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An approach to new development lies in music. It is not quite achieved in the other arts. There is something prophetic in music for future development. The new etheric body vibrates through music, and now the outer etheric body also begins to vibrate. In Mozart's works, but especially in Rossini's, the vibrations in the old etheric body continue, but to a very small degree. But if you could observe the listeners to “Lohengrin,” you would see how the effect is quite different. Wagner's music excites the buddhi body so strongly that it has a direct effect on the etheric body. Wagner's music thus brings about a change in temperament and inclinations in the etheric body, and with this you can guess what Wagner sensed and what was also expressed in his writings on music. The occultist says: When a person undergoes development and hears spherical music, they hear heavenly music. But everyday people cannot penetrate that far. 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