming listeners of an e0ent of7historic7 importance) The report containe phrases s#ch as:=resident Clinton has decided!!! the 0hite 4ouse !!! a well-

"alanced policy!!! the 'enator3s declaration !!! the General 'taff e%pressed its support!!! etc! It concerne a reg#lation

allo"ing homose4#ality officially in the &merican army) &merican octors bro#ght for"ar 7scientific7 e0ience to the

effect that homose4#al tenencies are inherite an the legal e4perts straight"ay concl#e that "hat is inherite

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cannot be forbien) [J Immeiately follo"ing an in step "ith Clinton7s ecision% Heltsin iss#e a ecree re0oking

the prohibition of se4#al per0ersion in R#ssia) Tele0ision =#ickly took #p the theme of 7rene"al7 from /osco"% an

broacast% mainly for a0ertising p#rposes% an inter0ie" "ith the 7happiest7 $ three$7parent7 in this case $ lesbian family)

efore /osco" co#l react% the initiati0e of the &mericans "as take #p by the (.$sponsore!?adio ,i"erty% "hich%

echoing the ol slogans of .o0iet ieology% sai:4oose%uals stood at the forefront of the struggle for freedo and

deocracy in Aerica They deserve eternal praiseetc) $ &nyone "ho consiers this ob0io#s an not belonging to the

sphere of high% irty politics% manifests a angero#s nai0ety) [J &s early as the *-th cent#ry the R#ssian ascetic Nil

/eotochi0y (of &fon! mae an interesting prophecy for *++: The ro""eries that will "e coitted 0hat

hoose%uality& adultery& incest and e%cesses will take placeR#olf .teiner:$ectar and a"rosia& the food of the

Gods - that is the huan love "etween an and woan(G& --$I% p) *-!)@

Right #p into o#r o"n time% se4#al aberrations ha0e been incl#e by the religio#s conscio#sness among the mortal

sins) They "ere also conemne by the pagans) 8e can e0en rea in 2eraclit#s: $ature is attracted not to what is

siilar "ut to what is opposite and creates out of this a certain "alance and harony! - /ut of opposite #ualities a

wonderful harony is created! - $ature has "rought ale and feale together and esta"lished an original harony

out of the opposites!All the opposites are with God!

The &postle Da#l says: 0ho e%changed the truth of God for the lie !!! .or even their

woen e%changed the natural use for what is against nature! ,ikewise also the en&leaving the natural use of the woan& "urned in their lust for one another& en with

en coitting what is shaeful !!! who& knowing the righteous udgent of God&

that those who practise such things are worthy of death& not only do the sae "ut also

approve of those who practise the(Romans *; $,!)

In the eyes of a Drof) 1ohn 2eraclit#s an the &postle Da#l are both 7racists7) #t in

o#r cent#ry 7racists7 are at the same time 7fascists7% i)e) they are o#tla"e an

conemne "itho#t trial) 8o#l it not be fitting at last to e4amine "hat is o#r relation

to these men of 7ancient7 times% some of "hom e0en call themsel0es &postlesM>

?>8hene0er something reasonable is bro#ght for"ar abo#t se4#al aberrations% co#ntless ishonest 'o#rnalists la#nch

a h#ge o#tcry abo#t iscrimination an a ret#rn to ictatorship) $ 8e are th#s face "ith the choice of either agreeing

"ith them or being brane as reactionaries) #t this sector of propagana also has its #npreictable aspects) Th#s theanti$fascists efen homose4#ality beca#se it "as forbien in the Thir Reich) #t the Comm#nists on the other han

"rote at the time they "ere attacking the National .ocialists% that homose4#ality "as promote by the ..$Orers) This

"o#l imply that the .. men "ere e4treme anti$fascists) $ In this "ay ieological maho#ses are constr#cte toay)@

&ltho#gh &nthroposophy "o#l then ha0e to be conemne too) ?>The lect#re is entitle The 0orking of the Angel in our Astral Body) 8e

a0ise all those "ho are still incapable of isting#ishing freeom from immorality or illness to rea the lect#re right

thro#gh)@

The e0elopment of h#manity #ner the conition of the #ality of the se4es lasts many millennia) #t the time "ill

come (th$-thmilleni#m! "hen the se4es "ill #nite again) Then those "ho ha0e per0erte these relationships "ill be

#nable to #nergo the metamorphosis this entails)They will be cast out of the normal evolution of humanity into

the subhuman, half-animal realm)

These people therefore sin against e0ol#tion for the #ration of two root-races% an for this reason their sin is calle a

mortal sin) The &postle Da#l speaks of 7the '#gement of Go7 in this regar) The mortal sin leas to the secon eath%the eath of the so#l)

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In 0ie" of the fact that &hriman7s incarnation is shortly to take place% he is partic#larly intereste in the propagation of

this sin) The spirits of arkness therefore try to strengthen their po"er o0er the h#man being "ith respect to his

evolution)

The e4tinction of morality% "hich is c#rrently taking place% gi0es birth to a cosmic co#nter$image) The earth raiates

isgrace o#t into the cosmos% as a confirmation to the 3i0ine 2ierarchies% that mankin has lost to#ch "ith the meaning

of its e4istenceS

& sit#ation of this kin cannot be altere by means of a sentimental% morali6ing sermon) The mysteries of arkness can

only be co#ntere by the mystery of light% an that is &nthroposophy) This is "hy it is so necessary that many a"akento its "isom% beca#se it sho"s the "ay o#t of the crisis) It is both ol an ne" an contains the enormo#s positi0e

e4perience of h#manity% "hich has been gathere on the path to the spirit) Thro#gh &nthroposophy man can fin a "ay

to approach the practical =#estions of the present time)

Ci0ili6ation is s#ffering #ner an o#tate% chronic crisis; conse=#ently% a momentary% spec#lati0e search for a sol#tion

is oome to fail#re) Often people ha0e no iea at all "hat the meaning of the crisis is) 8hat can anthropology or e0en

ni0ersity psychology say abo#t the estr#cti0e effect of an #nbrile se4#al instinct on the h#man 7I7% on the psychic

isposition% the sense of self$"orth% the self$ientity of the personalityM 8hat can psychology create c#lt#rally if it is

base on the ?>The A#ngian interpretation of c#lt#re is no more than a cr#e in0ention) In early

anti=#ity there "as no se4#al ri0e as an en in itself) E0erything "as a s#blime sacrificial act for the p#rpose ofperpet#ating the h#man race) Repro#ction "as a holy ser0ice to h#manity) The lo"er nat#re in #s% as "e kno" it at

present% is the res#lt of the l#ciferic temptation) #t it is estine to become o#r higher nat#re% an this "as kno"n in

the ancient "orl) The leaers of the ol /ysteries "ere not so fri0olo#s% cynical an philistine as people are toay)

Certain sy"ols of the ancient peoples$ says R#olf .teiner$ which today are only interpreted in a se%ual sense&

sy"ols that are drawn fro the lower nature& can "e e%plained through the fact that the old Mystery-priests who used

the& actually wanted to e%press in these sy"ols the higher that lives in the lower nature of an (October 5% *+*K%

G& *KK!) #t ho" are "e to isc#ss this "ith toay7s scientists% "hen the main element of their scientific apparat#s is

the irty 'okeM@

&ll teachings of this kin "ill sooner or later be attracti0e only to the psychically ill% an to people "ho ha0e kept their

psychic health% the ol "isom "ill begin to speak in a moern lang#age) The millenia$ol mystery "isom is not

na0e; "e are na0e; "e are the 0ictims of "illy fantastic conceptions in the epoch of materialism)

The Rosicr#cian legen tells that it "as prophesie to 2iram &biff% the representati0e of the earthly% male Cain$

"isom% that he "o#l beget a son "ho "o#l be the progenitor of a ne" h#man race b#t "ho "o#l be #nkno"n to

him) &mong his escenants the #nion of the t"o se4es "o#l take place) R#olf .teiner re0eale the essential

meaning of this legen "hen he sai: The old feale 6A"el- or priest-< culture gave way to the ale culture! The

feale as a physical for will die out! Then the ale ust have in it a force to "ring forth a (ne"!individual out of

itself !!! 0hen an has ac#uired the strength& so that his laryn% develops to the stage where his word is creative& and

he is a"le to "ring forth his own kind through the word& then the entire productive force will pass over to the ale se%!

0hat was once created "y the Gods will pass to an! 0hen was the word lost( 0hen the individuality of the se%es

"egan! 5t is "uried& hidden! The sons of Cain only had it in their forefather! 4ira A"iff was at least to have the

prophecy of it! 5ediately after this he was killed!

The word is "uried& "ut it is there! 5f it were not "uried& an would "e self-creative like the @lohi !!! (Oct) ,% *+B%

G& +,!) #t the lost "or "ill be reisco0ere "hen passi0e male "isom (2iram; it "as alreay e4plaine "hy it is

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throughout the world& originates fro the ancient ties of rulership "y priestesses! 0e do not only want to overcoe

this& we wish also to inaugurate a new cycle of e%istence! 0e are to give intuition to ale Cain-cognition ourselves!

This would "e ipossi"le if one were to deprive en of the power "y sharing the secret with woen! The oent we

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fall from Go) The create "orl is sho"n as the triangle of forces "ith its point #p"ars ( 3E

nat#re of the he4agram $ an ancient occ#lt symbol) In one of its meanings it stans for e0elopment% namely the

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sentimentality) ?>The higher 7I7 is e4presse in the prayer in the trinity of the spirit: of .pirit /an

("ill!% 9ife .pirit (kingom! an .pirit .elf (name!)@ &s a special po"er "hich tempts the lo"er 7I7 an% thro#gh it%

stans in opposition to the higher 7I7 there emerge as an e0er$gro"ing force the retare spirits of personality (archai!%

kno"n in esoteric traition as the &s#ras) It is they "ho form the trinity of cosmic e0il ( E


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of passion in sports stai#ms) 8hat more nees to be sai abo#t passionate o#tb#rsts at

rock$concerts "here e0erything is bro#ght to a pitch by the m#sical element% "hich has a

partic#larly strong effect on the lo"er 7I7M /#ch has become habit#al an a part of

e0eryay e4istence% so that in self$'#stification people "hisper po"erlessly: 78hat can "e

possibly o abo#t itM7 78here else are the yo#ngsters to goM7 7Ho# ha0e to mo0e on "ith the

timesS7 etc) #t let #s concentrate on one =#estion at least $ the task of cognition) One "ill

only fin strength to o0ercome the e0il that is tri#mphant on earth% "hen one has

recogni6e its nat#re) This nat#re is cosmic an not only a pro#ct of the irresponsibility of

single ini0i#als)

In a 0ery early lect#re R#olf .teiner commente on the follo"ing e4planation by C) G)

2arrison as to the nat#re of the &s#ric forces: The Asuras are in their nature fiery or

dynaic& and their power to do evil was terri"le! This was destroyed for ever through the

appearance of esus Christ !!! they are 3held in check3& una"le to ove "ackwards or

forwards& "etween the earth and the eighth sphere&D at the latent point where the

attraction of "oth is everywhere the sae& until the 3great day3 of the 3eeting of the a%es3&

when they will "e irresisti"ly pulled into the vorte% of the latter(appeni4 to A#ne *B% *+B%

G& +,!) 2#man beings co#l also be p#lle into this 0orte4; "hereby they "o#l be torn o#t of h#man e0ol#tion

temporarily or for e0er) ?>The 7eighth sphere7 is the spirit region in "hich% on the one han% the s#bstance for the f#t#re

A#piter aeon is prepare an "here% on the other% the forces of e0il bring into being their co#nter$image to this aeon)@


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race it will "e overcoe) this has to "e prepared in the si%th su"-race! The reproductive forces of an are undergoing

transforation! ?eproductive force in itself is the ost holy in our possession "ecause it is directly divine! The ore

divine what is dragged through the ud "y us& the greater the sin! The reproductive organs in us will "e heart and

laryn%! As the word "ecae flesh in Christ& so in the tie of the fulfilent of Christianity the flesh has to "ecoe word!

*F+ !!! Good and evil are as yet differentiated relatively little! And our eyes do not uch penetrate the "ehind the

unifor appearance of the flesh! $ow it is still a relatively sall step fro evil to good& fro good to evil! 0hen the

powers of the Masters and of those who support the with all their strength and will& and the powers of the gods of

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&ll the elements of 7in0erte ialectics7 (there are three an fi0e of them; cf) fig) *-% p) >! negate each other% b#t not in a

constr#cti0e% creati0e manner $ the 7"ar of each against all7 is alreay being "age in their mist $ an yet they e4ist

after the fashionof an organic "hole) They o not e4ist at the e4pense of their o"n members% b#t at the e4pense of

c#lt#re an ci0ili6ation% "hich they take o0er% 70ampiri6e7 an th#s estroy) It is important to make a broa an at the

same time precise in0estigation% accoring to their symptoms% of the manifestations of the primary phenomenon of e0il

at the en of the Bthcent#ry an corresponing prospects at the beginning of the *st) In this book "e ha0e at least

come close to the f#lfilling of s#ch a task% "e ha0e trie to meet some of the pre$conitions for its f#lfilment) &n no"%

"ith a concl#ing e4ample% "e "o#l challenge the reaer to carry o#t his o"n inepenent research)

In contemporary R#ssia> olshe0ism is again gro"ing in strength an infl#ence% after ha0ing #nergone a complicatemetamorphosis) ?>The en of *++5 is meant (D#blisher7s Note!)@ It isplays a nationalistic colo#ring an th#s

combines "ith patriotic% national an nationalistic streams% behin "hich one can recogni6e the basic inspiration of the

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conitions% to stri0e for the estr#ction of ci0ilisation% in orer finally to 7rene"7 it accoring to the metho escribe

by 1) .) /ereshko0sky in *+B, in his #topian no0el 7The Earthly Daraise7) If the reaer is able to encompass in his

conscio#sness this many$layere character of the occ#lt$political panorama "itho#t falling into one$sie points of

0ie"% then he is =#ite certainly on the only right an necessary path)

8e ha0e th#s arri0e at the concl#sion of o#r in0estigation) The fi0e$heae e0il that "orks in the fi0e po"er$centres

of the "orl is not the res#lt of the 7free7 play of ba tenencies in single ini0i#als% b#t a strictly integrate% spirit#ally

(or% rather% anti$spirit#ally! forme unity% one co#l e0en say $ an organism% "hich is s#persensibly personifie%

negates ci0ili6ation an h#manity% an by 0irt#e of its inherent conformity to la"% negates also itself (th#s e4plaining

the bitter m#t#al str#ggle of its single parts! b#t e4ists as a "hole ne0ertheless) 9ooke at from the p#rely cogniti0epoint of 0ie"% "e ha0e here to o "ith an e4tremely interesting phenomenon of o0ert#rneo0erthro"n ialectics)

There is "ithin it a stri0ing for synthesis% in "hich only negation r#les; its r#imentary elements o not attain a higher

e4istence by 0irt#e of their cancellation) (This opens #p for #s a eep #nerstaning of the essential ifference bet"een

/ar4ist an 2egelian ialectics)! In s#ch a case egocentricity nat#rally ass#mes the character of the infinite $ the

attrib#te of the higher "orl; altho#gh man sho#l not enter this 7infinity7% beca#se noboy kno"s "hat might happen

to him if he "ere to be con0erte back into the primal conition of a 7l#mp of clay7 of creation)

#t toay the =#estion is not "hether the h#man being "o#l or "o#l not like to follo" this path% b#t "hat he nees

to o if he oes not "ant to follo" it) In this case it is 0ery important to recogni6e the archetypal phenomenon of e0il

that is ominant in the present E#ropean c#lt#ral epoch) &s soon as he has #nerstoo this he can begin to orient

himself in the insiio#s "eb of the occ#lt$political "orl$str#ggle that is taking place before o#r eyes) &t the en of the

Bthcent#ry "e "ere affore a brief glimpse of its secrets (abo0e all in R#ssia! an it is eno#gh to rea the

ne"spapers to obtain confirmations in their h#nres% if not tho#sans% of the concreteness of "hat R#olf .teiner ga0e

to #s 5B years ago in his historical symptomatology) 8e m#st a0ail o#rsel0es of e4isting opport#nities no"% beca#se

soon they "ill be gone)

No"aays many are se#ce by the s"eet l#nacy of political pl#ralism an of freeom in the omain of occ#lt acts) &t

the same time "e can also recogni6e ho" the "orl$0ie" of Dan$materialism is promote by e0ery means $ political%

scientific% occ#lt% religio#s $ 7pl#ralistically7) Ieology is helpe by science: technical progress makes possible gene$

manip#lation% the monitoring an control of conscio#sness% b#t also of the materialcrossing of its traitional

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not urderer& one can say& "ut initiated one -& the possi"ility was given that the initiated one was "orne off "y the other

soul& i!e! could leave the earth at the appropriate oent (Ibi)!) R#olf .teiner concl#es of co#rse that these ha

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provided "y the epoch in which it lives! Thus& despite its declared atheis& Mar%is-,eninis has assued clearly-

defined traits of a religious cult! 5t has its 4oly 'criptures& its theology& in which #uotes fro the 'criptures carry ore

authority than all references to e%perience or other sources& it has its apostles& saints and artyrs& its heretics and its

ost holy 5n#uisition! 0hether it could have "een different in the early socialistic revolutions is a coplicated

#uestion! At any rate& the history of all great revolutions - including the Christian - showed that this was ore often the

rule than the e%ception!!!*F+ The "ody of ,enin has ac#uired a deeply sacred significance for illions of people!

Therefore it is a gross insult to the feelings of the truly faithful if the ausoleu is visited purely out of curiosity!!!

Alas& if this were otherwise& how any cynics and alcontents there would "e! *F+ 5f the ausoleu were turned into a

kind of theatrical enterprise& it would "e as "laspheous as turning a church into an attraction with TV-coverage etc!!!

5n 'oviet ties taking snapshots was prohi"ited in the ausoleu! And there were purely religious reasons for this!May"e we ought to take a further step in this direction![J The best sol#tion% in keeping "ith both the spirit of

scientific comm#nism an the emans of moral piety to"ars the ea% "o#l be))) if the 9enin ma#sole#m an all

scientific an technical ser0ices belonging to it "ere left intact% b#t p#blic access "ere prohibite or efinitely

restricte% if it "ere close fore0er) Only special initiates sho#l be concerne "ith the conser0ation of 9enin7s boy)

They "o#l be allo"e access to the altar% as is c#stomary in the Christian ch#rches) 9ay people are =#ite o#t of place

there) (S! [J 2o"e0er% this is not a political b#t a spirit#al =#estion% the sol#tion to "hich oes not lie "ith the

go0ernment or society as a "hole) It is the task of 9enin7s spirit#al escenants an isciples% i)e) the R#ssian

comm#nists) Only their share opinion can etermine ho" the great tomb sho#l be care for)@ 8e are probably not

mistaken to assert that the reincarnate 7priests7% the most important politicians of the B thcent#ry% are initiates of those

ol &merican mysteries "hich took the hea0ens by storm "ith the help of rit#al m#rers (by far not all of them are

kno"n in the o#ter "orl!) Then "e "ill also #nerstan "hy people of this kin can be so immoral: so ata0istic are

they% that in the co#rse of their reincarnations they ha0e absol#tely not yet enco#ntere concepts like morality orcompassion)


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priest of the mysteries of Ol /e4ico) 2is "ill to po"er is metaphysical) 2e ensla0es by occ#lt means e0eryone "ho

comes into his sphere of infl#ence: he ensla0es on earth so that the effect "ill contin#e into the "orl beyon) #t EH

of the G= and KGB agents who reain in the 0est& "ecause they do not want to return& return nevertheless after a

very short tie with a self-denunciation! 0e shoot the - says another 3Aztec3! They know it - and coe "ack all the

sae)

Of co#rse% this inh#man e#cation of spies an 7i0ersants7> escribe by .#0oro0 can be '#stifie as a means of

efening the co#ntry) ?>Comm#nist "or for sabote#r% tro#blemaker@ #t if this "ere the only consieration% the

.o0iet nion o#ght to ha0e laste longer than the Inca Empire) It sho#l ha0e e4iste to all eternity) #t the

Derestroika has sho"n that all social$political an ieological bogies "ere no more than a 0eil concealing the black$magical mystery) To ensnare as many people as possible an g#ie them on to its co#rse "as% for this mystery% an en

in itself) Remember ho" cynically the 7black professors7 in 1limo07s=rotocolsspeak abo#t their r#ling ieology) &n

e0en .#0oro07s 7teacher7 tells him =#ite frankly: 1ou can "etray whoever you wish& even the 'oviet .atherland& "ut not

e% i)e) not the la"s of the black mystery% not the astral connection of the teacher ("ho performs the same h#man

sacrifices% thro#gh in a rene"e form! "ith the p#pil; that connection "hich forms% in the esoteric centre% the 7eternal

Dolitb#ro7% the basis for ahrimanic immortality) 2ere% politics an ieology are only seconary; here other tasks a"ait

yo#)>on3t you find pleasure in torturing other people& 1raftso0 asks .#0oro0% or do you only hide it(

O0er the co#rse of years the methos of initiation in the 7Re Orer7 change) "orke "itho#t interr#ption) ?>Chekist $ a member

of the .o0iet political police *+*K$*+) The "or is still in #se toay)@ Their life "as strict an ascetic) .tren#o#s

intellect#al "ork alternate "ith physical e4ercises an military training of the members $ the 7monks7 an 7n#ns7 $ an

also the tort#re of a gro#p of prisoners hel in the monastery e4pressly for this p#rpose% an perioically special

commanos "ere re=#ire to carry o#t the e4ec#tions) 7Neophyte7 Nastya .treletskaya% a A#o$master an highly$

skille parach#tist "ho% thanks to her tr#ly e0ilish int#ition% ha s#cceee in performing an in0al#able ser0ice to the

leaer himself% the 7high priest7 $ she ha #nco0ere a conspiracy against him $ "as taking part in one of these

e4ec#tions) .#enly she "as grabbe hol of by those she regare as her comraes% she "as br#tally beaten anragge to a mass gra0e) .he hear a b#llet shoot past her ear% an then lost conscio#sness) 9ater it t#rne o#t that this

ha merely been the proce#re of a higher initiation) 2er 7frien7 an fello"$member 1holo0ano0% calle the 73ragon7%

console her: 78e "ere testing yo# in the real thing7% he sai) 7The res#lt is promising ))) Ho# are f#lfilling o#r

e4pectations)7

This is the "ay the ol proce#re of 7c#tting o#t the stomach7 is carrie o#t in moern conitions) It is precee by a

long preparation "ith the aim of loosening the connection bet"een astral an physical boy) Castanea7s no0els ha0e been analy6e in

another "ork by the present a#thor: Triune Man of Body& 'oul and 'pirit in the ,ight of Anthroposophy(ol#me I;

/oska#$asel$erlag% *++,; D#blisher7s note!)@ 2ere he is escribing a tr#e occ#rrence) ner the effect of occ#lt

e4ercises "hose main element is fear% the connection bet"een Castanea7s astral an physical boy is loosene) This

normally res#lts in a fettering of the lo"er nat#re% the l#ciferic$ahrimanic o#ble of man)

The 7aepts7 of the GR e4perience something of this kin; "hich is "hy they contin#o#sly e4pose themsel0es to

mortal angers% so that finally certain changes took place in the solar ple4#s% the ganglion$system) Then the h#man

being ac=#ires the ability to a"aken the forces of e0il "ithin him an p#t his 7I7 in the occ#lt ser0ice of e0il)

It is a remarkable fact that the p#pils of the 7Re Orer7 "ere mainly selecte from among the .la0s) O"ing to specialfactors in the ethnic e0elopment of the .la0s% the physical boy of the R#ssians% krainians an 8hite R#ssians is

more fle4ible than that of the other% oler nations) Their connection of the 7I7 "ith the boy is more mobile; it fl#ct#ates

easily bet"een the higher an the lo"er (o#ble! nat#re) 2ence they can so easily mo0e from a bo#nless reainess to

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sacrifice to an e=#ally bo#nless capacity for e0il) In the mystery of the &s#ras their e0elopment aims e4cl#si0ely at

the strengthening of the o#ble)

The o#ble represents the s#m total of all the negati0e ees of a h#man being in pre0io#s incarnations) The mysteries

of the light help p#pils to ennoble the o#ble an li0e o#t negati0e karma% so that the path is opene #p to tr#e freeom)

The mysteries of arkness lea their p#pils in the 0ery opposite irection $ into total ensla0ement)

Occ#lt olshe0ism remains tr#e to its principles in e0ery respect) 2a0ing pinne its hopes on the 7proletariat7% the

7"orkers7% it affors them free access to its mysteries) 2#nres of tho#sans of soliers an officers ser0ing in the

arme forces constit#te in the 7Re Orer7 a kin of co#nterpart to the 7Rotary7 an 79ions7 cl#bs in the 8est) Not m#chis i0#lge to them% b#t certain things are retaine ne0ertheless) &s they belong to the army elite% they arri0e $ e0en in a

#ni0ersal$h#man sense $ at the eep con0iction that h#man nat#re is% as .#0oro0 p#ts it% vicious and incorrigi"le& that

we are all wild anials !!! we fight always and everywhere! There is no truce& and there never will "e !!! life is a "attle

of evil with still greater evil!They are all s#b'ect to the strict r#le an the 0o": As soon as you have oined the

organization& you "elong to it copletely) Of co#rse not all $ far from it $ are a"are ho" eeply this 7amission7 leas

into the infernal realms% or that a firm astral bon arises bet"een 7priests7 an 7lay people7 (the sacrificial 0ictims!%

"hich contin#es e0en beyond the threshold of death)

In the 7Re Orer7 one is not afrai of eath; an this is the goal to "hich e0erything leas $ eath an the orgies of

eath) 8ar is therefore an especially festi0e occasion for the Orer)=eace - is waris proclaime in the #topian "orl

of 7English socialism7% an% in his escription of this% reali6e olshe0istic socialism ser0e as the moel for GeorgeOr"ell) This "as a irect contin#ation of the Ol /e4ican Taotl$mysteries% in "hich the aim "as to erect a

echanical& rigidified real of death on the earth(.ep) *5% *+*-% G& *K*! thro#gh the 7killing7 of all inepenence

an of all mo0ement of so#l)

Gro#ns for Optimism

In face of the #nparallele hypertrophy of e0il one can easily sink into a moo of pessimism) &s the h#man being

e4periences himself as a 7small fortress7% he obser0es ho" hores of #nname% incomprehensible in0aers close in on

him from all sies) 2e starts to look for allies: in the family% among friens% like$mine people% in parties% ieologies%

confessions $ b#t e4periences e0ery"here the same spirit of in0asion) 3isoriente by all this% he forgets the essential

thing: to seek for the ally "ithin himself% in his o"n 7I7) 2ere% a shining tho#ght% a p#re feeling an a free $ an therefore

strong $ "ill co#l help him) 8here these "ork harmonio#sly together% the meaning an significance of all e4istence%

an of man himself% are re0eale) Then% instea of looking for frail o#ter s#pports% the h#man being begins to

e4perience himself as a pillar of the "orl)

#t it "o#l be "rong to begin "ith the =#estion: 78hy is there so m#ch e0il in the "orlM7


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Intellect#alism is not possible "itho#t egocentricity; therefore it separates people) #t something arises from it% that

belongs to the 0ery core of man7s being) The more intellect#alism there is in the "orl% the fe"er the people "ho seek

for "hat is spirit#al% an the more estrangement an antisocial instincts there "ill be) 8e ask o#rsel0es therefore ho"

one can remain intellect#al an yet gro" into a social being) 0e will $ says R#olf .teiner $ coe ever closer to the

truth which the huan "eing should write into his soul as a high oral ideal2 0hen you see soething evil in the

world& do not say2 here is soething evil and therefore iperfect! But ask instead2 4ow can 5 raise yself to the

knowledge that this evil will& within a higher world-connection& "e transfored into good "y the wisdo that is in the

cosos( 4ow can 5 coe to tell yself2 That you see here soething iperfect is due to the fact that you are not yet

sufficiently advanced to see the perfection within this iperfect thing (A#ne 5% *+B+% G& **!)

In other "ors% the eaening effect of the intellect% an at the same time the e0il that has arisen from it% "ill gra#ally

be o0ercome by the fire of the heart) 8hen intellect an heart begin to "ork together% then the "ill becomes acti0e in a

positi0e sense) The higher goo in the "orl is Christ% an it is gi0en to man to kno" the being of Christ an partake in

"isom) Once he takes this path he sa0es not only himself% b#t e0en the l#ciferic beings $ thro#gh Christ$kno"lege)

&n "hat once fell into sin thro#gh the l#ciferic temptation is transforme into goo% into a blessing) 8e sho#l not

ass#me ho"e0er that the attainment of this kno"lege is easy or elementary) Go 2imself sai: 5t is ipossi"le that no

offences should coe& "ut woe to hi through who they do coe (9#ke *K; *!)

.#ch is% if yo# like% the antinomy of earthly e4istence)


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