This carrying down, this thorough impregnation of the flesh by the
spirit, this is the characteristic of the mission of white humanity, the
whole mission of white humankind. People have white skin color
because the spirit works within the skin when it wants to descend to the
physical plane
. . . but where the spirit is held back, where it takes on a
demonic character and does not fully penetrate the flesh, then white
skin color does not appear, because atavistic powers are present that do
not allow the spirit to achieve complete harmony with the flesh. These racial-spiritual
differences led Steiner to predict a cosmic struggle
between white people and non-white people:
But these things will never take place in the world without the most
violent struggle.