"If someone had observed the earth at that time from a distance with clairvoyant vision at the moment when the blood flowed from the wounds of the Redeemer, he would have perceived that its whole astral aura changed. The earth was then permeated by the Christ-force..."~The Apocalypse of St. John, Rudolf Steiner (1908)
"...assuming the control and leadership of what we now call evolution. Christ, principle of universal vitality because sprung up as man among men, put himself in the position (maintained ever since) to subdue under himself, to purify, to direct and superanimate the general ascent of consciousnesses into which he inserted himself."Rare Gems and Sleepers