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The Moon is the seat of a number of spiritual '''lunar beings''' (or '''moon beings'''), including the original teachers of [[man]]. The '''lunar sphere''' is the dominion of the [[Angeloi]]. The leading [[Archangel]] of the '''moon sphere''' is [[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]].  
The Moon is the seat of a number of spiritual '''lunar beings''' (or '''moon beings'''), including the original teachers of [[man]]. The '''lunar sphere''' is the dominion of the [[Angeloi]]. The leading [[Archangel]] of the '''moon sphere''' is [[Gabriel (archangel)|Gabriel]].  
== The separation of the Moon from the Earth ==
{{Main|Lunar separation}}
According to [[Rudolf Steiner]], the Moon came into being in its present form in the [[Lemurian period]]. At that time, the [[Earth]] was in danger of being completely frozen in its development by the hardening forces of the Moon. That is why the Moon was detached from the Earth and took the worst [[physical]], [[etheric]] and [[astral forces]] with it from here. Since then a certain depressing influence has emanated from the Moon. In order to balance these forces, [[Yahweh]], one of the seven [[Elohim]], has united himself with the Moon and sends down his wisdom light from here with the reflected sunlight, thereby preparing love on Earth. At the end of [[earth evolution]], the inhibiting forces of the Moon will be overcome.
{{GZ|"Later, however, a state of affairs, an event occurred which was of very special importance. This history could have continued for a long time, but everything would not have turned out as it is now on Earth. Everything would have remained as it is now, with clumsy animals together with air-capable animals inhabiting a living earthly body. But one day something special happened. You see, if we take this living formation of the Earth (see drawing), it happened that one day a young one really, one might say, formed from this Earth, which went out into the space of the world. This thing happened in such a way that a small outgrowth came into being; it withered away and finally split off.
[[File:GA354 035.gif|300px|center|Drawing from GA 354, p. 35}}
And instead of this one, a body arose outside in the space of the world, which had the air-like substance that is in the surroundings on the inside, and the thick liquid on the outside. So an inverted body split off. While the lunar earth continued to have its inner core thick and its outer air thick, a body split off that had the thick on the outside and the thin on the inside. And in this body, if one approaches the matter not with prejudice but with proper investigation, one can recognise the Moon of today. Today one can already know quite precisely, just as one can find, for example, the sodium in the air, what the air is made of. So one can know quite precisely: The Moon was once inside the Earth! What circles around out there as the moon was inside the earth and separated from it, went out into the space of the world.
And with that, a whole change occurred both with the earth and with that which went out. Above all: The Earth lost certain substances, and only now was it possible for mineral substances to form in the Earth. If the lunar substances had remained in the Earth, the mineral substance would never have been able to form, but it would always have been a liquid and moving substance. Only the moon's exit brought death to the Earth and with it the mineral kingdom, which is dead. But it was with this that today's plants, today's animals and man in his present form became possible.|354|35f}}


== Literature ==
== Literature ==

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The Moon, photographed from the Earth (2006)
Diameter comparison of Moon and Earth.
Planetary seal of the Moon.

The Moon (Old English: mōna, from Proto-Germanic: *mēnōn, derived from the Indo-European: *mē- "to measure"; Latin: Luna; Hebrew: לבֿנה Lavanah; astronomical sign: waxing and at the same time the sign for silver ☽, waning ☾) is from the spiritual-scientific point of view the residual slag of the so-called Old Moon, the third re-embodiment of our planetary system (see → world evolution). The sidereal period of the Moon is 27.3217 days, the synodic period of the lunar phases averages about 29.53 days. The surface of the Moon is littered with lunar craters, most of which were formed by the impact of meteorites; volcanic craters are relatively rare and small.

„The Moon's greatest power is moistening, clearly because it is close to the Earth and its moist exhalations. It therefore has a softening effect and produces mainly putrefaction in bodies, but also has a moderate heating power because of the light it receives from the Sun.“

– Claudius Ptolemy: Tetrabiblos, Book I, The Power of the Planets

Moon beings

The Moon is the seat of a number of spiritual lunar beings (or moon beings), including the original teachers of man. The lunar sphere is the dominion of the Angeloi. The leading Archangel of the moon sphere is Gabriel.

The separation of the Moon from the Earth

→ Main article: Lunar separation

According to Rudolf Steiner, the Moon came into being in its present form in the Lemurian period. At that time, the Earth was in danger of being completely frozen in its development by the hardening forces of the Moon. That is why the Moon was detached from the Earth and took the worst physical, etheric and astral forces with it from here. Since then a certain depressing influence has emanated from the Moon. In order to balance these forces, Yahweh, one of the seven Elohim, has united himself with the Moon and sends down his wisdom light from here with the reflected sunlight, thereby preparing love on Earth. At the end of earth evolution, the inhibiting forces of the Moon will be overcome.

{{GZ|"Later, however, a state of affairs, an event occurred which was of very special importance. This history could have continued for a long time, but everything would not have turned out as it is now on Earth. Everything would have remained as it is now, with clumsy animals together with air-capable animals inhabiting a living earthly body. But one day something special happened. You see, if we take this living formation of the Earth (see drawing), it happened that one day a young one really, one might say, formed from this Earth, which went out into the space of the world. This thing happened in such a way that a small outgrowth came into being; it withered away and finally split off.

[[File:GA354 035.gif|300px|center|Drawing from GA 354, p. 35}}

And instead of this one, a body arose outside in the space of the world, which had the air-like substance that is in the surroundings on the inside, and the thick liquid on the outside. So an inverted body split off. While the lunar earth continued to have its inner core thick and its outer air thick, a body split off that had the thick on the outside and the thin on the inside. And in this body, if one approaches the matter not with prejudice but with proper investigation, one can recognise the Moon of today. Today one can already know quite precisely, just as one can find, for example, the sodium in the air, what the air is made of. So one can know quite precisely: The Moon was once inside the Earth! What circles around out there as the moon was inside the earth and separated from it, went out into the space of the world.

And with that, a whole change occurred both with the earth and with that which went out. Above all: The Earth lost certain substances, and only now was it possible for mineral substances to form in the Earth. If the lunar substances had remained in the Earth, the mineral substance would never have been able to form, but it would always have been a liquid and moving substance. Only the moon's exit brought death to the Earth and with it the mineral kingdom, which is dead. But it was with this that today's plants, today's animals and man in his present form became possible.|354|35f}}

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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