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I-23 Glossary of theosophical/anthroposophical terminology and charts & tabulations of the various relationships described; also the scriptural sequence of development of the human being’s “five” senses Foundations of Esotericism (FE), Lects. 5, 6, 9, 28 and Glossary of Indian-Theosophical Terms FE is a series of 31 lectures by Steiner in the fall of 1905. No stenographer was present, so FE is based upon notes taken by those in attendance. The earliness of these lectures accounts for the presence of much Eastern terminology, though Steiner had already begun to substitute anthroposophical terminology in his (THSY) (1904). Because the “ethers” in I-22 are not well understood in the scientific community or by modern humanity, it is deemed worthwhile to explore them further here. To that end, the following comparative terminology is taken from the Glossary:
“This world above the World of Foreseeing is of such a nature ‘that in accordance with truth and uprightness its name may not be given in European languages, for it would not do to choose just any name for what in Oriental languages is called Nirvana and which is higher than the World of Foreseeing’” (CIDE, Lect. 1). In FE, Lect. 5, Steiner says, “In ordinary life we differentiate three bodily conditions [solid, fluid and gas]. Theosophical writings add to these four other finer conditions of matter. The first element which is finer than air is the one which causes it to expand, which always increases its spatial content. What expands the air in this way is warmth; it is really a fine etheric substance, the first grade of ether, the Warmth Ether. Now follows the second kind of ether, the Light Ether. Bodies which shine send out a form of matter which is described in Theosophy as Light Ether. The third kind of ether is the bearer of everything which gives form to the finest matter, the formative ether, which is also called the Chemical Ether. It is this ether that brings about the union of oxygen and hydrogen. And the finest of all the ethers is what constitutes life: Prana, or Life Ether.” The 7 conditions of matter and the correlative planes upon which their “life” can be perceived are as follows: (click here to view)
“Just as the child today has the old human being beside man who is at another stage,” so there are 7 different ascending ranks of beings to which the human being belongs, as follows:
There are 12 senses of which 5 are already physical and 2 others will become so during further Earth evolution. The 2 that will become so are located in the pituitary gland and the pineal gland. The human being’s higher principles, atma-buddhi-manas, developed on Saturn-Sun-Moon, respectively. The human being has now descended to the 4th stage, Kama-manas, or Intellectual Soul. On Saturn, only one “sense” was present, smell. The 7 Conditions of matter and the correlative planes upon which their “lives” can be perceived have been indicated above. To these are added the correlative 7 senses:
It is worth noting that the sequence of the
first 5 senses above is identifiable in Gen. 2 and 3 as follows:
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