16. Life After Death

GA 140/1913-05-13/p009 ·1913-05-13 · 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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But an even more terrible fate than not being able to perceive the spiritual world is in store for such people. Because souls who go through the gate of death are of a spiritual nature, materialistic souls cannot even perceive them. A yawning chasm opens up around such souls. In fact, one may ask, “What does such a soul perceive after death?” Not even himself as he is after death because he lacks a clear consciousness of self. The following will show us what remains for him.

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