A Shaggy-Dog Story So … there’s this “bar”, into which walk four anthroposophists, … but what is a “bar” … a place where folks drown their sorrows? A meeting place for those who don’t want to sleep alone that night? Maybe there are secret meetings, illicit funds or other objects of value changing hands. Spies …
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Recently this article was posted to the Anthroposophy Facebook page: “Anthroposophy & Contemporary Philosophy in Dialogue Observations on the Spiritualization of Thinking” by Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon” (1) This was published in “being human” in 2011. I have a vague recollection of reading it, and didn’t really connect. By the way, …
Dear The Nature Institute Folk,
Dear The Nature Institute folk, View Post I am writing in regard to your short paper on Tom Cowan’s views as to whether or not contagious diseases, via small bits of matter, are the cause of illness. https://www.natureinstitute.org/article/craig-holdrege-and-jon-mcalice/some-comments-on-the-contagion-myth There is probably no more important contemporary spiritual adventure than the seeking of the meaning of this …
The Genius of Frank Herbert, author of the Dune series of “science fiction” novels
The Genius of Frank Herbert, author of the Dune series of “science fiction” novels Rudolf Steiner, in a lecture to the workmen, described the America soul as heading in the direction of a kind of natural or instinctive anthroposophy. Not the anthroposophy of Europe, but something unique and different, yet also the “similar”. My experience …
Anthroposophy, and three Science Fiction Television Master Works
Anthroposophy, and three Science Fiction Television Master Works part one Babylon 5 (1) part two Taken (2) part three: Battlestar Galactica (3) Artists often see in less intellectual ways. Actors, for example, forget themselves to create something new, real, and very human. Writers and creators of science fiction original for television (not from a novel …
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Surviving the Great Plague – with the Kindness of Strangers
Surviving the Great Plague – with the Kindness of Strangers – Is it a crime against humanity to intentionally create a false fear of death, through mere physical or air-born contact with another person, in order to gain wealth and power? Is it a crime against one’s own personal sanity to trust governments, major media, …
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Business Proposal
Business Proposal [seeking “partners” – of various ordinations – in my law firm: https://thecollectiveimagination.com/shamans-law-firm/ ] When a civilization undergoes metamorphosis, there are certain underlying features, worthy of noting each time such events reveal themselves. For most folk this is lived one day, … nay … one moment, at a “time”. The lame common adjective in …
The Failed Nature of the Idea of “Mechanical Causality”.
The Failed Nature of the Idea of “Mechanical Causality”. Around the time of the failing Vietnam War, especially among those whose job was to spin the Narrative in a profitable direction, … they often thought that the international dangers (threats to American commercial interests) in Asia could be aptly named “the domino effect”. If Vietnam …
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Liviu Plesoianu wrote a book: “The Real Great Reset”.
Liviu Plesoianu wrote a book: “The Real Great Reset”. “The lighter the human, the heavier the System. The less conscious the humans are, the more tyrannical the System will become.” He advertised it on the Anthroposophy Facebook page, and alleged a deep understanding of Anthroposophy. I noted his age – 43 or so, and remarked …
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contents page of “the Way of the Fool”
http://ipwebdev.com/hermit/twotf.html Table of Contents Introduction. Moral Grace – the theme (song) of the central mystery of the modern age – first stanza: Shepherds and Kings – a Temporary parting of Ways – second stanza: the Evolution of Consciousness – the meaning of the historical differences between the time of the Pharaohs (the time of the Old Testament) …
Fake Ancient Alien Theorist Foolishly Visits the Collective Imagination 