Love's Alchemy: "Woman, behold your son!" "Behold your mother!"

"The soul and spiritual element in human beings is faced at all times with the physical and bodily element; human beings must ensure that they get into the right rhythm to prevent the soul and spiritual element from becoming animalistic or that they do not ignore their physical side and descend into the soul and spiritual sphere in an unworldly way which weakens the soul and spirit. This is what human beings must seek to bring into a proper rhythm through receiving the sacrament at the altar."--Rudolf Steiner