The Opened Philosophical Father-Heart

which happens through the single work of Nature, in a fertile, salted soil, by means of the warm air and the rays of the sun. Afterward, it becomes timely and perfect through the help and cooperation of the four elementary qualities.

You see through these things I have recounted in what manner the grain of wheat decays, how it becomes soft and thick through this decay, sprouts, and sheds its husk or thin skin. I mean to say that by means of this decay, the soul or the life that lies hidden in the little grain of wheat, after it has been awakened, reveals itself and allows itself to be seen. Then, as soon as the soul has become free, unattached, and alive, it brings forth and throws up first a small and very delicate leaf, then a small delicate stalk, on which, after it has set a bud, it climbs ever higher through the help of the warmth of the air and the moisture of the earth, and continues to grow until the proper height of the ears, and brings forth the grains, together with the straw, together with its small husks in which it is hidden, which bloom in their time. Which grain, when it is now perfect and finally ripe, Nature then adorns, as it were, with a gold color.

Through these things that I say here, you perceive that the grain of wheat which was thrown into the earth was dead, but