Humanities
in the 21st century

Transformation of evil, encounter with the other, and awakening to...
global initiation of humanity

1st edition 2024, 289 pages, 28,– Euro
ISBN 978-3-949064-17-3

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Extended table of contents

First lecture
Humanities and contemporary philosophy in dialogue: Observations on the spiritualization of thoughts
Colmar/France 2007
New beginnersHow can Rudolf Steiner's starting point for thought be continuously integrated into the flow of the developing spirit of the age?
An excursion to GermanyNietzsche, Husserl, and Brentano. The pivotal year 1917. Heidegger's reversal of phenomenology.
The French philosophical centuryThe 1920s and 30s. Sartre's response to Heidegger. Levinas and his new religious-moral impulse. Foucault, Deleuze, and the event.
Riddles and problems of the spiritualization of thought"It thinks within me" as experience and enigma. The connection between the cosmic and the human self.
The lack of a major confrontationPhilosophy as the salvation of self-awareness in the supersensible. Anthroposophists in the 20th century did not accept the struggle in the sense of Michael.
The great conflict in the Middle AgesThe Dominicans, with Thomas Aquinas, were still able to experience remnants of thought as cosmic intelligence. In their struggle with the Franciscans, they sowed the seeds for the conflicts of the current Michaelic Age.
Back to the futureThe significance of the philosophy of freedom. Heidegger, Foucault, and Deleuze's experiences in thinking up to the threshold of death. The seed of the Dominicans can now begin to take root.
Second lecture
An esoteric history of the 20th century: Forces of death and resurrection in the history of our timet
Järna/Sweden 2004
Part 1: The world situation in the 20th century and in the present
A humanities-based method for social engagement. Beyond our personal preferences and reactions, we can connect with the real event and act from it. Two strategies of American imperialism and global imbalance. The aspirations of the consciousness soul. Rhodes' plan for Anglo-American domination and the First World War. The plan behind the Second World War. The creation of the IMF, the World Bank, and the WTO to drain the world's life force. The Cold War and the strategy for the 21st century. The sickness of the global social organism.
Part 2: Forces of Resurrection at the End of the 20th Century and Today. The Reciprocal Relationships Between the New Social Impulses of Humanity and the Humanitiest
Civil society as a third force at the end of the 20th century. Nicanor Perlas and the Manila impulse. The Nazareth impulse. Such moral impulses must be combined with conscious and vibrant humanities scholarship to become fruitful.
Part 3: The history and the counterfactual history of the anthroposophical movement and society in the 20th centuryrt
Method: Transforming realities into matters of destiny. The Age of Michael. Oriphiel. The Christmas Conference. Humanity reversed Michael's Plan A. The study of what could have been in the 20th century: The living metamorphosis of Anthroposophy. Plan B: Periphery without a center, the creative homelessness of the true spiritual movement. May the new supersensible Michael current be heard by us!
Third presentation
Transforming self-love into global thinking; three ways to harness the powers freed from head and heart.
Orust/Sweden 2012
Modern thought is dead, but also independent. The etheric forces have detached themselves from the head and have been detaching themselves from the heart since 1721. Solitude as a great spiritual potential. An ongoing race for the etheric heart and the desires of humanity. One path: merging with artificial intelligence, virtual reality avatars, supercomputers, Ray Kurzweil, Ahriman's Kindergarten. The other path: Luciferian astral travel and astral projection, methods of rapid spiritualization. Virtual reality games utilize the power of metamorphosis. The younger generations are highly spiritual people; adults are uninteresting, unfree, and uncreative to them. The importance of more human connection and the power of love. Elemental beings: Luciferian, Ahrimanic, and liberating, who attempt to stimulate our creativity. The danger of excarnated life without a physical body or of remaining bound to Earth.
Fourth lecture
The 21st century: The possible incarnation of the middle stream and the Widar impulse
Orust/Sweden 2012
Thought is free today. It is possible to connect the powers of the heart with the mind and with the cosmos. Ahriman and Lucifer are using the unleashed etheric forces of the heart for their own purposes. In the 23rd century: the founding of the School of Ahriman in the Oriphiel Age. The opportunity and significance of the current Michael Age: to become freer, more resourceful, and more creative! The year 2045 and the mid-century. Creative forces of the future. Now everything depends on human will. The mission of the North for Central Europe. All realms of nature and spirit are in transition. The Buddha-being and Christ. The silent god Widar has begun to speak since the new revelation of Christ. Healing of the current Fenris civilization. The revelations of John are being fulfilled. Possibilities for the incarnation of the spiritual Michael stream.
Fifth lecture
Can we become guardian angels for our brothers and sisters? An introduction to the School of Humanities.
Orust/Sweden 2012
The meaning of true humanity. Guardian angels are withdrawing from us. We must take their place and become guardian angels for one another. Other beings are also trying to fill this role. The reality of profound loneliness. Our zeitgeist is one of constant transformation. If I create a form today, it will be completely outdated tomorrow. Put the social question first! Social architecture. The practice of social breathing. The Christ impulse in every encounter.
Sixth lecture
The work of Christ under the apocalyptic conditions of the 20th and 21st centuries
Utrecht/Netherlands 1997
The end of the Kali Yuga and the beginning of the "age of light." The descent into the abyss. The etheric body gradually detaches; humanity has crossed the threshold. By 1950, an absolute endpoint has been reached; the legacy of the past is exhausted. The human constitution has undergone a complete transformation. The double and the anti-ego as important inner experiences. The nature of the first beast and the second beast. Christ as the healer of our wounds.
Seventh lecture
The Beast and the Reversal
Gothenburg/Sweden 2009
The animal must be perceived, heard, and understood. The human ego is fully incarnate. The individuation process brings about a reversal in the world. The law of reversal as a universal law. The encounter with the cucumber. Everything becomes part of my world. The modern, existential dilemma. Summary of the objective and subjective transformative process of individuation in seven steps. Are death and illness imperfections of evolution? What can I extract from remembered outcomes? From dead thinking; consciously approaching the threshold.
Eighth lecture
The Christ event of the 21st century
Stuttgart 2012
Singularity and the new life forces. To recognize means to remember. To try to seize the new, vibrant moment. To encounter the other and create a space of light. To direct the will toward community. From a vibrant community, work can be done on a human future. The allure of technology will grow significantly. The practice itself can become an event through intimate experiences of Christ in thought, feeling, and will. Awakening in everyday life. The spiritual event of the 21st century and our freedom.
Ninth lecture
Israeli civil society and the global melting pot
New York City 2002
The trials of initiation as a struggle between our higher and lower selves. The changing role of religions. The fire of melting. The pain of global integration. Pat Buchanan: The Death of the West. Israel's current seven cultures. Chaos at the center as an opportunity. Jerusalem's transformation in recent decades. The suffering caused by the chosenness complex. Valuing one's own identity and uniqueness. Civil society as the third sector. "Activists for Israeli Civil Society," roundtables, diversity and unity. God's appetite for risk.
Tenth lecture
Israel in the midst of the clash of civilizations
Munich 2003
Global cultural conflicts. The two main forces of the Jewish soul: profound fear and the power of resurrection. The eight cultural communities of modern Israel. The free initiative of free citizens and the resistance against it. Citizens' assemblies as a place for the development of genuine morality and the building of trust. In the common struggle for good, the enemy is within us and between us. It is about profound human encounter.
Eleventh lecture
The global initiation of humanity and education
Oslo/Norway 2006
Five stages of awakening to the global initiation of humanity. From the desire to help others to the necessity of transforming oneself. From moral and cognitive slumber to the inner calling of responsibility and the transformation of our doppelgänger. Previously, tasks were assigned to us prenatally; today, we choose them ourselves. The modern premortal covenant with humanity's higher self (Christ), the earthly breaking of this covenant, and its renewal. Restructuring of upper secondary education into two main phases. Education for responsibility and commitment. Socially oriented, interdisciplinary thematic blocks. Equal collaboration. Future processes of community building.
Twelfth lecture
The Transformation of Evil and the High Gate Archangels
New York City 2002
Introduction by Scott E. Hicks. The High Gate Legend (Versions A and B). The youngest of the Three Wise Men goes to the High Gate. The spirits of evil bound in the earth. The Christ impulse in America in connection with Mani and the Rosicrucians. The transformation of evil is a task for the future. "Ground Zero" as the gateway to the mysteries of the earth. Mammon is Michael's greatest adversary. The fallen fire angel is redeemed by the Mani-Rosicrucian impulse. The nature of Mani and the significance of failure. The current of Cain encounters the forces of the depths in America. The archangel descended, became a salamander, and can complete his incarnation.
Thirteenth lecture
The fallen angels and the alchemical processes of initiation
Saratoga Springs/USA 2002, High Gate Archangel Part 2
Guardian angels and backward, Luciferian angels. Fallen archangels seduce through group egoism. Ahrimanic consciousness on Wall Street. The High-Tor beings are backward Archai, Asuras, who have been free since the end of the Kali Yuga and are fueling planetary egoism. The stages of Hugo's Rosicrucian-Manichean initiation and the importance of the feminine. On the tasks of the 6th and 7th cultural epochs. Salamanders and their development up to Jupiter. The rhythms of initiation. The distinction between good and evil.