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All this substance which surrounded the Earth in that age was permeated with the inpouring cosmic ether which imbued it with life; in addition, it was differentiated in a curious way. For instance, in one fairly wide area a man would have suffocated had he been present there, in another he could have been greatly invigorated. Chemical elements in the modern sense did not then exist but certain formations remind one of the effects of the chemical elements we know. The whole sphere teemed with gleaming reflections of light, with sparkling, luminous rays. And it was warmed through and through by the cosmic ether.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"5. 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Der Kohlenstoff ist da drinnen nicht Kohlenstoff, der Sauerstoff nicht Sauerstoff und so weiter, sondern das ist eine höher geartete Substanz. Und wie gesagt, eigenschaftlich kann ich sie als sehr, sehr flüssiges Eiweiß bezeichnen. Aber diese ganze, die Erde damals umgebende Substanz war durchdrungen vom Weltenall herein mit kosmischem Äther, der diese ganze Substanz belebte. So daß wir den kosmischen Äther uns vorzustellen haben als hereinragend in diese Substanz und sie belebend.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":183,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/232/1923-12-01/p009"},{"locus":"GA 232/1923-12-01/p010","passage_number":10,"text":"Dadurch, daß dieser kosmische Äther hereinragte, dadurch lebte diese Substanz. Sie lebte aber nicht nur, sondern sie differenzierte sich in eigentümlicher Weise. Da erschien an einer Stelle einmal ein größeres Gebilde, in dem man ersticken konnte; an einer anderen Stelle erschien ein größeres Gebilde, in dem man besonders regsam hätte aufleben können, wenn man als Mensch schon hätte da sein können und so weiter. Es waren da nicht chemische Elemente im heutigen Sinne drinnen, aber es entstanden solche Bildungen, die an die Wirkungen der chemischen Elemente von heute erinnern. Dann war das Ganze von Licht-Spiegelungen, Licht-Erglänzungen, Licht-Erstrahlungen, LichtErfunkelungen durchsetzt. 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