42. Blood is a Very Special Fluid
GA 68b/1906-11-30/p026
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Genesis speaks of people living to be 800 and 900 years old. This can also be explained from what has been said before: in ancient times, not just a person was named with a name, but everything that the ego can encompass; a person who remembered not only what he, but also what his father and grandfather experienced, everything that could be summarized as a common memory, was given a common name. As age diminishes, so does memory, namely everything that is imprinted in the blood of a generation, we have the transition from close marriage to long-distance marriage.
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