tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255764266501716216.post4031248568931944709..comments2024-03-26T08:30:05.306+11:00Comments on Christianity is Esoteric: Question on Alcohol- 3rd August 1996Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5255764266501716216.post-79907305648518857842018-04-18T17:38:08.163+10:002018-04-18T17:38:08.163+10:00“Particular importance involves the diet. Let’s lo...“Particular importance involves the diet. Let’s look for example at the question of wine or alcohol in general. If we use wine or alcohol, what we said so far is completely useless: a genuine and complete spiritual experience is not possible if we assume alcohol. Alcohol creates an antagonist of the I. The vehicle of the I in the physical body is blood, and if we assimilate alcohol we risk to introduce in the blood an anti-I element that is opposed to the autonomy of the I. A sort of physical neutralizer of the spiritual experience. If we tend to make ourselves instruments of the higher I, in this way we nullify every effort. It’s also possible to have experiences despite or even thanks to alcohol, but the nature of these experiences will always be medium-like / passive and transient. Even the assumption of a small amount of alcohol, like that used in the preparation of some food, is damaging and prevents the inner spiritual experience.”<br />- Giovanni Colazza, lecture 1945, as a comment to Steiner’s book “How to Know Higher Worlds"<br /><br />Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15407139577098233830noreply@blogger.com