Antroposophia theomagica, das ist, eine Rede von der Natur des Menschen

I applied this reflection to the world and thereby reached the following conclusion: that in the beginning, the world was not such a being as it is now, but was another seed original: Same or matter original Latin: materia from which this structure, which hovers before our eyes, emerged. Here I proceeded even further with my conclusion and perceived that these seeds, from which the plants of the earth spring, must initially have been something other than seeds—that they must have had a pre-existing matter from which they were made. But what this matter was supposed to be, I could not guess. At that point, I had to abandon my contemplation and turn toward experience. I sought the world and passed by its side, and now I inquired after a matter which I was not able to see without the help of art The author likely refers to "art" in the sense of alchemy or specialized natural philosophy, because nature binds it so wonderfully within her breast; she places it before our eyes as nothing other than her own heavenly breath original: Athemt. However, considering that God the Almighty is the sole, actual, and immediate agent original: Wirker of this matter—both according to manifest experience original: Ervährung, an archaic form of Erfahrung, meaning the current observation of nature and the former creation—it will not be in vain for us to speak something of Him, so that we may recognize the origin through the creatures, and the creatures through their origin.