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qlipothic In his theories, Steiner came to identify
Sorath with the force the Christ's Shadow, the Antichrist.
The Biblical of three beasts: the great red dragon with 7
heads, 10 horns 7 crowns; a sea with 7 heads, 10 horns and 10
crowns; and finally an earth with two horns which looks like a lamb
but like a That last beast is Sorath, the spirit whose
number is 666, the one whose aim is to the work of Christ.
Steiner the name Sorath (s-v-r-t) and its
numerical in the the letter Samech stands for the
physical body, Vau - the etheric body, Resh - the astral body, and Tau -
the lower "I" - all of these refer to man. Sorath is therefore inseparably
connected with a human it is an part of the Self. What is
significant - he the lower of the the ones connected
with the earth, and also with the ego. Steiner claimed that during the
of would be revealed in the "War of
AlIt" which means a ego development, or the
obsession with the "V' In Steiner's this will not soon - the
earth is still in the process the process that includes seven
great that will come to an end in a distant future. Then, mankind
will be faced with the choice between Christ and Antichrist, the Lamb and
the Beast. However, Sorath is inherent in human Self and thus never ceases
to be active "in evil man." His
inevitable, and it is in basic
of the will ("Mankind has a thorn in the
consequence of this is the lack of for
void that is filled with an to extreme
instincts: sexual senseless
the recognizable symptoms of our
progress spiritually but relies on a
bodily needs. That is why Steiner called
development" and "the denier of all
Identification with Sorath leads to an
From this conviction arises the denial of
sense of strength:
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influence is continuous and
and lower actions
- 2 Corinthians 12:2). The
which creates a
experiences arising from
drug abuse, etc. (actually,
humanity does not
momentous gratification and
arch-enemy of all
conviction that one is a god.
progress and the illusive