# Self-Knowledge and God-Knowledge I

## GA 90a — 8 July 1904, Berlin

### XLII. The Universe From the Outside

Let us take the standpoint of the universe and look at the world from the point of view of consciousness, life and being, or vice versa. Here, too, we have to distinguish between body, soul and spirit. Body would correspond to being, soul to life, spirit to consciousness. This also gives us a trinity.

If we take the body in a cosmic sense, Indian philosophy calls this Adi-Buddha = All-Body. Christian esotericism refers to the same thing as Kyriotetes - Empire. Indian philosophy refers to the All-Soul as Adi-Atma. Christian esotericism calls the same Dynamis-Power. Then All-Spirit: Indian AdiDeva, Christian esoteric: Exusiai - Revelation or Violence. So that from the standpoint of the microcosm we have to distinguish:

The gods circle the axis/staff 7x7 times, and the seven circles are the seven realms. However, each time the gods circle around, they move up one step, so that in the present mineral realm man is ruled by the light gods, but in the mineral realm of the next round he is already ruled by the power gods.

In all three, we have to distinguish seven levels, seven regions of the Adi-Buddha, then of the Adi-Atman - seven levels of living consciousness. - In the case of Adi-Deva, we also have to distinguish seven levels.

The 'day consciousness' reveals itself in the fourth round of the earth in the mineral kingdom, and from the outside the forces of light reveal themselves.

So, if we look at the three-part world from the point of view of the universe, we have bright day consciousness inside the mineral kingdom. When we look at the body, we see that it [gap in transcript] and what manifests itself in it are the forces of light.

When the light reveals itself on the physical plane, darkness must reveal itself with it, because the counter-forces of the realm oppose it and cause cloudiness.

On the plane of deception, the forces cannot reveal themselves other than in the twilight, so that the forces of darkness are necessarily opposed to the forces of light.

If we look at the formation of the Earth from this point of view, the forces of light and thus those of darkness are revealed first. Let us first consider the forces of light: Elohim.

Now, as one kind of force reveals itself, the earth passes through all the kingdoms: the first, the second and the third elemental kingdom, the mineral, the vegetable kingdom and the animal kingdom.

Adi-Atma goes through seven stages, and these are called “planetary developments” or “chains.


In each of these realms, seven stages are passed through. In each

round, seven globes again; these are the forces. An Atman has to go through 343 cycles to reach its goal.

7 x 7 - 7 stages of consciousness, 7 rounds, in each 7 globes.  
Planetary development  
Round development  
Globe development  
The forces of warmth used to be outside us, now they are within us.  
1. The soul reaches 7 levels of consciousness. Each level of consciousness is called a “planetary chain”.  
2. At each level of consciousness, the soul passes through all 7 realms - Buddhas. Each realm is called a 'round'. 3. In each round, one of the 7 different devas rules. Each type of deva government is a 'globe' or a 'planet'.

In Christian scriptures, the devas are called “angels of the ages”. The humans themselves are manifestations of the soul of the world in the mineral kingdom.

Before, before our earth came to the point of view that the Elohim revealed themselves on it, it was surrounded by a sea of warmth. Then we had an organ, the pineal gland, outgrown, it was also the one eye of the Cyclops; they were the people of fire. A great eye of warmth, with which he would swim around in this sea, which was then the earth, and perceive everywhere. That was the globe of warmth. Even earlier the globe of ether and before that the globe that was only life.

Returning to this state, we would arrive at the third round. During the third round, the various powers would appear seven times. Powers of warmth in the mineral kingdom. During the previous second round, the powers of fire ruled in the mineral kingdom.

> 1. The Arupa-Devas rule during the first round in the mineral kingdom.  
> 2. The Rupa-, fire-Devas rule during the second round in the mineral kingdom.  
> 3. The astral-Devas or warmth-spirits rule during the third round in the mineral kingdom.  
> 4. The light-spirits rule during the fourth round in the mineral kingdom.  
> 5. The Power Spirits rule during the fifth round in the mineral kingdom.  
> 6. The Creative Spirits rule during the sixth round in the mineral kingdom.  
> 7. The Divine Spirits rule during the seventh round in the mineral kingdom.

If we follow this, we have: “In the beginning God created heaven and earth” - Arupa-Devas emerged.

“The Earth was formless and empty” - It continues to develop from globe to globe.

“God separated the light from the darkness and called the light Day and the darkness Night.”

Description of the first round. The first round is the first day of creation; darkness is pralaya, which now passes over to the second round.

After the light spirits, the power spirits rule in the second round, and they are to pass over to the next round. “Then God made the firmament.”

When the third round is over, it dismisses its deities as creating spirits. The fourth round will dismiss godly spirits. Exactly the same as before, but now evolved. The fourth round is described in the Bible accordingly:

“Let lights be made” - light spirits, exusiai, elohim.

The fifth, sixth and seventh days represent the future.