Of the Great Mystery

6. Since He has also faithfully done this: to Him alone be all honor, power, strength, kingdom, and glory for all eternity, Amen!

circulation? original Latin: "circulatio"; likely referring to the cyclical movement of the soul or the celestial bodies as they seek their source.

7. Man is, in truth, a threefold constellationoriginal: "Gestirn"; in this mystical context, it refers to the "astral" or "sidereal" forces—the influences of the stars and planets that shape a person's physical and rational nature. in both his outer and inner birth, as can be seen from this figure. He lives in a constant striving and hungry desire for his Centeroriginal: "Centro"; the divine core or spiritual point of origin within the soul., anxiously rolling and turning around it to reach it and find rest there. And even if he reaches it, he still cannot rest until he returns to his first origin, out of which everything was created and born.

8. The first is the outer constellation—the ruler and guide of the natural man. It drives him toward all kinds of arts, trades, studies, and business; it makes people good or evil, rich or poor, high or low, as is plain to see. AdamThe biblical first man, representing fallen humanity tied to the material world. fell into this earthly governance during his Fall, and he brought all his children under it as well, so that in this lifetime, we cannot entirely tear ourselves away from it without rebirthoriginal: "Wiedergeburt"; the spiritual process of being "born again" to escape the influence of the fallen material world. and a difficult struggle.

9. This life, with its seven forms of outer nature, winds its way into the heart—into the sun—which stands with its root in the fire, from which it draws its brilliance and light. Into these seven forms, the devil, that old serpent, has woven himself and has sealed and bolted the soul, of which one may read in Revelation 5original: "Apoc. 5."; refers to the biblical Book of Revelation, chapter 5, which describes a scroll sealed with seven seals that only the "Lamb" can open..