Theosophical Hall of Wonders

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...out, so he answers without hesitation and
repeats it even two, three, or more times:
The Echo also shows himself to be friendly; for
if one speaks or calls out joyfully, so
he answers joyfully; if one speaks or cries out sadly,
so he also answers sadly, and it has the
appearance as if he were joking with mankind
for their pleasure. The Echo is also
learned and skillful künstlich In this context, "künstlich" refers to being full of "art" or skill, rather than being "artificial" in the modern sense., for he knows all
languages; in whatever language one speaks or
calls out, he answers in that same tongue—
whether one speaks German, Latin, French, Italian,
Greek, English, Hebrew, Chaldean Historically used to refer to Aramaic or the language of ancient Babylon.,
Syrian, Spanish, Arabic, etc. All languages are
common to him. This is indeed truly
wonderful. The most wondrous thing of all
is his formation and significance;
for just as all of nature and every creature, with
their vast hosts, are God’s creations,
God’s children, God’s mirrors, God’s images,
God’s teachers, God’s messengers, God’s
servants, God’s garments A mystical concept suggesting the physical world is the "outer clothing" of the invisible Divine., God’s ladders,
reaching from the earth toward the heavens:
So too is the Echo; and although he
resounds only within nature and the created world,
he nevertheless leads man to a far
higher contemplation; for heaven and