Who won the Second World War? He who has the last laugh, of course! And I don't see too many people laughing.
I think humanity in general has pretty much given up on the idea of saving itself. In response, it has embarked on the quest of finding a savior from within the realm of the divine. Many divinities have been approached. Some have refused; some have been ignored; many others have been crucified before they could prove anything.
Krishnamurti did not believe he was the Second Coming of Christ; or if he believed it, he felt himself unprepared. I forget why Valentin Arnoldevitch Tomberg never became universally recognized as the implacable incarnation of the present Bodhisattva as some, including Dr. Robert A. Powell of the Sophia Foundation, believed he was. And then there is the ongoing scramble within China itself about who would replace the current Dali Lama after His Holiness joyously accepts his final release.
Some stand upright in their boots, shivering with fright. Some believe chaos is the ultimate sacrifice that the Redeemer demands; that unrestrained bloodletting will flush the 12th Mahdi out of his well.
All have found religion. All are seeking redemption, each in his or her own way; hastened, perhaps by the earth’s own spit, shake, and bluster as she opens her thighs in preparation for the next big thing.
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War is the natural state of humans. Ever since Ogg saw that Grogg had better stuff, we've been fighting.
ReplyDeleteSmall case in point: the 100-years War (1337 - 1443). Larger case: WW I (the War to End All Wars); WW II; ...
"Arnoldevitch Tomberg": that's a new one. Thanks. For another interesting Hermetic thread, look for the connection between Jack Parsons and Aleister Crowley. (Parsons was a brilliant rocket scientist who was one of the founders of JPL. Legend has it that people called it "Jack Parson's Laboratory.) Doubtless you know who Crowley was.
The connection leads to another well-known man: L. Ron Hubbard.