Philosophical Speculations

It's almost painful to read stuff like this. Framing the discussion in terms of "essentialism" evidences such a cursory, superficial understanding of Steiner as to render the account wholly unserious.

I can provide a few thoughts here. Before I embarked on my current spiritual-scientific path, I was heavily involved in so-called "astral projection" — the specific version of this term which is an active form of lucid dreaming (alternatively called "wake-induced lucid dreaming", or WILD). I had g ...

I can provide a few thoughts here. Before I embarked on my current spiritual-scientific path, I was heavily involved in so-called "astral projection" — the specific version of this term which is an active form of lucid dreaming (alternatively called "wake-induced lucid dreaming", or WILD). I had g ...

As a 'coincidence' (I am reading this entire cycle) I'm coming across something right now that relates to the recently discussed question of not clicking with, or not feeling 'competent' in, this or that field of life used to bring spiritual science to the forefront: We will always, and in every ...

With all due respect for your sense of what is worth pointing out, I don’t think that Christ impressed the gateway to freedom “into the elemental fabric of the cosmos via the Church”, or whatever the Church does (btw, if you’re short of capital Cs, I would respect hierarchy over preference and go: … ...

This shared imaginative atmosphere then becomes the temporal undergirding of the future earth sphere that you are pointing to. Interestingly enough, I just came across a helpful Facebook post outlining the undergirding nature of Time-rhythms from the spiritual scientific perspective. *** "Time does ...

I would take Ashvin's reply to this post further, and back to the Steiner quote above. In order for that unfolding to continue upward into higher spheres of our own creative-willing influence, it’s nowadays necessary to create one’s own ‘liturgy’ - through an individually crafted rhythm of daily exe ...

Rodriel, in your metaphor it's all about developing skills. Which is certainly a thing, at varying degrees, in all arts. But the point is precisely that there are no pre-requisite skills in order to participate in the essays in question (or in any other discussions here) provided that the interest ...

I must admit I don’t see how, because Ashvin and Cleric are incredibly thorough writers (which I agree they are) one can be left with nothing to say, while being quite interested in phenomenology at the same time. I don't get how these two things could be ever so slightly correlated, for anyone who ...

This is a wonderful connection, Ashvin. Thank you for sharing. It highlights from another angle the core insights of PoF, namely that as of the late 19th century humanity has emerged into an era of radical freedom and unprecedented responsibility. Our increasing awareness of the gap redoubles the ...