Initiation or Consecration

GA 56/1907-11-28/p038 ·1907-11-28 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
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There is something here that will literally shape the future of human beings externally and physically. For ordinary anatomy and physics, the heart is a crux. It has the configuration of a voluntary muscle, while today it is not yet a voluntary muscle. A voluntary muscle has striated muscle fibers. The heart has such striated fibers, although it is not yet voluntary. However, it is on its way to becoming a voluntary muscle.

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