The Four Ethers: Discovering the Formative Forces of Life | Ernst Marti

If the four elements (earth, water, air, fire) have been known since antiquity, the four ethers, on the other hand, were only discovered and described at the beginning of the 20th century by Rudolf Steiner, based on an imaginative thought applied to the forces of life. These are the ether of warmth, or living warmth, which ripens fruits or hatches eggs, the ether of light, which spreads the leaves of plants, the ether of sound (also called chemical ether or number ether) which rhythmizes forms and binds substances according to simple numbers, and finally the ether of life, which ensures the unity of every living organism. In this short book, Ernst Marti presents the ethers with great clarity, and shows how all the living processes that constantly unfold before our eyes arise from their collaboration. This study is primarily addressed to doctors, farmers, and of course, nature lovers.