construction. It also contains a great deal of material
that has not been
carefully edited,
"We have entered the third millennium through a gate of fire."
Kofi A. Annuan, from his speech on accepting the Noble Peace Prize, 2001
Hermit's Weblog: everything your mother never told you about how the world really works. The link here is to the blog.
Whatever you do, don't laugh ... this is all very very serious;
and,
For folks who would like simple questions and simple answers, here are The Rules
a special collection of general social and political links and materials:
In Praise of the American Spirit
Free Reading! (newest material first)Visit my video archives, where links to my current work on YouTube can be found. These concern multiple themes of various kinds. There are over a 240 videos presently there, which have received nearly 93,000 visits and earned over 300 regular subscribers. Here is the link to my YouTube Channel in which the same material is organized in a different way (perhaps more effectively).
for anthroposophical materials, please go to the last third of this page
the following can be read for free on this website, or bought at the book store indicated next below
The Mystery of Evil in the Light of the Sermon on the Mount - a companion work to The Art of God, going into more details than possible in that book as regards the nature of Evil and of the Threefold Double-ComplexManure* for the Garden of Anthroposophy - A small flower box of seemingly pungent essays, creatively preparing for the future evolution of the Anthroposophical Society, at the beginning of the Third Millennium
Economic and Social Rebellion: a money debt owed bankers is merely a number ... while what lives in the hearts of a People is a spiritual currency of infinitely greater value.
The Art of God: an actual Theory of Everything. A challenge to the Theory of Evolution and the Big Bang, by offering A Theory of God and its details as a fully accurate and realistic Theory of Everything [two essays representing an unusual "review" of this book by Elizabeth Ancrum MacKensie - for her new website, "Christian Esotericism at Tibby Fowler's Bothy", go here]
Uncommon Sense: the Degeneration and the Redemption of Political Life in America {concerns the failure of both parties to protect the Republic, and how through Citizen Governance We the People can move our public life forward by considering a 2nd Declaration of Independence and the creation of a new Constitution }
the Way of the Fool: the conscious development of our human character, and the future* of Christianity, both to be born out of the natural union of Faith and Gnosis {A reconsideration of the meaning of Christian practice for the future, based upon recognizing that beliefs alone (without actually following the Teachings of Christ), disable us from really understanding ourselves, our lives, the teachings, the Incarnation or the times in which we live. The Second Coming has already happened in the Ethereal World, the nearest spiritual world, one in which we already participate in our moral thinking, via a Second Eucharist. In this book one will be led to proving this for themselves.}
American Anthroposophy {an effort to extend further the work of Rudolf Steiner, albeit within the context of a different characteristic (American) soul-life, than the European soul-life he mostly taught}
Dangerous Anthroposophy { a collection of critical essays about the anthroposophical society and movement, as well as early works developing a new (spiritual) science of the social }
Bicycles {A sad child is visited by an Angel on Christmas eve ... the book version below has the story and a lot of empty pages, so that the child to whom the book is read can create their own pictures and draw them right in and around the text}
The Natural Christian: the world is full of people whose heart is Christian through and through, but who cannot, with good justification, grant themselves this name, for that name has been stolen by others
Seven Dates: erotica transcending an attempt to once more place Eros in its proper relation to other forms of Love, by encouraging couples to read this book together, so that they can, through conversation, increase their understanding of their shared intimacy (because of the explicit content of the Seven Dates - the Tales - only the introduction and the essay in the appendix: The Redemption of Eros, can be found here)
Biographical Necessity {an intimate examination of my own "spiritual" biography}
On the Nature of Public Life is a collection of older essays on politics and social existence (except for a couple original to the book) that also can be found elsewhere on this website
New Wine: foundational essays out of a Science of the Spirit, in support of the coming living metamorphosis of Christianity
Silent Passage: a partial collection of the prose-poems of EarlyFire, aka: Harvey Bornfield (for which I am the editor).
Living Thinking in Action: two essays bundled in a small booklet (the Meaning of Earth Existence in the Age of the Consciousness Soul; and, In Joyous Celebration of the Soul Art and Music of Discipleship) Both essays are also found in American Anthroposophy; the Way of the Fool; and, New Wine.
The Misperception of Cosmic Space as Appears in the Ideas of Modern Astronomy: and as contained in the understandable limited thinking regarding the nature of parallax (a small booklet of this essay, which is contained in New Wine and The Art of God).
Counter-Moves: Finding victory in the war the rich are making upon the poor (also contained in the appendix to Uncommon Sense).
American Phoenix: a partially complete novel: politics, end times, scifi and magic combined.
The America Quartet: four poems on the Spiritual America
newer single essays, or other work - most recent at the top -
shepherds and kings: an essay I sent to the Harvard Divinity School Theological Review. They rejected it. I'm either doing something very right or something very wrong.
Catherine MacCoun and her book: On Becoming an Alchemist: a guide for the modern magician (a sort of book review)
Barack Obama and the reality of the anti-Christ spirit - what might happen if you begin to insert reason into Christian discourse, on questions of public life -
Sam Harris and humanity's moral future (a reply to Sam Harris' recent stage presentation at the 2010 TED conference. Here is the Youtube link to that talk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj9oB4zpHww )
The Coming Metamorphosis of Christianity (introduction to a new set of video themes)
Healing the Insanity of Psychiatric Medicines and Practice (included in the book New Wine): an overview look at certain underlying problems in the fundamental institutional thinking in that aspect of our social life related to so-called mental illnesses.
Does God Exist? - a wizard's point of view - A look at some of the underlying (and overlooked) questions in the debate over evolution between religion and science.
Transcendentalism Comes of Age: concerning the modern relationship between transcendentalism and real anthroposophy.
The Songs of a True White Brother: essay and video connections concerning my research into the Hopi Prophecy.
buy books here! at cost, and many ebooks are free for download, just go to book page and look in upper right corner for free download
see the whole bookstore: Joel Wendt's Theory of Everything Emporium, (links below are to the individual book page, where usually can be found a link to a ten page preview of that book -
The Mystery of Evil in the Light of the Sermon on the Mount - a companion work to The Art of God, going into more details than possible in that book as regards the nature of Evil and of the Threefold Double-Complex
Economic and Social Rebellion: a money debt owed bankers is merely a number ... while what lives in the hearts of a People is a spiritual currency of infinitely greater value.
Manure* for the Garden of Anthroposophy - A small flower box of seemingly pungent essays,
The Art of God: an actual Theory of Everything. A challenge to the Theory of Evolution and the Big Bang, by offering A Theory of God and its details as a fully accurate and realistic Theory of Everything
Uncommon Sense*: The Degeneration, and the Redemption, of Political Life in America
the Way of the Fool: the conscious development of our human character, and the future* of Christianity - both to be born out of the natural union of Faith and Gnosis
American Anthroposophy: a celebration of the American Soul's unique ability to contribute to the future of Anthroposophy and to the future of world culture. [The recent issue of Anthroposophy Worldwide contain a slightly edited letter, written by me. I was quite happy it was printed, but also thought that those who read my work should have an opportunity to read the original, which was intentionally carefully nuanced.]
Dangerous Anthroposophy: a collection of essays on and about Anthroposophy, and about the anthroposophyical movement and society }
Bicycles: a children's Christmas Story that is also for adults
The Natural Christian: the world is full of people whose heart is Christian through and through, but who cannot, with good justification, grant themselves this name, for that name has been stolen by others
Seven Dates: erotica transcending: a new look at erotica and human sexuality
Biographical Necessity: confessions of a social philosopher and occasional fool
On the Nature of Public Life: The Soul of a People, the Spirit of a Nation, and the Sacrifices of its Leaders.
Hermits Weblog: everything your mother never told you about how the world actually works. (the content of my written blog in book form - which is now discontinued - from 2002 to 2006. Link to the newer video blog is found below.)
New Wine: foundational essays out of a Science of the Spirit, in support of the coming living metamorphosis of Christianity
Silent Passage: the prose-poems of EarlyFire, aka: Harvey Bornfield.
Living Thinking in Action: two essays bundled in a small booklet (the Meaning of Earth Existence in the Age of the Consciousness Soul; and, In Joyous Celebration of the Soul Art and Music of Discipleship) Both essays are found in American Anthroposophy; the Way of the Fool; and, New Wine.
The Misperception of Cosmic Space as Appears in the Ideas of Modern Astronomy: and as contained in the understandable limited thinking regarding the nature of parallax (a small booklet of this essay, which is also in New Wine).
Counter-Moves: Finding victory in the war the rich are making upon the poor (which is also in Uncommon Sense).
American Phoenix: a partially complete novel: politics, end times, scifi and magic combined.
The America Quartet: four poems on the Spiritual America
Anthroposophical Materials
Tragedy, Comedy and Whimsy in Anthroposophia-Land: a contemplative-review of the book: The Event in Science, History, Philosophy & Art by Yeshayahu Ben-Aharon.
please notice the works of some old and new friends and colleagues:
Elizabeth Ancrum MacKenzie
her website: "Christian Esotericism at Tibby Fowler's Bothy"
some of her books
The Shepherds' Fire http://www.christianesotericist.talktalk.net/shepherdsfire.html
Aesthetics of Economics http://ipwebdev.com/hermit/bgae1.html
Emir Korkut
his website: http://www.syncretizm.com
some verse from Carla Russel
Earthly Souls --- A Call From Spirit Realms
2012 AGM Conference at Ann Arbor and related Materials: 2012 AGM Conference Research (the whole paper): prior to the Conference I tried to organize some material to support the work of those attending, but this material kept growing to the point that I could not afford to pay the costs of making 200 copies to give away for free. This material is also published here, in its original individual parts. 1) anthroposophical geeks bearing gifts; 2) a love letter to the members and friends of the anthroposophical society in America; 3) the “Children of the Sun"* - the Future Heart of Anthroposophy; 4) Concerning the Essay: Waking the Sleeping Giant: the Mission of Anthroposophy in America; 5) The Mystery of the Americas: the true West; 6) the New Clair-Thinking in Practice; 7) the School of Chartres, and the Culmination; 8) a brief description of meeting the Lessor and Greater Guardians, in the new way, and as well a description of the meaning of, and new manner of, the Second Pentecost in the Ethereal; 9) A Challenging Open Letter to the Powers that Be in the Anthroposophical Society. I did come up with a more pithy presentation, which I called: Radical Anthroposophy: aka take no prisoners., that I then had given away in the vendor room (I was otherwise unable to attend) .
A Challenge to Dornach and the Councils in America (get better Anthroposopohy at this link than almost anywhere else)
Learning to Perceive the American Soul - a look at some differences between the Soul-Center and the Soul-West, including the archetypal Myth of the Americas: the Western. (from an essasy written in 2010).
PDF document copy of the above essay and the William Bento Review of my book American Anthroposophy.
Ahriman: 2012 - a look at the social phenomena of this particular time in relationship to Ahriman's ongoing incarnation (an essay being submitted to the Social Science Section Newsletter in America, for their Fall 2011 - Michaelmas - edition)
Outrageous Genius: In my American Anthroposophy I wrote a long essay on Ahriman's in the present incarnation - naming him. To make it easier for readers to view that, without going to the book, I've made this stand-alone copy of that work.
Shapes in the Fire: an essay sent to the Life of Rights Conference sponsored by the Social Science Section, mid-summer 2011.
West and East: or Wendt’s “critique” of Osho’s critique of Rudolf Steiner (Osho's critique was recently reprinted in the Southern Cross Review).
an alternative introduction to Steiner's: Antroposophy - a fragment. Not satisfied with the current introduction, I decided to write one of my own.
Searching for Christian Rosecreutz: - regarding the fundamental flaw of Steiner said.
The Conscious Death, and the Resurrection, of the General Anthroposophical Society. material in support of a rebirth of the Anthroposophical Society should the members and friends have an interest.
General Renewal - or illusion - of the Anthroposophical Society. A lecture by Harald Giersch, given in Germany, in January 2005 (the existence of which I was only made aware of in January 2010). In August of 2005, at the final Plenum of the Ann Arbor Conference, I made three wishes. The first was that the Vorstand produce a genuine history of the Anthoposophical Society for the 20th Century. Little did I know that 7 months before, a single individual (H. Giersch) had filled in a number of very significant missing details, which I knew had to be missing, but had no way on my own to discover or fashion. Among other matters this lecture concerns itself with the fact that Rudolf Steiner had himself on many occasions pointed out even before his death that the Christmas Conference had failed. Knowledge of this is being ignored or suppressed. In either case it is now clear (with this lecture by Giersch) that what is promoted about the Christmas Conference by the Vorstand out of Dornach regarding that Event is completely untrue. A major falsehood exists at the center of our work as members of the Anthroposophical Society and it is time for members to wake up to this and insist this fabrication end. All that said, I have not totally agreed with Giersch's presentation, and a link to my commentary on that question will be found at the end of this lecture.
Bitter Medicine: saving Anthroposophy: from the anthroposophical society and movement. An essay on the fundamental nature of Anthroposophy as a response to the problem of knowledge, which is the common-to-all spiritual/psychological fault line of our Age.
A commentary on Scott E. Hicks' remarkable essay: Spiritual Beings Dwell in the Ground of Propositions: Brentano, Husserl, and Steiner on the content of thought.
A book review of Prokofieff's Anthroposphy and The Philosophy of Freedom - he doesn't know the book The Philosophy of Freedom, although he does have a mostly incorrect theory of it. That and related problems are discussed in this book review.
A well intended* very flawed Book: From Gondhishapur to Silicon Valley - Spiritual Forces in the development of computers and the future of technology - written by Paul Emberson (*you know, the intentions the way to hell is paved with). Borderlands - the Journal of Borderland Science, or as it styles itself today: The Crossroads of Science & Spirit, recently decided to publish in full an essay I sent to them anonymously almost twenty years ago: There is No Free Energy: http://borderlandresearch.com/there-is-no-free-energy This essay is a fundamental examination of certain questions regarding the nature of electrical phenomena in a manner outside of Emberson's experience.
older anthroposophical materials
Dangerous Anthroposophy - the details (was Outlaw (rebel) Anthroposophy) - my esssay-like writings on or about the anthroposophical movement, as in the end it is to Rudolf Steiner that I owe my principle and pragmatic understandings of the nature of Mind.
Other Voices, Other Songs
Important material on money, from Richard Kotlarz: Follow this link.
Introducing Stephen Clarke: Stephen hides his talent under a basket. [Not any more - I now have his work on this website: look here] His research in the Mysteries of the Americas is quite unique, and various essays can also be found by joining the AllOurRelations discussion list at YahooGroups. Once you have joined, then you can go to the files section where Stephen has hidden the essays maintained here, as well as a whole lot of other material. Here is a link to this discussion list.
Introducing Chuck Greenwood: Chuck and I go way back, to Berkeley and the late 60's and on. He retreated to the Mountains, and I stayed in the Cities. We are both retired and he's finally got around to starting to write. He has a lot to say, and here is a link to his first visit to the Internet via a web page (he's on Facebook, and just learning). I'm hoping to help him build his own website or find a place in which to park his writing and advertise his wares.
David Wingroves remarkable essay on the Chinese Politburo: Nine Men.
Seth Miller's wonderful essay on the underlying archetypal images in the movie the Matrix can be found here. Click on his name for the main page of his website.
Harvey Bornfield (1945-2006) - a musician with words: my copies of his e-mails to the discussion lists in which we both participated. These are remarkable.
Bioneers: Something unusual is going on out there, and these folks are a quite valuable nexus for it. Imagine a regular early fall gathering, not too long after Michaelmas, in which the brightest and the best from the environmental movement and activist social movements (Civil Society) gather together and share their very best inspirations, as well as stories about their practices and actions.
Then there's the Moody Blues...in this essay, Hymns to the Consciousness Soul, I introduce the some perhaps not well known deeper aspects to the work of these remarkable musical artists.
The Mysteries of the Social WorldStrange Fire: the Death, and the Resurrection, of Modern Civilization [Only 60%c completed, this book has been replaced by newer iterations on the themes of the same questions, one of which has been called: the Way of the Fool and another: The Art of God: an actual theory of Everything.
additional essays:
Basic Conceptions: fundamentals of a new social view
Civil Society: its potential and its mystery
Beyond Columbine: appreciating the patterns of social meaning hidden in the Columbine tragedy
The Coming Collapse - civilization at the brink
a small meditation on the spiritual path pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson, including a report of some practical applications - this was an address given on the occasion of the 200th aniversary of Emerson's birth, at the Concord School of Philosophy - May 25th, 2003, under the auspices of the Center for America Studies at Concord MA.
[as I have recently retired and am now living on social security, and even poorer than before, I have decided to ask of those that visit these pages that they consider making a small contribution to my support. There is a great deal of work offered on these pages, that has so far been available for free. This will remain the case. However, it would help the future of this work if small contributions could occasionally appear in my mail box: Joel A. Wendt 128 Lee Dr., Concord, MA 01742. As to the problem of copyright and so forth, my heart is with open source and free use, or the kind of thinking involved in the work found on Creative Commons. Basically I trust people to use my work with an appropriate reference to its source, but about the real nature of source you should perhaps read the following, which is very radical when it comes to the idea of intellectual property: The Source
