I-28 The interior of the Earth

An Esoteric Cosmology (EC), Lect. 16; At the Gates of Spiritual Science (AGSS), Lect. 14; Divine Comedy (DCOM); Anthropological Studies of the Old Testament (ASOT), Chap. 7, Sec. 1

Just as the human being is 9-fold (I-9), so also is the Earth. While modern Christianity plays down the early church concept of Christ’s descent to the underworld (see 2 ABD 156), we will consider its significance herein. Steiner concludes EC, Lect. 16 with this diagram: (click here to view)

The Interior of the Earth

  1. Mineral crust
  2. Negative Life
  3. Inverted consciousness
  4. Circle of forms
  5. Circle of growth
  6. Circle of fire
  7. Circle of decomposition
  8. Circle of fragmentation
  9. Ego-centric-egoism

 


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