{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 253/1915-09-12/p035","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Why do they call it a tree, and why do they also call the ether body the Tree of Life? Why are they talking about trees? It is easy to understand what is meant by this if you recall that the gods in question evolved during the Sun period for the most part and thus assumed some essentially Sun-like qualities. For a moment, just reflect on the fact that during the ancient Saturn period, everything was at the mineral level, while during the ancient Sun period, everything was at the evolutionary stage of plants. Since the gods we call the Elohim developed their characteristic way of speaking during the Sun period, it is natural for them not to speak of things that could only be experienced later, during the Moon and Earth stages of evolution, but about what evolved in the universe during the Sun stage, namely plant life. When using their own language, which is the language of the Sun, it is only natural for them to speak of trees.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"III. Swedenborg: An Example of Difficulties in Entering the Spiritual World","site_heading":null,"date":"1915-09-12","location":null,"word_count":171,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/en/ga/253/1915-09-12/p035","alignment_confidence":"high","alignment_reason":"beads:length","two_voice_volume":false,"translation_credit":{"scope":"unit","status":"established","translator":"Catherine E. 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Wenn die Götter, die wir die Elohim nennen, sich den Charakter ihrer Sprache also während der Sonnenzeit angeeignet haben, so werden sie, wenn sie sich aussprechen, nicht von dem sprechen, was man erst auf dem Mond und auf der Erde erleben kann, sondern von dem, wozu sich der Kosmos bis zur Sonnenzeit entwickelt hat, nämlich dem Pflanzenhaften. 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