43. Consciousness – Life – Form

Thus, man has reached the stage at which the archangels revealed themselves in his [etheric body], the angels in his image body, and the planetary Saturn spirit in his self-awareness. He can now ascend to the level at which the Saturn spirit within him is able to have a relationship with the image body that is similar to that which the Saturn spirit itself attained when it gradually outgrew its own planetary existence and became an inhabitant of Jupiter. But since man remains an inhabitant of the earth, such forces can only have an effect on him from the outside. That is, the earth comes under the influence of the forces of Jupiter. At a later stage, something similar happens in relation to those beings who were at a stage where they only have an external effect on the etheric body from Mars. The earthly human being comes under the influence of Mars.