Indholdsfortegnelse for December 2018 i PEARL

Only that man who stands aright in the Creation of his God, who recognises himself as a part of Creation and lives accordingly, only he is the true servant of God, no matter in what way he earns his necessary living on earth. As a part of Creation he will always strive to adjust himself to those laws that have a furthering effect therein. Thus he himself furthers Creation, and serves his God in the only right way. For through the right adjustment only happiness, joy and further progress can arise. Again, a year comes to an end and a new one approaches, providing both closure and a new start. In the run-up to…

The face of our time exhibits quite new and to us unfamiliar and often seemingly strange features, bearing no comparison with any epoch of the past. Indeed, a departure from the past is evident everywhere. What was or should have been will not return, nor be retrieved or continued. A gulf has opened up here, because – something new, something unprecedented, unexplored, is about to arise and be formed. We all perceive it somehow, all around the world and across cultures, and we cannot stop thinking about it. It overpowers all life of quiet desperation. Over the last century a seemingly unending chain of cataclysmic events, both natural and man-made, has shaken everything to its foundations, not only in the earthly but also in spiritual terms. Now, new foundations must…

An important aspect of the modern women's movement that has so far hardly been heard of or read about: the so-called ‘woman's emancipation movement’ has actually put the man on a pedestal! How so? Quite simply because it still makes the male the standard of all things. The modern woman aspires to the position of the man: his power, his standing, his fields of activity, his occupations, his knowledge and everything he has achieved. The emancipated woman believes that by emulating man she can achieve the independence she seeks. Even though feminists suggest that they have found their own ways, a close scrutiny shows that they, too, always aim at being acknowledged or active ‘precisely like the man’. The ‘soft skills’ have in the meantime come to be considered as…

Jide Adefope In his writings Dr. Jide Adefope, author of ‘The Shaping Spirit’, delves into the fundamental issues faced by humankind. Marion E. Jacob Dr. Marion Jacob, PhD, was for many years a writer, media consultant, life coach and sought-after speaker in matters of femininity, spending most of her time as a television editor in the field of culture. Christopher Vasey Christopher Vasey is a naturopath and writer living in Switzerland. He is a published author of books on natural medicine and on spiritual themes. ch.vasey@vtx.ch…

Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. Plato THE DISCOVERY of the genes by science has led to the conclusion that all the characteristics of an individual are contained in his genetic code. The similarity between parents and children, on the physical level as well as on the psychic level, could therefore be explained as being the result of the combination of the genes of their respective parents. This way of seeing things is correct as far as the transmission of physical characteristics is concerned, but is it also true for the character traits? Have we really inherited our personality, qualities and deficiencies from our parents? The genetic approach According to genetics, there are genes or combinations of genes…

If you ask any number of people for their opinion about the issue of equal rights for women, you will come away with the overall impression that this pressing concern, as we may describe it, invokes innumerable confused concepts and ideas. It is a ground cut through by intellectual sophistry, but from which, nevertheless, the solution for one of the central burning questions of humanity is expected to sprout: the issue of the primordial meaning of the relationship between the two sexes. If we peer back through time to examine the culture and customs of the various peoples, the mists disperse from the distant past to reveal communities where women ruled and were revered as leaders, such as the Nubian Queens of the Kingdom of Kush or as is conveyed…

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In the course of each day everyone has to do many things so that his own life and also the lives of those with whom he lives or works are properly under control and are running as smoothly as possible. There is so much disharmony on earth today, being reinforced ever more by the thoughts of the discontented and envious. It becomes essential to have true knowledge of what goes on in the world unseen in addition to being aware of the Cosmic Laws in order to able to exert oneself at all times to bring into being uplifting and upbuilding ideals so that we protect ourselves from the insidiously negative thought-forms which pervade everything. It is very easy indeed to find oneself deeply immersed in earthly matters, just like…