Flickering
Bluelighter
I studied anthroposophy briefly and found it interesting, but I ended up being frustrated with its adherents' reverence to Rudolf Steiner not to mention his air of omniscience, some of the nonsense he came up with, and his rigid view of the cosmos (humans are the centre of the universe, and we're on Earth to walk an extremely tight rope between one form of evil called Lucifer, and another called Ahriman). However, there is one thing that still intrigues me, and it's the dichotomy between those two figures, Lucifer and Ahriman. I'll quickly summarise...
Ahriman (incarnation) is the overbalance of logic, linearity and boundaries. If the balance of reality swings too far in Ahriman's favour, we all end up incarnating (being made flesh) too much to the point where we're constricted beings trapped in a totally controlled, heavy existence.
Lucifer (excarnation) is the overbalance of creativity, freedom and transcendence. If the balance of reality swings too far in Lucifer's favour, we drift aimlessly into the cosmos in a meaningless freedom from rules of any kind, excarnating (being liberated from the flesh) into nowhere.
How do drugs factor? Another thing that annoyed me about anthroposophy was its sweeping view that Drugs Are Bad M'Kay. The rationale is that they either take you too far into the earth, or too far out to the cosmos. One kind of experience will make you too bound to this form of reality, while the other has you chasing dreams in the clouds that don't really mean anything, though they feel like progress. Either way, they muddle and confuse the spirit. Ultimately they can lead it down dark paths and give a skewed view of reality.
This has been a mild source of paranoia for me during trips, and I've even encountered these beings Ahriman and Lucifer in some form or another, though I don't take any of it too seriously. What I find interesting though is that the division of excarnating and incarnating substances seems accurate. Think about it.
There are stimulants like cocaine, speed and coffee that make you feel more in this world and like you're tireless and capable of anything.
And there are opiates to totally tune you out into bliss, and psychedelics where you wander off exploring other dimensions and seeing through the borders of this reality. True, psychedelics tend to have me exploring reality in a surprisingly down-to-earth way, but their effect is still always inherently dissociative.
I don't hold much trust in mysticism, after examining its many forms it all seems quite silly. But I do find this one view on things worth contemplating. So I thought I'd try spark a discussion about it. Share whatever thoughts you like.
Ahriman (incarnation) is the overbalance of logic, linearity and boundaries. If the balance of reality swings too far in Ahriman's favour, we all end up incarnating (being made flesh) too much to the point where we're constricted beings trapped in a totally controlled, heavy existence.
Lucifer (excarnation) is the overbalance of creativity, freedom and transcendence. If the balance of reality swings too far in Lucifer's favour, we drift aimlessly into the cosmos in a meaningless freedom from rules of any kind, excarnating (being liberated from the flesh) into nowhere.
How do drugs factor? Another thing that annoyed me about anthroposophy was its sweeping view that Drugs Are Bad M'Kay. The rationale is that they either take you too far into the earth, or too far out to the cosmos. One kind of experience will make you too bound to this form of reality, while the other has you chasing dreams in the clouds that don't really mean anything, though they feel like progress. Either way, they muddle and confuse the spirit. Ultimately they can lead it down dark paths and give a skewed view of reality.
This has been a mild source of paranoia for me during trips, and I've even encountered these beings Ahriman and Lucifer in some form or another, though I don't take any of it too seriously. What I find interesting though is that the division of excarnating and incarnating substances seems accurate. Think about it.
There are stimulants like cocaine, speed and coffee that make you feel more in this world and like you're tireless and capable of anything.
And there are opiates to totally tune you out into bliss, and psychedelics where you wander off exploring other dimensions and seeing through the borders of this reality. True, psychedelics tend to have me exploring reality in a surprisingly down-to-earth way, but their effect is still always inherently dissociative.
I don't hold much trust in mysticism, after examining its many forms it all seems quite silly. But I do find this one view on things worth contemplating. So I thought I'd try spark a discussion about it. Share whatever thoughts you like.
