• What is the human being? (2)

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    25-02-2015 2 comments

    What is the human being? (2)

    The ouverture of these blogposts was the question: What is the human being? At first I reflected on the thoughts of evolution, on the physical revelation of the human being. Now I want to ask the question again, but more in an inner way. Martin Buber (1878 - 1965, Jewish Austrian Philosopher of religion) had wonderful though... read more...

  • Public opinion

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    18-02-2015 5 comments

    Public opinion

    In European Mythology - and in other mythologies too - we find the germination of human freedom and the twilight of the Gods. In our time we are free from the conscious influence of God. We don't recognize Him, for we don't see Him - maybe we believe that He is there in another world, in another awareness, but it is not a scie... read more...

  • The Valkyries

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    11-02-2015 3 comments

    The Valkyries

    In reflecting on the theme of the origin of evil, one finds the great sagas of Gods and Heroes. If we have texts, we have to have a vivid imagination to perceive the meaning of the saga. For instance the figures of Hera and Zeus. They easily remain just names, if we don't try to experience them as intense as we can. In the... read more...

  • Modern spiritual self-knowledge

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    04-02-2015 8 comments

    Modern spiritual self-knowledge

    In the medieval poem, Dante's 'Divina Commedia', we find a form of self-knowledge that is based on a certain clairvoyance. The teacher of Dante was Brunetto Latini. Dante meets him in Inferno... It is not clear, why he is burning in Inferno. Rudolf Steiner has spoken about Latini in several lectures. According to his occu... read more...

  • The Purgatorio in Dantes Divina Commedia

    by Mieke Mosmuller

    28-01-2015 4 comments

    The Purgatorio in Dantes Divina Commedia

    Then there is the sin that is founded on a lack of love, too little love. This is called Acedia, slowness or apathy. In the course of centuries this sin was seen more and more as the main sin, from which actually all sins derive. It is a kind of indifference, an inner passivity. Literally the word means 'without concern', wi... read more...