'Picture consciousness'

from "Rudolf Steiner: An Introduction to his Life and Works" by Gary Lachman

"One toy in particular he was very fond of, and the impression it made on him may have influenced some of his later ideas. Steiner was captivated by a kind of picture book whose figures could be moved by pulling a string. He tells us that he and his sister spent many hours with these, and that through them he took his first steps towards reading. In later life, Steiner would argue that a kind of "picture consciousness" formed the tyoe of consciousness of human beings during their "Old Moon" incarnation in the distant past, and that in the future, this would return and be integrated with our current rational consciousness to form a new state..."