Translations:Benutzer:Arian/Klett-Mini-Test/935/en

The task of seed incineration is now to create conditions in the soil such that the germination-stimulating effect of the moon forces is suppressed for the weed species in question. The ash that arises through the destruction of the seed by the fire element works against the moon forces: «Now the point is to treat the soil — since one cannot simply switch off the moon — in such a way that the earth becomes disinclined to receive the moon's workings; and not only can the earth become disinclined to receive the moon's workings, but the plants, these weeds, can also acquire a certain reluctance to grow in soil that has been treated in a certain sense.» This latter statement suggests the thought that incineration of these so excessively reproductive weed seeds liberates them, so to speak, from their bondage to the earthly reproductive cycle — so that their occurrence henceforth keeps within bounds.