Thirteenth Lecture

and so on. Insofar as Homer is now incarnated again, ”man" will incarnate, but not the spirit that guided him at that time. But we will encounter this figure in the etheric realm, who inspired Homer at that time, or the spirit who inspired Socrates and Plato, insofar as they were inspired. We must begin to understand the spiritual world through spiritual science. The rest will then follow naturally. But if we do not begin with spiritual science, we are heading toward a time that will impose a terrible fate on humanity.