Welcome abroad. it is my task and pleasure to deal here with what i find to be the most burning issues that we are confronted with in this crazy times . the name of the blog is both a jest , and a hint ,driven from a book by Gilad Atzmon , called 'the wondering who'.
in this book , Gilad contemplate upon the Jewish people , of which he is (reluctantly) part of by birth , and especially about what he calls the 'secular jewish project' - the state of Israel .
this book lead me to a deep contemplation of my own , which through my own resources and inspirations as Anthroposophist took me to completely other places than the ones Gilad found. but more important , i felt that in a particular paragraph in this book i have recognized something that helped me to decipher the origins of what i experience as a chasm , that exist between two world views, and between contemporary humanity and it's future .
the one rooted in Kantianism , the other in Goethean science and Rudolf Steiner's 'dynamic monism '.
my own journey will unfold here in reverse. what will be the pineapple of this discourse did not came to me as a result of a meticulous study of any particular subject , it emerged from experience , and than followed the study that will be shared here , to understand the path that lead to this experience. i am convinced, that in our days , the signs pointing out to the most cardinal questions of human existence are scattered along ones way of experiencing reality , one just need to know how to read those signs. in Rudolf Steiner , i found both the justification and the encouragement for this experience based philosophy , and also a description of the epistemological ,historical path that brought us to this state of affairs.(mostly in 'riddles of philosophy') .
this blog is divided to two section : the first in which i strive to slowly pave the way to a deeper comprehension of today's global affairs ,based on my experience as an Israeli jew , Anthroposophist , and mostly my intuitions. . this is not a political manifesto . even so political charged events or issues will be discussed occasionally , it is with the intention to point out to qualitative aspect that should concern every human being.
the second part is a collection of articles on various issues , in which the linking thread is the attempt to connect sense impression , as reflected in art and nature , with human self knowledge. in this respect , this part could be seen as writings of Gothean nature.
there is , in my opinion , an unbreakable connection between the future deeds of humanity , as far as those are lead by moral creativity , and the ability to re-establish, in the sphere of science and art , a genuine understanding of the common essence of man, nature and cosmos. the two parts of this blog are therefore striving toward the same goal.
Wish you a fruitful reading
Ron Froim