Lecture Four

The fact that our forefathers conceived of ghosts, and that all such notions are superstition—this is taken for granted by modern man in his judgment on the people of former ages; he pats himself on the back and thinks he is very clever. He docs not get as far as recognising that through ghosts, in still older times, people formed their conception of the spiritual world; for to-day it is not the spiritual world that interests people but the world of nature. The ability of modern men to form conceptions about nature makes them feel infinitely superior to their forefathers. But the age of the Consciousness Soul asks of us something different from what our forefathers could do; we must be clear what it is that we actually have in our outlook on nature.