Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/1406/en

In the stinging nettle the wonder comes to pass that it raises within itself the polarity of root and blossom to a higher unity. The sulphur process moving from above downward and the sal substance-process moving from below upward remain in flow to a higher degree; both interpenetrate each other in mercurial heightening in the leaf. This process is comparable, at a higher stage of development, to the circulation of the blood. At its centre — the heart, which is at the same time the middle between above and below — the venous and the arterial bloodstream meet. Past and future meet in the present: the blood, which in the periphery on the one hand sacrifices forces into the physical activity of the body, while on the other