Philosophical Speculations

As always, concrete examples are what help us move from the domain of abstractions to the living substance of what is being referred to with all these words and labels. So can you provide a concrete example of the 'criticizable structure and behavior of the institution RCC', that is independent of ...

Hi Frederica. All is mind, or all is "in" mind - I think those are objective truths. It's an objective truth (for me, though I don't expect anyone to take my word for anything at all) that I have had/am having these paranormal experiences that defy the 3D "laws" of physics. I ju...

Hi Frederica. All is mind, or all is "in" mind - I think those are objective truths. It's an objective truth (for me, though I don't expect anyone to take my word for anything at all) that I have had/am having these paranormal experiences that defy the 3D "laws" of physics. I ju...

With that said, I want to ask you whether you are open to viewing the Earth with all its kingdoms - humanity, animals, plant, mineral - as a living and evolving organism , and the cultural history of humanity, including its ethical history, as something which occurs entirely within that context? It...

It's very difficult to overcome "prejudices" towards genocide, slavery, child sacrifice and the like. The orgy of blood depicted in Ezekiel 16 for example with the woman exposed before being cut into pieces to appease the wrath and jealousy of the divinity is fitting of the mind of the ps...

With that said, I want to ask you whether you are open to viewing the Earth with all its kingdoms - humanity, animals, plant, mineral - as a living and evolving organism , and the cultural history of humanity, including its ethical history, as something which occurs entirely within that context? It...

Anthony, The issue is more like this - why does Numbers 31 matter? , as an isolated passage? It actually doesn't mean anything. Certainly not anything which sheds light on ancient spiritual consciousness and evolution. Just like isolated sense experiences, isolated concepts can be used to justify w...

The esoteric understanding requires us to approach what is completely unfamiliar and unsuspected to our normal waking intellect. If we feel that we can pluck out a verse and, only with our modern flattened, prosaic concepts, transport our consciousness into that of inspired writers 3,000 years ago,...

Federica wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 3:08 pm

Anthony66 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 01, 2023 2:58 pm I'm listening from the "Rudolph Steiner Audio" podcast.

Not finding it, can you please share the link?

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r ... 1212445225

I listen to it using the BeyondPod app on my Adroid phone.

Maybe Anthony, who named a difficulty in understanding the meaning of the spiritual planets, could find this lecture useful and try to get that meaning "from the other edge", that is, from the perspective of the human four bodies, rather than from the perspective of Christ. I'm currently ...