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Die Erde als Tempel

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 16 Nov 21

Die Überwindung der erlösenden Gewalt Diese Essayreihe soll einen Weg aufzeigen, das alte Muster zu überwinden, bei dem die Gesellschaft ihre Wut, Ängste und Rivalitäten an einer entmenschlichten Opfergruppe entlädt. René Girard nennt dieses Muster opferkultische Gewalt. Diese unterschwellige Kraft wächst in Zeiten sozialer Spannungen, wie während einer Wirtschaftskrise, Hungersnot, Epidemie oder bei politischen Unruhen. […]

Die Überwindung der erlösenden Gewalt Diese Essayreihe soll einen Weg aufzeigen, das alte Muster zu überwinden, bei dem die Gesellschaft ihre Wut, Ängste und Rivalitäten an einer entmenschlichten Opfergruppe entlädt. René Girard nennt dieses Muster opferkultische Gewalt. Diese unterschwellige Kraft wächst in Zeiten sozialer Spannungen, wie während einer Wirtschaftskrise, Hungersnot, Epidemie oder bei politischen Unruhen. […]

Elements of Refusal

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 12 Nov 21

Psychiatrist Norman Doidge, MD, has recently published a long, four-part article entitled Needle Points, in which he examines vaccine skepticism in America. The author, who got vaccinated “early and voluntarily,” is solidly pro-vaccine, yet he displays what is in these divisive times an unusual willingness to see the issue from the perspective of those with whom he […] The post Elements of Refusal first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.

Psychiatrist Norman Doidge, MD, has recently published a long, four-part article entitled Needle Points, in which he examines vaccine skepticism in America. The author, who got vaccinated “early and voluntarily,” is solidly pro-vaccine, yet he displays what is in these divisive times an unusual willingness to see the issue from the perspective of those with whom he […] The post Elements of

The America that Almost Was and Yet May Be

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 26 Oct 21

Republishing from last year, for obvious reasons A few years ago at a retreat I was outlining the dark side of the triumphalist mythology of progress. A man raised his hand and shared the following story. “When I was a boy in the early 1960s,” he said, “my father took me aside one day and […] The post The America that Almost Was and Yet May Be first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.

Republishing from last year, for obvious reasons A few years ago at a retreat I was outlining the dark side of the triumphalist mythology of progress. A man raised his hand and shared the following story. “When I was a boy in the early 1960s,” he said, “my father took me aside one day and […] The post The America

A Temple of this Earth

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 20 Sep 21

Moving Beyond Redemptive Violence (This essay is the final installment of a series. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 3.5). The purpose of this essay series is to illuminate a path toward the transcendence of the ancient pattern that Rene Girard called sacrificial violence, in which society discharges its rage, its anxiety, and its rivalries upon a dehumanized […] The post A Temple of this Earth first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.

Moving Beyond Redemptive Violence (This essay is the final installment of a series. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 3.5). The purpose of this essay series is to illuminate a path toward the transcendence of the ancient pattern that Rene Girard called sacrificial violence, in which society discharges its rage, its anxiety, and its rivalries upon a dehumanized […] The post A Temple

The Sacrificial King

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 13 Sep 21

Part 3-and-a-half of the Girard series Note to readers: This material didn’t quite fit into Parts 1, 2, or 3, but it has some relevant ideas and sets up Part 4, which is about the transcendence of the scapegoating pattern. Sacrificial victims are proxies for disorder, pollution, and evil. In normal times they come from various marginal and […] The post The Sacrificial King first appeared on Charles Eisenstein.

Part 3-and-a-half of the Girard series Note to readers: This material didn’t quite fit into Parts 1, 2, or 3, but it has some relevant ideas and sets up Part 4, which is about the transcendence of the scapegoating pattern. Sacrificial victims are proxies for disorder, pollution, and evil. In normal times they come from various marginal and […] The post The Sacrificial

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