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shows metamorphosis in the plant and animal kingdoms, and the amazing transformation of form due to the workings of the laws of the astral and etheric on the mineral in the physical world. The butterfly represents a universal symbol for metamorphosis.

The comparative baseline (terms in blue below) is taken from Grohmann's book 'The Plant'. He describes in comparative way the pre-dominant forces in the threefold process: how in the root, a salt process with centripetal forces is mostly active (corresponding to the head-nerve subsystem in Man); whereas in the flower a warmth process with expansive centrifugal forces is mostly active (corresponding to the metabolic-limb and digestive in Man). In the leaf, a light process is active (corresponding to the rhythmic subsystem in Man).

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