Lecture VI

When everything stored in the causal body has been transformed into abilities, the human being begins the return journey to earth. It is extremely interesting to observe these beings returning to earth clairvoyantly. The clairvoyant perceives bell-shaped structures that shoot off in all directions at incredible speed in the astral plane. These formations are created when a person returning from Devachan surrounds themselves with new astral matter. This is a gathering of astral matter around the core of the human being, which could be compared to the following: Imagine a box containing iron filings with a magnet underneath. The filings arrange themselves according to the lines of force of the magnet. Like the magnet, the human being returning from Devachan attracts astral matter from various directions of the astral plane, and this matter arranges itself according to the nature of the human being. This state of scattering before a new incarnation lasts only a short time, usually measured in hours. The bell shape is the general form, in which all color nuances are found. In this state, the human being consists of the I and the causal body and now forms a new astral body from the astral matter, which corresponds exactly to what the human being has developed in the devachan. His entire disposition thus takes on a coloration corresponding to his transformed experiences.