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	[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[w:Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John, Duke of Berry]].]]		[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[w:Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John, Duke of Berry]].]]

	The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>		The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler", "the burning one"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>

	In {{B\|Isaiah\|6:1-7}} the Seraphim are described as fiery, six-winged angelic beings hovering around the [[Throne of God]] and continually calling out to each other "Holy, holy, holy". Similarly, the depiction in the [[Apocalypse of John]] {{BB\|Rev\|4:1-11}}. From the [[Trinity]] the Seraphim receive the goals sought in the development of a [[planetary system]]s {{GZ\|\|110\|81}} and they at the same time provide the link to other developing planetary systems {{GZ\|\|136\|93f}}. Together with the [[Cherubim]] and [[Thrones]] they form the [[first hierarchy]], whose physical expression is the [[zodiac]]. They are usually depicted as ''six-winged'' human-like beings, sometimes as if they consisted only of wings at all, from which a human [[face]] shines forth, as for example in the dome of the [[w:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]] in [[w:Istanbul\|Istanbul]]. Often the wings have eyes inside and outside ({{B\|Rev\|4:8}}) and often two wings cover the feet and two the face.		In {{B\|Isaiah\|6:1-7}} the Seraphim are described as fiery, six-winged angelic beings hovering around the [[Throne of God]] and continually calling out to each other "Holy, holy, holy". Similarly, the depiction in the [[Apocalypse of John]] {{BB\|Rev\|4:1-11}}. From the [[Trinity]] the Seraphim receive the goals sought in the development of a [[planetary system]]s {{GZ\|\|110\|81}} and they at the same time provide the link to other developing planetary systems {{GZ\|\|136\|93f}}. Together with the [[Cherubim]] and [[Thrones]] they form the [[first hierarchy]], whose physical expression is the [[zodiac]]. They are usually depicted as ''six-winged'' human-like beings, sometimes as if they consisted only of wings at all, from which a human [[face]] shines forth, as for example in the dome of the [[w:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]] in [[w:Istanbul\|Istanbul]]. Often the wings have eyes inside and outside ({{B\|Rev\|4:8}}) and often two wings cover the feet and two the face.

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	[[File:Seraph_(Hagia_Sophia).jpg\|thumb\|Six-winged Seraph, [[Wikipedia:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]]]]		[[File:Seraph_(Hagia_Sophia).jpg\|thumb\|Six-winged Seraph, [[Wikipedia:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]]]]
	[[File:Giotto - Legend of St Francis - -19- - Stigmatization of St Francis.jpg\|thumb\|[[Wikipedia:Giotto di Bondone\|Giotto di Bondone]] (1267-1337), The Legend of Saint Franciscus: [[Stigmatisation]] by a Seraphim; Basilica of Assisi.]]		[[File:Giotto - Legend of St Francis - -19- - Stigmatization of St Francis.jpg\|thumb\|[[Wikipedia:Giotto di Bondone\|Giotto di Bondone]] (1267-1337), The Legend of Saint Franciscus: [[Stigmatisation]] by a Seraphim; Basilica of Assisi.]]
	[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John, Duke of Berry]].]]		[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[w:Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John, Duke of Berry]].]]

	The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>		The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>

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	[[File:Seraph_(Hagia_Sophia).jpg\|thumb\|Six-winged Seraph, [[Wikipedia:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]]]]		[[File:Seraph_(Hagia_Sophia).jpg\|thumb\|Six-winged Seraph, [[Wikipedia:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]]]]
	[[File:Giotto - Legend of St Francis - -19- - Stigmatization of St Francis.jpg\|thumb\|[[Wikipedia:Giotto di Bondone\|Giotto di Bondone]] (1267-1337), The Legend of Saint Franciscus: [[Stigmatisation]] by a Seraphim; Basilica of Assisi.]]		[[File:Giotto - Legend of St Francis - -19- - Stigmatization of St Francis.jpg\|thumb\|[[Wikipedia:Giotto di Bondone\|Giotto di Bondone]] (1267-1337), The Legend of Saint Franciscus: [[Stigmatisation]] by a Seraphim; Basilica of Assisi.]]
	[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John]].]]		[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John, Duke of Berry]].]]

	The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>		The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>

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	[[File:Seraph_(Hagia_Sophia).jpg\|thumb\|Six-winged Seraph, [[Wikipedia:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]]]]		[[File:Seraph_(Hagia_Sophia).jpg\|thumb\|Six-winged Seraph, [[Wikipedia:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]]]]
	[[File:Giotto - Legend of St Francis - -19- - Stigmatization of St Francis.jpg\|thumb\|[[Wikipedia:Giotto di Bondone\|Giotto di Bondone]] (1267-1337), The Legend of Saint Franciscus: [[Stigmatisation]] by a Seraphim; Basilica of Assisi.]]		[[File:Giotto - Legend of St Francis - -19- - Stigmatization of St Francis.jpg\|thumb\|[[Wikipedia:Giotto di Bondone\|Giotto di Bondone]] (1267-1337), The Legend of Saint Franciscus: [[Stigmatisation]] by a Seraphim; Basilica of Assisi.]]
			[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John]].]]

	The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>		The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>

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	{{GZ\|If they were not there, the Fire Spirits could not have the consciousness described above. They look at Saturn's processes with a consciousness that enables them to transfer them as images to the Fire Spirits. They themselves renounce all advantages which they could have by looking at the processes of Saturn, all enjoyment, all joy; they give it all up so that the Fire Spirits can have it.\|13\|166}}		{{GZ\|If they were not there, the Fire Spirits could not have the consciousness described above. They look at Saturn's processes with a consciousness that enables them to transfer them as images to the Fire Spirits. They themselves renounce all advantages which they could have by looking at the processes of Saturn, all enjoyment, all joy; they give it all up so that the Fire Spirits can have it.\|13\|166}}

			== The Cosmic Mission of the Seraphim ==

			{{GZ\|Just as human beings establish a social system through reciprocity, so there is also a reciprocity of planetary systems. Mutual understanding prevails from fixed star to fixed star. This alone brings about the cosmos. That which, so to speak, the planetary systems speak to each other through the world-space in order to become the cosmos, is regulated by those spirits whom we call Seraphim.\|136\|93f}}

			== The Revelation of the Seraphim in Nature ==

			The highest spiritual beings, the Cherubim and Seraphim, are imperceptible to such a high degree that, paradoxical as it may seem, this very imperceptibility is in turn perceived. In natural events the seraphim reveal themselves in the lightning and fire of volcanic phenomena.

			{{GZ\|It would be utter nonsense if one were to see in the lightning striking from the cloud the same as what one sees when a match is lit. Entirely different forces are at work when the element that rules in lightning, the electric, comes out of matter at all. There the Seraphim rule.\|122\|121}}

			{{GZ\|And the Seraphim really appear in what flashes out of the cloud as lightning, or in what comes to light as fire in the volcanic effects, in such a way that their very imperceptibility becomes perceptible in these gigantic effects of nature.

			Therefore, in ancient times, when such things were seen through, men looked on the one hand to the starry heavens, which revealed to them the most varied things: the secrets of the Exusiai, the secrets of the Dynamis. Then they tried to reveal the higher secrets in what man today makes fun of: from the inside of the human bodies - as one trivially says -, from the entrails. But then they were aware that the greatest effects, which are really common to the solar system, announce themselves from a quite opposite side in the effects of fire and thunderstorms, in the earthquakes and volcanic effects. The most creative aspect of the Seraphim and Cherubim announces itself through its most destructive side, curiously enough. It is precisely the reverse side, it is the absolutely negative, but the spiritual is so spiritually strong that even its imperceptibility, its non-existence, is perceived by the senses.\|180\|103f}}

			Rudolf Steiner's presentation in the ''Esoteric Teachings for the First Class of the School of Spiritual Science'' is somewhat different. Here it are the Cherubim who show us their tools in the lightnings, while the Seraphim reveal themselves through the heat of the world, but only as an appearance:

			{{GZ\|And if we even ascend to the heat of the world, the Seraphim hide themselves deep within; much deeper than the Cherubim behind the tools, the lightnings. That is only the appearance, this heat of the world, only the appearance of the Seraphim. The Thrones reveal themselves by their essence; the Cherubim reveal themselves by their tools; the Seraphim reveal themselves by the glow that radiates from them.\|270b\|75}}

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>		The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>

	In {{B\|Isaiah\|6:1-7}} the Seraphim are described as fiery, six-winged angelic beings hovering around the [[Throne of God]] and continually calling out to each other "Holy, holy, holy". Similarly, the depiction in the [[Apocalypse of John]] {{BB\|Rev\|4:1-11}}. From the [[Trinity]] the Seraphim receive the goals sought in the development of a [[planetary system]]s {{GZ\|\|110\|81}} and they at the same time provide the link to other developing planetary systems {{GZ\|\|136\|93f}}. Together with the [[Cherubim]] and [[Thrones]] they form the [[first hierarchy]], whose physical expression is the [[zodiac]]. They are usually depicted as ''six-winged'' [[human]]-like [[beings]], sometimes as if they consisted only of wings at all, from which a human [[face]] shines forth, as for example in the dome of the [[w:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]] in [[w:Istanbul\|Istanbul]]. Often the wings have eyes inside and outside ({{B\|Rev\|4:8}}) and often two wings cover the feet and two the face.		In {{B\|Isaiah\|6:1-7}} the Seraphim are described as fiery, six-winged angelic beings hovering around the [[Throne of God]] and continually calling out to each other "Holy, holy, holy". Similarly, the depiction in the [[Apocalypse of John]] {{BB\|Rev\|4:1-11}}. From the [[Trinity]] the Seraphim receive the goals sought in the development of a [[planetary system]]s {{GZ\|\|110\|81}} and they at the same time provide the link to other developing planetary systems {{GZ\|\|136\|93f}}. Together with the [[Cherubim]] and [[Thrones]] they form the [[first hierarchy]], whose physical expression is the [[zodiac]]. They are usually depicted as ''six-winged'' human-like beings, sometimes as if they consisted only of wings at all, from which a human [[face]] shines forth, as for example in the dome of the [[w:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]] in [[w:Istanbul\|Istanbul]]. Often the wings have eyes inside and outside ({{B\|Rev\|4:8}}) and often two wings cover the feet and two the face.

	== The Nature of the Seraphim ==		== The Nature of the Seraphim ==
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	On [[Old Saturn]] the [[physical body]] of man was predisposed in its finest form as a pure body of warmth. The first germs of the [[sensory organs]] were implanted in this warmth body by the [[Spirits of Personality]], who were then passing through their stage of humanity, and these were then made to shine by the [[Spirits of Fire]], the [[Archangel]]s of today. At that time they had a dream-like image consciousness. Man himself could not make use of these luminous senses at that time, but the Seraphim could reveal themselves through this luminescence of the sense germs.		On [[Old Saturn]] the [[physical body]] of man was predisposed in its finest form as a pure body of warmth. The first germs of the [[sensory organs]] were implanted in this warmth body by the [[Spirits of Personality]], who were then passing through their stage of humanity, and these were then made to shine by the [[Spirits of Fire]], the [[Archangel]]s of today. At that time they had a dream-like image consciousness. Man himself could not make use of these luminous senses at that time, but the Seraphim could reveal themselves through this luminescence of the sense germs.

	{{GZ\|The human being himself, however, cannot make use of his luminous power on Saturn. The luminous power of its sense-germs would be unable to express anything through itself, but through it other more exalted beings find the possibility of revealing themselves to the Saturnian life. Through the luminous sources of the human ancestors they radiate something of their beingness down to the planet. These are sublime beings from the line of those four of whom it has been said above that in their evolution they have already outgrown all connection with human existence. Without there being any necessity for them, they now radiate something of their nature through "free will". The Christian secret doctrine speaks here of the revelation of the Seraphim, the " Spirits of All-Love". This state lasts until the middle of the sixth Saturnian cycle.\|11\|167}}		{{GZ\|The human being himself, however, cannot make use of his luminous power on Saturn. The luminous power of its sense-germs would be unable to express anything through itself, but through it other more exalted beings find the possibility of revealing themselves to the Saturnian life. Through the luminous sources of the human ancestors they radiate something of their beingness down to the planet. These are sublime beings from the line of those four of whom it has been said above that in their evolution they have already outgrown all connection with human existence. Without there being any necessity for them, they now radiate something of their nature through "free will". The Christian secret doctrine speaks here of the revelation of the Seraphim, the "Spirits of All-Love". This state lasts until the middle of the sixth Saturnian cycle.\|11\|167}}

	{{GZ\|If they were not there, the Fire Spirits could not have the consciousness described above. They look at Saturn's processes with a consciousness that enables them to transfer them as images to the Fire Spirits. They themselves renounce all advantages which they could have by looking at the processes of Saturn, all enjoyment, all joy; they give it all up so that the Fire Spirits can have it.\|13\|166}}		{{GZ\|If they were not there, the Fire Spirits could not have the consciousness described above. They look at Saturn's processes with a consciousness that enables them to transfer them as images to the Fire Spirits. They themselves renounce all advantages which they could have by looking at the processes of Saturn, all enjoyment, all joy; they give it all up so that the Fire Spirits can have it.\|13\|166}}

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	== The Seraphim and the Disposition of the Human Senses on Old Saturn ==		== The Seraphim and the Disposition of the Human Senses on Old Saturn ==
	[[File:Senses.gif\|thumb\|[[The twelve senses of man]]]]		[[File:Senses.gif\|thumb\|400px\|[[The twelve senses of man]]]]

	On [[Old Saturn]] the [[physical body]] of man was predisposed in its finest form as a pure body of warmth. The first germs of the [[sensory organs]] were implanted in this warmth body by the [[Spirits of Personality]], who were then passing through their stage of humanity, and these were then made to shine by the [[Spirits of Fire]], the [[Archangel]]s of today. At that time they had a dream-like image consciousness. Man himself could not make use of these luminous senses at that time, but the Seraphim could reveal themselves through this luminescence of the sense germs.		On [[Old Saturn]] the [[physical body]] of man was predisposed in its finest form as a pure body of warmth. The first germs of the [[sensory organs]] were implanted in this warmth body by the [[Spirits of Personality]], who were then passing through their stage of humanity, and these were then made to shine by the [[Spirits of Fire]], the [[Archangel]]s of today. At that time they had a dream-like image consciousness. Man himself could not make use of these luminous senses at that time, but the Seraphim could reveal themselves through this luminescence of the sense germs.

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	{{GZ\|It would only be possible to get an idea of the impression which the Seraphim make on the occult gaze if we took the following comparison from life. We continue the comparison we have just used. We look at a man who, through decades, has accumulated experiences which have brought him to overwhelming wisdom, and we imagine that such a wise man, from whom the most impersonal wisdom of life speaks, out of his most impersonal wisdom of life so pervades his whole being as with inner fire, that he does not need to tell us anything, but only needs to stand before us and put into his gaze what decades of wisdom have given him, so that the gaze can tell us about the sufferings and experiences of decades and we can have an impression from the gaze that this gaze speaks like the world itself, which we experience. When we imagine such a gaze, or when we imagine that such a wise man has come to tell us not only words, but to give us in the sound and in the peculiar colouring of his words the imprint of rich life experiences, so that we hear something like an undertone in what he says, because he endows it with a certain how, and we hear from this how a world of life experiences, then we again get a feeling like that of the occultist when he ascends to the Seraphim. Like a glance that has matured in life, and from which decades of experience speak, or like a sentence that is uttered in such a way that we do not merely hear its thoughts, but that we hear: the sentence, in being uttered with such a sound, has been won in pains and in experiences of life, it is not a theory, it has been fought for, it has been suffered, it has gone through battles of life and victories into the heart - when we hear all this through an undertone, then we get an idea of the impression which the trained occultist has when he soars up to the entities which we call Seraphim.\|136\|81f}}		{{GZ\|It would only be possible to get an idea of the impression which the Seraphim make on the occult gaze if we took the following comparison from life. We continue the comparison we have just used. We look at a man who, through decades, has accumulated experiences which have brought him to overwhelming wisdom, and we imagine that such a wise man, from whom the most impersonal wisdom of life speaks, out of his most impersonal wisdom of life so pervades his whole being as with inner fire, that he does not need to tell us anything, but only needs to stand before us and put into his gaze what decades of wisdom have given him, so that the gaze can tell us about the sufferings and experiences of decades and we can have an impression from the gaze that this gaze speaks like the world itself, which we experience. When we imagine such a gaze, or when we imagine that such a wise man has come to tell us not only words, but to give us in the sound and in the peculiar colouring of his words the imprint of rich life experiences, so that we hear something like an undertone in what he says, because he endows it with a certain how, and we hear from this how a world of life experiences, then we again get a feeling like that of the occultist when he ascends to the Seraphim. Like a glance that has matured in life, and from which decades of experience speak, or like a sentence that is uttered in such a way that we do not merely hear its thoughts, but that we hear: the sentence, in being uttered with such a sound, has been won in pains and in experiences of life, it is not a theory, it has been fought for, it has been suffered, it has gone through battles of life and victories into the heart - when we hear all this through an undertone, then we get an idea of the impression which the trained occultist has when he soars up to the entities which we call Seraphim.\|136\|81f}}

			== The Seraphim and the Disposition of the Human Senses on Old Saturn ==
			[[File:Senses.gif\|thumb\|[[The twelve senses of man]]]]

			On [[Old Saturn]] the [[physical body]] of man was predisposed in its finest form as a pure body of warmth. The first germs of the [[sensory organs]] were implanted in this warmth body by the [[Spirits of Personality]], who were then passing through their stage of humanity, and these were then made to shine by the [[Spirits of Fire]], the [[Archangel]]s of today. At that time they had a dream-like image consciousness. Man himself could not make use of these luminous senses at that time, but the Seraphim could reveal themselves through this luminescence of the sense germs.

			{{GZ\|The human being himself, however, cannot make use of his luminous power on Saturn. The luminous power of its sense-germs would be unable to express anything through itself, but through it other more exalted beings find the possibility of revealing themselves to the Saturnian life. Through the luminous sources of the human ancestors they radiate something of their beingness down to the planet. These are sublime beings from the line of those four of whom it has been said above that in their evolution they have already outgrown all connection with human existence. Without there being any necessity for them, they now radiate something of their nature through "free will". The Christian secret doctrine speaks here of the revelation of the Seraphim, the " Spirits of All-Love". This state lasts until the middle of the sixth Saturnian cycle.\|11\|167}}

			{{GZ\|If they were not there, the Fire Spirits could not have the consciousness described above. They look at Saturn's processes with a consciousness that enables them to transfer them as images to the Fire Spirits. They themselves renounce all advantages which they could have by looking at the processes of Saturn, all enjoyment, all joy; they give it all up so that the Fire Spirits can have it.\|13\|166}}

	== Literature ==		== Literature ==

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	[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[w:Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John, Duke of Berry]].]]		[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[w:Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John, Duke of Berry]].]]

	The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>		The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler", "the burning one"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>

	In {{B\|Isaiah\|6:1-7}} the Seraphim are described as fiery, six-winged angelic beings hovering around the [[Throne of God]] and continually calling out to each other "Holy, holy, holy". Similarly, the depiction in the [[Apocalypse of John]] {{BB\|Rev\|4:1-11}}. From the [[Trinity]] the Seraphim receive the goals sought in the development of a [[planetary system]]s {{GZ\|\|110\|81}} and they at the same time provide the link to other developing planetary systems {{GZ\|\|136\|93f}}. Together with the [[Cherubim]] and [[Thrones]] they form the [[first hierarchy]], whose physical expression is the [[zodiac]]. They are usually depicted as ''six-winged'' human-like beings, sometimes as if they consisted only of wings at all, from which a human [[face]] shines forth, as for example in the dome of the [[w:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]] in [[w:Istanbul\|Istanbul]]. Often the wings have eyes inside and outside ({{B\|Rev\|4:8}}) and often two wings cover the feet and two the face.		In {{B\|Isaiah\|6:1-7}} the Seraphim are described as fiery, six-winged angelic beings hovering around the [[Throne of God]] and continually calling out to each other "Holy, holy, holy". Similarly, the depiction in the [[Apocalypse of John]] {{BB\|Rev\|4:1-11}}. From the [[Trinity]] the Seraphim receive the goals sought in the development of a [[planetary system]]s {{GZ\|\|110\|81}} and they at the same time provide the link to other developing planetary systems {{GZ\|\|136\|93f}}. Together with the [[Cherubim]] and [[Thrones]] they form the [[first hierarchy]], whose physical expression is the [[zodiac]]. They are usually depicted as ''six-winged'' human-like beings, sometimes as if they consisted only of wings at all, from which a human [[face]] shines forth, as for example in the dome of the [[w:Hagia Sophia\|Hagia Sophia]] in [[w:Istanbul\|Istanbul]]. Often the wings have eyes inside and outside ({{B\|Rev\|4:8}}) and often two wings cover the feet and two the face.

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	[[File:Giotto - Legend of St Francis - -19- - Stigmatization of St Francis.jpg\|thumb\|[[Wikipedia:Giotto di Bondone\|Giotto di Bondone]] (1267-1337), The Legend of Saint Franciscus: [[Stigmatisation]] by a Seraphim; Basilica of Assisi.]]		[[File:Giotto - Legend of St Francis - -19- - Stigmatization of St Francis.jpg\|thumb\|[[Wikipedia:Giotto di Bondone\|Giotto di Bondone]] (1267-1337), The Legend of Saint Franciscus: [[Stigmatisation]] by a Seraphim; Basilica of Assisi.]]
	[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John, Duke of Berry]].]]		[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[w:Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John, Duke of Berry]].]]

	The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>		The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>

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	[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John]].]]		[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John, Duke of Berry]].]]

	The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>		The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>

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			[[File:Seraphim - Petites Heures de Jean de Berry.jpg\|thumb\|Seraphim surround the divine throne in this illustration from the ''[[Petites Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry\|Petites Heures de Jean de Berry]]'', a 14th-century illuminated manuscript, commissioned by [[w:John, Duke of Berry\|John]].]]

	The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>		The '''Seraphim''' ({{HeS\|שְׂרָפִים}} ''śərāfîm'', singular {{He\|שָׂרָף}} ''śārāf''; {{LaS}}: ''seraphi[m]'', singular ''seraph[us]''; {{ELSalt\|σεραφείμ}} "kindler"<ref>[http://www.odysseetheater.org/jump.php?url=http://www.odysseetheater.org/ftp/bibliothek/Philosophie/Areopagita/Dionysius_Areopagita_Himmlische_Hierarchien.pdf#page=32 Dionysius Areopagita: ''Celestial Hierarchy'']. Translated from the Greek by Josef Stiglmayr. (Bibliothek der Kirchenväter, 1. Reihe, Band 2) Munich 1911, p. 32</ref>), also called '''Spirits of All-Love''', are, as the highest of the spiritual [[hierarchies]], exalted spiritual entities who have the ''immediate sight of the Godhead'' and never act out of themselves, but are faithful executors of the divine will. Their Hebrew designation as ''the burning ones'' is also commonly used in the [[w:Tanakh\|Tanakh]] for [[serpents]] ({{HeS\|שָׂרָ֔ף}} ''sarap'').<ref>cf. https://bibeltext.com/hebrew/saraf_8314.htm</ref>