File:FMC00.636A.jpg

Image caption

FMC00.636A depicts the so-called 'bridge' shown on Schema FMC00.636 between lesser and greater mysteries of old, today between the spiritual scientific worldview such as anthroposophy and self-initiation. One could say the theme is: why do the majority of people not seem to combine spiritual practice with study.

upper left: the computer generated drawing shows - on the left - a relatively large community or mass of people, imagine souls of the Michaelic stream who adhere to the spiritual worldview. They look to the right, aware that the future and vantage point is the spiritualization of mankind.

The narrow bridge to the right side is to visualize that the next step of self-initiation is an individual path walked alone on a long narrow bridge. In self-initiation one needs to do 'the Work', alone and individually, with character transformation, meditation and concentration etc, a path that takes lifelong commitment and years of daily practice.

other images: to help our imagination and visualize this idea with the metaphor of simple but very long rope bridges, some illustrations of long pedestrian suspension footbridges are added, the longer ones shown here are between 360 and 720 meters.

Note the Schema supports discussions triggered by Schema FMC00.636, on why it appears that left and right on that Schema are separate communities with little cross-over, and why it appears souls have a hard time crossing this bridge in a single incarnation. Crossing may perhaps happen between incarnations, that a soul is ready to pick up and dedicate one's self to self-initiation as a main task in life after having gone through the process between death and a new birth with certain conditions of spiritual maturity fulfilled.