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	'''Incarnation''' (from the {{Latin\|incarnatio}} ~~"incarnation"~~), '''embodiment''', '''corporealisation''' or '''earthly life''' means that a spiritual being becomes flesh as a bodily physical being. In this process, the [[I]], his spiritual core, step by step completely permeates all the [[members]] ([[astral body]], [[etheric body]], [[physical body]]) that serve him for embodiment. [[Spirit]] and [[soul]] are then no longer to be understood as entities separate from the [[body]], but appear directly as a moving physical form and are not mere "inhabitants" of the body, as suggested, for example, by the [[w:René Descartes\|Cartesian]] [[dualism]] of ''res extensa'' and ''res cogitans''. This also invalidates the body-soul problem still discussed in the [[w:philosophy of mind\|philosophy of mind]], which has its roots in the [[Platonism]] of Greek antiquity. The nature of the earthly embodied human being can only be understood through a natural and ''at the same time'' spiritual view, such as [[w:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\|Goethe]] initially cultivated in his scientific studies, which [[Rudolf Steiner]] took up as a young man and later deepened more and more through [[spiritual science]].		'''Incarnation''' (from the {{Latin\|incarnatio}}), '''embodiment''', '''corporealisation''' or '''earthly life''' means that a spiritual being becomes flesh as a bodily physical being. In this process, the [[I]], his spiritual core, step by step completely permeates all the [[members]] ([[astral body]], [[etheric body]], [[physical body]]) that serve him for embodiment. [[Spirit]] and [[soul]] are then no longer to be understood as entities separate from the [[body]], but appear directly as a moving physical form and are not mere "inhabitants" of the body, as suggested, for example, by the [[w:René Descartes\|Cartesian]] [[dualism]] of ''res extensa'' and ''res cogitans''. This also invalidates the body-soul problem still discussed in the [[w:philosophy of mind\|philosophy of mind]], which has its roots in the [[Platonism]] of Greek antiquity. The nature of the earthly embodied human being can only be understood through a natural and ''at the same time'' spiritual view, such as [[w:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\|Goethe]] initially cultivated in his scientific studies, which [[Rudolf Steiner]] took up as a young man and later deepened more and more through [[spiritual science]].

	The spiritual core of [[man]], his I, does not live only once on earth, but [[Reincarnation\|reincarnates]] again and again as long as it can find suitable conditions for development on earth. His [[destiny]] ([[karma]]) in later incarnations is thus essentially determined by his deeds in earlier lives on earth. On the other hand he creates fruitful germs for the future out of full [[freedom]]. [[Karma]] and [[freedom]] complement each other in order to enable [[man]] to develop his [[individuality]] in a self-responsible and self-determined way in the course of [[repeated earthly lives]]. The sequence of reincarnations began in [[Lemuria\|Lemurian times]] and will end at the beginning of the [[sixth main age]]. Man will then pass into a more spiritual existence and will no longer be directly bound to a physical body {{GZ\|\|93\|25}}.		The spiritual core of [[man]], his I, does not live only once on earth, but [[Reincarnation\|reincarnates]] again and again as long as it can find suitable conditions for development on earth. His [[destiny]] ([[karma]]) in later incarnations is thus essentially determined by his deeds in earlier lives on earth. On the other hand he creates fruitful germs for the future out of full [[freedom]]. [[Karma]] and [[freedom]] complement each other in order to enable [[man]] to develop his [[individuality]] in a self-responsible and self-determined way in the course of [[repeated earthly lives]]. The sequence of reincarnations began in [[Lemuria\|Lemurian times]] and will end at the beginning of the [[sixth main age]]. Man will then pass into a more spiritual existence and will no longer be directly bound to a physical body {{GZ\|\|93\|25}}.

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	'''Incarnation''' (from the {{Latin\|incarnatio}} "incarnation"), '''embodiment''', '''corporealisation''' or '''earthly life''' means that a spiritual being becomes flesh as a bodily physical being. In this process, the [[I]], his spiritual core, step by step completely permeates all the [[members]] ([[astral body]], [[etheric body]], [[physical body]]) that serve him for embodiment. [[Spirit]] and [[soul]] are then no longer to be understood as entities separate from the [[body]], but appear directly as a moving physical form and are not mere "inhabitants" of the body, as suggested, for example, by the [[w:René Descartes\|Cartesian]] [[dualism]] of ''res extensa'' and ''res cogitans''. This also invalidates the body-soul problem still discussed in the [[w:philosophy of mind\|philosophy of mind]], which has its roots in the [[Platonism]] of Greek antiquity. The nature of the earthly embodied human being can only be understood through a natural and ''at the same time'' spiritual view, such as [[w:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\|Goethe]] initially cultivated in his scientific studies, which [[Rudolf Steiner]] took up as a young man and later deepened more and more through [[spiritual science]].		'''Incarnation''' (from the {{Latin\|incarnatio}} "incarnation"), '''embodiment''', '''corporealisation''' or '''earthly life''' means that a spiritual being becomes flesh as a bodily physical being. In this process, the [[I]], his spiritual core, step by step completely permeates all the [[members]] ([[astral body]], [[etheric body]], [[physical body]]) that serve him for embodiment. [[Spirit]] and [[soul]] are then no longer to be understood as entities separate from the [[body]], but appear directly as a moving physical form and are not mere "inhabitants" of the body, as suggested, for example, by the [[w:René Descartes\|Cartesian]] [[dualism]] of ''res extensa'' and ''res cogitans''. This also invalidates the body-soul problem still discussed in the [[w:philosophy of mind\|philosophy of mind]], which has its roots in the [[Platonism]] of Greek antiquity. The nature of the earthly embodied human being can only be understood through a natural and ''at the same time'' spiritual view, such as [[w:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\|Goethe]] initially cultivated in his scientific studies, which [[Rudolf Steiner]] took up as a young man and later deepened more and more through [[spiritual science]].

	The spiritual core of [[man]], his I, does not live only once on earth, but [[Reincarnation\|reincarnates]] again and again as long as it can find suitable conditions for development on earth. His [[destiny]] ([[karma]]) in later incarnations is thus essentially determined by his deeds in earlier lives on earth. On the other hand he creates fruitful germs for the future out of full [[freedom]]. [[Karma]] and [[freedom]] complement each other in order to enable [[man]] to develop his [[individuality]] in a self-responsible and self-determined way in the course of [[repeated earthly lives]]. The sequence of reincarnations began in [[Lemuria\|Lemurian times]] and will end at the beginning of the [[sixth main age]]. Man will then pass into a more spiritual existence and will no longer be directly bound to a physical body {{GZ\|93\|25}}.		The spiritual core of [[man]], his I, does not live only once on earth, but [[Reincarnation\|reincarnates]] again and again as long as it can find suitable conditions for development on earth. His [[destiny]] ([[karma]]) in later incarnations is thus essentially determined by his deeds in earlier lives on earth. On the other hand he creates fruitful germs for the future out of full [[freedom]]. [[Karma]] and [[freedom]] complement each other in order to enable [[man]] to develop his [[individuality]] in a self-responsible and self-determined way in the course of [[repeated earthly lives]]. The sequence of reincarnations began in [[Lemuria\|Lemurian times]] and will end at the beginning of the [[sixth main age]]. Man will then pass into a more spiritual existence and will no longer be directly bound to a physical body {{GZ\|\|93\|25}}.

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	'''Incarnation''' (from the {{Latin\|incarnatio "incarnation"), '''embodiment''', '''corporealisation''' or '''earthly life''' means that a spiritual being becomes flesh as a bodily physical being. In this process, the [[I]], his spiritual core, step by step completely permeates all the [[members]] ([[astral body]], [[etheric body]], [[physical body]]) that serve him for embodiment. [[Spirit]] and [[soul]] are then no longer to be understood as entities separate from the [[body]], but appear directly as a moving physical form and are not mere "inhabitants" of the body, as suggested, for example, by the [[w:René Descartes\|Cartesian]] [[dualism]] of ''res extensa'' and ''res cogitans''. This also invalidates the body-soul problem still discussed in the [[w:philosophy of mind\|philosophy of mind]], which has its roots in the [[Platonism]] of Greek antiquity. The nature of the earthly embodied human being can only be understood through a natural and ''at the same time'' spiritual view, such as [[w:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\|Goethe]] initially cultivated in his scientific studies, which [[Rudolf Steiner]] took up as a young man and later deepened more and more through [[spiritual science]].		'''Incarnation''' (from the {{Latin\|incarnatio}} "incarnation"), '''embodiment''', '''corporealisation''' or '''earthly life''' means that a spiritual being becomes flesh as a bodily physical being. In this process, the [[I]], his spiritual core, step by step completely permeates all the [[members]] ([[astral body]], [[etheric body]], [[physical body]]) that serve him for embodiment. [[Spirit]] and [[soul]] are then no longer to be understood as entities separate from the [[body]], but appear directly as a moving physical form and are not mere "inhabitants" of the body, as suggested, for example, by the [[w:René Descartes\|Cartesian]] [[dualism]] of ''res extensa'' and ''res cogitans''. This also invalidates the body-soul problem still discussed in the [[w:philosophy of mind\|philosophy of mind]], which has its roots in the [[Platonism]] of Greek antiquity. The nature of the earthly embodied human being can only be understood through a natural and ''at the same time'' spiritual view, such as [[w:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\|Goethe]] initially cultivated in his scientific studies, which [[Rudolf Steiner]] took up as a young man and later deepened more and more through [[spiritual science]].

	The spiritual core of [[man]], his I, does not live only once on earth, but [[Reincarnation\|reincarnates]] again and again as long as it can find suitable conditions for development on earth. His [[destiny]] ([[karma]]) in later incarnations is thus essentially determined by his deeds in earlier lives on earth. On the other hand he creates fruitful germs for the future out of full [[freedom]]. [[Karma]] and [[freedom]] complement each other in order to enable [[man]] to develop his [[individuality]] in a self-responsible and self-determined way in the course of [[repeated earthly lives]]. The sequence of reincarnations began in [[Lemuria\|Lemurian times]] and will end at the beginning of the [[sixth main age]]. Man will then pass into a more spiritual existence and will no longer be directly bound to a physical body {{GZ\|93\|25}}.		The spiritual core of [[man]], his I, does not live only once on earth, but [[Reincarnation\|reincarnates]] again and again as long as it can find suitable conditions for development on earth. His [[destiny]] ([[karma]]) in later incarnations is thus essentially determined by his deeds in earlier lives on earth. On the other hand he creates fruitful germs for the future out of full [[freedom]]. [[Karma]] and [[freedom]] complement each other in order to enable [[man]] to develop his [[individuality]] in a self-responsible and self-determined way in the course of [[repeated earthly lives]]. The sequence of reincarnations began in [[Lemuria\|Lemurian times]] and will end at the beginning of the [[sixth main age]]. Man will then pass into a more spiritual existence and will no longer be directly bound to a physical body {{GZ\|93\|25}}.

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'''Incarnation''' (from the {{Latin|incarnatio "incarnation"), '''embodiment''', '''corporealisation''' or '''earthly life''' means that a spiritual being becomes flesh as a bodily physical being. In this process, the [[I]], his spiritual core, step by step completely permeates all the [[members]] ([[astral body]], [[etheric body]], [[physical body]]) that serve him for embodiment. [[Spirit]] and [[soul]] are then no longer to be understood as entities separate from the [[body]], but appear directly as a moving physical form and are not mere "inhabitants" of the body, as suggested, for example, by the [[w:René Descartes|Cartesian]] [[dualism]] of ''res extensa'' and ''res cogitans''. This also invalidates the body-soul problem still discussed in the [[w:philosophy of mind|philosophy of mind]], which has its roots in the [[Platonism]] of Greek antiquity. The nature of the earthly embodied human being can only be understood through a natural and ''at the same time'' spiritual view, such as [[w:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]] initially cultivated in his scientific studies, which [[Rudolf Steiner]] took up as a young man and later deepened more and more through [[spiritual science]].

The spiritual core of [[man]], his I, does not live only once on earth, but [[Reincarnation|reincarnates]] again and again as long as it can find suitable conditions for development on earth. His [[destiny]] ([[karma]]) in later incarnations is thus essentially determined by his deeds in earlier lives on earth. On the other hand he creates fruitful germs for the future out of full [[freedom]]. [[Karma]] and [[freedom]] complement each other in order to enable [[man]] to develop his [[individuality]] in a self-responsible and self-determined way in the course of [[repeated earthly lives]]. The sequence of reincarnations began in [[Lemuria|Lemurian times]] and will end at the beginning of the [[sixth main age]]. Man will then pass into a more spiritual existence and will no longer be directly bound to a physical body {{GZ|93|25}}.

== Literature ==

* Frits Wilmar: ''Vorgeburtliche Menschwerdung: Eine Betrachtung über die menschliche frühembryonale Entwicklung'', 2. Auflage, J. Ch. Mellinger Verlag 1991, ISBN 978-3880690011
* [[a:Max Hoffmeister|Max Hoffmeister]]: ''Die übersinnliche Vorbereitung der Inkarnation. Erkenntnisgrundlagen zur Frage der Wesenheit des Ich und der Regelung der Empfängnis'', Vlg. Die Pforte, Basel 1991
* Dietrich Bauer, Max Hoffmeister, Hartmut Görg: ''Gespräche mit Ungeborenen: Kinder kündigen sich an'', 6. Auflage, Urachhaus Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, ISBN 978-3878384656
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Menschheitsentwickelung und Christus-Erkenntnis'', [[GA 100]] (1981), ISBN 3-7274-1000-0 {{Lectures|100}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Alte und neue Einweihungsmethoden. Drama und Dichtung im Bewußtseins-Umschwung der Neuzeit'', [[GA 210]] (2001), ISBN 3-7274-2102-9 {{Lectures|210}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Initiations-Erkenntnis'', [[GA 227]] (2000), ISBN 3-7274-2271-8 {{Lectures|227}}

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