xvii. The Life of Earth

GA 11/l17/p005 · RSPI1959 LowLow alignmentMost translators re-paragraphed Steiner substantially. The locus identifies the same chapter or section, but paragraph-N to paragraph-N mapping is loose. For exact-quotation precision, compare with the German.

At the same time, something else was taking place during the three great cycles on Saturn, Sun, and Moon. During the last Saturn cycle the spirit man ( Atma) was formed with the help of the Spirits of Will ( Thrones). During the penultimate Sun cycle, the life-spirit ( Buddhi) was joined to it with the assistance of the Cherubim. During the third from the last Moon cycle, the spirit-self ( Manas) united with the two others through the help of the Seraphim. Thus actually two origins of man were formed during these three great cycles: a lower man, consisting of physical body, ether body, and astral body, and a higher man, consisting of spirit man ( Atma), life-spirit ( Buddhi), and spirit-self ( Manas). The lower and the higher nature of man followed separate paths at first.

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