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Folk-soul Files

Exploring peoples, cultures, nations, and geography as expressions of distinctive historical, psychological, and spiritual configurations

Jacob's Ladder (3): The Hebrew World Intertwined with the Modern World — There are cryptic worlds, mysteries once guarded, and today demonized, that are worth re-discovering.

Jacob's Ladder (3): The Hebrew World Intertwined with the Modern World

Active, daily engagement with Kabbalistic frameworks, reincarnation (Gilgul), and ecstatic spiritual technology is preserved within Hasidic dynasties and Sephardic mystics.

By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 8 min read

Jacob's Ladder (2): Kabbalah and Hebrew Lettering — Deep, positive esotericism, which isn't always well understood, exits within the Hebrew world..

Jacob's Ladder (2): Kabbalah and Hebrew Lettering

The expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492 sparked an existential and spiritual crisis, driving mystics to find cosmic meaning in tragedy.

By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 6 min read

Jacob's Ladder (1): Jewish Sects and Reincarnation? — DNA, the physical "ladder" as a basis of our "incarnation", namely the presence on earth in flesh and body

Jacob's Ladder (1): Jewish Sects and Reincarnation?

It is indeed so that certain Jewish sects believe in reincarnation. In Judaism, this concept is known as Gilgul Neshamot.

By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 6 min read

China and the Himmel-ayas — From plains to mountainous regions, China's soul structure offers a complex landscape

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China and the Himmel-ayas

The Chinese person lives on the flat, loamy earth but is constantly fed by the "spiritual waters" of the high peaks, leading to a culture that seeks to "earth" the heavenly through precise ritual and bureaucracy

By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read

China, a needed Polarity to the West — More etheric and "light", China embodies the infinite palette of a Rising Sun

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China, a needed Polarity to the West

The West needs the East’s "feeling-life"—the recognition that we are part of a living, spiritual whole.

By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read

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