Esoteric Lesson

And we would see how twelve different classes of elemental beings work on the twelve senses of the physical body as servants of the Elohim who gave us our form on earth. These spirits are now still in their childhood, so to speak; but their work on our twelve bodily senses will develop them in such a way that, in the course of Earth's evolution, these beings can become the zodiacal forces for Jupiter, as direct mediators of the zodiacal gods for the Jupiter state. Presumably, the transcriber wrote down the symbol for Jupiter, which was then read as “four.” And there will also be a sun, and the beings who will work in the forces of the sun are the elemental beings who now work in our blood circulation. This can give us a sense of the sanctity of our body temple, and it is good to feel this way, knowing about the cosmic forces that are at work within it. But now, as soon as we become aware of this through clairvoyance, the desire arises in us to penetrate there with our own ego, to displace the elemental beings and enter ourselves. And when we then stand on earth in our ordinary consciousness, how is it that everything is different and we seem to be something completely different from this divine, luminous temple? This is Ahriman, who throws the veil of sensory perception over our eyes and thus obscures our view of the divine world weaving in the physical realm. And what we then experience in our ordinary ego consciousness is Lucifer, who gives us the feeling of a personal self. Then there is only one thing we can do, namely meditate; and thus we ... [here the record breaks off].