In his last address, Rudolf Steiner linked the effectiveness of anthroposophy with the essence of John. How can John - as a spiritual being - become earthly? Wolf-Ulrich Klünker demonstrates that in the individuality of John, the spiritual future and the fate of humanity are directly connected. John is the person in immediate proximity to Christ. He is the one whom the Lord loves; he rests on the Lord's breast. In John, Christ is touched spiritually, and John's soul can become spiritually one with Christ. Human self-understanding and the experience of Christ are interconnected and thus dependent on each other. John recognizes Christ as the Logos-God at the beginning, and he identifies him as a human on Earth. Under the cross, John is connected by Christ himself with Mary. Christ declares that John.