This homepage is
placed within the belly of the binary beast - the global computer
web - with the aim of contributing to an awakening of human thinking to
the meaning of the times in which we live.
It has FIVE MAIN SECTIONS :
THIRD
MILLENNIUM: THIRD WAY?
writings on social threefolding
and the Third Way
THE
NEW WORLD ORDER
threats to the freedom of
the world's people in the modern age
EAST
WEST ISSUES
relations between the two
hemispheres
KASPAR HAUSER
the significance for the modern
world of the mysterious foundling of Nuremberg
MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS
for further detail, see below
*** MOST RECENT
ITEM See New
World Order below ***
This website will present
ideas based on an anthroposophical
understanding of the nature of Man and of the worlds in which Man lives.
An 'anthroposophical' understanding means an understanding based on 'the wisdom (sophia)
of Man' (anthropos), i.e. the wisdom that IS Man - the wisdom of which
Man is made. This wisdom is essentially threefold or,
to use an older term, 'trinitarian'. This threefold idea reflects the insight
that Man is intrinsically threefold in nature, and, with a ninefold
structure (3 x 3) of the human spiritual-physical organism, is placed between the nine
dimensions, or 'hierarchies', of the spiritual world and the ninefold
structure of the subterranean regions of the Earth (subnature). This archetypal
threefoldness stands in contradistinction to a worldview that sees things in terms of a mere
dualism or digital binary system. The binary worldview was increasingly
prevalent from the early 17th century, but since the late 20th century,
despite its underpinning new electronic technologies, it has finally begun to
give ground.
In the opinion of the author of this
website, the
individual
who helped mankind the most during the 20th century towards a new
understanding of the human being and the relationship of the human being to
the rest of the cosmos was Rudolf
Steiner (1861-1925), Austrian philosopher, spiritual scientist, educationalist,
and very much more. Steiner was a comprehensive genius, a man rather like
Aristotle or Confucius. Their ideas, some 80 years after their deaths, were not
so very well known throughout the civilised world, but some 1500 years later, it
was a different story. It will likely be the same with Steiner. His greatest
philosophical work, The Philosophy of Freedom (aka The
Philosophy of Spiritual Activity. Original title: Die Philosophie der
Freiheit) made possible an epoch-making revolution in thinking that has
yet to be recognised.
The words 'Man' and 'mankind' are
often used here in preference to 'human being' or 'humanity', for 'Man' - which
is related to Manas (spirit-self) in Sanskrit, Mensch in German, and 'mind'
in English - points to that which is the most precious attribute
of all of us, women and men, namely our creative thinking spirit, while
the word 'human' refers to that which is of the earth only, denoting what
is of a type ('homo'). The phrase 'human being' thus means 'type being'
and omits the sapiens which points to the wisdom of Manas.
Terry Boardman is
a writer, lecturer, and researcher who lives in the West Midlands, Britain. He
can be contacted via the above link.
MAIN SECTIONS
1.THIRD
MILLENNIUM: THIRD WAY?
Terry Boardman's
writings on social threefolding, social organics, and the Third Way
Various links to
sites on related subjects
2.THE
NEW WORLD ORDER
New item***
Universal peace will come
only when [the] powers have divided the world between them….or if one nation
becomes overwhelmingly superior to the rest….people who can look forward
and grasp the essential factors which will govern the future grouping of
the nations may be able to exert a profound influence on the political
future of the world. (Arthur Balfour, British Prime Minister
1902-1905, in a letter to Theodor Roosevelt 1909)
3. EAST
WEST ISSUES
4. KASPAR HAUSER
MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS
1.
At the Birth and Death of a Century
2. Blair's
New Britain?
3. Of the Slaughter
of Cows and the Softening of Brains
4.
On the Death of Diana, "Queen of Hearts"
5.
Aspects of the Occult Significance of the Year 1998
6.
The Millennium in the Light of Anthroposophy
7.
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto: The Three Magi at the Crossing of
Humanity's Threshold
8.
What was the 20th Century? - An Esoteric Perspective
9.
"The Wounded Cavalier" by William Shakespeare Burton as a key
to understanding British
history
10.
Reflections on the movie "Master and Commander - The Far Side of the
World"
11.
Where is the UK Bound (1) ?
12.
Where is the UK Bound (2) ?
13.
The Enigma of Canon XI - The 'Abolition' of the Spirit: the Year 869 and its
Significance
in the Destiny of Europe
14.
Understanding Our Time
(1)
15.
Understanding Our Time (2)
16.
Harry Patch and the Panther's Claw
THOUGHTS
AND OBSERVATIONS FOLLOWING
THE
CATACLYSM OF SEPT 11 2001 (1: Sept-Oct 2001)
THOUGHTS
AND OBSERVATIONS FOLLOWING
THE
CATACLYSM OF SEPT 11 2001 (2: Nov 2001)
Terry will be speaking
next at :
1st December
2009 - Rudolf
Steiner House, London
Subject:
Evolution and Materialism
8th
December 2009 - New
Horizons St Annes
Subject:
"The Esoteric Dimension of the New World Order"
HARRY PATCH
The Last Tommy of the Great War
d. 25 July 2009, aged 111
"You
used to look between the fire and apertures and all you could see was
a couple of stray dogs out there, fighting over a biscuit that
they’d found. They were fighting for their lives. And the thought
came to me – well, there they are, two animals out there fighting
over dog biscuit, the same as we get to live. They were fighting for
their lives. I said, ‘We are two civilised nations - British and
German - and what were we doing? We were in a lousy, dirty trench
fighting for our lives? For what? For eighteen pence a flipping day.
It
wasn’t worth it. No war is worth it. No war is worth the loss of a
couple of lives let alone thousands. T’isn’t worth it … the
First World War, if you boil it down, what was it? Nothing but a
family row. That’s what caused it." -
Harry Patch
I
would that every soul
would
kindle a spark from Cosmic Spirit
and become a flame,
fierily
unfolding the very essence of its Self.
Others would draw from Cosmic Waters and quench the flames
to
liquidate all inward Self.
O joy, when the human flame is
blazing, even there when at rest.
O
bitterness, when the human 'thing'
is bound there where it would active be .