Es gibt Gespräche, die man führt und danach das Gefühl hat, gar nicht wirklich anwesend gewesen zu sein. Man hat Worte gesagt, Gedanken geordnet, vielleicht sogar präzise formuliert, und trotzdem ist das Wesentliche irgendwo auf der Strecke geblieben. Nicht aus Nachlässigkeit. Nicht aus Schweigen. Sondern weil zwischen dem, was man ist, und dem, was man von sich übermitteln kann, eine […]
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CW: Philosophy, Politics and the Occult
One more thing about French philosopher Paul Ricoeur’s theory of Hermeneutics that I find interesting. It's not often that the same concepts can be used in the contexts of politics and the occult sciences. I think this is one of those. The world creating power of Hermeneutics can be and is experienced in both.
For me, ancient texts create a world I literally inhabit where I live the life of an Alchemist in the company of divine beings and transformative processes.
The basis of Ricoeur’s work was to extend and provide a methodology to that of the Frankfort School of Marxist revisionists. They understood that the world economy was expanding out of exclusively industrial production. They wanted to find out what in classical Marxism was still applicable in the new culture. They decided that what was still relevant was the pure Criticism that needed to be constantly applied to capitalistic culture to preserve ourselves . Criticism for criticism’s sake was the primary value and the value of Marx's work in particular was to create, through his writing, a world without Capitalism.
The point is for all of us to be aware of the world creating power of books and other media. Yes, it brings our magical worlds to life, but we need to keep an eye out for and criticize that which would be harmful to the kinds of lives we want.
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@khthoniaa I've just finished Paul Ricoeur's “Hermaneutics and the Human Sciences", a collection of essays. It was a tough read because there were many references to philosophies I was unaquainted with. Had to do a little side research. But I got a lot out of it- mainly his original thought.
He looks at interpretation in general as a process not of discovering hidden meanings, but entering into a relation that creates meaning as it develops according to a given structure.
He claims by psychologically fusing horizons with a “text” an alternate world is created that expands our finite possibilities. He then goes on to expand the scope of "text" into actions as well.I really then understood this all as an alchemical process! Go figure!
Too heavy? Well, I like trashy novels too!
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El cuerpo es al mismo tiempo un hecho del mundo y el órgano de un sujeto que no pertenece a los objetos de los que él habla. Esta extraña constitución del cuerpo propio se extiende del sujeto de la enunciación al acto mismo de la enunciación: en tanto voz lanzada hacia afuera por el soplo y articulada por la fonación y los gestos, la enunciación comparte la suerte de los cuerpos materiales. Entanto que expresión del sentido visto por el sujeto hablante, la voz es el vehículo del acto de la enunciación en tanto que él remite al „yo‟, centro de perspectiva insustituible sobre el mundo.