The Rudolf Steiner Archive

24. Saving Humanity

[ 1 ] Won't all of humanity be saved? — Yes, if they want to.

[ 2 ] The Abyss stage following the end of the seven races; however, due to the Earth’s metamorphosis itself, there will still be an opportunity to catch up. Then comes Jupiter; the Jupiter stage will show a stark difference between good and evil people, but even there, in the second half, there will be an opportunity to rejoin the process. And only in the sixth metamorphosis, Venus, will the final decision be made. Then those who are bound to matter will fall into a hardened planetary state. But these are only the black magicians—those who use illicit magical means in the service of selfishness. Even today, the average person on Earth cannot begin to imagine the depravity of these people.

[ 3 ] Through black magic, a person becomes capable of establishing a realm of their own alongside the realm of evolution. There are already those who have decided to create this parallel realm, and there are attempts—which the average person cannot even begin to imagine—to follow this path apart from evolution. Today, no one who is in a position to do so has the opportunity to find a way to salvation, because people do not yet know how to begin becoming a black magician—that is, how to establish their own realm.

[ 4 ] For certain reasons—because the opposing force often proves to be stronger than the positive force—we have the Scorpio in the zodiac instead of the eagle.

[ 5 ] Thrones, Cherubim, Seraphim, and so on are the spiritual hierarchies that underlie the images of the zodiac.

[ 6 ] Human beings have retained their inner rhythm in many respects, but have shifted it relative to the outer rhythm. In the course of their individual development, they free themselves from the outer rhythm of nature, and it is a sin against progress to attempt to hold humanity back by so-called “reliing on nature.”

[ 7 ] Regarding the question about the Mazdasnan sect.