“THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY AND THE EARTH,
AS FORSEEN BY RUDOLF STEINER”
By Richard Seddon
“The Twentieth Century”
In 1899,soon after (Archangel) Michael took up his dual role,Kali Yuga, the Dark Age of 5000 years, came to an end. The Etheric Body began the long process of separating again from the physical body, carrying mankind as a whole unknowingly across the threshold of the spiritual world. On the one hand, thinking, feeling and willing cease to be coordinated by the physical body, so that unless this is done consciously we find plans divorced from reality, acts devoid of feeling, growing uncertainty and anxiety. On the other hand, spiritual light again became visible on earth through Rudolph Steiner’s anthroposophy or spiritual science, and a new cosmic impulse was thereby born. But the counter forces took powerful hold of this situation, and it should be obvious that the mind-set that has enabled them to do so is inadequate to resolve the consequences,
The essential fact is that we live unaware in the midst of a mighty spiritual battle for the future of humanity between Christ and the opposing powers, the scale of which we can hardly imagine. Most people have not even perceived that there are two different opponents: Lucifer, the tempter, who inspires egoism and would draw humanity back from life to the glories of the past; and Ahriman, Satan, the father of lies, who inspires the rat race, and would chain humanity forever to the earth. Christ holds the balance, and we need to find with him the middle way.
Lucifer, and Ahriman conspire today above all to eliminate all recognition of the human soul in all sorts of ways- for example, by describing brain-processes as the causes rather than the effect of soul-phenomena. The time when souls will be made effectively non-existent by means of a drug, preferably administered in infancy, is not far off. Thereby they seek to prevent any further spiritual development of mankind.
Furthermore, just as Lucifer once incarnated in the East in the third millennium BC , so before only a part of the third millennium AD has elapsed Ahriman will incarnate in a human being in the west. His preparations are already far advanced - (ref: 4/11/19 - ’Lucifer and Ahriman, 3) Due to Ahriman’s inspiration we have a natural science - and with it the thinking of much of humanity - which recognizes only the animal within us, ignoring the human identity as spirit (which was denied by The Church a thousand years ago), We have already seen men with animal gestures in their faces and destructive fury in their emotions, who not only ridicule the spirit, but thrust it down into the slough.
Under the influence of Lucifer and Ahriman a society has developed, the whole structure of which - whether in industry, education, sport, or whatever - is based on selfishness, competition and rivalry, instead of loving help to one another. That is left to caring individuals. The result has been two world wars, many smaller ones, and ethnic cleansing, totalitarianism, Bolshevism and the holocaust, drugs and violence, destruction of the ozone layer, and tropical forests and wildlife. Much more could be added. The vice of the age is deceit, the karmic result of a superficial life. Western civilization is in fact the beginning of the earth’s death, and will perish with it. ’He who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars, says, I know your deeds, and you have the name of being alive, and are dead. Be alert!! And establish what remains that is about to die. (rev. 3, 2)
Only by individually suffering and confronting in freedom this scenario of death is the consciousness soul to be developed. For death in all its forms must be recognized as the benefactor that enables us individually to rise above an existence that separates us from the spirit. Only through death, can we reach the forces of resurrection. It is in fact a manifestation of the Father-principle, and the upward path begins with reverence for all that flows from The Father.
Whereas before, say, 1870 everything was made of natural materials, and previously people had been aware of the elemental beings of nature, today we live amid the products of technology - plastic, concrete, steel, electronics etc.- from which the natural beings have been driven out by high pressure and temperatures , and replaced by beings contrived by the human intellect , which are of an ahrimanic nature. We are in great danger of losing the forces of nature of which we were created, and sliding down into the ahrimanic world of sub-nature which we have made. Science has lost insight into the human being, and intellectual religion has denied the spirit in nature. Only through finding the forces of Christ in the etheric can we retain our humanity. Environmentalism expresses the longing for this. Knowledge of the spirit must re-enter everyday life.
It has to be admitted that the form in which Christianity has been presented for 2000 years has at best failed to permeate modern culture, and is no longer sufficient. But that does not mean Christianity itself has failed! Unless mankind turns to the realities of spirit, and to the self discipline of esoteric Christianity suited to today, things can only deteriorate further. More and people need to overcome the spectre of old ideas, and to experience thinking as a spiritual activity. They must find the way from the weak everyday ego to an ‘I’ which experiences its cosmic stature; and replace sleepy instinctive reactions and fears by compassionate deeds performed alertly in freedom and love. On this, the future of humanity depends; but just for this reason the opposing powers make every effort to prevent it. Moreover, certain Brotherhoods of the west actively promulgate belief in materialism in order that such materialism shall remain in the earth sphere after they die, and become the means through which the brotherhoods can acquire a quite particular power over others for their own ends.
Christ is however, in our age, the cosmic and earthly Healer. As a cosmic being from outside the earth he brings healing forces to those who actively seek them. Mankind suffers under the fear of heredity, and is near to losing the spirit altogether. But spiritual science is the therapy that brings vigor and health. Moreover since 1933 Christ has become visible to a small number of people as an etheric figure, and this will increase. Through Him a completely new culture based on love is possible.
As previous ages recapitulated earlier ones, so is this the precursor of the future war in heavens in terms of Michael and the Dragon (Rev.12; 7) The battle has begun, and we are all the battleground, whether we wish it or not.
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