XVIII. Occultism and Esotericism

GA 111/1908-03-06/p012 ·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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The old Saturn state now has no earthly, no watery, no aerial forms, but only fire. Differentiation in the warmth of matter was the very first disposition for the human body. This is only possible because at that time the higher bodies had not yet descended from the spiritual atmosphere of old Saturn into the physical body.

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