The Earth

← The Earth · Contents The development of the human fetus (18 March 1847) 1. When the soul has developed the cartilages, muscles, bones and tendons described above, it will take further care to bring the outermost extremities to complete perfection through the correct and orderly use of the properties belonging to them. 2. When…

← The Earth · Contents The animal soul and spirits’ influence on it (13 March 1847) 1. How the spirits of the mineral and plant kingdoms arrange the specifical intelligences into one being, and how they connect the sidereal and telluric ones, we have already dealt with sufficiently; The only thing that remains for us…

← The Earth · Contents A variety of human laments – continued (10 April 1847) 1. It is true that this has deprived a lot of so-called tradesmen of their bread, and that some of them have become beggars. Also, many a farmer has been deprived of a good piece of land, which has made…

← The Earth · Contents Madagascar from a spiritual point of view (May 8, 1847) Original content summary The actual inhabitants of Madagascar are from Asia and from there populated South Africa. They are the actual Cainites, therefore their intellectual formation is still low. They alone put the female gender above the male. Feminine manner,…

← The Earth · Contents The heart of the Earth 1. So what is the center of gravity of the earth? 2. I have already said above that it has a very similar nature as that of the human heart, or even also of another animal heart. This center of gravity is therefore also a…

← The Earth · Contents The crust of the Earth (26 January 1847) 1. After we have gone through the Middle Earth, we go, as already mentioned, to the outer earth – which in a way constitutes the skin or the bark of the earth. 2. This outer part of the earth has in itself…

← The Earth · Contents Air spirits, mountain spirits, and wanderer spirits (19 February 1847) 1. The little mists that develop here and there, especially on high stone mountains, soon above one or the other rocky ridge, are – if no rain has gone before or also no snow and the like – mostly nature…

← The Earth · Contents The possession of matter by spirits (16 February 1847) 1. Of course, it is difficult to imagine that in a raindrop, in a snowflake, in a hailstone, or even in a little cloud, one or more spirits should be gagged and pressed together in a certain way, and in such…

← The Earth · Contents The boundaries between nature’s kingdoms (12 March 1847) 1. To this day, naturalists have not been able to determine where the mineral kingdom merges into the plant kingdom, and where the plant kingdom merges into the animal kingdom; or where does the one kingdom end, and where does the other…

← The Earth · Contents A variety of human laments (9 April 1847) 1. There are all kinds of complaints among the people. For some, times are too bad; everything is getting more expensive and worse at the same time. Still others have a formal rage against governments and lay all the blame on them;…