The defining gesture of the 8th sphere is subtraction from being. The 8th Sphere vs. Technological Civilization Technology becomes an Asuric interface only when it fulfills all three of the following conditions By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read
Besides Ahrimanic and Luciferic beings there are the Asuras, beings of sensual seduction and hardening, attacking human beingness, and banning it to the 8th Sphere. The Asuric Threshold The Asuras do not merely oppose evolution; they seek to harvest fragments of it into a parallel domain By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read
Children are naturally "religious" as for them the world has to potential of being wonderful. Spiritual Science The age of disembodiment. The I-organization is the active spiritual principle that unifies and governs the other members of the human being. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 2 min read
Seemingly a concrete architecture, the Goetheanum's forms express cosmic-etheric forms. Entering the Etheric When attention is consciously placed, it can move into the surrounding space. That space is no longer experienced as empty air or void, but as etheric reality. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read
Dance often happens out the astral; today it can be done consciously out of an I-etheric relation Moving From the I Movement was not primarily initiated from within the body. It arose from rhythm, from environment, from forces that carried the human being rather than being commanded by it. By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 3 min read
Up in the sky sense-perception disappears, allowing, even demanding for pure perception to arise. Imaginal Cosmology vs. Cognitive Spiritual Science Cognitive spiritual science: knowing how we know By Seeing Beyond (Philippe Lheureux) • 2 min read
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
