Is today's brain-model flawed to suit the reductionist narrative? Spiritual Science Why Thought Cannot Be Engineered What is required today is not fear of control, but renewed responsibility for thinking—thinking as an act, a discipline, and a moral participation in reality. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 4 min read
Although represented physically in earlier iconography, angelic beings have to be conceived as non-physical realities. Why Angels Withdraw Where angels remain permanently “present,” human freedom remains permanently postponed. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read
Embodiment is more than absorbing knowledge, it requires the activation of other skills Embodiment, Youth, and the Crisis of Formation Embodiment, in the deeper sense, is not about inhabiting the body. It is about forming it. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read
Inhabiting oneself is a complex process Spiritual Science Embodiment in Anthroposophy Embodiment is the capacity of the I to impress form into life, movement, and substance. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 2 min read
Today thinking seems a matter of fact; it had however to be acquired over long periods of time. From Atlantis to the Modern World The physical world becomes a training ground. This is why the modern, man-made world is not merely “material.” By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read
Within the Post Atlantean periods, individual thinking emerges, as a new organ of perception From Atlantis to the Present Modern humanity no longer encounters spiritual beings instinctively. We encounter them through consciousness. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 2 min read
Why do cultural epochs, since Atlantis, matter... From Ancient Clairvoyance to Conscious Cognition Spiritual science does not begin with God. It begins with the disciplined activity of thinking as an organ of perception. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 2 min read
Heavenly realms, namely the domain of the Afterlife, is located throughout the planetary spheres, in their spiritual aspect The Spiritual Hierarchies and the Human Being The modern task is not to return to ancient clairvoyance, but to develop conscious, waking cognition of the spiritual world — without losing freedom. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 2 min read
ICH in German, JE in French, and I in English, expresses the core of our being. Where Is the ‘I’? ...and, through repeated practice, a subtle inner experience in which the seed is perceived as surrounded by a flame-like or luminous quality. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 2 min read
Formative Forces can be seen as gestures actively forming shapes in nature. Formative Forces Formative Forces — Gestures of the ‘I’ In speech, each consonant is a forming gesture; each vowel a gesture of soul relation, in the form of a gesture. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read
Between individual moments, there are transitions. Thresholds Between Moments The passage from one moment to the next is not meant to be endured passively. It is meant to be formed. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 2 min read
Distrust of the senses is not sophistication; it is a misunderstanding of our own origin. The Senses as the Primordial Body Perception is therefore not an illusion to be overcome, but a primordial faculty to be educated. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read
