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A star (Latin: stella or astrum; Greek: ἀστήρ ástēr; Old High German: sterno) is a self-luminous celestial body that appears to the naked eye as a point, is astronomically or astrophysically massive, comparable to our Sun, consists of gas and plasma, and whose size is determined by the acting force of gravity and the energy generated in its interior or radiated outwards. Temperatures of often many millions of degrees prevail in the interior. Since the position of the stars relative to each other was long thought to be unchanging, they were also called fixed stars. They are the subject of stellar astronomy.

Stars are recorded in star catalogues with the exact specification of their star words, spectral class, etc.. For example, Ptolemy's Almagest, published in the 2nd century AD, contains a list of stars. Ptolemy published in his Almagest in the 2nd century AD contains stars visible from Alexandria as early as 1022.

From a spiritual-scientific point of view, the stars are colonies of sublime spiritual entities. The fact that they appear sensually at all is due to the effect of Luciferian Spirits of Wisdom. Their material appearance is ultimately, like all matter, only deception (maya). In truth, according to Rudolf Steiner, the celestial bodies are holes in space through which the soul world, the astral world, reveals itself visibly to the senses.

Literature
References to the work of Rudolf Steiner follow Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works (CW or GA), Rudolf Steiner Verlag, Dornach/Switzerland, unless otherwise stated.
Email: verlag@steinerverlag.com URL: www.steinerverlag.com.
Index to the Complete Works of Rudolf Steiner - Aelzina Books
A complete list by Volume Number and a full list of known English translations you may also find at Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works
Rudolf Steiner Archive - The largest online collection of Rudolf Steiner's books, lectures and articles in English.
Rudolf Steiner Audio - Recorded and Read by Dale Brunsvold
steinerbooks.org - Anthroposophic Press Inc. (USA)
Rudolf Steiner Handbook - Christian Karl's proven standard work for orientation in Rudolf Steiner's Collected Works for free download as PDF.
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