"In the pseudepigraphic Book of Enoch,there is a glorified description of the architecture and inhabitants of the Seven Heavens. These details had a pronounced effect on the New Testament and,beyond that,occultism." 80 p. 263 [Various spiritual traditions state that there are seven heavens or seven levels of heaven. The concept may have derived originally from astrology,which recognized seven "planets": Sun,Moon,Mercury,Venus,Mars,Jupiter,and Saturn.]
"(Spiritualism) ... 1.The Fatherhood of God. 2.The Brotherhood of Man. 3.Communion of Spirits ... 4.The Continuous Existence of the Human Soul. 5.Personal Responsibility. 6.Compensation and Retribution [hereafter] 7.Eternal progress open to every soul." 80 pp. 263-264
"(Theosophy) ... (1) Atma — Spirit; (2) Buddhi — Spiritual Soul; (3) Manas — Mind; (4) Kama — Feeling; (5) Prana — Life; (6) Lingasharira — Etheric Double; (7) Sthyka-sharira — Physical Body." 80 p. 264
According to Anthroposophical belief: we incarnate in seven-year stages — the etheric body at age 7,the astral body at age 14,and so on.
One of Steiner's descriptions of human nature. Our seven constituent parts,by this analysis,are physical nature,etheric nature,astral nature,intellectual soul,spirit self,life spirit,and spirit man.
In Anthroposophy: the final great epoch of our stage of form,the epoch of trumpets,the end of physical reality.
"Seems to play a mysterious part in psychic phenomena. There are more female mediums than male." 73 p. 187[Steiner taught that there are fundamental differences between the sexes,embodying the masculine and feminine principles; however,we tend to alternate sexual embodiments in the process of reincarnation: a male in one life will usually be a female in the next life,and vice versa. Also,men have feminine qualities and women have masculine qualities,as secondary characteristics,he said.]
"An apparent angle of 60 degrees between two celestial bodies,astrologically said to promote harmony between them." 73 p. 188
Characteristic Anthroposophical drawing style in which pictures are built up from short,angled lines with parallel empty spaces between them. The effect is meant to be vibrant and spiritual.
"[A] medicine man in any primitive society." 80 p. 188