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[[File:Cabala_mineralis_04.jpg|thumb|The winged [[Mercurius]] in a glass flask.<br>By the [[alchemists]]s, the forces that are active in material nature were still experienced as [[astral]] appearances. The [[homunculus]] is also an astral entity experienced in this way.<br>Source: Cabala Mineralis]] | |||
The '''Secret of Alchemy''' is the third of the [[seven secrets of life]]. This can be understood, for example, through the works of [[w:Paracelsus|Paracelsus]] and [[w:Jakob Böhme|Jakob Böhme]]. Of the seven great cosmic stages of [[world evolution]], the third stage, the [[Old Moon]] corresponds to it. | The '''Secret of Alchemy''' is the third of the [[seven secrets of life]]. This can be understood, for example, through the works of [[w:Paracelsus|Paracelsus]] and [[w:Jakob Böhme|Jakob Böhme]]. Of the seven great cosmic stages of [[world evolution]], the third stage, the [[Old Moon]] corresponds to it. | ||
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By the alchemistss, the forces that are active in material nature were still experienced as astral appearances. The homunculus is also an astral entity experienced in this way.
Source: Cabala Mineralis
The Secret of Alchemy is the third of the seven secrets of life. This can be understood, for example, through the works of Paracelsus and Jakob Böhme. Of the seven great cosmic stages of world evolution, the third stage, the Old Moon corresponds to it.
„On the third planet a third thing developed in addition to the number: the law of elective affinity. It consists in the fact that people develop sympathy and antipathy for each other. This law is found in all realms, for example in chemistry, in the mineral kingdom. This also made it possible for a new kingdom to form. The animal kingdom, the plant kingdom, the mineral kingdom were formed. Man, as we see him today, did not exist at that time. He was then still a kind of animal, on the kamic stage. The spirit had not yet entered the body.“ (Lit.:GA 89, p. 145)
Literature
- Rudolf Steiner: Bewußtsein – Leben – Form , GA 89 (2001), ISBN 3-7274-0890-1 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
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