A brief introduction to the esoteric teachings

image: ‘afterlife’ © Erace Lestis

The evolution of present humanity unfolds in 7 Epochs and 7 Root Races:[1]

1. POLARIAN: First Root Race

2. HYPERBOREAN: Second Root Race

3. LEMURIA: Third Root Race

4. ATLANTIS: Fourth Root Race

Comprehends seven sub-races:

1.       The Rmoahals

2.       The Tlavatli people

3.       The Toltecs

4.       The Primal Turanians

5.       The Primal Semites

6.       The Akkadians

7.       The Mongols

5. POST-ATLANTEAN (The Aryans): Fifth Root Race: Manas culture

Comprehends 7 Cultural Ages and 7 Sub-Races:

·         Old Indian (8000-6000BC). 1. Indian Sub-race

·         Persian (5000-4000BC). 2. Persian Sub-race

·         Egypto-Chaldean (2900-747BC). 3. Babylonian-Egyptian Sub-race

·         Graeco-Roman (747BC-1413AD). 4. Graeco-Roman Sub-race

·         Anglo-Germanic (1413-3573). 5. Germanic Sub-race

·         Aquarian (3573-5733). 6. Slavonic Sub-race

·         American (5733-7900). 7. American Sub-race

6. SIXTH EPOCH: Sixth Root Race

7. SEVENTH EPOCH: Seventh Root Race

1. The POLARIAN Epoch:

   Man first entered earthly evolution during the Polarian epoch, when the Earth was still united with the Sun and the Moon, forming with them a single astral entity in which were active the beings of the Hierarchies. In the midst of this globe formed a vast etheric warmth organism from which innumerable soul forms (the germs of humanity) sprouted out, resounding and radiant in inner light. Soul-forms were composed initially of fine etheric warmth and air, living within the fluid atmosphere of the earth, and were regulated at first from without by forces of love. Under their influence, human germs progressively developed a plantlike consciousness of images, feelings and desires (“The spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters” Gen. 1:2). Gradually the warmth organism condensed to a gaseous condition, the process evoking spiritual sound within the human bodies, shaping them like a cloud with a calyx opening upwards.

2. HYPERBOREAN:

   New conditions and decreasing temperature forced the Sun beings to separate from the earth-moon globe, shining back their influence from outer space and forming within the soul-forms the first rudiments of the organs of sight (“And God said, let there be light” Gen. 1:3). Organs of warmth, hearing and touch also began to form. Contraction progressed and caused the forming of a watery substance flowing in and out of human bodies. The body of man was shaped by sound like a fish in the water below, while above it consisted of vapour touched by light. The moon-earth began to spin and “God divided the light from the darkness” (Gen. 1:4). During this epoch the astral body of man was the bearer of the most savage lusts. The human beings were still entirely group-souls, but of the most sensual order with the worst instincts.

3. LEMURIA:

   Main task: the development of imagination and will forces

The Lemurian Continent was situated south of Asia, extending approximately from Ceylon to Madagascar. Southern Asia and parts of Africa also belonged to it.

The earth-moon globe was then a kind of turbulent, fiery mass, in which the modern mineral was for the most part dissolved and fluid, out of which developed the first island masses. The ground was then thin, undermined everywhere by volcanic forces which broke forth in smaller or larger streams. Mighty volcanoes existed almost everywhere and developed a continuous destructive activity, forcing men to reckon with such a fiery activity in everything they did. Upon these lands there wandered, half hopping half hovering, the forefathers of men. During the first half of the Lemurian epoch, man did not live actually on the earth but in the sphere above, in a finer, rarefied corporeality. Hermaphrodite bodies first developed out of the whole earth-moon globe, and swam in the atmosphere above the watery surface. The substance of man’s physical body was flexible, gelatinous, hardly distinguishable outwardly from the surroundings. While the physical body was soft, pliable and transparent, man’s etheric bodies were grotesque and animal-like, even dragon-like below. They remained in the atmosphere, whilst primal plants and animal forms began to touch the solid earth forming below.

   The highest beings were a kind of human-animal, with physical, etheric, astral bodies, and the tendency to the ego, but not yet the ego itself, beings that were progressively adapted to take up the divine germ. The more the human sheaths absorbed the divine germ, the more they became individual and independent. Memory was not yet developed among the first Lemurians, nor did they have a language. Communication consisted in a kind of “thought reading” between men and the forming of “ideas” proceeded directly from the surrounding nature and natural phenomena: the inner life of plants and animals ‘spoke’ to Lemurians, who were thus able to understood them and employ them in building or the making of artefacts. As an example, when the Lemurian built something he did not need to calculate the load-limit of a tree trunk or the weight of a stone; he could see how much the tree trunk could bear, or where the stone in view of its mass would fit, where it would not. The Lemurians built without engineering knowledge on the basis of their faculty of imagination which acted with the sureness of a kind of instinct. In addition, they could increase their physical power at will, lifting enormous loads merely through the effort of their will. While men had special powers over their will, women could, through the faculty of imagination, be in alliance with the active forces of nature. Women became able, as it were, not only to absorb in their souls the living spiritual powers active in nature but also to interpret them. As memory slowly developed, so did a kind of natural language emerged as songs and vocal rhythms among women first, who were able to translate in sound the inner life-force they experienced in nature. It was among women that the first ideas of ‘good and evil’ arose, thus marking the beginning of law and morals (the prominence of the feminine soul became particularly strong in the last Lemurian period and continued into the Atlantean times. The smaller, more developed groups who separated off from the vast animalism of Lemuria and became the founders of the Atlantean civilizations, were in some cases lead by women).  

   As hardening progressed, Lucifer begun to make its influence felt by opening man’s eye and ear to the sense world (the Fall of Man and the beginning of good and evil).

The Luciferic influence had a twofold effect upon man. A certain enthusiasm could be kindled in him to do one thing or another, but such a zeal was not inspired by his ego, nor influenced by the higher beings working in him. Secondly, it was made possible for man to secede from the higher beings, to do evil, but also to have freedom.

Owing to the fact that man’s astral body was permeated by the luciferic beings, he was led prematurely down to the earth from the atmosphere above it (called Paradise in the Bible).

   After the moon separated off and her most hardening and influencing sensual forces had been taken away, the earth took on gradually its present solid shape and as human bodies became upright, the sexes divided. Human karma began.

   The process of transforming man from a gill-breather to a lung-breather (from the swimming condition to the upright position) lasted millions of years. Man became able, as it were, of receiving into himself the first rudiments of the higher principles, the Spirit-self or Manas. The metamorphosis of the swimming bladder into the lungs is expressed in the Bible in the words: “And God breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul”. 

   In the Lemurian epoch it lay within man’s power to control fire and the seminal forces of animals – indeed it actually came the moment when animal forms were transformed into human forms. The magical influence that the human will had upon the fiery-oceans and upon the substances and forces of nature caused the fiery-masses of earth to become so fierce and turbulent to tear up the thin earth crust. Through his evil lusts and magic will, man set the forces of nature ablaze. Lemuria ended in a fire-catastrophe caused by uncontrolled human passions. The greatest part of the Lemurian root race declined or was extinguished, some groups became stunted men and their descendants still inhabit certain parts of the earth today as savage tribes. That portion of advanced Lemurian humanity which maintained a high evolutionary potential was saved and migrated to the West, to a continent lying between the present Europe and America, namely, Atlantis.

4. ATLANTIS

Main task: the development of the “I”

   The more advanced souls (monads) who had gone to Jupiter, Mars, Venus, Vulcan and so on, during periods of desolation (when conditions on earth were not suitable to reincarnation or there were not suitable physical bodies) came down to the continent of Atlantis and mixed with the migrating groups from Lemuria. It was then that human ‘races’ first developed.

   Man in early Atlantean times had still a soft and animal-like body, without a solid skeleton. He stood in intimate relation with Nature and a typical Atlantean settlement would resemble a garden in which the houses were built of trees with artfully intertwined branches. Men in Atlantis were gifted with strong, magical soul and psychic force, able to ‘shape’ or ‘adjust’ natural phenomena. They could, as an example, repulse a cannon ball simply by the use of psychic force or even increase or decrease their physical stature according to their wishes. The Atlantean possessed a certain magic influence upon, especially, the growth of plants (if man lifted his hand, which at that time had a quite different form, above a plant, he was able to bring it to rapid growth).

   It was through their power to control and master the life-force in the plant kingdom that Atlanteans were also able to propel their vehicles, “air ships” which floated a short distance above the ground but could also be raised above the height of the mountain ranges which existed at that time. Except for a certain number of initiates who were led to central Asia, degeneration set amid the rigours of the Ice Age and tectonic movements. The epoch ended with the sinking of Atlantis, caused by the Ahrimanic influence asserting itself and instigating man to a prolonged misuse of esoteric knowledge and the practice of black magic.

   Within every root race can be distinguished seven sub-races, and the development of the Atlanteans also unfolds in seven sub-races. One must not think that a sub-race immediately disappears when a new one develops. Each one may maintain itself for a long time while others are developing beside it.

   The seven sub-races of the Atlantean root race can be classified as follows:

1.       The Rmoahals. Memory began to form among the first sub-race and also certain ‘feelings’ which were unknown to Lemurians, for example attachment to what had been experienced in the past. With memory, the use of language began to evolve and new bonds were made between men and nature and among men themselves. Because the Rmoahals were still gifted with strong soul powers, they not only named things, but their words contained a power which acted over things and over their fellow-men. Words were thus magic and curative, the Rmoahals could advance the growth of plants or even tame the rage of animals at will by simply speaking forth certain words. They considered both Nature and language to be sacred and most innocently, the Rmoahals ascribed their powers not really to themselves as to the divine nature acting within them.

2.       The Tlavatli people. This second sub-race began to feel instead the power of divine nature acting within them as their own personal value. Ambition and merit made themselves felt among the Tlavatli people and regal, privileged ranks came to be established by certain especially gifted individuals, who felt that their deeds and knowledge – which they put at the service of their community – ought to be preserved and honoured also beyond their death. A kind of religious veneration (ancestors cult) for those leaders emerged among many tribes. The memory or remembrance of the ancestors continued well into later Atlantean times and took the most varied forms.

3.       The Toltecs. If previously the formation of groups depended wholly upon natural circumstances and common descent, with the Tlavatlis first and the Toltecs especially, powerful personalities began to emerge as leaders and founders of social communities. Harmonious communal life and the forming of a state became fully developed under the third sub-race, the Toltecs, the splendour of their civilization based on the fact that common memories among men brought about order and harmony naturally. The leadership and government of these communities was transmitted from one generation to the next and a strong attachment to the deeds of the ancestors was then developed, their cult not to be forgotten by the whole line of descent. By means of a system of education which at that time never failed the transmission of power and competence from father to son, regal ranks were generally preserved throughout their long lasting kingdoms. Communities flourished and progressed greatly from one generation to another, their glory further enhanced by the fact that personal experience also acquired an increasing role in the building of new social settlements. Conditions improved each time a group of men separated from the other in order to establish a new community, for those who would become leaders maintained remembrance of what they had experienced in the old situation, but in addition they would try out something new. Those powerful Atlantean kings and leaders who then came to rule vast communities of men were in most cases initiated in sacred sciences and magic arts, so that personal ability was fully supported by the sureness of ancestral wisdom.

4.       The Primal Turanians. The kings of the fourth Atlantean sub-race became so inebriated by the power they themselves contributed to create that they turned ambition into marked selfishness, rushing wildly to the satisfaction of their appetites and desires. The greater the wealth of a ruler became, the more he would exploit it for himself to the point of self-destruction or by bringing his kingdom to ruin.

5.       The Primal Semites. Logical thinking and the faculty of thought developed among the Primal Semites as a restraining effect on selfish personal wishes. The men of the fifth sub-race began to listen to an inner voice and the faculty of judgement developed. Wishes and desires were then regulated in accordance with what men felt as to what was right to do or not to do. They began to calculate, combine and compare experiences. What was won within however – the faculty of thought and judgement – was lost with respect to the control of external natural forces. The men of the fifth sub-race lost mastery over certain natural life-processes and their psychic-soul powers also decreased greatly, but it was just through this that the germ of the further development of mankind was produced: from this sub-race the most gifted part was selected to form the germ of the fifth root race, the Aryans, whose mission is to complete the development of the faculty of thought.

6.       The Akkadians. Logical thinking was further developed by the sixth sub-race who became enterprising people with an inclination to colonization. It was especially commerce that helped to improve the faculty of thought and judgment. The rise of intelligence, individualism and personal opinions made it necessary at some point the creation of thought-out laws and regulations to preserve social harmony and order and the Akkadians were the first to give origin to regulations of justice and law.

7.       The Mongols. Thinking was also developed by the last Atlantean sub-race, the Mongols, who gave much reverence and relevance to remembrance and what is oldest, in the belief that it worked better than the new.

5. POST-ATLANTEAN: The Aryan or 5^th Root Race

Main task: development of “Manas”

Comprehends 7 cultural age and 7 sub-races

·         Ancient Indian (8000-6000BC). First (5^th Root Race) sub-race

Main concern: cultivation of the Etheric-body

   The character of old Indian culture was to retain Oneness with nature as man was initially still endowed with picture-consciousness, through which he saw the spiritual beings living in nature (undines, sylphs, salamanders etc). The outside world and the world of the senses were ‘maya’ in the eyes of ancient Indian sages who still had communion with spiritual beings. The two points in the head (the pineal gland and the brain) only came to coincide later on, when finally ‘intelligence’ developed. The going back towards the dream-consciousness of the Atlanteans has been preserved in many Oriental spiritual trainings.   

   Those groups who migrated from Atlantis to Europe (and did not reach India) gave life to civilizations where the Atlantean power to see into the spiritual world was echoed in myths and folk-tales. The Druidic/Germanic sagas and myths for example, are relics of what was still seen by the old Atlanteans within the vapour-masses of the earth.

·         Ancient Persian – Iran (5000-4000BC). Second (5^th Root Race) sub-race

Main concern: cultivation of the Astral body

   Whereas the Indian culture turns sharply away from reality, the Persian is aware that he must reckon with it. For the first time man appears as a worker, who knows that he is not merely to strive for knowledge with his spiritual forces, but that he is to use them for shaping the earth. At first the earth met him as a sort of hostile element which he must overcome. The Persian learnt to know nature purely as a field of labour.

·         Egypto-Chaldean (2900-747BC). Third (5^th Root Race) sub-race

Main task: development of the Sentient Soul

Includes Assyrian, Babylonian, Semitic and Hibernian cultures

   Man learns to recognize a law in nature itself and does not see the physical as an opposing force. Looking at the stars above he saw both the gods who dwelled in them and he understood the laws behind them. He thus gave life to a science where wisdom, star-knowledge and knowledge of the gods were united.

The Chaldean-Egyptian-Babylonian civilizations were able to incorporate the spiritual observed in geometry and star-knowledge into the soil of the earth (into agriculture, architecture etc).

·         Graeco-Roman (747BC-1413AD). Fourth (5^th Root Race) sub-race

Main task: Development of the Intellectual Soul

   Man advances to the point of incorporating in civilization that which he himself experiences as spiritual. In the work of art, in moulded matter man imprints his own spirit into substance, whether in sculpture or in drama. The quality of fantasy and imagination the Greeks had, which also influenced their social life, was transformed into joy in the earthly. Here we also find the first beginning of human city planning. In Egypt the priests looked at the stars and sought their laws. What took place in the heavens they reproduced in what they built. During the Graeco-Roman period we find the progressive transition from ancient priest-wisdom to human-wisdom, judgement and cleverness. Man sent forth what he had in his soul into the great works of art, into drama and jurisprudence. Formerly all justice was derived from the stars. Republican Rome is the clearest example of attained human wisdom, the Romans became a nation of law-givers because there men created justice according to their own requirements.

·         Anglo-Germanic (1413-3573). Fifth (5^th Root Race) sub-race

Main task: to complete the development of the Spiritual Soul

   Man sinks deeper and deeper into materialism and materiality. If the Greek in his work of art has created an idealised image of his soul-life and poured it into the human form; if the Roman in his jurisprudence has created something that still further signifies personal requirements, our age culminates instead in machines which are solely a materialist expression of mere personal human needs. Mankind sinks lower and lower from heaven, our age being the most involved in matter, where spirit is merely utilized for the satisfying of material needs.

   There is good reason to have come down from spiritual heights, for man must go through this descent in order to find the way up to spirituality again, but this time out of his own way and strength. The densification of man in the cosmos is inexorably connected with his descent into the world of matter and the development of egoism. Egoism has a good and bad side, for it is the foundation of human independence and freedom, but its dark side is to be the foundation of all that is bad and evil. Man had and has still, to go through the force of egoism if he has to learn to do good out of his own freewill.

·         Aquarian (3573-5733). Sixth (5^th Root Race) sub-race

Main tasks: Reception of Spirit-self into the spiritual soul

   Just as man has descended to the lowest level, the physical-material plane, he has now to ascend again to spirituality. As the descent is linked with the predominance of egoism so does the ascent depend on men’s selflessness, their feeling of sympathy for one another becoming stronger and stronger, the development of universal human love bringing the old racial and blood ties to an end. There must enter into human relationships a spiritual, brotherly bond between soul and soul, between one human being and another. It will be a fundamental task of this age to develop the following conditions : a) world brotherhood; 2) freedom of thought; 3) pneumatology (spiritual science); in order for the Spirit-self to descend upon man’s purified astral body.

   From Eastern Europe during this sixth cultural age, will come forth the evolutionary impulse for the birth of the Sixth Root Race (Sixth Epoch).

·         American (5733-7900). Seventh (5^th Root Race) sub-race

Main task: bring evil and egoism to a culmination on earth

   This age contains no principle of progress. A kind of hypertrophy comes about. The physical earth becomes a corpse surrounded by a ghastly brood of evil beings, hybrid automata half mineral half plant who will live side by side with the dead intellect of human beings, while those members of progressive humanity will have by now acquired a ‘light body’ and will thus be able to live in the higher ethers of the earth.

The War of All against All will cause a revolution of the elements analogous to that which put an end to Atlantis.

6. SIXTH EPOCH. Sixth Root Race 

    The physical body becomes an image of the soul for man has conquered new, extraordinary powers, for example the ability to send thoughts out in the ether or self-create himself (self-reproduction); man’s spiritual vision will be able to see back and forward, all life on earth will have passed to a plastic-astral condition. 

Mankind becomes visibly divided into two great streams, the good and the evil.

Karma comes to an end. End of physical body. Reproduction in the clouds.

    Etheric-moral atmosphere will have formed around the earth, where the Sons of Fire and Light (Angels & Archangels) will be able to dwell. Towards the end of this age there will take place the final stages of the Apocalypse and the Day of Judgment: mankind splits into two groups, those able to ascend to Devachan and those who will follow the Beast (666)[2].

7. SEVENTH EPOCH. Seventh Root race.

    Humanity will be completely purified. The human kingdom will attain its zenith. The human being will have become a God and will carry his development over to further evolutionary stages (called Jupiter, Venus and Vulcan in Spiritual Science).

Summary:

Earth is passing through the fourth condition of consciousness (4.EARTH ), the fourth condition of life (4.Created Forms = Mineral), the fourth stage of form (4.Physical), while humanity is passing through the Fifth Great Epoch (5.POST-ATLANTEAN), the fifth sub-race (Anglo-Germanic) of the Fifth Root Race (The Aryan) and the fifth Post-Atlantean cultural age

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   The Hierarchies.

   According to Rudolf Steiner there are nine ranks of celestial beings above humanity and below the Trinity, or God, the One – also known as Three in One. The nine ranks are referred to, in groups of three, as the first, second and third hierarchies.

In the Christian esoteric tradition they are called as follows:

First Hierarchy:

Seraphim – name given by Rudolf Steiner: Spirits of Love

Cherubim –   “          “               “          “  : Spirits of the Harmonies

Thrones –  name given Spirits of Will

Second Hierarchy:

Kyriotetes (Dominions) – name given by Rudolf Steiner: Spirits of Wisdom

Dynamis (Virtues) – name given: Spirits of Movement

Exustai (Powers, Elhoim) – name given: Spirits of Form

Third Hierarchy

Archai (Principalities) – name given: Spirits of Personality or Time Spirits

Archangels – name given Fire-Spirits

Angels – name given Sons of Life or of Twilight

There is a tenth hierarchy of ‘celestial beings’, the human race.

   Angels are concerned that we find our individual destinies, which will lead us to our own unique true I or higher self. They provide us with the experiences (whether harmonic or disharmonic) most suitable to our spiritual development.

   “Some Archangels are responsible for the development of languages. As ‘Folk Spirits’ they guide the destinies of nations. Archangels have as their field of perception the souls of people belonging to a particular folk or nation. If we imagine a being great enough to encompass and perceive the souls of 250 millions Americans, for example, we have an idea of the magnitude of consciousness of an Archangel”.

It is possible for individuals and groups to ‘rise up’ in consciousness and become vehicles for specific tasks of a ‘folk spirit’, in the same way Archangels can work through individuals, despite personal weaknesses. Steiner warns that the concept of race is not to be confused with that of people, folk or nation. A nation can consist of more than one race and a race can be split up into more than one folk or people.

   Adversary powers. Angels sometimes play a role as adversary powers. Lucifer, for example, brings too much light, while Ahriman (Satan) too much darkness. Those fallen angels represent ‘evil’ which must always be opposed, however it should not be ignored the fact that they provide the necessary resistance which human being must overcome in order to achieve the goal of evolution on earth, which, Steiner says, is: true freedom and love.

   Archai. They are concerned with the development of humanity as a whole and govern the succession of great epochs of humanity’s cultural development. Each epoch is thus guided by a different ‘Archai’ or, as Steiner calls them ‘Spirits of Time’ (Zeitgeister). The Archai regularly call upon the specific talents of certain Archangels who then work in sequence to give humanity the benefit of their unique gifts. There are seven Archangels who work in turn. They are: Michael, Gabriel, Raphael, Zachariel, Anael, Samael and Oriphiel. They form the basis for the Western esoteric tradition of the ‘Mystical Chronology’.  

 Note: All Information given is meant to provide a brief, concise introduction to the evolution of mankind throughout enormously long periods of time. The content of Appendix III is based on the work of Rudolf Steiner – the founder of Anthroposophy and Spiritual Science – presented in his texts (Cosmic Memory; Occult Science) and lectures, where he warns that his reading into the ‘Akashic Records’ should not be considered an exact description of what was or happened; but, rather, an indication of how things went. Although selected with care, we believe the content of this appendix to be nevertheless partial and simply indicative. Further reading is necessary to grasp the issue correctly and more in depth. Other relevant works by Rudolf Steiner are given in the bibliography.

Appendix III (here in draft version) is printed in CELESTIAL EARTH by Erace Lestis

[1] The whole course of evolution comprehends 7 Planetary conditions (Saturn, Sun, Moon, Earth – where we are now –  Jupiter, Venus, Vulcan). Within each planetary condition there are 7 Rounds, within each round there develop 7 Great Epochs, 7 Root Races, 7 Sub-races and 7 conditions of form (globes). Earth is now passing through the Fourth condition of consciousness (or fourth planetary condition – Earth), the fourth Round (the Mineral) and the fourth condition of form (the Physical), while humanity is passing through the Fifth Great Epoch (Post-Atlantean) and fifth sub-race (The Anglo-Germanic) of the Fifth Root Race (The Aryan).

For bibliographical references, see note p 253.

[2] ‘Following the beast’ means assuming animal forms.

L’ESTASI DEL CUORE:

Il Sogno cosciente e la dimensione angelica

Molto spesso i sogni hanno a che fare con il nostro agire presente, passato e futuro – cioè il nostro karma (individuale, familiare, collettivo e planetario). Educazione, cultura e credenze personali influiscono sul nostro ‘viaggiare’ notturno così come istinto e aspirazioni determinano certe esperienze imaginali piuttosto che altre.

Quando in sogno si sperimenta il volo estatico e si é liberi e capaci di direzionarsi nello spazio onirico è perché ci si ritrova ad abitare un corpo nuovo, il “corpo di luce” (corpo astrale) e si entra a far parte di quello stato superiore dell’io che compenetra il regno angelico (regno dell’armonia).

“… da quando si dorme fino al risveglio, facciamo esperienza di quello stesso mondo spirituale che attraversiamo anche prima della nascita e dopo la morte. Gli esseri umani, tuttavia, sono costituiti in modo tale nella presente era terrena che la loro coscienza si estingue quando oltrepassano la soglia dei sensi fisici” [1].

Quando ci si addormenta si entra dunque, generalmente parlando, nella prima regione delle ‘sfere celesti’, quella degli angeli, che si trova appena sopra il livello umano, ed è principalmente con il nostro angelo personale che stabiliamo un contatto.

Conosciuto nell’antichità come ‘Genius’ (Plutarco) o ‘Daimon’ (il ‘Demone’ di Socrate) o anche ‘Doppio Celeste’ – nell’iconografia Cristiana e New Age è divenuto l’angelo custode e spirito guardiano. In Antroposofia il ‘genius’ è connesso con quella parte superiore di se stessi destinata a svilupparsi come Sé Spirituale, il Manas, primo principio divino dell’uomo futuro (Manas, Buddhi, Atma).

Ogni essere umano incontra il suo Sé Superiore almeno una o più volte nella vita e l’angelo invierà “messaggi” – spesso sotto forma di immagini o anche ‘deja vu’ – per favorire lo sviluppo animico dell’individuo che ha scelto – o aspira – di progredire spiritualmente.

E’ cosi che ‘formule’, ‘visioni’, simboli o specifiche informazioni utili a migliorare il progresso personale nonché sociale, civile, culturale, etc. vengono trasmesse all’umanità. Attraverso tutti quei singoli individui che, nella loro inspirata creatività (artisti, poeti, scrittori, ricercatori, scienziati…) riescono a fare buon uso della conoscenza ricevuta, progredisce la vita sociale e civile degli uomini nel corso delle epoche storiche.

Esistono naturalmente diversi gradi di compenetrazione della dimensione angelica (cosi come esistono angeli ‘caduti’ …) ed é importante sapere che esistono stati estatici di natura mistica (religiosi, santi, sciamani, risvegliati, profeti) – quando cioè la Kundalini è mossa da ideali – ed altri di natura psichica (allucinatoria) o sensuale (orgasmica), quando cioè la Kundalini è mossa da ego(t)ismo, forze inconsce, brame e desideri di potere.  

Poiché determinata soprattutto da cultura e qualità morale dell’Io –  l’esperienza estatica (l’incontro con l’angelo) avrà quasi certamente una nostra propria visualizzazione (un cristiano vedrà cose diverse rispetto a un musulmano, un buddista o un ateo). E’ consigliabile dunque non dare eccessiva importanza all’aspetto immaginario di sogni o visioni ma cercare di comprenderne il significato simbolico. Nel caso in cui l’esperienza estatica risulti perfettamente cosciente e chiara nei contenuti (si è cioè in grado di ricordarne i dettagli e trarne insegnamenti profondi) è probabile che si sia davvero entrati in comunione con quei meravigliosi flussi cosmici dove albergano eternità e spiriti celesti.

Come stabilire o migliorare il nostro rapporto con l’Angelo?

Un primo passo verso l’integrazione conscio - inconscio sarebbe considerare se stessi come esseri cosmici la cui consapevolezza può estendersi ben oltre il mondo fisico e diurno. Comprendere cioè che non c’è separazione reale tra notte/giorno e vita/morte ma una certa continuità e finalità – l’evoluzione karmica dell’Io. Anche la figura umana, cioè il corpo fisico, benché definita empiricamente, dovrebbe essere vista come un qualcosa di vivente che si estende energeticamente fino alle stelle fisse (lo Zodiaco) e alle sfere planetarie (i campi magnetici dei pianeti).

E’ soprattutto tramite lo sviluppo cosciente dell’”Io” (il divino nell’uomo secondo Steiner) nonché della coscienza etica personale (aspirazioni e ideali), sociale (impegno civile, altruismo), planetaria e cosmica (ascolto del tempo) che l’individuo acquisisce poteri sempre più raffinati e la possibilità di innalzarsi verso i mondi soprasensibili [Sfere Celesti] .

Che l’anima umana sia componente preziosa e speciale dell’essere umano e destinata ad uno sviluppo futuro glorioso, è un fatto noto dall’antichità, diverse culture e epoche hanno trasmesso a loro modo questa tradizione. “Aquaregia” (acqua distillata) per gli alchimisti, “Santo Graal” per i Cavalieri Templari; per la Tradizione Cristiana l’anima illuminata è raffigurata dal fiammeggiante Cuore Sacro del Cristo.

In antichi scritti esoterici cristiani si parla della pura, casta e saggia “Vergine Sofia” [2], l’anima umana purificata, cioè resa nobile (sottoposta a katharsis) nella quale può dunque entrare la ‘lingua di fuoco’ (Sé Spirituale-Spirito Santo- Manas).

Quando l’uomo, attraverso la purificazione cosciente di sentimenti, impulsi e pensieri, raggiunge quello stato illuminato (photismos) che rende il suo lato yin, la natura femminile che è in lui (l’anima appunto, figlia della Celeste Sofia) risplendente e trasparente, allora si è in grado di ascendere al di la del mondo fisico e sensuale e ricongiungersi con le regioni superiori del Manas, l’Io (Sé) universale e spirituale.

Raggiunto questo livello, si diviene parte integrante del reame angelico e arcangelico. Poco importa la razza o radice etnica alla quale si appartiene o l’orientamento sessuale (eterosessuale, bisessuale, omosessuale…). Il fattore determinante è ‘vincere’ (trascendere) la propria patologia e il ‘male’ che in essa alberga  (istinti, egoismi, pulsioni brute, mente concreta-kama manas).

E’ oggi particolarmente importante divenire ‘specchio’ riflettente, poiché il “Portale Cosmico del 2012” ha inaugurato una nuova alleanza tra mondo terreno e mondo soprasensibile e molti ‘signori del cielo’ porteranno (offriranno) agli uomini nuove conoscenze per il rinnovo della civiltà umana (terra celeste – umanità galattica).

Molti insegnamenti esoterici e dottrine spirituali segrete rigorosamente riservate a pochi nei secoli, sono state divulgate con impressionante rapidità a partire dagli anni 60 e con la nascita della “New Age”, si è creato un fenomeno culturale mondiale che, per quanto discutibile in certi suoi aspetti, è testimone di un risveglio spirituale a livello planetario.

Specifiche tecniche di meditazione (‘Mer-Ka-Ba’ o ‘merkavah’  nella tradizione ebraica), o pratiche di risveglio spirituale (riaccordamento del DNA-Kundalini) sono recentemente divenute piuttosto conosciute e divulgate, per permettere all’anima dell’uomo contemporaneo di trasformarsi in un vero e proprio ‘veicolo interdimensionale’ (‘Carro di Fuoco’)  e ‘ascendere’ nel nuovo mondo (Terra Celeste) che dovrebbe manifestarsi dopo l’apocalittico 2012.

In altri casi, sarebbero entità aliene (esseri di luce o ‘extraterrestri’) a rispondere alla ‘chiamata’ e soccorrere determinati individui o gruppi di individui durante la catastrofe geologica (slittamento dei poli) semplicemente ‘trasportandoli’ su navi spaziali. Il criterio di scelta nel selezionare i ‘sopravvissuti’ non sarebbe affatto casuale ma determinato dalla storia karmica e orientamento spirituale dell’individuo o degli individui in questione. I candidati alla sopravvivenza sarebbero infatti tutti coloro che agiscono inegoicamente nel mondo e che hanno coltivato durante la loro vita certi valori quali l’altruismo, il bene dell’altro e il rispetto per il prossimo. Sacrificio, coraggio e capacità di sopportare il dolore senza perdere il sorriso, renderebbero l’individuo naturalmente ‘identificabile’ da quegli esseri di luce preposti alla salvaguardia dell’umanità. Altruismo, dedizione, umiltà, perseveranza e sacrificio, aldilà di qualsiasi credenza o fede religiosa, attiverebbero nel cuore dell’uomo una ‘fiamma sacra’ che permette all’individuo di splendere di luce propria e divenire non solo parte costitutiva di quell’universo di luminescenza e amore  che è il mondo divino ma anche e soprattutto di contribuire alla crescita del mondo divino stesso. Luce e Amore sono, come vedremo, gli obiettivi chiave del progresso planetario e componenti essenziali della nuova ‘Terra Celeste’.

Ma che succederà nel mondo futuro?

TERRA CELESTE:  quando l’uomo sarà un angelo

Il Portale Cosmico del 2012 non solo inizierà una nuova era planetaria (Età dell’Acquario) ma offrirà anche un ‘anticipo’ su quelle che saranno le caratteristiche dell’uomo futuro (umanità galattica), quando cioè sulla terra non esisterà più il mondo minerale.

Cosi come oggi un bambino deve imparare a camminare nel mondo che lo accoglie, molto presto le anime illuminate di coloro che sono ascesi nella nuova dimensione, la quinta (la dimensione del cuore celeste) si troveranno a dover sperimentare con nuove magnifiche capacità, prima tra tutte quella di poter planare liberi nel  cielo, essendo, l’uomo nuovo, molto meno soggetto alla forza di gravità. E’ infatti un sé ‘alato’ quello che si manifesterà sulla futura Terra Celeste (strati superiori), dando all’individuo la possibilità di partecipare dell’etere cosmico consapevolmente e responsabilmente. Nell’etere cosmico ‘vivono’ esseri meravigliosi conosciuti come ‘angeli’ ‘arcangeli’ e ‘archai’ e l’uomo potrà ‘permeare’ (conoscere) i loro pensieri tramite una rinnovata sensibilità e percezione.

L’intero corpo dell’uomo sarà divenuto un ‘occhio’ metafisico, in grado di simultaneamente vedere, ‘sentire’ e percepire la realtà che lo circonda. L’uomo nuovo sarà ‘tutto occhio’ o ‘tutto cuore’ e conoscerà il mondo in maniera soprasensibile. L’individuo, nel conoscere qualcosa, ne diverrà anche parte – soggetto e oggetto saranno unificati nell’atto conoscitivo.  

“Nel Mondo Futuro l’uomo acquisterà conoscenza cosmica e un’ amplificata coscienza di sé che si manifesterà in molti modi straordinari, anche se il Male non sarà ancora del tutto scomparso [*]. L’umano farà esperienza di una nuova numinosa realtà e percepirà questo fertile oceano cavo di luce con tale chiarezza interiore e profondità di significato che ognuno saprà, a tutti gli effetti, di essere entrato nell’Eterno e Stupefacente e sentirà di essere  divenuto esso stesso un agente del Divino.

Chiunque entra in questo Mondo Meraviglioso scopre l’infinito potere della Mente Celeste e che Terra e Cielo non sono – e non sono mai stati – separati tra loro. Attraversando strato per strato il suo multiplo susseguirsi di livelli, si farà esperienza di profondità luminose, vuota fisicità [**] e levitazione – nel senso che la materia del mondo futuro sarà leggera, in un certo senso più pura – meno densa, permeabile e trasparente, come entrare in uno specchio. La forza di gravità sarà come svanita, oggetti e cose non cadranno ma flotteranno, mentre l’uomo si sentirà sfericamente irradiato verso tutte le direzioni e sospeso piuttosto che condizionato dalla gravità.

I ‘piedi’ dell’uomo saranno nel suo torace, è grazie al chakra del cuore quale principale organo spirituale motore che l’uomo potrà trasportarsi nello spazio che lo circonda. Si farà esperienza, nella maggior parte dei casi, della totale connessione e coordinazione tra ciò che si pensa, ciò che si vuole, ciò che si percepisce e ciò che é, e aumenteranno capacità di visione e percezione spaziale.

Di norma, non si camminerà ma si fluirà e flotterà – per essere più precisi, ci si ritroverà a planare nello spazio infinito e in grado di coprire distanze enormi in pochissimi secondi.

Il dono più notevole che si riceve nel Nuovo Mondo, sarà di essere non più mammiferi-sessuati ma asessuati, esseri ‘stellari’ o ‘Cristici’ (centrati nel cuore) e guidati dal proprio armonioso pensare (intelligenza bianca/armonia che pensa). L’essere umano non avrà “umori” né proverà eccitazione o desiderio sessuale e la magnifica esperienza dell’ orgasmo avrà cessato di essere e comunque non avrebbe senso nel mondo a venire perché l’individuo sarà ‘sposato’ dentro e centrato in sé stesso e nel Mondo che abita quale singolo, gentile e prodigioso ‘Sé Alato’.

Nel mondo di domani il Sé respirerà nient’altro che Amore, in ogni particella e aspetto della Sua esistenza e si avrà la certezza di essere rinati nel Grande Grembo del Cosmo, poiché il ‘Velo’ non potrà più velare e ogni cellula del proprio essere sarà percepita come piccola fiamma di luce radiosa e da tutte le fiamme radiose del corpo l’uomo irradierà incandescente bellezza – la bellezza della Vita. La Vita è bellezza e la Bellezza è vita quando non si è più separati ma tutt’uno con l’onniversalità e magnificenza dell’Amore.” [3]

NOTE

[1] Rudolf Steiner, Lecture 27.11.1921

[2] Rudolf Steiner, Hamburg Lecture May 1908

[3] Estratto dal capitolo VII (The World of Light)  pubblicato in “Celestial Earth – The Cosmic Portal of 2012 and the quest for spiritual enlightenment in & beyond the Age of Aquarius”, Authorhouse, Marzo 2010.Traduzione dell’autore.

Erace Lestis © Posted 22.08.2010 All rights reserved. Il presente articolo rappresenza una bozza, soggetta a ulteriori aggiunte e modifiche.

From Chapter VII ‘The world of light” in ‘Celestial Earth’ and ‘Ave Diabolos’ by Erace Lestis

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 Earth’s Changes

JAPAN EARTHQUAKE and TSUNAMI 11.03.2011

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CHILE EARTHQUAKE and TSUNAMI 27.02.2010

SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE and TSUNAMI 26.12.2004

The last three powerful earthquakes (magnitude 9) disruped earth’s axis, shortned the day and changed the local geography // Gli ultimi tre grandi terremoti del 2011 (Giappone), 2010 (Cile) e 2004 (Sumatra), tutti di magnitudine 9, hanno spostato l’asse di rotazione terrestre, accorciato la durata del giorno e modificato la geografia locale (Sources/Fonti: INGV, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia; RIANOVOSTI, Russian News Agency; National Geografic; NASA).

 

See an extract from ‘Celestial Earth’ on the “Shift of the Ages” : “…we are at the point of the ‘Sidereal’ or ‘Pytagorean Great Year’ during which a precession of the equinoxes is expected to occur and poles to shift - causing the melting of polar ice cups and ‘dangerous climate change’…”

Earth’s Changes (updated regularly beginning January 2011): ”With the 2012 winter solstice, Earth enters into a rare celestial alignment creating forces that have not been experienced since last such alignment 25,625 years ago (Gregg Braden)”… continue //”Earth’s magnetic field reverses every 10,000 years, a gelogist funded by the National Science Foundation has concluded… continue//”Earth’s Magnetic Field is weakening… video interview with Gregg Braden continue // “Greenland ice said melting at record rate: The melt of the Greenland ice sheet, expected to be a major contributor to projected sea-level rises in coming decades, set records in 2010, scientists say”… continue //”Twenty-one whales have died after beaching themselves at Bruny Island, Australia, March 2011… continue // ”More than twenty whales die in mass beaching in New Zealand, May 2009… continue// “The massive quake shifted Japan away from Korea” … continue //

 

Extract from Chapter VII “the world of light”

The ‘Shift of the Ages’ is a tremendous possibility for a collective initiation process. Individuals, groups, races and entire nations, indeed the whole planet, will be ‘forced’ by fate to clarify their conscience through whichever mean, i.e. deep love and harmony or wars, revolutions, epidemics and catastrophes. Man and Nature are on an evolutionary course and both are scheduled to experience great changes and renewal in the centuries to come. ‘Harmony’ is dead in today’s natural world, from now on we can only witness ever sharper conflicting processes taking place in the whether, in geomagnetism and social life. Events on the physical plane will be as much tragic and catastrophic as it is necessary for man to detach from external conditions and find in himself the harmony he needs to grow spiritually. By conquering inner harmony, inner strength and inner beauty, man is building up the very essence of tomorrow’ s luminous world (note).

Times of Changes are gaining momentum by the hour and how these changes will occur, is, to some extent, for all of us to discover and decide, our lives being the real makers of History. According to cosmic and karmic law, Man is expected to develop higher senses of perception which will allow the subtle realm of Life, Ether – the Anima Mundi – to manifest and become a familiar aspect of Nature in the same way we are now familiar with the elements of fire, water, air and earth. Challenge and Change will come to favour the understanding that all is connected, and to allow the passage of matter through matter (Permeability will develop as the fifth Element), clairvoyance and stellar consciousness.

The future Earth will be permeated by much more soul than it is now possible. To allocate both Permeability – or Interstellar Ether – (the new Element, the fifth, after earth, water, air, fire) and mankind’s new organ of perception – the Sixth Sense (Clairvoyance) [note], Planet Earth is expected to transform itself and renew its appearance and constitution. Atmospheric conditions are beginning to shift towards the goal to host on earth the etheric dimension: geological upheavals, erratic climate, sudden weather changes and natural catastrophes are increasing, worldwide, in strength and frequency by the year.

Astronomically, we are at the point of the ‘Sidereal’ or ‘Pytagorean Great Year’ during which a precession of the equinoxes is expected to occur and poles to shift - causing the melting of polar ice cups and ‘dangerous climate change’…

And from Chapter 0: “..Other sources speak of a probable collision between Earth and outer celestial bodies (a comet, a highly charged cosmic dust entering the solar system; or the return of  the Red Planet-Planet X, known in ancient times as Marduk and Nibiru, bypassing earth’s orbit every 3,600 years…”

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Extract from Chapter 0: Celestial Consciousness & the New Worlds Age

“… we are living right at the end of the Dark Age, and a new epoch is just beginning in which human beings  will gradually develop new faculties and human souls will gradually go through a change.”…”Faculties that are still rare in people will begin to manifest as natural abilities. Along with this, there will be great changes, and biblical prophecies will be fulfilled. Everything will be transformed for those on earth.” (Rudolf Steiner)

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Extract from chapter IV. Les Fleurs Du Mal I:

Those who are spiritually awake and willing to follow their quest for truth at whatever the cost, are likely to experience a Calvary of the flesh and the mind as no other previous generations did. Today’ s times are particularly difficult and will progressively become so, for since the end of the XX century – beginning in 1998 (666X3), the Prince of Darkness, Satan, has raised most strongly his head ‘out of the waves of evolution’ to gain at least temporary access to the consciousness of human beings in order to bring about calamity and confusion (note).

The long predicted ’solar eclipse’ of 11 August 1999 was considered the heavenly warning of a new, terrifying reign of the ‘King of Terror’, a fast-approaching period of time during which Satan’s deceptions would become more subtle and his assaults more determined.

In 2001 the world was shocked and shaken by the ferocious attacks to the World Trade Centre in New York City, from the heavy smokes coming out of the collapsing towers were nearly three thousands souls were burning alive, someone saw the hilarious face of the Devil smiling out to the world (note).

The powerful presence of the ‘beast’ being on the loose in the world, is also meaning that refusal for anything connected with spirituality is going to be deep-seated in large numbers of earthly souls who are and will be by the beast possessed.

Materialistic thinking and dead, stereotyped intellectuality, savage passions and appetites, ferocious wishes and furious impulses are today confronting humanity with unbelievable strength and seduction and should not be ignored as they gradually take hold of men in their innermost nature.

Alienation, insecurity, self-destruction, isolation and solitude will increase especially among the young generations, while automatism, economic dependence, indifference, brutality and violence will proliferate in the great cities of the world, becoming, modern metropolis, greater and greater communities of ’singles’ and immense factories of human despair.

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Extract from chapter II. Exposure: Seeing Beyond the Veil

If Celestial people have a troubled relationship with sleep or recall painful or weird semi-conscious dreams; have noticed often, when waking up in the morning, their pyjamas had partially or completely been removed and thus found themselves nude in bed; or recall a strong feeling of “presences” visiting their bedroom at night – if any of these or similar circumstances have occurred, like losing sense of time and space or more evident physical marks, there could indeed be a case of other-dimensional worlds interference.

“When someone sleeps the etheric body remains on the physical plane. If, in the vicinity of a sleeping person, we think about something, we exercise an influence on his etheric body; only nothing of this will be experienced by the sleeper.” … “When man is in a sleeping condition, any being having the power to send out thoughts, can gain an influence over him. He can therefore be influenced by higher individualities, such as those we call Masters. They can send thoughts into the etheric body of the sleeper. Someone can therefore receive into his etheric body pure and lofty thoughts when the Masters consciously wish to make this their concern. But in the night thoughts that flit into it from the outer world also enter into the etheric body.” (note)

While Medieval Christian records speak copiously of succubae, incubi and demonic possession often involving sexual intercourse causing great pain to the victims, in our own age are faun-like incubi to appear most commonly at children’s bedside. However “every single human being” has a scornful companion standing next to him “who operates most powerfully of all during childhood”.

This ’scornful companion’ is the incubus that more and more people will perceive as standing at their side, an irreverent and diabolic satyr-like ’second self’ with goat’s feet. This ’second self’ represents the Double, which Rudolf Steiner presents in his works as embodiment of man’s blindness of the spiritual, the fruit of materialism and lower instincts, arid intellect and cold reason that characterizes modern humanity – and from which one can today no longer take distance or ignore.

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SKINS PARTY

sesso droga alcol musica rock & internet

Gli adolescenti del XXI secolo?

 

 

 

 

In Francia ultimamente si sta diffondendo una nuova (?) tendenza tra gli adolescenti, quella di sballarsi a suon di sesso, droga e musica rock.

 

Partita da una serie televisiva britannica molto popolare (“Skins”) la moda dei skins party si sta facendo apprezzare anche in altri paesi europei. Si tratta, in breve, di serate, feste e party che gli stessi adolescenti organizzano e a cui sono invitati centinaia di giovani via e-mail e sms.

 

Sono serate a pieno ritmo a base di alcol, droga, musica rock e sesso sfrontato. Una specie di rituale orgiastico dove ci si sballa e diverte, si fa musica e sesso spregiudicato di fronte a tutti e, perché no, anche un po’ con tutti.

 

L’aspirazione a “mettersi in mostra” o “in rete” per sentirsi protagonisti fornisce, generalmente parlando, cronache esilaranti di esibizionismo e amoralità che sono vive opere d’arte contemporanea nella loro fedele rappresentazione dell’era materialista e atea in cui viviamo.

 

Ciò che ci interessa é investigare (ammesso che sia possibile) le possibili cause che hanno determinato e stanno determinando nelle nuove generazioni un certo gusto e perverso compiacimento per il piacere fine a se stesso e il proibito.

 

Il caso dei SKINS PARTY è stato affrontato in una inchiesta ‘shock’ del canale francese FRANCE 2, andata in onda il 3 febbraio 2011 [SKINS PARTY le reportage vidéo d’Envoyé Spécial (Glam, blogs et rock n roll].

Nel reportage vengono presentati alcuni momenti (filmati a camera nascosta) di queste serate a base di sesso, alcol, droga e musica rock a tutto decibel.

 

L’aspetto più rilevante del reportage è, secondo noi, l’aver messo l’accento sul fatto che queste generazioni di adolescenti sono tra le prime ad essere nate e cresciute su internet, video, telefonini e quant’altro ha dato loro un’esperienza e visione della realtà mediata dalla tecnologia e dall’hi-tech.

 

C’è forse una connessione sinistra tra tecnologia e sviluppo infantile?

Può in qualche modo l’overdose tecnologica cui i giovani sono sottoposti influire in negativo sullo sviluppo sensoriale, etico e spirituale dell’individuo?

 

 

Quello dei ‘skins party’ è un fenomeno che sembra avere radici in comune con altri inquietanti aspetti della civiltà contemporanea – per esempio la sempre più crescente e sfrontata aggressività della delinquenza minorile.

 

 

I Nuovi Mostri Metropolitani

 

Nelle grandi città cosi come nelle piccole metropoli urbane del mondo aumentano casi di giovani randagi e bambini assassini che già a otto anni d’età sono armati, astuti e pronti a tutto. Mostri senza pietà e pudore che sniffano, aggrediscono, rapinano, insultano e infieriscono sulle vittime con ferocia inaudita, per non parlare delle ‘gang’ di bulli e giovanissimi anche “di buona famiglia” che stuprano o aggrediscono coetanei e se ne vantano pure riprendendosi con i video telefonini.

 

Il caso della “nuova delinquenza” minorile che vuole tutto e subito e non ha voglia di faticare, è stato recentemente affrontato dal presidente francese Nicolas Sarcozy durante una delle sue regolari apparizioni televisive sul primo canale francese, TF1.

 

I casi di minorenni che saccheggiano, minacciano, rapinano e aggrediscono negozianti e passanti sono in allarmante aumento in Francia e il governo Sarkozy ha tutta l’intenzione di sviluppare una proposta di legge per ridefinire l’età legale entro la quale qualcuno è considerato minore, in modo da stabilire non solo programmi di riabilitazione idonei ma soprattutto pene certe  e severe per i minori che offendono ripetutamente e che sono in realtà dei criminali, tredicenni o quindicenni che siano .

 

Le forze di polizia cosi come la gente comune francese hanno spesso testimoniato come questa nuova delinquenza minorile sia particolarmente cruenta e rispecchi, nella realtà di questi giovani, la totale assenza di valori, educazione e regole.

 

 

 

L’Inglese a tre anni?

 

Come se non bastasse l’inserimento negli asili nido e scuole primarie (un po’ dovunque nel mondo civilizzato) di computer e video-tecnologie, un altro dibattito apertosi da poco in Francia riguarda la proposta di far cominciare lo studio della lingua inglese a partire dai tre anni d’età.

 

Che radiazioni e campi magnetici generati da apparecchiature elettroniche siano dannosi per la salute umana è un fatto accertato da tempo. Modifiche del comportamento, stati depressivi e dolori neuro-fisiologici sono stati spesso attribuiti all’eccessiva esposizione ad apparecchi ed impianti hi-tech.

 

Ma che succede all’anima dell’uomo e soprattutto al bambino quando viene in contatto con la tecnologia e il meccanico?

 

Televisione, computer, video giochi, telefonini, giocattoli elettronici, giocattoli di plastica, lavagne digitali ‘interattive’ circondano il bambino ancora prima che nasca e lo seguono un po’ dovunque in ospedale, a casa, a scuola, nella vita…

 

Se aggiungiamo vaccinazioni multiple; inquinamento acustico e atmosferico; la scarsa qualità nutrizionale dei cibi industriali; lo sfaldamento del rapporto uomo-donna in ambito familiare e la mancanza di sani modelli di riferimento;

la decadenza culturale e morale della società civile…verrebbe da chiedersi come possono le nuove generazioni crescere moralmente e spiritualmente integre?

 

Il progresso tecnologico e scientifico e l’overdose hi-tech cui siamo tutti esposti sembrano inaridire il calore sentimentale e la presenza dell’anima che caratterizza l’uomo e aprire la strada a un’umanità sensualista, ibrida e senza scrupoli, dedita all’agio e al compiacimento personale, alla ricerca di sensazioni forti e all’indifferenza totale verso ciò che richiede impegno, sacrificio e responsabilità etica.

 

Una società elettronica che basa i suoi programmi educativi sullo sviluppo dell’intelligenza e dell’astuzia mentale a partire dall’infanzia, non è forse una società destinata a creare mostri intellettuali e menti superastute senza alcuna coscienza morale?

 

Per meglio comprendere la gravità dell’intrusione hi-tech nel mondo del bambino, consigliamo di approfondire lo studio della pedagogia steineriana.

 

 

Erace Lestis © 23.02.2011

 

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GHANA : la pattumiera dell’elettronico

L’80% dei rifiuti hi-tech americani e il 75% di quelli europei – gran parte dei quali contengono sostanze chimiche dannose per la salute umana e l’ambiente (metalli pesanti, ftalati, pcb) – finiscono nel “buco nero” dello smaltimento illegale.

Tonnellate di e-waste finiscono ogni anno non solo nelle campagne sperdute d’Europa o in fondo a laghi e oceani – la nuova mecca degli spazzini clandestini è da qualche tempo il Ghana, in Africa.

Greenpeace ha ricostruito il percorso delle navi dei veleni che da Anversa, in Belgio, caricano scarti elettronici provenienti da Olanda, Spagna, Germania, Inghilterra, Italia, Danimarca e Svizzera, per poi esportarli come prodotti di “seconda mano” nei paesi in via di sviluppo come l’Asia e l’Africa.

Nei mercati di Accra, capitale del Ghana, e altre località limitrofe, finiscono cosi PC, telefonini, iPhones, stampanti, televisori, frigoriferi e quant’altro. Scarti spesso inutilizzabili e destinati ad incrementare le tonnellate di rifiuti tecnologici già presenti in grandi quantità nel continente, in aree rurali contaminate dai fumi tossici sprigionati quando le carcasse in pvc vengono bruciate.

Sono spesso i bambini a vagare come spettri in questi “cimiteri hi-tech” in cerca di metalli rivendibili (rame, piombo) e sono sistematicamente esposti a fumi e sostanze nocive e cancerogene.

Nel rapporto “Ghana contamination” Greenpeace denuncia come le tonnellate di articoli elettronici prodotti ogni anno da compagnie europee, giapponesi e americane (Philips, Sony, Microsoft, Nokia, Dell, Canon e Siemens) finiscano nelle discariche hi-tech del Ghana causando una devastazione ambientale allarmante.

“I campioni analizzati da Greenpeace sono stati prelevati sia da aree dove i rifiuti vengono bruciati all’aperto che da una laguna superficiale ad Abogbloshie. I risultati di laboratorio mostrano una contaminazione ambientale dovuta a numerosi composti organici tossici e persistenti, nonché a diversi metalli tossici presenti in alte concentrazioni.

Queste sostanze sono in parte già presenti tal quali nei prodotti elettronici di consumo ed in parte derivano dai processi di combustione che avvengono senza controllo perché derivati da fuochi a cielo aperto. La natura e l’estensione della contaminazione chimica di questi siti africani è simile a quella trovata in un’altra indagine di Greenpeace condotta in aree di smantellamento di rifiuti elettronici in Cina, India e Russia” (1).

(1)     Da una sintesi del rapporto “Ghana Contamination” di Greenpeace su NanniMagazine.it.

Altre fonti:

- “Prèt à jeter” Trasmissione e dibattito del 15.02.2011 sul canale francese  ARTE.TV

- La Repubblica.it, articolo di Antonio Cianciullo del 5 agosto 2008

- Vari articoli su www.NanniMagazine.it

- “I rifiuti dei paesi ricchi bruciano ad Accra” (da Der Spiegel – tradotto su Internazionale) articolo del 15 aprile 2010, sul sito del corso di Diritto internazionale dell’ambiente a cura di A. Fodella (Università degli Studi di Trento).

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MORIA DI UCCELLI E PESCI

 (C) Erace Lestis 2011

  Proprio quando nel mondo si festeggiava la venuta del 2011 con fuochi d’artificio e tanti buoni propositi… nella notte del 31 gennaio aveva inizio qualcosa di particolarmente inquietante: uccelli morti cadevano dal cielo a migliaia, in Arkansas (USA) e poi un po’ dovunque nel mondo, una moria che ha simultaneamente coinvolto centinaia di migliaia di pesci.

31 dicembre 2010 – Arkansas, USA.

Nella cittadina di Beebe, circa 5000 merli rossi vengono fulminati in volo da quello che è stato descritto come un “evento traumatico”.

01 gennaio 2011 – Arkansas River

Presso Orzark, a 200 km da Beebe, lungo un tratto di fiume di 30km galleggiano morti circa 100 mila pesci tamburo.

02 gennaio – Brasile.

Dal 2 gennaio vengono ritrovate morte, a tonnellate, sardine e altre specie di pesci lungo le spiagge di Paranagua e le zone costiere di Pontal do Parana, Guaraquecaba e Antonina.

02 gennaio – Italia.

A Faenza e Modena vengono ritrovate tortore morte, a centinaia.

03 gennaio – Louisiana.

Centinaia di merli morti ritrovati lungo la Route 1, vicino a Pointe Coupee parish, nei pressi di Baton Rouge e Organza, Louisiana.

04 gennaio – Svezia.

Decine di corvi morti o moribondi a cento km da Goteborg.

04 gennaio – Cile.

1500 esemplari della specie di uccelli ‘berta grigia’ ritrovati senza vita sulle coste vicino Cajon de Mela e Colmuyao.

04 gennaio – Nuova Zelanda.

Centinaia di pesci ‘pagro rosa’ ritrovati morti (e senza gli occhi) lungo le spiagge della penisola Coromandel. 

05 gennaio – Maryland (USA).

2 milioni circa di pesci morti nella baia di Chesapeake.

05 gennaio – Kentucky

Vicino Murray, centinaia di merli morti nel nord-ovest del paese.

06 gennaio – Florida

Centinaia di pesci morti a Volusia, Spruce Creek, vicino Port Orange.

Fine 2010/inizio 2011 – Inghilterra.

Nel Kent, lungo la Thanet Coast circa 40mila granchi vengono ritrovati morti, un fenomeno questo non nuovo per la zona e attribuito alle temperature estreme che hanno colpito quest’inverno la Gran Bretagna.

06 gennaio 2011 – Texas.

Circa 200 esemplari di uccelli ‘folaga americana’ morti a Tyler, lungo l’autostrada 155.

09 gennaio – California.

Presso Geyserville ritrovati senza vita circa 100 uccelli.

11 gennaio – Chicago.

Pesci morti ritrovati a migliaia nel porto di Chicago.

Il fenomeno é tutt’ora studiato da esperti ambientalisti e scienziati, molte sono le ipotesi e teorie formulate riguardo le possibili cause e concause (inquinamento acustico e atmosferico, batteri, tossine, esperimenti militari e HAARP, gas velenosi liberatisi nell’atmosfera…).

Noi preferiamo lasciare aperta la questione e tuttavia attirare l’attenzione sul fatto che, visto nel contesto generale dei grandi cambiamenti climatici e terrestri (geologici) che si stanno intensificando nel mondo ormai già da un decennio, quello della moria di uccelli e pesci sembra essere un ulteriore campanello d’allarme che sarebbe sciocco ignorare o sottovalutare.

In “Celestial Earth” (che speriamo presto di poter fornire in versione italiana), ci siamo occupati della mitica  “Fine dei Tempi”, un’epoca di transizione che prevede il passaggio dall’età dei Pesci all’età dell’Acquario.

Dal punto di vista dell’evoluzione animica significa che l’umanità sta ora sperimentando la fine dell’era del Materialismo (kali yuga) per entrare in una fase di rinnovo spirituale che permetterà alla coscienza umana di ristabilire certi contatti con la dimensione soprasensibile e metafisica. 

Ciò che caratterizza questa nuova era è un cambiamento epocale che coinvolge tutto e tutti, non solo l’umanità ma anche il pianeta terra e il cosmo (allineamento galattico del 2012).

I cambiamenti geologici che causano terremoti e inondazioni sempre più frequenti e devastanti; eruzioni vulcaniche; tempeste e cicloni; temperature estreme e un campo magnetico terrestre erratico e indebolito – sarebbero dunque un passaggio obbligato che permetterà alla Terra di rinnovarsi e all’umanità di riscoprire nuove solidarietà e verità esistenziali.

I poli magnetici terrestri potrebbero invertire la loro polarità molto presto e determinare una nuova geografia planetaria. L’umanità dovrebbe essere consapevole che tale cambiamento, per quanto drammatico, è comunque benefico e necessario.

Che fare dunque di fronte ad un tale scenario, giustamente descritto da molti come apocalittico?

Sempre tenendo conto del fatto che ognuno è libero di gestire la propria vita come meglio crede, il nostro consiglio (in base alle conoscenze acquisite in anni di ricerca) è quello di rivalutare la vita in generale e il rapporto con l’altro come un relazionarsi sacro che permette alla nostra coscienza di evolvere e splendere di luce propria.

Cos’è che veramente aiuta l’uomo a superare qualsiasi ostacolo e mantenere ben salda la sua fede nel domani – se non la conoscenza, l’intelligenza e l’amore?

[moria di pesci e uccelli, FONTE: Voyager, RAI2, puntata del 17.01.2011//CorriereDellaSera.it (02.01.11)//LaStampa.it (04.01.11)//www.centopercentoanimalisti.com – lista mondiale di tutti i casi di uccelli morti]

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