THE REVELATIONS OF ETHERS MADE BY RUDOLF STEINER

In the lecture gave by Rudolf Steiner in Berlin, on September 30, 1905, he said the following:

« In ordinary life we differentiate three bodily conditions: the solid, the fluid and the gaseous. Theosophical writings add to these, four other finer conditions of matter.

The first element it is really a fine etheric substance, the first grade of ether, the Warmth Ether.

The second kind of ether, the Light Ether. Bodies which shine send out a form of matter which is described in Theosophy as Light Ether.

The third kind of ether is the bearer of everything which gives form to the finest matter, the formative ether, which is also called the Chemical Ether. It is this ether which brings about the union of oxygen and hydrogen.

And the finest of all the ethers is that which constitutes life: Prana, or Life Ether. »

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Rudolf Steiner claimed that from his clairvoyant investigations, he elucidated many mysteries regarding these four different types of ethers, for example:

A) He claimed to have seen how the planet and the humans went through these four etheric states before they ended up becoming solid

B) And he also related those four etheric states with the different planes of existence.

C) And he also associated them with electricity, magnetism, etc.

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Rudolf Steiner mentions the ethers all the time, since the word “ether” appears more than 1'500 times in his work. But unfortunately for Rudolf Steiner, it turns out that those four types of ethers do not exist, because they were a falsehood invented by Charles Leadbeater and Annie Besant, as I am going to show you below.

Leadbeater and Besant affirmed that they observed the atomic structure of matter with their clairvoyance, and in their book "Occult Chemistry" (1909) they assured that they perceived four pre-constituent states of visible matter to which denominated them "etheric".

But for misfortune to Leadbeater and Besant, their clairvoyance turned out to be completely bad, because all the claims they made turned out to be totally false. And their clairvoyant studies of atoms were no exception, since their book "Occult Chemistry" has been severely criticized by scientists. For example, the chemistry department in Yale University shattered it ensuring that everything Leadbeater and Besant said about atoms turned out to be completely wrong (see link).

And they pointed out that Leadbeater and Besant published fake data, even knowing that the data was incorrect, thereby demonstrating their intentional quackery.

And esotericists are also very critical to Leadbeater and Besant, and for example, researcher Geoffrey Farthing wrote a book explaining the reasons why ethers discovered by Leadbeater and Besant, in reality they do not exist, and here is a summary of his arguments:

« 1) In order to be able to incorporate their four etheric states into the septenary structure of physical matter, Leadbeater and Annie Besant had to eliminate the fourth state of matter, which is incandescence. But made that is absurd since the element of fire is found in all esoteric traditions and also in science.

2) In addition, the classification they teach is very different from the classification taught by theosophy and ancient Hindu tradition. And to prove it to you, next I show you the seven states of physical matter taught by Leadbeater and Annie Besant, then by Rudolf Steiner, Max Heindel and others who have copied them.

And below you can see the seven states of physical matter taught by Blavatsky and the ancient Hindu tradition.

STATE OF THE MATTER	ELEMENT WITH WHICH IT IS ASSOCIATED	TATTVAS (IN SANSKRIT)
still unknown in Occident	primordial or supreme matter (aether)	adi
still unknown in Occident	self-existing matter, «parentless»	anupadaka or aupapaduka
ethereal	ether	akasha or alaya
incandescent	fire	taijasa or tejas
gaseous	air	vayu
liquid	water	apas
solid	earth	prithivi

And as you can verify there are notable differences, because in Theosophy and Hindu tradition the vital body belongs to another plane of existence, and of the four higher states of physical matter only one is ethereal.

3) In addition, Leadbeater and Annie Besant have declared that these ethers are in a formative phase of what they called the "primordial physical atom" or "anu". The anu was a fundamental atom concept invented 31 years earlier by Edwin Babbitt.

And Leadbeater and Annie Besant claimed to have perceived the anu through their clairvoyance, and even they have discovered that in reality there are two types of anu: the feminine and the masculine.

But the anu turned out to be a false concept, because there is no such thing as an indestructible atom, as it was believed at the beginning of the 20th century, since science has discovered that atoms are made up of smaller particles, and these particles in turn are made up of even smaller sub-particles, etc.

4) However, what most demolishes the existence of the ethers is that Leadbeater and Annie Besant claimed that the change from one etheric state to another etheric state requires also a change in the atomic structure.

But science has discovered that this is not the case when atoms change from one state of matter to another (for example from solid to liquid, or from liquid to gas, etc.).

And therefore, what Leadbeater and Annie Besant have proposed totally contravenes the conservation of atomic structure, and therefore is incompatible with the laws that physics dictates.

Conclusion: The etheric states described by Leadbeater and Annie Besant are an erroneous deduction on the part of these two individuals that has not been corroborated by anyone else. On the contrary, it has been overthrown by the teachings provided by the masters, by the knowledge of ancient esoteric traditions, and by the discoveries made by science. »

(“The etheric double? The Far Reaching Effects of a False Assumption”)

In addition, you should know that the book "Occult Chemistry" is so full of errors that the own Adyar publishing company has ceased to publish this book since the middle of the last century to try to cover up the charlatanism of its authors.

And from what I found, Leadbeater and Annie Besant did not attribute any properties to those four etheric states, so I suspect it was Rudolf Steiner who gave them the characteristics he mentioned in his lecture.

1) Rudolf Steiner realized that the fire was lacking and this is probably why he declared that the first ether is the transmitter of heat, but that is wrong because heat is transmitted in all states of matter, only at different intensities.

2) For the second ether, Rudolf Steiner affirmed that it was the transmitter of light, which is also wrong, because the photons are the transmitter of light, and as Blavatsky indicated, the characteristic of the sixth state of matter is permeability, not luminosity.

3) For the third ether, Rudolf Steiner said that this is what gives it forms to matter and it is also what unites atoms, which is also false because what gives it forms to matter it is the astral plane, and what holds the atoms together are the intermolecular forces.

4) And for the fourth ether, Rudolf Steiner decided that it is the substance that gives life to beings, but that is also wrong, because that is the function of prana, which is the energy of vitality and which belongs to another plane of existence (pranic or energetic plane).

CONSEQUENCES

And all this shows me that Rudolf Steiner was a very deceitful man, because I can still understand that he committed the mistake to accept the existence of the four etheric states, since many other instructors also made the same mistake, such as: Alice Bailey, Max Heindel , Mikhael Aivanhov, Samael Aun Weor, etc.

But on the other hand, what he no longer has any forgiveness is that he invented all his clairvoyant investigations about those ethers, because that shows a deep charlatanism from Rudolf Steiner.

RUDOLF STEINER's REINCARNATIONS

Rudolf Steiner mentioned six previous reincarnations that he supposedly had, and which I will enumerate in chronological order:

1) Enkidu, who is a character from Sumerian mythology and who was the adventurer companion of the mythological king Gilgamesh (about 3000 BC).

2) Cratylus, who was a Greek philosopher, born in Athens at the end of the fifth century BC and who was a priest of the Ephesus Temple.

3) Aristotle (384-322 BC) who was one of the most famous Greek philosophers and was also a forerunner of modern science, since apart from philosophy, he was also a mathematician, astronomer and he is historically recognized as the founding father of logical reasoning and biology.

4) Schionatulander who is a character from a heroic novel written by the German poet Wolfram von Eschenbach shortly after 1217, and who elaborated it based on the unfinished romantic poem entitled "Perceval, the Grail story" written by the French poet Chrétien de Troyes.

And although all indicates that this is an imaginary saga, Rudolf Steiner insisted that no, that this story was very real and that it took place between the 9th and 10th centuries in the Middle Age.

5) St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1270) who was one of the most important theologians of the Catholic Church, to the point that he was proclaimed Doctor of the Church on April 11, 1567, by Pope Pius V.

6) Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925).

7) And Steiner also announced that he would return to Earth at the end of the 20th century or the beginning of the 21st century.

And after reading that, I sigh of desolation.

And surely you will ask:

What is the problem with this list?

And the problem is that this list shows that Rudolf Steiner was very ignorant about how reincarnation works.

1.  To begin the Masters of wisdom and their true disciples assured that the time to re-reincarnate is much longer than what people imagine.

Alfred Sinnett, in his book "Esoteric Buddhism," he pointed out that the Masters explained to him that humans spend 1500 years in Devachan ("the paradise") before returning to Earth.

Then William Judge, who was a disciple of Master Morya, pointed out in the magazine "The Theosophical Forum" that those 1500 years is not a fixed duration for all people, but the average in general (as well as the current average life expectancy is around 77 years, although there are some who die a few months later and others who die after more than a century later).

And when people asked to Blavatsky, she answered in her book "The Key of Theosophy":

« This, we are taught, depends on the degree of spirituality and the merit or demerit of the last incarnation. The average time is from ten to fifteen centuries. »

(Section IX, p.145)

And Master Kuthumi in a letter wrote:

« Let us take but one million of years (suspected and now accepted by your science) to represent man's entire term upon our earth in this Round; and allowing an average of a century for each life and a average of 777 reincarnations, we find that whereas he has passed in all his lives upon our planet 77,700 years, while he has been in the subjective spheres 922,300 years. Not much encouragement for the extreme modern reincarnationists who remember their several previous existences! »

(Mahatma Letter 14, p.83)

So, as you can see, the dates given by Rudolf Steiner do not function because:

• From Enkidu to Cratylus it took 2600 years to reincarnate.

• From Cratylus to Aristotle, it took 50 years.

• From Aristotle to Schionatulander it took 1270 years.

• From Schionatulander to Thomas Aquinas it took 275 years.

• From Aquinas to Rudolf Steiner it took 590 years.

• And it would only take 75 years to reincarnate at the end of the 20th century or the beginning of the 21st century.

(I rounded the numbers)

So, if we exclude the first case of Enkidu, which is probably a pure fantasy from Steiner and his disciples, he was reincarnated on average every 450 years, which places him in the group of fanciful men who pretend to remember his many past lives, but that probably those are only inventions produced by their imagination.

2.  And the duration in Devachan mentioned by Rudolf Steiner is also incorrect because as Blavatsky pointed out: more a person is evolved and more his stay in Devachan is long. So it is absurd that a wild man like Enkidu stayed 2600 years in Devachan before returning to earth, while a great sage like Cratylus only stayed 50 years !!!

3.  But also the list that Rudolf Steiner mentioned does not make any sense because there is NO continuity through reincarnations.

You should know that the characteristics that you develop into a life, you inherit them in the next life.

And for you to understand me better, imagine a great sportsman like Cristiano Ronaldo, and imagine that someone tells you that at 30 years old, Ronaldo became a great violin virtuoso.

And you are going to emphasize that this statement does not make any sense because to become a great violin virtuoso, you have not only to have talent, but also to practice many hours for many years, and Ronaldo he does not could do it because he spent all his life to playing soccer.

So this statement is not only incongruous, but also false.

And the same thing happens with the statements made by Rudolf Steiner because, for example:

When did the primitive man Enkidu obtain wisdom and knowledge to become in his next reincarnation the great Greek philosopher Cratylus ???

Enkidu was a wild man who lived covered with animal skins and only loved to fight. So, it makes no sense to declare that in his next reincarnation, this barbarian become a great philosopher, because he has not developed his mind, his reasoning and his wisdom.

Declaring this is as absurd as declaring that Ronaldo became a genius of the violin.

And something similar can also be objected about the passage from Aristotle to Thomas Aquinas, because although Thomas Aquinas was a very bright man who even admired Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas was a very religious man who humanized and sanctified God, while for Aristotle, God was only an impersonal energy that produced the movement of univers, and therefore it is not any sense to pray to him.

If we see the characteristics that Aristotle showed in his life, most likely he will be reborn as a scientist and not as an ecclesiastic.

And it is also not logical that Thomas Aquinas reincarnated as Rudolf Steiner, because although the two men were very religious, Thomas Aquinas was a very honest man, while Rudolf Steiner was a very deceitful man.

CONCLUSION

This shows me several things:

• Rudolf Steiner was a very liar man because there are a lot of falsities he has declared.
• He was not in communication with the Masters as he claimed.
• He did not have esoteric knowledge as he presumed.
• And he was a pretentious guy because with the exception of Enkidu, all the other reincarnations he pretended to have had were from prominent men, which is unlikely.

And it is curious to note that the true instructors do not like to talk about past lives because neither Blavatsky, nor William Judge, nor Damodar spoke about it, but instead the liars are very enthusiastic to doing it as was the case of Charles Leadbeater, Elizabeth and Mark Prophet, Samael Aun Weor and also Rudolf Steiner.

RUDOLF STEINER AFFIRMS THAT THE BRAIN IS ALSO A DIGESTIVE ORGAN

In the lecture he gave on September 20, 1924, Rudolf Steiner asserted the following:

« In spiritual science (anthroposophy is, after all, only a name) genuine investigation is made into how the potato nourishes the human being, the potato is found to be something that is not completely digested by the digestive organs, but it passes into the head through the lymph glands, through the blood, in such a way that the head itself must also serve as a digestive organ for the potato. When potatoes are eaten in large quantities, the head becomes a kind of stomach and also digests.

This kind of knowledge can never be derived from natural science. When things are genuinely investigated with respect to their spiritual quality, it becomes apparent that in this modern age humanity has been seriously injured by the excessive consumption of potatoes. Spiritual science finds that the eating of potatoes has played a very large part in the general deterioration of health in recent centuries.

People believe that when their stomach is full of potatoes, they have had a nourishing meal. The truth is that the health of their head is impaired, because the head itself then has to become a digestive organ. »

But this Rudolf Steiner’s affirmation is completely false because later it was discovered that in the brain, there is no substance that serves to digest aliments.

And that is why, neither science nor any genuine esoteric teaching, they mention that the brain also exercises the function of a digestive organ. Only in the Rudolf Steiner’s imagination, that he confused with clairvoyance.

This assertion is a lie more invented by Rudolf Steiner.

THE JOURNALISM EXPLAINED BY RUDOLF STEINER

In the lecture he gave on August 2, 1924, Rudolf Steiner mentioned the following:

« The potato takes little care of lung and heart. It reaches the head, but only, as I said, the lower head, not the upper head. It does go into the lower head, where one thinks and exercises critical faculties. Therefore, you can see, in earlier times there were fewer journalists. There was no printing industry yet.

Think of the amount of thought expended daily in this world in our time, just to bring the newspapers out.

All that thinking, it is much too much, it is not at all necessary, and we have to thank the potato diet for that!

Because a person who eats potatoes is constantly stimulated to think. »

So, dear readers, forget about the increase in population, as well as the technological development that allowed the communication and information industry to intensify an impressive way, because according to Rudolf Steiner, the real reason why there are now many more journalists than before, it is because now humans eat potatoes...

Which, apart from being ridiculous, is also false because science has discovered that the main energy the brain needs to function is glucose, which comes mainly from eating carbohydrate-rich foods such as fruits and cereals. While potatoes contain mostly starches, which serve more as an energy reserve.

That is, the consumption of potatoes does not stimulate thinking as Rudolf Steiner asserts, but on the contrary, an exacerbated consumption of potatoes would slow down the ability to think because starchy foods are transformed very slowly into glucose.

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And this is one more example of how Rudolf Steiner said much nonsense without any serious knowledge on this subject.