• Tolkien, Mythology, Imagination and Spiritual Insight: The Enduring Power of The Lord of the Rings
• J.R.R Tolkien, Owen Barfield and the Cosmic Christ

See Books in Spanish below (Libros en castellano abajo)

Books in English

This website was built with the intention of addressing a better understanding of the specific nature of Platonic and Aristotelian impulses. From a mutual understanding of the twin impulses, the basis can be laid for what Rudolf Steiner called the "culmination [of the Michaelic movement] at the end of the twentieth century" for the renewal of culture.

The first three books listed address the above theme. Two of the books, written from a spiritual-scientific perspective complement each other, though they can be read independently. The third book approaches the same theme but from a purely phenomenological perspective. A fourth essay explores between Steiner's revelations about karma and reincarnation and his work on social threefolding.

Another two books only partly overlap with the theme. They concern the history of the progressive impulses of cultural renewal in the Americas as well as the impulses that stood against them, from the time of Golgotha to the time of the Consciousness Soul.

Calling for Donations and Help: If you like what you see and read on this website, please consider whatever donation you can afford, since it allows the author to finance and publish (editing, proofreading) further research material, which is presently waiting on the sidelines. I am also looking for people who would enjoy proofreading and possibly doing minor editing. To give you an idea of what projects are in the works, click below for brief introductions. Blessings and thanks.

Aristotelians and Platonists: A Convergence
of the Michaelic Streams in Our Time

The book's goal is the understanding of the impulses of Aristotelianism and Platonism in modern times. To reach this goal it is important to follow the developments of Aristotelianism and Platonism from their genesis in Greece to the present. Part III of the book looks at what would help the culmination of the Michaelic movement in the third millennium.

The book explores:

• Ancient Greece: Plato and Aristotle and the influence of their worldviews in the previous Michael Age
• The Middle Ages: Chartres, the Cistercian Order and Scholasticism; Alain de Lille and Thomas Aquinas
• The 19th-20th centuries: Karl Julius Schröer and Rudolf Steiner (remove period)
• The new millennium: Aristotelians and Platonists in psychology, natural sciences and social sciences
• Thoughts on the convergence of the Michaelic streams

It is the hope of the author that the two books above will encourage discussion about:

• Understanding the karma of the General Anthroposophical Society and how it has affected the outlook on the "culmination"
• Bridging the gaps between Aristotelians and Platonists
• Building bridges between genuine impulses of renewal (not bound to tradition, dogma or national cultures)

Karl Julius Schröer and Rudolf Steiner:
Anthroposophy and the Teachings of Karma and Reincarnation

Rudolf Steiner's core life task of furthering the spiritual understanding of karma and reincarnation is paired with Steiner's revelations about Karl Julius Schröer's task of laying the foundations for anthroposophy itself. The book explores:

• Steiner's relationship to the Cistercians and its connection to Steiner's core task
• "Steiner's spiritual testament," Karmic Relationships, Volume 4, the last cycle of lectures ever given by Steiner. What does it reveal about his attempt to introduce the teachings of karma and reincarnation?
• Karma and reincarnation in relation to what Steiner calls "Spirit Recollection" in the Foundation Stone Meditation
• Exploration of the spiritual scientific impulse of karma and reincarnation, and the breadth of its applications

This book preceded the two books above, and was written for a larger public at a time in which I could sense the reality of Aristotelian and Platonic impulses without being able to trace them to their historical origins, or to the history of the General Anthroposophical Society. The work is purely phenomenological, not spiritual-scientific. The conclusions are parallel to what is said in Aristotelians and Platonists: A Convergence of the Michaelic Streams in Our Times.

The book explores:

• What globalization is at present, at the time of what Steiner called "the death of culture"
• The new threshold of consciousness as it presents itself in experiences after death, before birth and in relation to awareness of reincarnation
• The new Christ event in the twentieth century and how it manifests at present; its influence on the renewal of culture
• The role of spiritual science in elucidating the above
• The new experiential spirituality of Alcoholics Anonymous, Nonviolent Communication, Hospice, Hellinger's systemic psychotherapy, Theory U, etc. and their contributions to cultural renewal What globalization could look like from the perspective of cultural renewal

WJ Stein once said: "Two forces hold sway in [Steiner's] life. On the one hand, there is all that he took on as his destiny by accepting Schröer's unsolved task as his own. On the other, there is everything that was included in his own destiny. Whoever reads the descriptions in his Autobiography with an awareness of this duality will frequently find references to it."

This essay explores the second strand mentioned by Stein, and the relationship between Steiner's revelations about karma and reincarnation and his work on social threefolding. Both teachings had a central role in Steiner's core life task, and his biography becomes more understandable when they are fully taken into account. So do central events in his life, such as:

• Steiner's complete dedication to teaching at Workers' University of Berlin from 1899 to 1905
• Steiner's temptation to use the ideas developed in The Philosophy of Freedom as the basis for Mackay's political platforms, which he later called "the temptation to turn the esoteric into the exoteric"
• His unsparing personal investment in spreading the ideas of threefolding, and ensuring their realization to whatever extent possible

Libros en castellano

Aristotélicos y Platónicos:
Confluencia de las Corrientes Micaélicas en Nuestro Tiempo

La meta del libro es la comprensión de los impulsos del Aristotelismo y del Platonismo en los tiempos modernos. Para alcanzar esta meta es importante seguir los desarrollos del Aristotelismo y del Platonismo desde su génesis en Grecia hasta el presente. La Parte III del libro examina lo que ayudaría a la culminación del movimiento Micaélico en el tercer milenio.

El libro explora:

• Grecia antigua: Platón y Aristóteles y la influencia de sus visiones del mundo en la anterior era de Micaél
• Edad Media: Chartres, la Orden Cisterciense y el Escolasticismo; Alain de Lille y Tomás de Aquino
• Siglos XIX y XX: Karl Julius Schröer y Rudolf Steiner
• El nuevo milenio: Aristotélicos y Platónicos en la psicología, las ciencias naturales y la ciencia social
• Pensamientos sobre la convergencia de las corrientes Micaélicas

Es la esperanza del autor que este libro promueva la discusión sobre:

• Entendimiento del karma de la Sociedad Antroposófica General y cómo ha afectado la perspectiva sobre la "culminación"
• Hacer un puente entre las diferencias entre Aristotélicos y Platónicos
• Construir puentes entre los genuinos impulsos de renovación (no vinculados a la tradición, dogmas o culturas nacionales)