Devachan
The Devachan is - in reference to the Indian theosophical Terminology - the spirit land, the spiritual World in the narrow sense.
„Deva means God and Chan means territory, dwelling place; thus Devachan means God's territory. Inasmuch as the man is a spiritual being, he has a share in the spiritual world.“ (Lit.:GA 94, p. 134)
The world of the spiritual archetypes
The Devachan is the world of the spiritual archetypes, the archetypal world[1]. In the Jewish Kabbalah it is called Atziluth' or Azilut (Hebrew: אֲצִילוּת "nobility, sublimity, goodness, fire") and comprises the highest triad of the Sephiroth, namely Keter (crown), Chokhmah (wisdom) and Binah (intellect). This world does not primarily reveal itself to spiritual perception in inner images, in imaginations, but through inspiration as a harmony of spheres experienced by the "inner ear" as sound, which is also reflected in the effects of the sound ether and in the numerical relationships in chemical reactions, and then further as the word experienced inwardly (Lit.:GA 94, p. 140).
Literature
- Rudolf Steiner: Theosophie. Einführung in übersinnliche Welterkenntnis und Menschenbestimmung , GA 9 (2003) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Grundelemente der Esoterik, GA 93a (1987) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Kosmogonie, GA 94 (2001), ISBN 3-7274-0940-1 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Das esoterische Christentum und die geistige Führung des Menschen, GA 130 (1987), Neuchâtel, 18. Dezember 1912
- Rudolf Steiner: Das Leben zwischen dem Tode und der neuen Geburt im Verhältnis zu den kosmischen Tatsachen, GA 141 (1997), ISBN 3-7274-1410-3 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
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References
- ↑ Not to be confused with the actual world of archetypes, by which is meant the Buddhi plan, the World of Providence, which is superior to the Devachan.
