43. Consciousness – Life – Form

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In the third lunar cycle, the human body is so developed that the beings on the archangelic level experience its dream images as their environment; in the fourth cycle, this is the case with the angels. In this cycle, the descendants of the Saturn planet spirit can use the human body to such an extent that, when they envelop it from the outside and make use of it, they attain a bright daytime consciousness through it. In the fifth cycle, these beings have risen to such a height that they no longer need the physical human body; the latter now perceives its surroundings, but it only attains a low level of consciousness in relation to these perceptions. During this time, these beings require only the etheric body and the sentient body. In the sixth cycle, they also leave the etheric body to itself, and in the seventh, the sentient body.

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