I-89 The loci where the human initiate meets the Egos of the three lower kingdoms

I-89 The loci where the human initiate meets the Egos of the three lower kingdoms

The Gospel of St. John, Lect. 5

The following is a complement to, and paraphrase of, I-11, but with emphasis upon the human being’s components and consciousness:

Human Ego of the	World	Human Consciousness of the Egos of the
Physical body	Higher	Spiritual Minerals
Etheric body	Lower	Spiritual Plants
Astral body	Astral	Animals (also angels)
Individual body	Physical	Day Consciousness

The human being who is initiated into the higher worlds is conscious of the Egos that dwell in those worlds. In this lecture Steiner speaks of there being an Ego of each of the human bodies. To activate it, the individual Ego must permeate the body in question, and in doing so becomes conscious in that body’s world. He concludes the lecture with a 3-fold simile, which may be charted as follows:

The Ego of the	That Dwells In the Following World	May be Compared to a Car’s
Etheric body	Lower Devachan	Engineer
Astral body	Astral	Driver
Individual body	Physical	Owner

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