Thinking is the great misunderstanding in need of recognition and redemption. Redemption from Thinking — or Redemption of Thinking? In pre-modern religious consciousness, thinking easily appeared as rebellion, while goodness was associated with obedience, devotion, and humility. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 2 min read
Electric and etheric realms are very different in nature. Etheric Causality vs. Electromagnetic Causality Physical forces act from without; etheric forces work from within time. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read
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
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
The metabolic–limb system is the realm of will, of transformation and renewal. Spiritual Science C. The Metabolic–Limb System: The Gesture of Will and Transformation The limbs reach downward and outward — the only parts of the human body that truly touch the earth. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read
Between the stillness of thought and the motion of will lies a region that never rests. B. The Rhythmic System: The Gesture of Balance and Warmth Through this rhythmic system, the human being ceaselessly balances heaven and earth, thought and deed, light and gravity. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 2 min read
Here, matter itself has almost come to rest. A. The Nerve–Sense System: The Gesture of Light and Memory Everything in the head reveals a gesture of inward gathering. The skull encloses; the eyes form tiny domes of inwardly folded light; the ear’s spiral winds the world’s motion into a point of stillness. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read