entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note ENT_ANT_ADVERSARIES,SRC_STEINER,primary text attestation,"Collective grouping the three classes of adversary-being in Steiner's cosmology (Lucifer, Ahriman, and the Asuras), whose opposed pulls human spiritual development must learn to balance." ENT_ANT_AHRIMAN,SRC_STEINER,primary text attestation,"In Steiner's cosmology the cold, contracting adversary-being who drags humanity into materialism and denial of the spirit; the name is adapted from Zoroastrian Ahriman (Angra Mainyu) but the being is a distinct Anthroposophical re-conception." ENT_ANT_ASURAS,SRC_STEINER,primary text attestation,"In Steiner's teaching the third and most dangerous class of adversary-beings, attacking the human spirit-self (the 'I'); the name is borrowed from the Indian asuras but designates a distinct Anthroposophical class." ENT_ANT_LUCIFER,SRC_STEINER,primary text attestation,"Steiner's warm, expanding adversary-being of pride, fantasy, and false/inflated spirituality, the polar opposite of Ahriman; a deliberate re-conception that shares only the name with the Christian fallen-angel Lucifer." ENT_ANT_REPRESENTATIVE,SRC_STEINER,primary text attestation,Steiner's figure of the Christ / Sun-Being who holds the central balance between the upward pull of Lucifer and the downward pull of Ahriman; an Anthroposophical interpretation of the Christ identified with Jesus Christ. ENT_ANT_SORAT,SRC_STEINER,primary text attestation,"Steiner's Sun-Demon and Beast/Antichrist being, adversary of the Sun-Christ and associated with the number 666; named from the Agrippan solar spirit Sorath, distinct from the Lucifer-Ahriman-Asuras polarity."