An Outline of Religious Ideas in post-Atlantean Times

If we now survey what we have briefly considered and ask ourselves: Why did all this happen, why did man develop to impress the inner on the outer? the answer is that man was impelled to do so by the evolution of his organization. The ancient Atlanteans were able to perceive the supersensible world because their etheric body had not yet been completely drawn into the physical body. A point of the 'ether head' did not yet coincide with the corresponding point in the physical head. The complete penetration of the etheric body with the physical body is the reason why man is now being pushed out more into the outer world.