42. Blood is a Very Special Fluid
GA 68b/1906-11-30/p027
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Thus it is already evident in the Bible that whoever has a person's blood has the person himself. What has an effect in people inscribes itself in the blood, insofar as it inscribes itself, so much has the person. Through such combinations of spiritual research as here, through clairvoyance, the deepest cultural possibilities can be considered. It would be impossible for culture to graft a completely alien culture onto an original one. Many believe that this is precisely how it should be expressed in the blood; but this is a mistake.
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