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Author does not pass physiognomy check.

I did not finish the book btw the guy loves his sentimentalism and seems the type that weeps every time he passes a mary statue

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Tomberg, coming from Anthroposophical ideas inspired by Steiner, in his analysis of the Book of Revelation, points out this contrast between what he calls the sub-natural and the sub-human (the mechanical processes of nature, as well as the capacity for the merely abstract scientific thought we as humans have, which can “reduce” all matter, life, and the universe to simply mechanical, natural processes) with the “memory within” of the seven spirits of God and the “memory of nature” symbolized by the seven stars. Christ, in the Book of Revelation, is portrayed as one who “has the seven spirits of God” and “the seven stars.” In other words, a fusion of internal and the external — nature in its divine, cosmic, external aspect, as symbolized by the stars, and the internal spiritual nature of the “seven spirits of God.”

>And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
Revelation 3:1-2

Esoterically, the admonition is to unregenerate man himself — it has a “name,” an outer form and personality, a repute that it is “living,” even though, spiritually, it is actually dead or asleep. Hence, man is admonished to “be watchful,” to awaken, and to “strengthen the things that remain which are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.”

As Tomberg puts it:

>The “works”; that is, the sum-total of the created culture-values, are — as seen from within (“before God”) — definitely “not perfect” (ou pepleromena). That is, they are EMPTY of divine life. In these circumstances, therefore, the first commandment is, on the one hand: “Be wakeful”, and, on the other: “Strengthen the things that remain, which are ready to die”. Dying and keeping awake are to balance each other. The more the one process is in evidence, the more so must the other be also.

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>Man has to awaken in himself his true nature by a “change of heart” (metanoesis) or “repentance”. ... It is the awakening of a higher inner activity in opposition to the forces of death inside and outside man ... The “remembering” and “hearing” of what has been “received” is followed by the injunction to “hold it fast”: that is, to make it a lasting possession of the ordinary consciousness.

>Thus, the admonition of the Letter to the Angel of the Church in Sardis contains the quintessence of the spiritual method of the epoch of the consciousness soul: “Remember therefore (mnemomeue) how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast and repent (metanoesen).” (Rev. III:3)

>born in US
>family leaves country at age five
>come back to US at age 7
>grow up in town with a bunch of skinhead gangs
>family moves halfway through highschool to nice suburban neighborhood with a bunch of jews and chinese people
>highschool ends leave country cuz restless as fug, join up with some religious shit for a year
>decide i dont believe in god and come back to US
>try community college, it's shit
>get restless again, leave country and join a foreign military
>doesn't go so well, finish service two years later
>start working all kinds of odd jobs in that same country
>become interested in orthodox christianity
>start going to church
>not convinced
>get interested in all kinds of esoteric shit
>start working at some Wolf of Wallstreet type scam thing cuz LOL FUCK MORALITY
>i can't handle ripping people off, and lying, so i quit after a month and a half
>move back to US
>join esoteric type group
>two semesters of community college, doing really well
>third semester, too busy reading and studying my own interests
>dont give a fuck about school anymore, completely fail (parents dont know yet)
>still havent signed up for next semester classes
well shit