I-59 Ancient terminology for the 3-fold human being

Building Stones for an Understanding of the Mystery of Golgotha, Lect. 7

The 3-fold nature of the human being can be expressed by the following three words, all of which mean “human being,” but carried much different meanings for those who initiated the terms:

(“Manushya” obviously comes from “Manu,” who, according to the mythology of India was “the first man and author of an important Sanscrit code of law.” If one examines the myth, it would seem likely that he is one and the same as the biblical Noah, a point to which credence is given by 7 Brit 798, “Manu,” from which the last quote is taken.) Considering that words originally had meaning according to their sounds (e.g., Gen 11,1), the vestiges of many of which can still be traced through Indo-European and other languages, it would seem significant that the sound and meaning of “manu” seems to have found its way into the Oriental “manas” and its biblical equivalent, Manna; into the name of the 3rd-century Persian, Mani (Manes, or Manichaeus) (about whom Steiner says in this lecture of April 19, 1917, “unfortunately it is not yet permissible today to unveil the ultimate secrets of this doctrine, even in our present circle”); and, according to WNWD, into the native Polynesian term, “mana,” meaning “the impersonal supernatural force to which certain primitive peoples attribute good fortune, magical  owers, etc.”