XVIII. Occultism and Esotericism

GA 111/1908-03-06/p011 ·1908-03-06 · English MediumMedium alignmentSome paragraph re-numbering between this translation and the German original — the locus may slip by a paragraph or two.
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In occultism, we distinguish four states of becoming: the densest state (earth), the liquid state (water), the gaseous state (air) and the state of heat (fire), which is currently no longer recognized as matter in science.

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