Human beings are made of four things In natural sciences, we only consider the physical body of matter as what makes us human, but in spiritual science we think of the “body” that is invisible to the naked eye, in addition to the physical body. The more you can see, the more you can see those “bodies.” It is an ether body (living body) that becomes vital and an astral body that becomes emotional. With even higher abilities, even the ego can be seen. It may sound strange, but the ego also appears as a being. The figure below shows the figure of a human being as viewed by a spiritual viewer. These four substances, the ether body, the astral body, and the ego, have different wave levels, so to speak, so they can overlap. Plants and minerals Plants have ether bodies in addition to physical bodies, but minerals are only physical bodies. Minerals that do not have an ether body are “alive” (strictly, minerals also have signs of an ether body). Ether body To elaborate on the ether body, the ether body not only gives life, but also gives shape to living things. The shape of the ether body is the original form of the substance body. In other words, the ether body as the original form comes first, and the substance body fills the original form. Many people know that Soviet scientists Kirlian and his wife caught what seems to be the original form. Using a device that uses high-frequency discharge, for example, a partially cut leaf was photographed for a while with the contour before cutting. Even in the field of new science, there are people who envision something close to an ether body, based on the idea of ​​a “biological field” or “morphological site”. In the case of humans, all limbs, internal organs, brain, etc. all have the original form of an ether body. However, if you think of only the same contour as the physical body, it will be different from the actual ether body. Unlike the physical body, the ether body also has a flow-like property with rhythm. In China and Japan, what is called the “ki” of humans is equivalent to the ether body or ether flow. The reason why human constitutions and habits do not work well even when trying to cure them from the physical body is because the etheric body has many causes. Correcting the flow of “ki” in the body to improve the constitution is to work on the body and cure it. The ether body also has memory. However, memory may be due to the function of the brain. Some might argue that brain damage can ruin both memory and thought. On the other hand, in spiritual science, I think that this is only the appearance. Memory is inscribed in the ether brain, and the material brain is just an organ that captures the impression of the external material world. If we compare it to an 8mm camera, the physical brain would be the lens and the ether brain would be the film. If the lens becomes cloudy or broken, the film image will be blurred or spoiled. While in the physical world, if the physical brain does not work properly, the ether brain will also function insufficiently. However, even after the death of humans and the work of the material brain has stopped, the memory imprinted in the ether brain can continue to work for a certain period of time. It happens that the film taken out of the camera can be applied to the projector. [Return] Astral body and animals The astral body is made of a material with a higher vibration than this ether body, and it has emotions and desires, but animals also have this. The table below summarizes the composition from minerals to humans. Humans, animals, plants, minerals Ego ○ It’s a sequel. It’s a sequel. Astral body ○○ It’s a sequel. Ether body ○○○○ Material body ○○○○○○ Based on the above, I will describe the state when the human being is asleep (Hereafter, Steiner’s lecture collection, No. 211 “Sun Mystery, and Mystery of Death and Resurrection” “Night Consciousness State” (There is currently no translation). First of all, Steiner divides his sleep into three, and he mentions 1, sleep with dreams, 2, deep sleep without dreams, 3, and even deeper sleep. The composition of the four elements of humans, which I introduced earlier, also changes during sleep. [Return] First stage of sleep (dreaming state) From a dreaming state, you will see something like the following figure. The [ego astral body] has almost escaped from the physical body, but is still connected to the ether body. Humans have a strong sense of consciousness while the ego is in the physical body, but when the ego exits the physical body, it usually loses consciousness. But in this case, there is still a connection with the etheric body. As mentioned earlier, the ether body is responsible for memory. Therefore, everyday memories emerge from the ether body in the [ego astral body], and this becomes a dream. Since the ego is outside of the physical body, it cannot function normally, and the emerging image is poured into a flow different from the ordinary. Since the ego and the astral body and the ether body and the physical body do not separate from each other during life, we will stick them together and use the expressions [ego ten astral body] and [ether body ten substance body]. I will. When the ether body and the physical body separate, it is time to die. State immediately after death (Explanation of the figure: The substance is left, all other elements are outside) The substance body that lost the ether body will collapse. The ego that escapes after death has consciousness unlike sleep. The etheric body can temporarily leave the body even when it is dying in a very dangerous eye. At that time, and immediately after his death, the flashback of his life so far occurs, which is based on the memory in the ethereal body with his ego. I will explain more about it when dealing with the issue of death. [Return] The meaning of a dream Well, is a dream just a mess of everyday memory? Floyd’s psychoanalysis and Jung’s analytical psychology place great weight on the meaning of dreams. Rather, in the case of Jung, dreams mediate between the unconscious and conscious worlds. It interprets the symbols of dreams and tries to read cues from the unconscious world. However, Steiner does not place much importance on the dreams of imperfect ego work. In addition to saying that a person’s physical condition is symbolically represented in a dream (Complete Works 137, “Occultism, Theosophy, and Humans Seen from Philosophy”, Lesson 7), the shadow of the spiritual world I admit that I am dropped into a dream. But I emphasize that it is just a shadow. When I was dreaming, I said that the [ego-10 astral body] is out of the physical body, but the destination is a spiritual world, and the [ego-10 astral body] Is in contact with. However, modern humans cannot usually look into the world. Only arcane entrants can see it. [Return] The world of imagination and dreams There are stages in the spiritual ability of arcane entrants. The first stage is the ability called Imagination. This is achieved by working on the astral body. When this power is added, you can also see the change of [Ego ten astral body] from [Ether body ten substance body] and the change after death. The world of Imagination is originally a world of figures, where the sea of ​​images undulates and weaves various shapes. It is a world of metamorphosis that has no beginning or end. You can also see how the earth has changed from its original origin due to the power of this imagery. But at Imagination, we don’t understand the meaning of things. The world of dreamy sleep can be seen with the power of this imaginatioine. How to develop these abilities is introduced in Chapter 5 of “Introduction to Mysticism”, “Awareness of the higher world (about entry)” and “How to acquire the perception of the transsensory world.” There is. Earlier I mentioned that Steiner doesn’t focus on dreams, but if you’re entering the Arcane, you can make your sleeping state a barometer of development. The first sign is that your dreams will become regular, you will have a certain appearance, and you will be able to hear meaningful words. When a friend’s house has a burning dream, they may later be notified that the friend has become ill. [Return] Ancient people sleep Humans in ancient India and Persia were awakened because the [ego astral body] did not fit exactly into the [ether body and 10 substance body] like modern people, and the state of the ego was different. Even when I was there, the [ego astral body] was easy to separate, and I was able to see the state of the spiritual world in a form similar to a daydream. Even during sleep at night, I sometimes saw the spiritual world without losing consciousness. Even at that time there were esoteric entrants, but even ordinary people could vaguely see this world. For them, the spiritual world was more of an everyday thing than a believing kind. Things have changed today. The difference between hypnosis and arcane entry It is said that performing retrograde hypnosis will bring back memories that were completely forgotten and memories of childhood to even the smallest details. Some argue that in some cases it can be traced back to the day of birth, and even to the day it was born. Such phenomena are associated with the ether body that controls memory. According to Steiner, when a person is hypnotized, the ether body of the person’s head hangs down to the left or right (a part of the ether body comes out of the material body). This also applies to hands and feet that have become numb due to poor circulation.) (Complete work No. 96 “Impulse at the root of spiritual science”).