The statements in the writings of Jakob Lorber about the structure of matter and the spiritual forces at work within it are impressive. The insatiable pursuit of growth by our industrial society and the associated exploitation of our planet increasingly impair these spiritual natural forces. The author demonstrates, based on the writings of Jakob Lorber, in which this destructive human behavior was already predicted, the disastrous wrong path humanity is on and what spiritual and material consequences are to be feared, or have already occurred.