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.After this emanation had lasted for a time, the activity of thealready mentioned Spirits of Wisdom unites with the will.Thus will, previously wholly without attributes, now gradually acquires the ability to reflect life backinto cosmic space. These beings, who experience their supreme bliss in poring forth will out ofthemselves at the beginning of the Saturn evolution, may be called the "Spirits of Will." (In Christianesotericism they are called "Thrones.") After a certain stage of the Saturn evolution has beenreached through the co-operation of will and life there begins the activity of other beings who arelikewise present in the environment of Saturn.They may be called the "Spirits of Motion." (InChristian esotericism , "Dynameis," or "Powers.")They have no physical or ether body, but their lowest vehicle is the astral body.When the Saturnbodies have acquired the ability to reflect life, this reflected life is in a condition to be permeated withthe qualities that reside in the astral bodies of the Spirits of Motion.The result of this is that it appearsas though the manifestations of sensation and feeling and similar soul activities were flung out intocelestial space from Saturn.The whole of Saturn appears like an ensouled being, manifesting sympathies and antipathies.Thesemanifestations of soul-qualities, however, are in no way its own, but only the flung-back soulactivities of the Spirits of Motion. After this state has lasted a certain length of time, there beginsthe activity of still other beings that may be called the "Spirits of Form." Their lowest member is alsoan astral body, but it stands at a stage of development different from that of the Spirits of Motion.Whereas these latter communicate only general expressions of feeling to the reflected life, the activityof the astral body of the Spirits of Form (in Christian esotericism, "Exusiai," or "Authorities,") is ofsuch a nature that the expressions of feeling are flung back into cosmic space as though fromindividual beings.One might say that the Spirits of Motion cause Saturn as a whole to appear like anensouled being.The Spirits of Form divide this life into individual living beings, so that Saturn now appears like an agglomeration of such soul beings. In order to have a picture of this state, imagine a mulberry or ablackberry, and note how it is composed of small individual parts.For the observer of the spiritualworld, Saturn, in the period of evolution just described, is similarly composed of a number of Saturnentities that, to be sure, do not possess a life and soul of their own, but that reflect the life and soul ofthe beings dwelling in them. In this state of Saturn, beings now intervene who likewise have theastral body as their lowest member, but who have developed it to such a stage that it has the effect of apresent-day human ego.Through these beings, the ego looks down upon Saturn from its environment and communicates itsnature to the individual living beings of Saturn.Thus something is sent out into cosmic space fromSaturn that appears similar to the activity of the human personality in the present cycle of life.Thebeings who bring this about may be called the "Spirits of Personality," ("Archai," "Primal Beginnings"in Christian Esotericism).They confer upon the small Saturn bodies the appearance of the character ofpersonality.Personality does not exist on Saturn itself, however, but only its reflection, as it were, theshell of personality.The Spirits of Personality have their real personality on the periphery of Saturn.Just because theseSpirits of Personality let their being be reflected back by the Saturn bodies in the manner indicated, thefine substance just described as "heat" is imparted to the latter. In the whole of Saturn there is noinner life, but the Spirits of Personality recognize the image of their own inner life as it streams backto them from Saturn in the form of heat.When all this occurs, the Spirits of Personality stand at the stage at which the human being is atpresent.At that time they pass through their human epoch.If we wish to look at these facts with anunprejudiced eye, we must imagine that a being can be "man" not merely in the form borne by man atthe present time.The Spirits of Personality are "human beings" on Saturn.They do not have the physical body as theirlowest principle, but the astral body with the ego.Therefore they are not able to express theexperiences of this astral body in a physical and ether body like that of the present-day man; yet theynot only possess an ego, but are fully aware of it, because the heat substance of Saturn brings it to theirconsciousness in reflecting it back to them.They are "human beings" under conditions different fromthe earth state.In the further course of the Saturn evolution, events ensue that are different in character from anythingexisting heretofore.While up to the present time everything was a reflection of external life andsensation, now a kind of inner life begins.Here and there within the Saturn world a life of light begins,now flaring up, now darkening.Flickering glimmers of light appear in certain places, and in otherssomething occurs like flashes of lightning.The Saturn heat bodies begin to glimmer, to sparkle, even to radiate.Because this stage of evolutionhas been reached, again certain beings have the possibility of becoming active [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.After this emanation had lasted for a time, the activity of thealready mentioned Spirits of Wisdom unites with the will.Thus will, previously wholly without attributes, now gradually acquires the ability to reflect life backinto cosmic space. These beings, who experience their supreme bliss in poring forth will out ofthemselves at the beginning of the Saturn evolution, may be called the "Spirits of Will." (In Christianesotericism they are called "Thrones.") After a certain stage of the Saturn evolution has beenreached through the co-operation of will and life there begins the activity of other beings who arelikewise present in the environment of Saturn.They may be called the "Spirits of Motion." (InChristian esotericism , "Dynameis," or "Powers.")They have no physical or ether body, but their lowest vehicle is the astral body.When the Saturnbodies have acquired the ability to reflect life, this reflected life is in a condition to be permeated withthe qualities that reside in the astral bodies of the Spirits of Motion.The result of this is that it appearsas though the manifestations of sensation and feeling and similar soul activities were flung out intocelestial space from Saturn.The whole of Saturn appears like an ensouled being, manifesting sympathies and antipathies.Thesemanifestations of soul-qualities, however, are in no way its own, but only the flung-back soulactivities of the Spirits of Motion. After this state has lasted a certain length of time, there beginsthe activity of still other beings that may be called the "Spirits of Form." Their lowest member is alsoan astral body, but it stands at a stage of development different from that of the Spirits of Motion.Whereas these latter communicate only general expressions of feeling to the reflected life, the activityof the astral body of the Spirits of Form (in Christian esotericism, "Exusiai," or "Authorities,") is ofsuch a nature that the expressions of feeling are flung back into cosmic space as though fromindividual beings.One might say that the Spirits of Motion cause Saturn as a whole to appear like anensouled being.The Spirits of Form divide this life into individual living beings, so that Saturn now appears like an agglomeration of such soul beings. In order to have a picture of this state, imagine a mulberry or ablackberry, and note how it is composed of small individual parts.For the observer of the spiritualworld, Saturn, in the period of evolution just described, is similarly composed of a number of Saturnentities that, to be sure, do not possess a life and soul of their own, but that reflect the life and soul ofthe beings dwelling in them. In this state of Saturn, beings now intervene who likewise have theastral body as their lowest member, but who have developed it to such a stage that it has the effect of apresent-day human ego.Through these beings, the ego looks down upon Saturn from its environment and communicates itsnature to the individual living beings of Saturn.Thus something is sent out into cosmic space fromSaturn that appears similar to the activity of the human personality in the present cycle of life.Thebeings who bring this about may be called the "Spirits of Personality," ("Archai," "Primal Beginnings"in Christian Esotericism).They confer upon the small Saturn bodies the appearance of the character ofpersonality.Personality does not exist on Saturn itself, however, but only its reflection, as it were, theshell of personality.The Spirits of Personality have their real personality on the periphery of Saturn.Just because theseSpirits of Personality let their being be reflected back by the Saturn bodies in the manner indicated, thefine substance just described as "heat" is imparted to the latter. In the whole of Saturn there is noinner life, but the Spirits of Personality recognize the image of their own inner life as it streams backto them from Saturn in the form of heat.When all this occurs, the Spirits of Personality stand at the stage at which the human being is atpresent.At that time they pass through their human epoch.If we wish to look at these facts with anunprejudiced eye, we must imagine that a being can be "man" not merely in the form borne by man atthe present time.The Spirits of Personality are "human beings" on Saturn.They do not have the physical body as theirlowest principle, but the astral body with the ego.Therefore they are not able to express theexperiences of this astral body in a physical and ether body like that of the present-day man; yet theynot only possess an ego, but are fully aware of it, because the heat substance of Saturn brings it to theirconsciousness in reflecting it back to them.They are "human beings" under conditions different fromthe earth state.In the further course of the Saturn evolution, events ensue that are different in character from anythingexisting heretofore.While up to the present time everything was a reflection of external life andsensation, now a kind of inner life begins.Here and there within the Saturn world a life of light begins,now flaring up, now darkening.Flickering glimmers of light appear in certain places, and in otherssomething occurs like flashes of lightning.The Saturn heat bodies begin to glimmer, to sparkle, even to radiate.Because this stage of evolutionhas been reached, again certain beings have the possibility of becoming active [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]