The World of the Senses | Free Book
And the World of the Spirit
'When we consider the plant world in all its greenery, or the stars
with their golden glory; when we look at all this without forming any
judgement from within ourselves but instead permit the things to
reveal themselves to us... then all things are transformed from what
they were in the world of the senses into something entirely different
– something for which no word exists other than one which is taken
from our very life of soul...' – Rudolf Steiner. One of Rudolf
Steiner's most fundamental objectives was to show how the spiritual
world connects to and penetrates the material world. In doing so, he
was pioneering a modern form of Rosicrucianism – countering
traditional religious conceptions (that spirit and matter are polar
opposites) as well as contemporary materialistic science (that ignores
the existence of spiritual phenomena altogether). In this concise
series of lectures, Rudolf Steiner shows how the human senses reveal
the mysterious world of the will, which is at once a spiritual and
physical phenomenon. The senses act as a portal connecting our
physical and etheric bodies with what Steiner refers to as worlds of
'all-pervading will' and 'all-pervading wisdom'. He elaborates this
theme, giving some unexpected and delightful insights into the senses
of hearing and sight, and in particular how we experience colour.
Steiner suggests that divine spiritual beings had different intentions
for the formation of physical human beings, but that adversary powers
caused disruption, leading to a more materialized constitution. He
describes disorders in the connections between the human physical,
etheric, astral and ego bodies, and the ill effects of one aspect
overpowering the others. He gives insight into human glandular
secretions, and why we need to eat and digest – also connected to the
intervention of adversary beings. Among the many other themes tackled
here, Rudolf Steiner describes the transformation of the human senses
and organs, giving special consideration to the function of the
larynx, which in future times will develop a special kind of
reproductive power.
- Title: The World of the Senses | Free Book
- Author: Steven
- Created at : 2024-10-20 04:56:31
- Updated at : 2024-10-26 18:22:51
- Link: https://novels-ebooks.techidaily.com/210932967-9781855844452-the-world-of-the-senses/
- License: This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.