5. The Inner Vitalization of the Soul through the Qualities of the Metallic Nature

GA 243/1924-08-15/p043 ·1924-08-15 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
Record: unknown. How this text was taken down (shorthand transcript, listeners' notes or manuscript) is not on record here. Unknown is not an assurance of a stenogram: check the edition's own notes before resting an argument on one word.

If we contemplate the physical aspect of this remarkable metallic fluid mercury, we only begin to understand it when we are fully aware of its hidden secret: that a minute drop of liquid mercury reveals to the Initiate a profound relationship. This drop is able to infuse the spiritual into those organs that derive their structure and origin from the world between death and rebirth.

Read this passage in another edition
DEoriginalENEnglish
Raw JSON: /v1/steiner/en/ga/243/1924-08-15/p043.json
Cite: GA 243/1924-08-15/p043 · edition English