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There is not full evidence for that. It is hypothesis at most. Just cause you don't see it does not mean it does not exist. Silly humans make silly rules for something much bigger than human. Approximation is all that humans will ever make of the whole scheme of things.

Please let us know what you find out after your read. I'm interested. Thanks, if you will.

I think with Meditations on the Tarot I won't be reading much more than one chapter per night - 25 to 30 pages can take 1 1/2 to 2 hours if I want to fully absorb what I'm reading. A lot of what got outlined in MP Hall's 'Secret Teachings of All the Ages' is getting outlined so far with respect to the Hermeticism/Qabbalah/Tarot connection, and that's being thrown up against the New and Old Testament and really taking a deeper mystic view as he more fully elaborates on the meaning of the particular tarot cards and their significance both Hermetically/alchemically but also their context within Chrisitian mysticism. Since I only got it a couple days ago I've only read the Magician and the High Priestess, these chapters probably were the toughest to read though just because he's laying out the umbrella concepts for the rest of his 20 letters/chapters.

As for Philosophy of Spiritual Activity I'll have to see if I can finish it today. Bought a hard copy of that just because even if I get the main idea there's still a lot to be absorbed.

I've been meaning to read the Steiner originals; good that you brought it up because a quick Google search revealed they're very accessible in my mother tongue. Pretty excited now.

I would ask how you know there is anything non-physical?

Is it reasonable to believe something without evidence?

Hypothetically, yes, that's what it would mean if there is a non-physical aspect to us that affects our decision making.

I wouldn't necessarily I have undeniable proof, but one of the major papers I wrote for my Philosophy degree explored a theoretical example that makes it seem extremely unlikely that the universe is physicalist.

Having said that, I see it as irrelevant to this particular issue. I was asked to give a possible description outlining how I think a non-physical aspect to us could operate, so that's what I've done. Since I'm only postulating it as a hypothetical possibility, I don't see it as reliant on proving that the universe isn't physicalist. If you think the universe is physicalist, then that's fine, and obviously my explanation isn't going to be relevant to you in that case.

If that happens to be German there's a lot said by Sergei Prokofieff about being able to read Outline of Occult Science in German rather than English, to point that a lot of Steiner students have learned German for the sake of reading his stuff.

It is a fact that the area of study known as science only concerns itself with physical phenomenon. Theoretical science, or meta-science, falls under the study of philosophy rather than science. I've studied philosophy, but make no claim to be a scientist, and therefore am not the best suited to give scientific explanations for most things.


You're right, it is perfectly reasonable for us to want a scientific explanation of anything. But if it's something non-physical, you might just not be able to really get one.
Having said that, I'm content with a dismissal of my explanation of something non-physical as not an adequate scientific explanation. It's sort of implied by the nature of the topic, after all.



Sorry, but I'm not quite sure what you're looking for from me here. Can you give me a hypothetical example of a type of explanation that would satisfy you in regards to this?

If Christ were here there is one thing he would not be---a Christian.
Mark Twain

No I don't think so. The parameters of evidence vary; depending on the illusory experience of that which is life; varying among each individual. I invite you to pursue some of the links embedded in the link below to a Ramadan culture of experience in a blog of many different religions coming together to experience what can only be described as pure white love.

The evidence is in the experience... It varies from one individual to the next. Human language is designed for mystical appeal.. There is no mistaking life and language when it happens in spirit... At least not for me as an Autistic Observer... tuned into higher perceptual experiences of the mine/mind and others.

http://katiemiaaghogday.blogspot.com/20 ... amohm.html

Several years ago I had every illness imaginable and couldn't raise my arms without almost passing out... No smiles no feelings whatsoever... The effect of spirit life is painted all over my face... It's not something that can be easily faked...if at all. It's free for my wife...always has been...

I wouldn't bother coming here to even speak about it; if I wasn't 100% sure. I am of the highest of logical minds. And the highest of skeptics... If I can be convinced anybody can... 'Trust Me' That's true. But it can't possibly happen unless a mind is left wide open to experience it. Sometimes that takes a cross to bear to get there...

Actually he was Mark Twain and anybody else that could figure out the 'Christ Solution' to real life...
A little giggle there by Mark Twain...he new exactly who Christ was...not flesh just a symbol of a way...

I acknowledge evidence for special feelings of unity with similar minded people experiencing the same mass event, it can be quite intoxicating, and I'm sure generates increased levels of happy hormones in our brains. All kinds of mystical experiences are possible, that's part of what makes our species unique. However, I wouldn't call that evidence for a spiritual realm that actually exists, or anything supernatural. Personal anecdotes alone are not valid evidence, due to all the different ways in which are perceptions are influenced by what we expect to perceive.