*Infinite Spirits* - Transformation of the Spirit of the World

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Keynote for the '2011 and Beyond Seminar' by SecondSight at the Theatre of the Word in the Public Library Amsterdam December 2010

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TRANSFORMATION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD

A PRESENTATION BY ELINE BOCHEM

- FEBRUARY 2011 -

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CORPUS SEPARATUM

“MAN CAN RECEIVE NO INJUSTICE, HURT OR

VIOLENCE EITHER FROM NATURE OR CREATURE, BUT

MUST BE ONLY THAT WHICH THEY GENERATE AND

HAVE NO EVIL OR HURT BUT THAT WHICH THEY DO

IN AND TO THEMSELVES.”

- WILLIAM LAW (1752) -

SOLVE ET COAGULA

“SOCIETY TODAY IS BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND A

WORLD AND CIVILIZATION ARE DISAPPEARING. WE

ARE BECOMING CONSCIOUS CHANGE SHOULD NOT

COME FROM POLITICS OR ECONOMICS, BUT FROM

IMAGINATION AND THINKING, WHICH I CALL

WORSHIP: A RELATION TO THE INFINITE.”

- JEAN LUC NANCY (2010) -

SUMPATHEIA

“DANN DER HIMMEL IST DER MENSCH UND

DER MENSCH IST DER HIMMEL UND ALLE

MENSCHEN EIN HIMMEL UND DER HIMMEL

NUR EIN MENSCH.”

- PARACELSUS (PARAGRANUM - 1530-4) -

KENOSIS

“AS THOUGH IN A MIRACULOUS HOUR IT HAS

BECOME AWARE OF THE LAW THAT SHAPES IT

AND BEGINS TO STRIVE FORWARD TO THE

FULFULLMENT OF ITS BEING.’’

- HERMAN HESSE -

SACRALIZATION OF THE

PROFANE

“OUR WORLD IS IN CRISIS BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE

OF CONSCIOUSNESS. AND SO TO WHATEVER DEGREE

ANYONE OF US, CAN BRING BACK A SMALL PIECE OF

THE PICTURE AND CAN CONTRIBUTE IT TO BUILDING

THE NEW PARADIGM, THEN WE PARTICIPATE IN

REDEMPTION OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT AND THAT IS

WHAT IT IS REALLY ALL ABOUT “

- TERENCE MCKENNA -

FIN