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	In the [[life after death]] man enters this heavenly world after he has cast off the last ties to the past earthly life in the soul world:		In the [[life after death]] man enters this heavenly world after he has cast off the last ties to the past earthly life in the soul world:

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	„And so also after death - this is therefore the time of detachment - the whole life runs backwards through the astral world, and you live through your life once more from backwards to forwards and conclude it with the first impressions of your childhood. But this happens much faster than here in the physical world and lasts about a third of your earthly life... If you bear in mind what has just been said, you will easily understand that man can really only enter the spiritual world - and by the spiritual world is meant what is called in the Bible the 'kingdom of heaven' - when he has first lived through his whole life backwards until childhood. And this is in truth the basis of Christ's words: "If you do not become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Then, when man has reached the stage of childhood again, he takes off the astral body and enters the spiritual world.		„And so also after death - this is therefore the time of detachment - the whole life runs backwards through the astral world, and you live through your life once more from backwards to forwards and conclude it with the first impressions of your childhood. But this happens much faster than here in the physical world and lasts about a third of your earthly life... If you bear in mind what has just been said, you will easily understand that man can really only enter the spiritual world - and by the spiritual world is meant what is called in the Bible the 'kingdom of heaven' - when he has first lived through his whole life backwards until childhood. And this is in truth the basis of Christ's words: "If you do not become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Then, when man has reached the stage of childhood again, he takes off the astral body and enters the spiritual world.

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	Now there is something in human life that cannot be created in the outer world, and the spiritual content of this forms the fourth realm of devachan. Every original idea belongs here, up to the creative genius. Everything that is original, that is, everything that man creates in this world, through which the world is enriched, all these archetypes form the fourth area of devachan. With this we have completed what is the description of the lower parts of the Devachan.		Now there is something in human life that cannot be created in the outer world, and the spiritual content of this forms the fourth realm of devachan. Every original idea belongs here, up to the creative genius. Everything that is original, that is, everything that man creates in this world, through which the world is enriched, all these archetypes form the fourth area of devachan. With this we have completed what is the description of the lower parts of the Devachan.

	Beyond this there are three higher regions, which, however, man can only reach during life through higher initiation - that is, only the initiate - and which, after death, can only be perceived by more highly developed individualities. But when such an advanced initiate is able to enter this next higher region of the Devachan, what does he experience there? First of all, something which in secret science is called the Akashic Chronicle.“ {{GZ\|\|100\|51ff}}		Beyond this there are three higher regions, which, however, man can only reach during life through higher initiation - that is, only the initiate - and which, after death, can only be perceived by more highly developed individualities. But when such an advanced initiate is able to enter this next higher region of the Devachan, what does he experience there? First of all, something which in secret science is called the Akashic Chronicle.“ {{GZ\|\|100\|51ff}}
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	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

Odyssee at 09:11, 24 March 2021

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	Now there is something in human life that cannot be created in the outer world, and the spiritual content of this forms the fourth realm of devachan. Every original idea belongs here, up to the creative genius. Everything that is original, that is, everything that man creates in this world, through which the world is enriched, all these archetypes form the fourth area of devachan. With this we have completed what is the description of the lower parts of the Devachan.		Now there is something in human life that cannot be created in the outer world, and the spiritual content of this forms the fourth realm of devachan. Every original idea belongs here, up to the creative genius. Everything that is original, that is, everything that man creates in this world, through which the world is enriched, all these archetypes form the fourth area of devachan. With this we have completed what is the description of the lower parts of the Devachan.

	Beyond this there are three higher regions, which, however, man can only reach during life through higher initiation - that is, only the initiate - and which, after death, can only be perceived by more highly developed individualities. But when such an advanced initiate is able to enter this next higher region of the Devachan, what does he experience there? First of all, something which in secret science is called the Akashic Chronicle.“ {{GZ\|\|100\|~~48ff~~}}		Beyond this there are three higher regions, which, however, man can only reach during life through higher initiation - that is, only the initiate - and which, after death, can only be perceived by more highly developed individualities. But when such an advanced initiate is able to enter this next higher region of the Devachan, what does he experience there? First of all, something which in secret science is called the Akashic Chronicle.“ {{GZ\|\|100\|51ff}}

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	= aerial region</poem>		= aerial region</poem>
	\| <font size="6">}</font> of the Devachan		\| <font size="6">}</font>
			\| of the Devachan
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	In the [[life after death]] man enters this heavenly world after he has cast off the last ties to the past earthly life in the soul world:		In the [[life after death]] man enters this heavenly world after he has cast off the last ties to the past earthly life in the soul world:

	~~{{GZ\|And~~ so also after death - this is therefore the time of detachment - the whole life runs backwards through the astral world, and you live through your life once more from backwards to forwards and conclude it with the first impressions of your childhood. But this happens much faster than here in the physical world and lasts about a third of your earthly life... If you bear in mind what has just been said, you will easily understand that man can really only enter the spiritual world - and by the spiritual world is meant what is called in the Bible the 'kingdom of heaven' - when he has first lived through his whole life backwards until childhood. And this is in truth the basis of Christ's words: "If you do not become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Then, when man has reached the stage of childhood again, he takes off the astral body and enters the spiritual world.		„And so also after death - this is therefore the time of detachment - the whole life runs backwards through the astral world, and you live through your life once more from backwards to forwards and conclude it with the first impressions of your childhood. But this happens much faster than here in the physical world and lasts about a third of your earthly life... If you bear in mind what has just been said, you will easily understand that man can really only enter the spiritual world - and by the spiritual world is meant what is called in the Bible the 'kingdom of heaven' - when he has first lived through his whole life backwards until childhood. And this is in truth the basis of Christ's words: "If you do not become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. Then, when man has reached the stage of childhood again, he takes off the astral body and enters the spiritual world.

	Now I must tell you about this spiritual world. This kingdom of heaven is even more different from the physical world than the astral world. But as everything can of course only be described in terms taken from this physical world, it is even more true than for the above description of the astral world that all these descriptions may only apply comparatively.		Now I must tell you about this spiritual world. This kingdom of heaven is even more different from the physical world than the astral world. But as everything can of course only be described in terms taken from this physical world, it is even more true than for the above description of the astral world that all these descriptions may only apply comparatively.
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	~~\| all life~~ \| <~~nowiki~~>=</~~nowiki~~> ~~sea~~ \| <font size~~<nowiki>~~=~~</nowiki>~~"6">}</font> of the Devachan		all life
	~~\| all soul life, feelings and so on \| <nowiki>=</nowiki> aerial region \|~~		all soul life, feelings and so on</poem>
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	Now there is something in human life that cannot be created in the outer world, and the spiritual content of this forms the fourth realm of devachan. Every original idea belongs here, up to the creative genius. Everything that is original, that is, everything that man creates in this world, through which the world is enriched, all these archetypes form the fourth area of devachan. With this we have completed what is the description of the lower parts of the Devachan.		Now there is something in human life that cannot be created in the outer world, and the spiritual content of this forms the fourth realm of devachan. Every original idea belongs here, up to the creative genius. Everything that is original, that is, everything that man creates in this world, through which the world is enriched, all these archetypes form the fourth area of devachan. With this we have completed what is the description of the lower parts of the Devachan.

	Beyond this there are three higher regions, which, however, man can only reach during life through higher initiation - that is, only the initiate - and which, after death, can only be perceived by more highly developed individualities. But when such an advanced initiate is able to enter this next higher region of the Devachan, what does he experience there? First of all, something which in secret science is called the Akashic Chronicle.\|100\|48ff}}		Beyond this there are three higher regions, which, however, man can only reach during life through higher initiation - that is, only the initiate - and which, after death, can only be perceived by more highly developed individualities. But when such an advanced initiate is able to enter this next higher region of the Devachan, what does he experience there? First of all, something which in secret science is called the Akashic Chronicle.“ {{GZ\|\|100\|48ff}}

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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-#The spiritual archetypes of the physical world (Mars sphere).
+#The spiritual archetypes of the physical world ([[Mars sphere]]).
-#The archetypes of the living (Jupiter sphere).
+#The archetypes of the living ([[Jupiter sphere]]).
-#The archetypes of the soul (Saturn sphere).
+#The archetypes of the soul ([[Saturn sphere]]).
-#The source of the archetypal thoughts.
+#The source of the archetypal thoughts ([[Akasha Chronicle]]).
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 == Literature ==

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	The '''Lower Devachan''', or '''Rupa-Devachan''' according to Indian theosophical terminology, is the term used to describe the four lower realms of the [[spirit land]], i.e. the [[spiritual world]] in the narrower sense. It corresponds to what we call the '''heavenly world''', the '''kingdom of heaven''' or the '''heavenly paradise''' according to occidental tradition. The lower devachan is sometimes also called the world of the [[harmony of spheres]] or the world of [[inspiration]]. In Christian esotericism the Rupa-Devachan is also called the ''world of the Son'' {{GZ\|100\|205}}. The three lowest regions of the lower devachan correspond to the three outermost planetary spheres, beginning with the [[Mars sphere]]; the fourth region, in which the source of primordial thoughts lies, already extends beyond the [[planetary system]] {{GZ\|141\|178ff}}. This fourth and highest region is also called the [[Akasha]]. It is the home of the spiritual [[world memory]], the [[Akasha Chronicle]], in which the spiritual archetypes of all world events are inscribed.		The '''Lower Devachan''', or '''Rupa-Devachan''' according to Indian theosophical terminology, is the term used to describe the four lower realms of the [[spirit land]], i.e. the [[spiritual world]] in the narrower sense. It corresponds to what we call the '''heavenly world''', the '''kingdom of heaven''' or the '''heavenly paradise''' according to occidental tradition. The lower devachan is sometimes also called the world of the [[harmony of spheres]] or the world of [[inspiration]]. In Christian esotericism the Rupa-Devachan is also called the ''world of the Son'' {{GZ\|\|100\|205}}. The three lowest regions of the lower devachan correspond to the three outermost planetary spheres, beginning with the [[Mars sphere]]; the fourth region, in which the source of primordial thoughts lies, already extends beyond the [[planetary system]] {{GZ\|\|141\|178ff}}. This fourth and highest region is also called the [[Akasha]]. It is the home of the spiritual [[world memory]], the [[Akasha Chronicle]], in which the spiritual archetypes of all world events are inscribed.

	The lower Devachan is divided into four regions:		The lower Devachan is divided into four regions:

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The '''Lower Devachan''', or '''Rupa-Devachan''' according to Indian theosophical terminology, is the term used to describe the four lower realms of the [[spirit land]], i.e. the [[spiritual world]] in the narrower sense. It corresponds to what we call the '''heavenly world''', the '''kingdom of heaven''' or the '''heavenly paradise''' according to occidental tradition. The lower devachan is sometimes also called the world of the [[harmony of spheres]] or the world of [[inspiration]]. In Christian esotericism the Rupa-Devachan is also called the ''world of the Son'' {{GZ|100|205}}. The three lowest regions of the lower devachan correspond to the three outermost planetary spheres, beginning with the [[Mars sphere]]; the fourth region, in which the source of primordial thoughts lies, already extends beyond the [[planetary system]] {{GZ|141|178ff}}. This fourth and highest region is also called the [[Akasha]]. It is the home of the spiritual [[world memory]], the [[Akasha Chronicle]], in which the spiritual archetypes of all world events are inscribed.

The lower Devachan is divided into four regions:

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#The spiritual archetypes of the physical world (Mars sphere).
#The archetypes of the living (Jupiter sphere).
#The archetypes of the soul (Saturn sphere).
#The source of the archetypal thoughts.
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== Literature ==

* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Theosophie - Einführung in übersinnliche Welterkenntnis und Menschenbestimmung'', [[GA 9]] (1904), im Kapitel III. ''Das Geisterland'' {{Lectures|9}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Menschheits-Entwickelung und Christus-Erkenntnis'', [[GA 100]] (1981), Vierter Vortrag, Kassel, 19. Juni 1907 {{Lectures|100}}
* [[Rudolf Steiner]]: ''Das Leben zwischen dem Tode und der neuen Geburt im Verhältnis zu den kosmischen Tatsachen'', [[GA 141]] (1997), ISBN 3-7274-1410-3 {{Lectures|141}}

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