Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/1116/en

With the release of the gases the light ether is freed; it is the etheric-supersensible complement of the element of air. It enables the living beings of the compost heap, despite the absence of direct sunlight, to sustain a life in the dark. It is a light-etheric quality preserved from an earlier, higher life that has died away — one that calls into existence the lower plant and animal life reaching back to early stages of Earth evolution. What now is the contribution of the light ether to the development of the compost heap? At the outset the compost heap is a rather random mixture of organic waste. The microbial decomposition of these materials is no causal event for