Translation
EVOLUTION
25/2 â 1908. Now look calmly upon WUS. You must not consciously set dw aside during this time, but instead pursue studies with life and pleasure. The work will be calm though laborious. OH is not more significant, but perhaps more difficult to render in pictures. OH has the following content: 3 days for each picture and 4 for each series. The first series is intended to depict, in pictures, the evolution before the Fall along the descending line. Ex, to that you shall not now devote your thought, but to the realm of the soul⊠The coming work is fourfold, yet we shall divide it into three sections. The measurements are 130Ă100âŠ
26/2 1908. Furthermore I now received: Take up in the Master's name and begin: Set up 13 Dec Ă 10 Dec = â. All the paintings were to be of equal size, executed mediumistically in oil, which would go easily. Ewald.
27/2. The first painting of the 16. I was to execute it mediumistically. We wish to depict images of the astral world. They spew forth evil fluids⊠The first painting of the work is an OH picture, a light-image mixed with darkness. The central figure is meant to express man at the standpoint where he has attained his perfection and is able, in turn, to support and develop new individuals. The two figures beside the central figure are called astral. One is a spirit placed in the service of disharmony; the other represents a light-image of the sustaining force that helps during the WU of evolution.
Original (Swedish)
EVOLUTIONEN
25/2 â 1908 Se nu med lugn pĂ„ WUS. Du mĂ„ ej medvetet stĂ€lla dw under denna tid Ă„sido, utan i stĂ€llet med liv och lust studier bedriva. Arbetet blir lugnt om ock mödosamt. OH Ă€r betydelsefullare ej, men kanske svĂ„rare i bilder att framstĂ€lla. OH Ă€r av sĂ„ lydande innehĂ„ll: 3 dagar för varje bild och 4 i varje serie. Första serien avser att i bild framstĂ€lla evolutionen före syndafallet pĂ„ nedĂ„tgĂ„ende linien. Ex skĂ€nkte du nu ej din tanke Ă„t, utan Ă„t sjĂ€lens omrĂ„de⊠Fyrdelat Ă€r arbetet som kommer men Ă€ndock dela vi det i tre avdelningar. MĂ„tten Ă€ro 130Ă100âŠ
26/2 1908 Vidare fick jag nu: Tag i MĂ€starens namn och begynn: UppsĂ€tt 13 dec Ă 10 dec = â. Alla tavlorna skulle vara lika stora, utföras medialt i olja, som skulle gĂ„ lĂ€tt. Ewald.
27/2 Första tavlan av de 16. Mediumistiskt skulle jag fÄ utföra den. Vi vilja framstÀlla astralvÀrldens bilder. De utspy onda vÀtskor⊠Arbetets första tavla Àr en OH bild, det Àr ljusbild, blandad med mörker. Mittfiguren avser att uttrycka mÀnniskan pÄ den stÄndpunkten, dÄ hon uppnÄtt sin fullkomning och blir i stÄnd att i sin tur stödja och utveckla nya individer. De bÄda figurerna vid sidan av mittfiguren kallades för astrala. Den ena en ande stÀlld i disharmonins tjÀnst, den andra framstÀller en ljusbild av bÀrkraften som hjÀlper under evolutionens WU.