OF THE NATURE OF THINGS, CHAPTER I.

->A prepared lute-play original: "Lautenspiel"; a lute or musical instrument, upon which the spirit of the will strikes; whichever strings he hits, they sound according to their own property. Within the human mind lies the signature The "Signature" refers to the outward mark or character that reveals the inner essence of a thing quite artfully prepared, according to the Being of all beings original: "Wesen aller Wesen"; a term for the Divine Essence or the totality of existence. Nothing more is lacking to man than the skillful Master who can play his instrument—that is, the true Spirit of the high power of Eternity. If that same Spirit is awakened in man, so that it moves in the center of the mind, then it strikes the instrument of the human form. Then the form goes forth with the resonance in the Word from the mouth. Just as his instrument was tuned original: "gezogen"; literally "drawn" or "strung" at the time of his incarnation original: "Menschwerdung"; the process of becoming human or being formed in the womb, so it sounds, and such is his knowledge. The inner reveals itself in the resonance of the Word, for that is the mind’s natural knowledge of itself.

Man indeed has all the forms of all three worlds The three worlds typically refer to the dark fire-world, the light love-world, and the outer visible world lying within him, for he is a complete image of God or of the Being of all beings. Only in his incarnation is the order established within him. For there are three master-builders original: "Werckmeister" in him who prepare his form, namely the threefold fiat Latin: "let it be done"; the creative command of God, according to the three worlds. These are in a wrestling match for the form, and the form is then figured according to that wrestling; whichever master retains the upper-regiment The dominant rule or authority and prevails in the essence original: "Essentz", according to that will the—