Wars

From Free Man Creator

This topic page provides pointers to wars of various natures across epochs and ages, their origin and meaning, not limited to modern history but rather from an evolutionary perspective as part of the development of mankind.

Wars are conflicts between people, and represent the physical emanation of underlying conflicts - see Schema FMC00.059.

This can be compared to how in the human being, illness is the outcome of spiritual influences that work their way down through the Human I and affect the astral and etheric bodies before flowing in and becoming noticeable as physical or mental illness.

Contemporary history studies mainly the physical wars between peoples from a worldview perspective with cause-effect mechanism and mainly political, economical, sociological and religious reasons for wars.

Spiritual science looks for the patterns giving rise to the wars that are ultimately - by necessity - the outcome of what has to happen on the physical plane as a result of the waves that have been rising below and and ultimately have to collide (re: Schema FMC00.059).

Rudolf Steiner described 'spiritual wars' between various classes of spiritual beings, and used examples to link these to physical historical wars.

Aspects

  • depending on worldview and belief, the outcome of a war can be seen as divine judgement as corresponding with historical necessity (what needs to happen). This view changed throughout centuries and millenia, but is currently also very different in the West versus the East. (1916-12-25-GA173B)

Spiritual wars

  • War in heaven as a general term for spiritual wars, but also for the origin of evil as a result of what happened in previous planetary stage of evolution, between Old Sun to Old Moon.
  • for the fight of 'Michael and the dragon' and the so-called 'fall of the spirits of darkness' in the 19th century, see topic page: 1840 and 1879

Indirect wars

Physical wars

Various notes

  • besides the 'war of all against all' at the end of the current fifth Postatlantean epoch, Rudolf Steiner also uses the term for a much more short term projection at the end of the 20th century (1921-08-06-GA206) - see War of all against all#1921-08-06-GA206
  • wars and world karma between peoples

Inspirational quotes

anonymous

attributed to several people but no written records)

When the power of love is greater than the love of power, the world will know peace.

2024-03-25 - Rawn Clark quote around 30-35' in this youtube movie here

.. a major catastrophe requires people to rely on eachother .. and that brings out the best in people ...

there is a collective human awareness, that all humans participate in .. but it is unconscious at this point in time .. we do not have a conscious collective human awareness (we had in the past, we will again in the future) ..

in a collective awareness ... you just don't treat the world this way

Illustrations

Schema FMC00.059 positions history 'as we are told' to what can be read clairvoyantly as objective truth in the akashic records, and how true history is an emanation and expression of spiritual impulses that are carried by waves of reincarnating human souls.

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Lecture coverage and references

1899 - James Morgan Pryse - translation of Bible extract

in 'The Sermon on the Mount'

from the preface

The following- translation of a few passages from the New Testament writings is not a paraphrase but an attempt at a more literal rendering than the received version done from the Latin Vulgate and ''diligently compared with the original Greek." Waiving the fact that the oldest Greek manuscripts of the New Testament can not be assigned to an earlier date than the third and fourth centuries, the originals having been lost, the diligence of the learned translators and revisers failed to compensate for their absolute ignorance of all psychic things, not to speak of things spiritual and magical. They have made woeful havoc of the mystical terms employed; all their work is vitiated, even to the extent of suppressio veri, by their pious desire to dissociate what they believed to be the unique literary productions of Deity from all pagan sources.

from Chapter 'The coming of the Christos'

Matthex 24 1-21

And Iesous, answering, said to them:

"Beware lest any one lead you in wandering ways: for many shall come in my Name, saying, lI am the Anointed,' and shall lead many in wandering ways. And yon shall be about to hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you are not alarmed, for all [things] must come into being; but the Perfecting-period 1 is not yet. For class shall rise up against class, and realm against realm; and there shall be privations of food, 2 and epidemics, and earthquakes, according to places. 3 Now, all these [things are] the first of birth-pangs.

4 Then they shall deliver you up to a hemming-in, 5 and make you wretched; 1 and you shall be hated by all classes because of my Name. And then many shall be tripped up, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.

And many false seers shall rise up, and shall lead many in wandering ways. And because sorcery shall be prevalent, the love of the masses 2 shall become cold; but he who stands firm until the Perfecting-period, that [man] shall be saved.

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Now, immediately after the hemming-in of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from the Sky and the Forces of the Skies shall be vibrated. 1 And then shall be manifested in the Sky the Sign of the Son of the Man ; and then shall all the tribes of the Earth 2 lament, and they shall see the Son of the Man coming in the clouds of the Sky with great Force and Radiance; and he shall send his Messengers with the loud sound of a trumpet-call, 3 and they shall gather together his chosen ones from the four Winds, 1 from the one end of the Skies to the other."

for comparison the New King James Version:

Jesus Predicts the Destruction of the Temple

24 Then Jesus went out and departed from the temple, and His disciples came up to show Him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, “Do you not see all these things? Assuredly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, that shall not be thrown down.”

The Signs of the Times and the End of the Age

3 Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for [a]all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, [b]pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.

9 “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another. 11 Then many false prophets will rise up and deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

The Great Tribulation

15 “Therefore when you see the ‘abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place” (whoever reads, let him understand), 16 “then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. 17 Let him who is on the housetop not go down to take anything out of his house. 18 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 19 But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! 20 And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath. 21 For then there will be great tribulation, such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be.

1915-05-09-GA159

lecture with title: The War as an Illness Process - Central Europe and the Slavic East - The Dead as Helpers of Human Progress

short extract

Thus you understand when I return to that which I said just now: our time had many reluctant forces, and if we call the war an illness - we can do this, this is an illness which was caused by something that took place long ago, and it is there to the recovery, so that something is eradicated that had to lead to the damage of the life of the whole culture gradually.

If we call it illness in this sense, if we look at the illness as a defence, we understand this war and the destiny-burdened events of the present, understand it also in its significant hints and admonitions.

We then experience it with all internal forces of our souls, so that we can surely take notice of those who have gone through the gate of death and look at the next future and really have learnt what they can inspire in the souls which they want to hear. That spiritual deepening which is necessary for the human welfare and progress in the next future must come into them.

If your souls can rightly take up that which I would like to say with these words, you are supporters of our spiritual-scientific world view in the right sense only now. If your souls can make the decision to become such souls which turn their attention to that which is murmured down from those who have gone through the gate of death because of the destiny-burdened events.

A connecting bridge between the living and the dead should be built by spiritual science just for the next future, a connecting line by which the inspiring elemental forces of those who have made the big sacrifices in our time are able to find their way to us.

1916-12-25-GA173B

Consider the following: We have gradually built up a picture for ourselves of the evolution of mankind and we now know how to assess the fact that, during a certain period in this evolution, wars came upon the scene, that wars were what fired mankind. But it was a time when mankind believed in war.

What do I mean when I say that it was a time when mankind believed in wars? What does it mean: to believe in wars?

Well, a belief in wars is very similar to a belief in the duel, in the fight between two. But when does a duel have a real meaning? It has a meaning only when the two concerned are inwardly fully convinced that, not chance, but the gods will decide the outcome. If the two who take up their positions in order to fight a duel fully believe that the one who is killed or wounded will receive his death or wound because a god has sided against him, then there is truth in the duel. There is no truth in the duel if this conviction is lacking; then, obviously, the duel is a genuine lie. It is the same in the case of war. If the individuals who constitute the warring peoples are convinced that the outcome of the war is divine, that the gods govern what is to happen, then there is truth in the actions of war. But then the participants must understand the meaning of the words: A divine judgement will come about.

Ask yourselves whether there is any truth in such words today! You need only ask:

Do people believe that actions of war express divine judgements? Do people believe this?

Ask yourselves how many people believe that the outcome is divine! How many people truly believe this, how many honestly believe this?

For among the many lies buzzing about in the world today are the prayers to the gods, or to God, offered up — naturally — by all sides. Obviously, in this materialistic age there cannot be a real belief that a divine judgement is going to take place. So it is necessary to look seriously and soberly at this matter, and admit that one is doing something without believing in its inner reality. One does not believe in this inner reality, and one believes all the less in this inner reality the further westwards one goes in Europe — quite rightly, because the further westwards one goes, the more does one enter western Europe, which has the task for the fifth post-Atlantean period of bringing about materialism.

Things are different going eastwards, however. I am not in the habit of constructing theories about such things or of saying such things lightheartedly. When I say something of this kind it is based on actual facts. It is nowadays already possible to make a remarkable discovery. Coming from the West to Central Europe you discover that here there exists a sporadic belief in divine judgement. In the West this is impossible unless it has been imported from Central Europe. But in Central Europe there are isolated individuals who have a kind of belief in destiny and who use the word ‘divine judgement’. And if you go right to the East where the future is being prepared, you will, of course, find numerous people who regard the approaching outcome as a divine judgement. For Russian people are not averse — as are the people of the West — to seeing a divine judgement in what takes place.

1916 - Beinsa Douno

from 'The Mercy' (1916)

[translation by Annael]

There are [spiritual] Laws that regulate [all] things. Wars happen for reasons.

What are the causes when [for instance], there is a storm and dust is raised in the air? Scientists say that somewhere the air has warmed more, somewhere less and currents have formed. Why must the air be heated up and why must it be cooled down, is this not possible, that these things do not happen? No, it is not possible. You will say that this is evil, because some storms destroy houses. Yes, but at the same time storms will bring moisture, will purify the air, and so on, that is, they will do more good than harm to the vegetable kingdom.

What causes a war [to break through]? The war is a storm in the spiritual world which [has the task to] refresh people. After this storm, nations will become very clever, writers will appear who will reason very cleverly. Now we see only the evils, but in fifty years we shall come and see the effects.

In the divine world, all things are used, nothing is accidental. Whoever was slain on the battlefield should have been slain; whose house is set on fire, it should have been set on fire; the one whose foot is cut off, it should have been cut off. There are statistics that prove the great regularity in events.

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Therefore, there is a [spiritual] Law that regulates [certain] things [in life]; it is a new science, [spiritual science] that has deep and wise foundations.

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So, we must live wisely. There are many books written on the question of what wise Life [in reality] is. This is your task—you must live the way you understand things, for a student who has no understanding of his own, he will never understand what the teacher teaches him. Now, we find ourselves in the following contradiction. There is a legend that God originally created two people on Earth, but they could not understand each other, they began hating each other, and therefore God decided to put them in two places which were very far from each other in space, so that they could not see each other. But these two people became so sad and missing each other, they started to [feel] love for each other and wished to unite [again]; then they made a bridge and this bridge is [now] the Milky Way. So, there is a path, a way people can understand each other - this is the Milky Way of Harmony, of Love. Through this Milky Way of Harmony Christ descended.

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When a Divine Messenger comes from Heaven to us, he wants to tell us that without [inner] purity we will never see God, without holiness we will not understand Him, without kindness and love, without mercy and without justice we will not feel Him. We need to understand what kind of thing [the Divine] Love is. Some say: "We understand love". Some of you, I believe, understand it, but you need to understand it deeper. Love always brings after itself the hatred: if you love good, you will hate evil; if you love evil, you will hate good. Therefore, love alone cannot solve the question and bring salvation to people if it is not accompanied by constant avoidance of its opposite.

Powell - The Solar system

describes how violence and war were key characteristics in the Lemurian and Atlantean epochs, ao describing the warlike nature of Toltec, Turanean and Primal Semites sub-races.

Illustrative extract from Ch 38 (XXXVIII)

Although earlier races had begun to fight with one another, it was the Atlanteans who first developed organised warfare. In fact the principle of strife was the fundamental characteristic of the fourth root race, and all through the Atlantean epoch war on land and sea was the order of the day.

So deeply rooted in Man's nature did the principle of strife become, that even now the most intellectually developed of the Aryan (fifth) root-race are ready to war upon each other. The fact that kings and emperors consider it necessary or appropriate, on state occasions, to appear in the uniform of one of the fighting services, is a significant indication of the apotheosis reached by the combative qualities in Man.

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In the later days of war and strife they constructed giant air-ships, which superseded battleships for the sea, and which contained 50, or even 100 fighting men.

1921-01-02-GA338

The Second World War, which must develop between Asia and America and what lies in between, must develop out of economic reasons. You hear how the call sounds from the lower classes: world revolution! This idea of world revolution can only be shrouded in a fog by unleashing this second world war catastrophe. There is no other way.

other translation

The Second [Third from the present point of view] World War, which will be fought between Asia and America, along with what is between them, is absolutely necessary - and the reasons for this will be economic. You must be hearing the calls of the lower classes for a world revolution — the only way to obscure and hide this idea of a world revolution would be to ignite the catastrophe of another World War. It just has no alternative.

1923-02-04-BD

titled 'Which is this New Teaching' [translated by Annael]

Nowadays people do not ask God whether they should fight or not. The Jews were wise people, they asked the Lord: "Should we fight?" The Lord, through the Prophets said to them: "Go and fight." But the present Christian nations say: "According with our own reasons, we decide for ourselves, there is no need to ask God." In the external world, according to the Law of necessity, war is permitted; and when we say that the war is not necessary for us, we mean that it is not necessary for the inner life, because it is a life that is without any wars. All rational beings live there, and between them there is no reason for any war, for any dispute*.

If we live internally, there is no need for any war; if we live externally, there will be [always] wars. Therefore, if people do not obey God - God's law - the war will come, people will fight. If you do not believe [this], you will participate in war.

Now, this new teaching**, this new culture is going to show us the inner connections, the inner side of life, in order that we may become strong.  Let us say that two peoples have a dispute with each other. Can their statesmen not change the matter? They can, and in two ways: either through war, or through peace [negotiations]. Two neighbors are arguing about something; they can either go to court, or [they can] settle the matter in a peaceful way.

The new teaching must enter [the world], must drive out all these spirits of unrest, and bring justice among men. Because, someone says: "I will not judge this person, so that this [act] would not bring misfortune upon my head." Yes, but it is [said] out of fear, you should not do it out of fear. No, if I do not judge someone, I will do so from deep considerations, according with the great Law of Love.

Notes:

  • * "All rational Beings live there, and between them there is no reason for any war, for any dispute" What is meant here is very important to be kept in mind... In the Spiritual World there is no "morality" the way we know it here in the earthly life. There all beings are moral. Even the evil spirits are absolutely moral, in the sense that they do not hide their nature, they are openly evil, but as spiritual students we know that this is their task, to present hindrances and resistance.
  • ** the New Teaching is the Esoteric Christianity, or the esoteric Word of Christ.
1924-08-06-GA354

We have to come back to the spirit by way of the intellect. And that, you see, is the task of anthroposophy. It has no wish to do what would please many people, that is, to bring primitive conditions back to humanity-ancient Indian wisdom, for example. It is nonsense when people harp on that.

Anthroposophy, on the other hand, sets value on a return to the spirit, but a return to the spirit precisely in full possession of the intellect, with the intellect fully alive. It is important, gentlemen, and must be borne strictly in mind, that we have nothing at all against the intellect; rather, the point is that we have to go forward with it. Originally human beings had spirit without intellect; then the spirit gradually fell away and the intellect increased. Now, by means of the intellect, we have to regain the spirit. Culture is obliged to take this course.

If it does not do so — well, gentlemen, people are always saying that the World War was unlike anything ever experienced before, and it is indeed a fact that men have never before so viciously torn one another to pieces.

But if men refuse to take the course of returning to the spirit and bringing their intellect with them, then still greater wars will come upon us, wars that will become more and more savage. Men will really destroy one another as the two rats did that, shut up together in a cage, gnawed at each other till there was nothing left of them but two tails. That is putting it rather brutally, but in fact mankind is on the way to total extermination. It is very important to know this.

1931-11-08-BD titled '"The Son of Man leaves' [translated by Annael]

The modern culture is the culture of the animals.

In 1914, in the [first] world war, six million people were killed, and they were the most educated. 25 million people became disabled and 5 million women became widows. And all the debauchery now in Europe, as well as all the misfortunes, they all are due to this war. This war was nothing but an animal-war. And now some [people] want to justify themselves; what will they justify? Of all these European nations, did anyone win anything? Did England win anything? It won nothing! Did Germany win anything? It won nothing! Did France win anything? It won nothing! Did Bulgaria, Turkey win something? They [all] won nothing! Everyone lost, but nothing was gained. If someone wants to convince me that these nations have gained something, I will tell him that he is not telling the truth: they have not gained anything, but they have lost [a lot].

All people must realize this, they must sober up and know, that if there is another such war, modern culture will completely disappear. Everyone needs to sober up!

Now, for us it does not matter whether there will be another such war; we do not want to persuade people to go this way or that way, but I say that if there is another such war, the prayer of modern humanity will be sung. One third of humanity will disappear.

Now it's not a question of whether you will believe this, [or not]. I do not want anyone to [simply] believe, but I say that when what I am saying now happens, you will see and [then you will] believe for yourselves. Not only you, but all of you who are here [now] on Earth will see this, the result and the consequences, because we who are here on Earth are not the only conscious people. By the word "Earth" this is what I understand: by the word "Earth" I understand the lowest state of human consciousness; this is Earth to me. The ideas in me are precisely defined. It is a low state of consciousness in which one falls asleep and passes into the 13th* sphere, which is the sphere of torment. If a person falls that far, he cannot get rid of diseases.

1933-01-15-BD (Beinsa Douno)

copied here from Future Oriphiel age#1933-01-15-BD (Beinsa Douno)

version A - here follows a maybe not so good translation of Beinsa Douno in 1933

Christ came to Earth on a great mission. He wanted to show the European peoples of that day, what to do and how to behave. Everything the Christ preached during his time, referred to the current times. He said to all peoples: you will come to a great crisis. If you want to escape this crisis, the only solution is in what I am preaching. If you apply My doctrine, you will be redeemed from a great catastrophe, but if you fail to follow My doctrine, the catastrophe is unavoidable.

Now you’re in trouble for the sole reason that you have left everything to Got and you’re just saying: “When Christ comes, He’ll fix everything”. Christ came, but what did he fix? The way people perceive fixing things, He fixed nothing. He came and the Roman Empire crucified him. Then Christ came again in 1914, but 6 million people died. He said to them: “Do not fight!”, But they did not listen to Him. [editor: WW1]. He will come again during the next war. People get ready and if there’s a new war, about 50 million people will die. [WW2]. And if, even then does not force some sense into them, there will be another war, even more fierce, in which 550 million people will die. [WW3 to come]. This is not what I want, but I’m just saying that human thoughts, feelings and behavior, give rise to that war, in which at least 50 million people will die. [WW2]. And if that does not make them cleverer, a more vicious war will then start. [WW3].

After that there will be no wars, because it will result in such a wonder that people has never expected. All the communications, railroads, telegraphs, telephones will be disrupted and it will take at least 100 years, for the relations between peoples to be restored. Until then they will be completely isolated. This is not my prophecy, but of the prophets around the world – those in England, America, Germany, China, Japan, everywhere they prophesy what will happen.

If peoples do not humble themselves, there will be famine, chill, great earthquakes, pestilence and only after that they will humble themselves, i.e. such fearsome things will happen, that will make them humble themselves. But because of the chosen ones, the suffering will be discontinued. Those, who are chosen, support life.

version B - translation by Annael, from Sunday lecture 1933 'And They Decorated Their Lamps' (which seems to be the same text)

Christ came, but what did He accomplish?

  • As people understand the arrangement of things, He did arranged nothing; He came and the Roman Empire crucified him.
  • Well, then Christ came in year 1914 and He told to peoples: "Do not fight," but they did not listen to Him.
  • He will come during the next war [the II w.w.] as well. People are now preparing [for this time], and if a war breaks out, about 50 million people will die.
  • If they do not become more thoughtful even then, a new war [a III w.w.] will open, even more fierce and terrible, in which 550 million people will die.

This is not what I want, but I am saying that human thoughts, feelings and actions determine this war (World War II) in which about 50 million people will die, and [as I said] if they do not become more thoughtful even then, a more terrible war (the III w.w.) will come.

After it, they will no longer fight [in this way], because will happen such a [strange] miracle, which people have never expected.

[editor: see also Three days of darkness and the sign in the sky mentioned recurrently as part of the prophecies]

Then all communications, railways, telegraphs, telephones, will be cut off, and it will be at least a hundred years that would have to pass, before the relations of one nation with another can be restored. Until then, they will be completely isolated [from one another]. At that time they will be completely isolated.

This is not foretold by me, but the prophets from all over the world: from England, from America, from Germany, from France, China, Japan, from everywhere predict what will happen [in the future].

You say - they are crazy people. It may be so, it is possible that those who prophesy [such things] are crazy people, but it is possible that those who listen [to them] are also crazy. If I allow one [thing to be possible to happen], then I also allow the other [thing to be possible to happen]. If a prophet speaks something that [later] happens, this prophet is not crazy, he knows the Laws and understands [them]. But if someone prophesies things that do not happen, you may say that prophet is crazy. When a man says that a building will fall and it does fall, that man is not crazy, he foresees things, he is a wise man. Within the crazy state of consciousness things do not happen [in a writ way], but things [always happen in a right way] within the state of sanity.

Now we think about what the reasons are [of what could happen], or how things will turn out [in the future]. I say: if some scientist finds that lighter that could set all the air on Earth on fire, what would happen? Then everything will be over, everything will be liquidated and all current culture will disappear. If some people today would have known about this [lighter], they would [gladly] set the whole Earth on fire without thinking much [of the results].

[editor: this quote then reminds of Rudolf Steiner who stated "mankind will make discoveries about the physical forces of nature, to take hold of great and mighty forces that will in the end turn the whole earth-globe into a kind of [self-functioning] live electric mass". (1904-12-23-GA093, see War of all against all]

1943-01-01-BD - Beinsa Douno

The excerpt below is from the lecture "New Foundation", Sofia, January 1, 1943 (translated by Annael) and talks about why war has to exist.

also on: Meaning of life#1943-01-01-BD - Beinsa Douno

War is a contradiction, the reasons for which lie in the distant past.

Because God transforms evil into good, the war will bring some good to humanity. For humans war brings misery and death, but for the Great Beings it is a [kind] of show. Just as actors die on the stage and are "resurrected" behind the scenes, the same way the participants in the war will be resurrected. God will give them new bodies, healthier ones and more beautiful, with new and healthier legs, arms, eyes, and heads.

People go through great sufferings and will go through great suffering, but after [that], they will rejoice. Suffering is the material for building future human bodies.

Today's people live more for themselves than for their neighbors. They close themselves in their shells and think only for themselves.

The war will force them to open their coffers, to open their minds and hearts, to take out everything they have hidden in them. It will make them give up their selfishness. Selfishness is coming to an end.

The end of the caterpillars' life is coming. Until now, humans have been caterpillars, gnawing leaves and thinking only for themselves. This life is over. In four or five years they should hatch, they should become butterflies.

.."We want to indulge in life." ..

How do you want to indulge in life? As caterpillars, or as butterflies?

You can no longer live like caterpillars - the life of the caterpillars is over!

Discussion

Note 1 - On fundamental principles and causes of conflicts

Draft WIP to be developed

The players: the established 'powers that be'

In every cultural age over the last millenia, there have been large empires and political, economical, military 'powerhouses' ruling a large part of the world. Examples are the Roman empire, the empire of Charlemagne, the empire of Ghenghis Khan, etc. Of course these were very different in terms of power structures and rulership.

This is no different in our current fifth cultural age. This note bundles some observations on two main powers which we can call the western and eastern, even though they are both globally structured with worldwide presence.

1 - fear <-> polarization <-> enemy

The first principle is 'divide et impera', the polarization requiring an 'enemy', a party that can be labelled and identified as a threath.

A simple example is the polarization between the USA and the USSR in the 20th century (re cold war). This principle is underlying every war, and rests upon the identification of an 'enemy' that poses a 'threat' to our society, which therefore requires a power to defend society against that treath.

See also quote from Extra terrestrial intelligences#197X - Dr. Wernher von Braun, quoted by Carol Rosin: "first the Russians are going to be considered the enemy... then terrorists ... then third world crazies [i.e. Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong-un] ... then asteroids... and the final enemy card are 'aliens', extraterrestrials.

2 - wars

Wars are physical conflicts with armed forces, in contrast to political and economical wars that may go on for long times without strongly visible conflicts, nevertheless increasing tensions through subterranean support for undermining power structures etc.

A large war is therefore a culmination of an underlying conflict that is at the end of its cycle and needs a final resolution, it is like a last resort for example if a party may see that its situation is untenable or unsustainable.

Whereas history sees the causal dependencies, there are also underlying spiritual causes, see captured in Schema FMC00.059 with more background on History and Impulses from waves of reincarnating souls.

3 - east and west

becoming more specific, with reference to Rudolf Steiner's prophecies regarding a future war and conflicts between the West and the East ..

Note 2 - Questions on future war(s)

Note following (recurrent, related) questions in forum

Rudolf Steiner did not speak of a war with Russia, but he did speak of the tension field between the east and the west that would lead to at least one great war and possibly more conflicts beforehand. And he did imply area(s) in between as likely battlefield, as is Europe (and Russia).

For more information, see: Nostradamus#2.1 - War between the West and Asia and World catastrophe,

The below concatenated some quotes by Rudolf Steiner in that location in a more condensed form:

"The real opposition is not between America and Russia, that is only apparently so .. the real clash will be between China and America" (1924-06). In "the World War which will be fought between Asia and America" (1921-01-02-GA338) .. in "the crushing together of East and West .. the great conflict that lies ahead between Japan and America" (1920-10-30-GA200) .. in "the great spiritual battle between East and West .. the culture of Middle Europe will be wedged (1920-10-31-GA200), as .. "the East and the West will come together above the head of Middle Europe" (1921-01-09-GA203)

however this is not just to be seen as a one off or a single war, but rather over a longer timeframe of 1000-1500 years as part of a large transition:

"a great war will have to take place between the white and coloured humanity in the transition between the fifth and sixth cultural ages, and this in the most manifold ways. ... .. we stand before something collosal, that we can see unfolding as a necessity in the future (1915-02-13-GA174B)

Comments
  • This tension field is between two power 'blocks' or 'alliances' of the US/UK/Israel and China/Japan and the BRIC countries that have the experience of being ill treated and exploited by the West for many centuries. Russia is a forepost for countries like China, just like Europe is for the US/UK.
  • From a spiritual scientific perspective one should never loose sight of the importance of the Germanic and Slavic cultures for the fifth and sixth cultural ages, re eg the conscious reshaping of Europe with the 30 year war WWI+II. First see Central European cultural basin, then in that context the info on Jacob Boehme#The wave of 1880-1900
  • there have been prophecies and clairvoyant visions of WWIII and a war also with Russia, oa by Alois Irlmaier (and others, in context of the Three days of darkness). More info here: Stages of clairvoyance#Alois Irlmaier. For further reading on Irlmaier, see Dowsing#Alois Irlmaier.

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References and further reading

  • Friedrich Rittelmeyer: 'Christ und Krieg : Predigten aus der Kriegszeit' (1916)
  • Theodor Fuchs: 'Vom Götterstreit zum Kampf der Ideologien : Menschheitsgeschichte im Spiegel des Krieges' (1987)
  • Peter Tradowsky: 'Frieden durch Krieg? : Die Geisteswissenschaft als Friedensbewegung' (2005)
20th century

some authors offering perspectives on and underlying reasons for the thirty years war between 1914-1945.

Note these are not mainstream official versions, so the authors and works are likely to be discredited and attacked. They are offered here for those with an open mind who want to exercise the techniques explained by Rudolf Steiner in the Karma or Untruthfulness lectures.

  • Francis Delaisi (1873-1947)
    • La Démocratie et les financiers (1910 - also 1911, 1936)
    • La Guerre qui vient (1911)
    • La Banque de France aux mains des deux cents familles (1936)
  • Helmuth von Moltke: 'Erinnerungen, Briefe, Dokumente 1877-1916 : ein Bild von Kriegsausbruch, erster Kriegsführung und Persönlichkeit des ersten militärischen Führers des Krieges' (1921)
  • Smedley Butler (1881-1940) .. Major General in the US army and at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. military history
    • War Is a Racket (1935)
  • Carroll Quigley (1910-1977)
    • Tragedy and Hope: a history of the world in our time (1966)
    • The Anglo-American Establishment (1981)
  • Anthony C. Sutton (1925-2002), selected books from his work:
    • Wars and Revolutions: A Comprehensive List of Conflicts, Including Fatalities (1973)
    • Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution (1974)
    • Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler (1976)
    • The War on Gold.(1977)
    • America's Secret Establishment: An Introduction to the Order of Skull & Bones (1983, 2002)
    • An Introduction to the Order and The Secret Cult of the Order (1983)
    • How the Order Creates War and Revolution (1985)
    • The Federal Reserve Conspiracy (1995)
  • Dieter Rüggeberg
    • Secret Politics (in DE as 'Geheimpolitik' with Vol 1 in 1990, Vol 2 in 1994 and Vol 3)
  • John Perkins: 'Confessions of an Economic Hit Man' (2004)
  • Stephen Mitford Goodson (1948-2018)
    • A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind (2014)
    • also
      • Bonaparte & Hitler Versus the International Bankers (2004)
      • The Genocide of the Boers (2017)
  • Terry M. Boardman
    • 'Mapping the Millennium: Behind the Plans of the New World Order' (1998)

what may or is called by some 'historical revisionism'

  • John P. Cafferky: 'Lord Milner's Second War: The Rhodes-Milner Secret Society; The Origin of World War I; and the Start of the New World Order' (2013)
  • Gerry Docherty, Jim MacGregor:
    • Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War (2014)
    • Prolonging the Agony: How The Anglo-American Establishment Deliberately Extended WWI by Three-and-a-Half Years (2018)
  • Nick Kollerstrom: 'How Britain Initiated both World Wars' (2016)
Public opinion

see also: Various forms of spiritual perception and influences beyond waking consciousness

  • Gustave Le Bon (1841-1931)
    • mass psychology - public opinion
      • L'Homme et les sociétés (1881) (Man and Society)
      • Les Lois Psychologiques de l'Évolution des Peuples (1894), tbc in 1989 as 'The Psychology of Peoples')
      • 'La Foule: Psychologie des Foules' (1895, in EN 1986 as 'The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind')
        • examines how masses behave, arguing that crowds are irrational and easily manipulated by leaders and propaganda.
      • Psychologie des Temps Nouveaux (1920) – Psychology of New Times
        • explores how modern societies are shaped by psychological forces and mass manipulation.
      • 'Psychologie du Socialisme" (1896 or 1898, tbc as 'The Psychology of Socialism' in 1899)
        • analyzes socialist movements, arguing that mass psychology drives political ideologies more than rational thought.
      • 'L’Opinion et la Foule' (1901) – Opinion and the Crowd
        • expands on 'Psychologie des Foules', discussing how public opinion is formed and controlled.
      • La Psychologie Politique et la Défense Sociale (1910) (The Psychology of Politics and Social Defense)
      • 'La Révolution Française et la Psychologie des Révolutions' (1912, in EN 1913/1980 as 'The French Revolution and the Psychology of Revolutions')
        • applies crowd psychology to historical revolutions, arguing that emotional forces drive major societal shifts.
    • specifically on the Great War (WWI+WWII)
      • Enseignements Psychologiques de la Guerre Européenne (1915, in EN 1916 as 'The Psychology of the Great War')
      • Premières conséquences de la guerre: transformation mentale des peuples (1916) (First Consequences of War: Mental Transformation of People")
      • Psychologie des Temps Nouveaux (1920, in EN 1921 as 'The World in Revolt')
      • Le Déséquilibre du Monde (1923, in EN 1924 as 'The World Unbalanced')
      • Les Incertitudes de l'heure présente (1924) (The Uncertainties of the Present Hour)
      • L'Évolution actuelle du monde, illusions et réalités (1927) (The Current Evolution of the World, Illusions and Realities)
  • Walter Lippmann: 'Public Opinion' (1922)
    • media serves as an intermediary between the public and reality, shaping perception
  • Edward Bernays: 'Propaganda' (1928)
    • how public relations and media manipulation are essential tools in shaping public opinion.
  • Jacques Ellul (1912-1994)
    • 'Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes' (1962)
      • explores how modern mass media and propaganda shape public perception and manipulate democratic societies.
    • L'illusion politique (1965, in EN 1967 as 'The Political Illusion')
    • Histoire de la propagande (1967)
  • Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman: 'Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media' (1988)
More
  • Roger Mucchielli: 'La Subversion' (1971)
  • Laurent Obertone: 'La France Big Brother' (2015)
Drugs
  • Walther Bühler, Leendert F.C. Mees, Wolfgang Schimpeler: 'Rauschgift : Krieg gegen das Ich' (1980)
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