This was an excellent and epic read, thank you! The interweaving of Western philosophy, science (Goethe's color theory) and aesthetics with Christian spirituality - the evolution of the Self - was deft. Can we also say that this is an ongoing archetypal development, in the sense that human ego-consciousness can (and will to some extent) continue to light up and awaken to itself at ever-higher, more expanded levels through the impulse of Christ? To bear its "Self-I", through the force of knowing Love, higher and higher into the Cosmic expanses, attaining to the 'philosopher's stone'?
"Here we have the prototype of something which will actually be accomplished in a future humanity, when work is the highest principle. It is only through the impulse of the spirit that one gains the faculty of transferring oneself into the community of the bees.
In order to progress further, let us now come to a true concept of alchemy. As late as the 18th century one could read in the German paper ‘Reichsanzeiger’ articles on alchemy. Kortum, the poet who wrote ‘Jobsiade’ 19 was one of the most significant alchemists of the 18th century. At that time a number of articles dealt with the so-called ‘Urmaterie’ (primal matter), bringing this into connection with the Philosopher's stone. Kortum, who was deeply immersed in these things, said at that time: To search for the Philosopher's stone is very difficult, but it is everywhere, you meet it every day, are well acquainted with it, you make use of it constantly, but do not know that it is the Philosopher's Stone. This is an apt description." (Steiner, The Foundations of Esotericism)
thanks, Ashvin, for the kind words and for sharing your vision of the continual integration of the human soul towards Communion in Christ. that seems just right to me. we understand our future selves to possess a higher knowledge than our present selves. from this relationship, we can extrapolated to the "Omega Point," as it were, in which our timeline joins with the cosmic I.
This was an excellent and epic read, thank you! The interweaving of Western philosophy, science (Goethe's color theory) and aesthetics with Christian spirituality - the evolution of the Self - was deft. Can we also say that this is an ongoing archetypal development, in the sense that human ego-consciousness can (and will to some extent) continue to light up and awaken to itself at ever-higher, more expanded levels through the impulse of Christ? To bear its "Self-I", through the force of knowing Love, higher and higher into the Cosmic expanses, attaining to the 'philosopher's stone'?
"Here we have the prototype of something which will actually be accomplished in a future humanity, when work is the highest principle. It is only through the impulse of the spirit that one gains the faculty of transferring oneself into the community of the bees.
In order to progress further, let us now come to a true concept of alchemy. As late as the 18th century one could read in the German paper ‘Reichsanzeiger’ articles on alchemy. Kortum, the poet who wrote ‘Jobsiade’ 19 was one of the most significant alchemists of the 18th century. At that time a number of articles dealt with the so-called ‘Urmaterie’ (primal matter), bringing this into connection with the Philosopher's stone. Kortum, who was deeply immersed in these things, said at that time: To search for the Philosopher's stone is very difficult, but it is everywhere, you meet it every day, are well acquainted with it, you make use of it constantly, but do not know that it is the Philosopher's Stone. This is an apt description." (Steiner, The Foundations of Esotericism)
FYI, I shared this essay with a brief excerpt on 'the forum' - https://metakastrup.org/viewtopic.php?t=848
thanks, Ashvin, for the kind words and for sharing your vision of the continual integration of the human soul towards Communion in Christ. that seems just right to me. we understand our future selves to possess a higher knowledge than our present selves. from this relationship, we can extrapolated to the "Omega Point," as it were, in which our timeline joins with the cosmic I.