• The idea of evil in the work of Solovyov and Tolstoi

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    04-05-2016 3 comments

    The idea of evil in the work of Solovyov and Tolstoi

    In the reflections about evil I quoted the several authors and Rudolf Steiner. Next week I will finish these reflections with quotes from the work of Nietzsche. Then I will come back to the theme of the angels, who are working in our souls, weaving moral intuitions. Solovyov according to Rudolf Steiner... read more...

  • Luther, seen from a spiritual point of view

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    27-04-2016 2 comments

    Luther, seen from a spiritual point of view

    Rudolf Steiner: 'But still: nobody can understand Luther in a right way, whom doesn't know that the kind of conscious understanding of what was in his time the devil - we call them Lucifer and Ahriman now - were for Luther true spiritual events, not only on this special place the Wartburg, but always when he speaks about th... read more...

  • Evil according to Luther

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    20-04-2016 3 comments

    Evil according to Luther

    From the consolation book of Martin Luther §5. From evil on the left side. Here belong the multiple griefs and disasters that the great legion of evil people can bring to us, or have to experience themselves. How much evil and disadvantage could they have done to our bodies, our honour and good name, from our properties... read more...

  • Thomas Aquinas - About evil

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    13-04-2016 1 comments

    Thomas Aquinas - About evil

    Objection 1. It would seem that there is one supreme evil which is the cause of every evil. For contrary effects have contrary causes. But contrariety is found in things, according to Sirach 33:15: "Good is set against evil, and life against death; so also is the sinner against a just man." Therefore there are many contrary ... read more...

  • Good and evil in Manichaeism

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    30-03-2016 2 comments

    Good and evil in Manichaeism

    In this psalm from the Manichaean Psalm-book we can find a concentrated view on Manichaeism.  'The Manichaean texts come from a wide number of sources. Originally many texts in Latin and Greek certainly existed, but during the persecution of the movement in the West most of these were lost (a major exception is the Greek&n... read more...