The Relationship of the World's Soul to the Body

The bodies, relation to the soul is a passage into the world of life. Let us study the relation of the world's soul to bodies. As this relation is of a different kind, it must be understood that the soul is not partly in herself and partly in the bodies. Simultaneously she dwells entirely within herself and also projects her image into the multiplicity of the bodies which reflect her like mirrors. When she has united with the bodies, in whatever kind of union she bears an analogy to the word which has been pronounced in the air.