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Daher wird sein Leib später ein mehr der Pflanze ähnlicher sein; dann kann er zusammentreffen mit der heiligen Liebeslanze. Die ganze Menschheit wird dann ein Bewußtsein in sich haben, wie es heute der Eingeweihte sich erwirbt, wenn er in die höheren Welten sich erhebt. Das nennt man die Umwandlung der menschlichen Substanz in diejenige Substanz, deren Grundlage der Kohlenstoff selbst ist. Das ist die Alchemie, die dazu führt, daß er seinen eigenen Leib ähnlich aufbauen wird wie heute die Pflanze. Man nennt das die Bereitung des «Steins der Weisen», und die Kohle ist das äußere Symbolum dafür. Aber erst dann ist sie der «Stein der Weisen», wenn der Mensch durch seinen geregelten Atmungsprozeß ihn selbst wird erzeugen können. Die Lehre kann nur von Mensch zu Mensch mitgeteilt werden; sie ist in ein tiefes Mysterium eingehüllt, und erst nachdem er ganz geläutert und gereinigt ist, kann der Schüler dieses Mysterium empfangen. 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