Microcosm and Macrocosm: Correspondence and Occult Development

GA 266I — 29 October 1906, Munich

Esoteric Lesson

The laws of correspondence between the microcosm and the macrocosm. Meditation, concentration, and their purpose.

The forms of the five ether currents, “tattwas” (see the lessons of November 14 and December 1, 1906):

This is a sign of occult writing, the sign of humanity; there is nothing arbitrary or contrived about this sign, but rather it is read from the cosmos:

Everything is a correspondence in the cosmos, a correspondence between the macrocosm and the microcosm.

Sub rosa = under the rose, the pentagram.

With the tip of the pentagram pointing upwards, it is the sign of white magic; it expresses the development of the sun's powers within itself. With the tip pointing downwards, it is the sign of black magic, expressing the influence of the evil forces of the earth. The black magician concentrates his will on the person he wants to influence and thereby awakens very specific thought images in him.

1. I say that this is the point of initial concentration, the ego consciousness.
2. The language consciousness, the organ for which is the larynx.
3. The upright posture of the human being. The actions of the human being. The hands are the working tools of the human being; connected with this is the creation of personal karma.
4. The skin. This makes the human being a special body, no longer just a member of the whole.

The human being must bring about the transformation of what flows in from within and the altered release from within to the outside world. Only in the ear is the original still preserved, and the larynx transmits it. To create harmony with oneself and the cosmos and to generate its, the cosmos', currents within oneself is the purpose of meditation and concentration.