Theosophical Hall of Wonders

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through the help of the same / and for this
reason the stems / stalks / leaves / small
grasses / barks / wood / roots / small
fibers and moss of plants original: "vegetabilien" are hollow and
porous / because they all together require the Breath of
Life The vital spirit or "Spiritus Mundi" believed to animate all matter. and Soul of the World The "Anima Mundi," a central concept in hermetic philosophy where a single soul permeates all of nature. / and
without the same, just like the burning
fire itself, they would have to suffocate and perish;
So also all animals original: "animalien," referring here to all sentient living creatures. the draw-
ing of the Breath of Life cannot for one minute
long do without / as indeed the steady beat-
ing of the heart and of the arteries is nothing
other than a movement of the Breath of
Life or the Soul of the World / yes, even
every little hair of animals as well as
of plants and minerals original: "mineralien" / it may be as
small / delicate and subtle as it ever will
be / is internally hollow and and porous or full of holes /
just as likewise the feathers of birds /
since everywhere the breathing-through
of the Breath of Life or the Soul of the World
and the Magnetic Light-Air The author's specific term for the subtle medium through which the life-force acts. is necessary /
and even if, due to its lack
and accident, something dies off / and therein
everything seems dead / yes, even decayed / yet
life stirs itself again through the Breath of
Life or Soul of the World in
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