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'''Spirit''' ([[w:Latin|Latin]]: ''spiritus''; {{ELSalt|πνεῦμα}} ''pneuma'' or {{lang|grc|νοῦς}} ''nous''; {{DeS|Geist}}, from [[w:Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]: *gheis-, "to be excited, upset, shudder") is the source of all creative activity and its basic activity consists in constantly creating itself anew out of itself as spirit, as it is symbolically indicated for instance by the image of the bird [[phoenix]]. Therefore, one can only speak of real, i.e. actually acting spirit, insofar as it is directly active in reality (in the broadest sense) creating and shaping. What is called "[[mind]]" in {{EnS}} and is equated mostly wrongly with the spirit, is only its powerless, brain-bound unreal mental mirror image. The brain itself, however, is - like the whole human organism - a product of the spirit.  
'''Spirit''' ([[w:Latin|Latin]]: ''spiritus''; {{ELSalt|πνεῦμα}} ''pneuma'' or {{lang|grc|νοῦς}} ''nous''; {{DeS|Geist}}, from [[w:Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]: *gheis-, "to be excited, upset, shudder") is the source of all creative activity and its basic activity consists in constantly creating itself anew out of itself as spirit, as it is symbolically indicated for instance by the image of the bird [[phoenix]]. Therefore, one can only speak of real, i.e. actually acting spirit, insofar as it is directly active in reality (in the broadest sense) creating and shaping. What is called "[[mind]]" in {{EnS}} and is equated mostly wrongly with the spirit, is only its powerless, brain-bound unreal mental mirror image. The brain itself, however, is - like the whole human organism - a product of the spirit.  

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Phoenix, detail from Aberdeen Bestiarium, 12th-century

Spirit (Latin: spiritus; Greek: πνεῦμα pneuma or νοῦς nous; German: Geist, from Indo-European: *gheis-, "to be excited, upset, shudder") is the source of all creative activity and its basic activity consists in constantly creating itself anew out of itself as spirit, as it is symbolically indicated for instance by the image of the bird phoenix. Therefore, one can only speak of real, i.e. actually acting spirit, insofar as it is directly active in reality (in the broadest sense) creating and shaping. What is called "mind" in English and is equated mostly wrongly with the spirit, is only its powerless, brain-bound unreal mental mirror image. The brain itself, however, is - like the whole human organism - a product of the spirit.

Literature
References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.
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