Pentagram and Hexagram: Cosmic Currents in Human Bodies

GA 266I — 29 November 1907, Berlin

Esoteric Lesson

Record A

A current flows through the etheric body in the form of a pentagram: from the point of the ego in the forehead to both feet, from there to the antipolar hands and from one hand to the other through the heart.¹ When the body and limbs bend, the currents also bend. The different parts of the currents are connected to the different planets as indicated. The planets should be understood more as principles that are actually always at work on all globes, only in a more prominent way on the individual ones.

The principle
of Saturn is the physical foundation
of the sun eternal growth, eternal progress
of the moon holding on, retarding, causing stagnation
of Mars courage, introducing aggression into the sensory life, red blood
of Mercury leading out of the sensory life
of Jupiter liberation of the ego
of Venus blossoming in love.

The colors indicated correspond to these planets and their principles:

Saturn - Green
Sun - Orange
Moon - Violet
Mars - Red
Mercury - Yellow
Jupiter - Blue
Venus - Indigo

The hexagram corresponds to currents in the astral body, but this should not be understood as a line figure; rather, the double triangle is only an average. (While the currents in the etheric body form the lines of a pentagram, the hexagram represents the astral body in a completely different way, not as lines, but as a physical surface.) When the figure is rotated onto its vertical axis, the actual figure emerges, even if the horizontal intersection does not quite correspond to a circle (oval). The horizontal lines therefore actually form a surface; the upper one at the height of the arms, the other at the height of the knees.

The downward-pointing triangle has to do with the bodies: the astral body (moon), etheric body (sun), physical body (Saturn principle). The other triangle with the higher parts: sentient soul (Mars), intellectual soul (Mercury), and conscious soul, which is only at the beginning of its development (Jupiter). The colors correspond accordingly.

One should meditate on these figures and the meaning of their details in order to become aware of one's true inner life and its relationship to the cosmos. One will then awaken strange feelings within oneself.

Record B

The principle of Saturn (Oriphiel. Green. Lead): the physical foundation, but spiritual.

The principle of the Sun (Michael. Orange. Gold): eternal growth. Eternal progress. Individual life.

The principle of the Moon (Gabriel. Violet. Silver): holding on. Retarding. Freezing. Appearance in the Maya.

The principle of Mars (Samael. Red. Iron): Courage. Aggression. Leading into the sensory life through red blood. Consciousness. The principle of Mercury (Raphael. Yellow. Mercury): Leading out of the sensory life. Divine intelligence. Holy Spirit.

The principle of Jupiter (Zachariel. Blue. Tin): Liberation of the ego. Power. Father.

The principle of Venus (Anael. Indigo. Copper): Dissolution in pure love. Love. Son. Transition from God to man. Mediator.

The pentagram
The hexagram

The hexagram corresponds to currents in the astral body. But it is only an average. If the figure were rotated around its vertical axis, the real figure would emerge, whose horizontal average does not quite correspond to a circle. The upper surface is experienced at the height of the arms, the lower at the height of the knees.

The downward-pointing triangle has to do with the physical body, Saturn. Moon: astral body. Sun: etheric body. The upward-pointing triangle with the higher parts: sentient soul: Mars. Intellectual soul: Mercury. Conscious soul: Jupiter.

Through intense meditation on these figures, humans gain knowledge of themselves and their connection to the macrocosm. The pentagram represents the currents of the etheric body and their connection to the planets.

The physical body is connected to all forces in the universe. It is the center of the radiation of all forces of the zodiac.

The etheric body is initially connected to the center of the Earth.

The astral body is connected to the center of the Moon.

The ego is not just a point that has gradually united with the physical body through the growth of the forehead and the withdrawal of the etheric body at the upper root of the nose, but there is also a second point of the ego. The line connecting these two points changes, and the direction of this line points to the center of the sun. The more a person develops, the closer the (two) points come together. The developing person must move to this second point, that is, outward, and must learn to look at their body as if it were something physical outside of them (Tat tvam asi² ); this frees people from egoism. A vivid reliving of the mystery of Golgotha and the fact that the superfluous, egoistic blood of humanity flowed there is helpful in this regard.

Meditation should be like sacrificial smoke rising to the gods.

Etheric body:

Astral body: