Views and Perspectives

  12 Themes from Rico Sneller's recently published book Perspectives on Synchronicity, Inspiration, and the Soul About this Event Our old synchronicity is coming to an end…12 themes from the recently published book Perspectives on Synchronicity, Inspiration, and the Soul form the backdrop for a conversation on how humanity can migrate to a new synchronicity – the Perfect Storm - more aligned with the needs of people and their earth today. Listeners/viewers can put in personal or general questions and concerns. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Historical facts, great achievements, grand failures, happiness and unhappiness, all have in common that they came into being through some form of synchronicity. It is never a single event that determines the creation of something of significance, it is always a combination of events, waves and trends that lead to a certain outcome, whether positive or negative. In the current time juncture, where...

  Programma cursusbijeenkomsten rond Ludwig Klages,  Der Geist als Widersacher der Seele II   Tijdstip : 10 tweewekelijkse online-bijeenkomsten plus schriftelijke begeleiding, van april 2021-okt/nov. 2021 (in principe op maandagmiddagen 13.30-15h tenzij een ander tijdstip verkieslijker blijkt). Vorm : webinars (Vimeo-opname + besprekingssessies). NB ook de online sessies zullen worden opgenomen, zodat zij die een keer moeten missen achteraf alsnog de sessie kunnen bekijken. Docent : dr Rico Sneller. Aanschaffen : Ludwig Klages,  Der Geist als Widersacher der Seele , 1929-1932.  (antiquarisch goed verkrijgbaar, nieuw zie  hier ; PDF beschikbaar op aanvraag). Algemene voorbereiding : ter algemene inleiding op de cursus kan men zich globaal oriënteren op Wikipedia of andere online encyclopedieën. Ook kan men bijv. lezen: Tatjana Kochetkova, Nelleke Canters & Rico Sneller,  Pluraliteit van de levenskunsten , Garant (gedeelte over Klages) of Claudia Bou...

  ·         Programma cursusbijeenkomsten rond Ludwig Klages, Der Geist als Widersacher der Seele   Tijdstip : twaalf tweewekelijkse on-line-bijeenkomsten plus schriftelijke begeleiding, van okt. 2020-mrt 2021. Vorm : webinars (Vimeo-opname + besprekingssessies). Docent : dr Rico Sneller. Aanschaffen : Ludwig Klages, Der Geist als Widersacher der Seele , 1929-1932. (antiquarisch goed verkrijgbaar, nieuw zie hier ; PDF beschikbaar op aanvraag). Algemene voorbereiding : ter algemene inleiding op de cursus kan men zich globaal oriënteren op Wikipedia of andere online encyclopedieën. Ook kan men bijv. lezen: Tatjana Kochetkova, Nelleke Canters & Rico Sneller, Pluraliteit van de levenskunsten , Garant (gedeelte over Klages) of Claudia Bouteligier & Timo Slootweg (red.), Rechtvaardigheid,persoon en creativiteit. Personalisme in recht en politiek , Gompel & Svacina (hoofdstuk over Klages). Voorbereiding per bijeenkomst : voor een goed beg...

The  one-eyed  Cyclopes in the  Odyssey  – and their eternal companions in our ‘real’, ‘non-mythical’ world – will hardly be capable of recognising synchronicities. Polyphemus’ single eye must first be pierced by Ulysses – he must first be blinded – before he can  see  in the first place.  “Alas, alas, then the old prophecy [ παλαίφατα θέσφαθ᾽ ] about me is coming true”, the monster cries when this has finally happened.And he continues saying that “there was a seer [ μάντις ] here, at one time, a man both brave and of great stature, Telemos son of Eurymos, who was an excellent seer [ μαντοσύνῃ ἐκέκαστο ], and did all the prophesying for the Cyclopes till he grew old [ μαντευόμενος κατεγήρα ]; he told me that all this would happen to me [ τελευτήσεσθαι ] some day, and said I should lose my sight [ ἁμαρτήσεσθαι ὀπωπῆς ] by the hand of Odysseus.” And yet, so the Cyclops ends his lamentation, “I have been all along expecting [ ἐδέγμην...

“si avant dans les générations futures que brillent les œuvres des hommes, encore faut-il qu’il y ait des hommes. Si certaines espèces animales résistent plus longtemps au froid envahisseur, quand il n’y a plus d’hommes, et à supposer que la gloire de Bergotte ait duré jusque-là, brusquement elle s’éteindra à tout jamais. Ce ne sont pas les derniers animaux qui le liront”. Marcel Proust [1] “And the man said: ‘This is now [ זֹ֣את הַפַּ֗עַם / zot happa’am : ‘this once more’, ‘this again’ ] bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.’ Genesis 2, 23   Re-reading the Biblical narrative about the first woman, Eve, one could ask if she was the result of a creative or a procreative act? Or perhaps both? The woman may be akin to Adam (“ bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh ”), though certainly not due to some procreative act of his. But she is just as much divine handicraft: “And the LORD God”, the precedin...