Etheric forebone
The etheric forebone, a kind of second spinal column, is an etheric organ which in future will be formed at the front of the human being as a counterpart and complement to the backbone, with which it will later join to form a closed system. Through spiritual training, if it is done in the right way, this development is already anticipated to a certain extent today (Lit.:GA 266b, p. 119).
The forebone, which descends in front from the head, is organised by the joint activity of the epiphysis and the pituitary gland and already announces itself today in the chain of lotus flowers, which are, however, not etheric but astral organs. These soul organs, which are formed and activated in the astral body through meditation, imprint themselves in the etheric body and thus gradually form the forebone. It lies behind the sternum, which, however, man will no longer have in the 7th post-Atlantean age, when the forebone reaches maturity.
Literature
- Rudolf Steiner: Die Geheimnisse der Schwelle, GA 147 (1997) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Die menschliche Seele in ihrem Zusammenhang mit göttlich.geistigen Individualitäten. Die Verinnerlichung der Jahresfeste., GA 224 (1992) English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
- Rudolf Steiner: Aus den Inhalten der esoterischen Stunden, Band II: 1910 – 1912, GA 266/2 (1996), S 119 English: rsarchive.org German: pdf pdf(2) html mobi epub archive.org
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