(Published in GralsWelt 17/2000) In the second half of the 19th century Europe reached the height of its importance in the world: European science and culture seemed to be well on the way to determining “world culture”. Christianity also wanted to convert the remaining peoples to its faith. However, the Christian churches were divided on hundreds of denominations, and [...]
(Published in GralsWelt 16/2000) The history of the origins of the first Christian communities is still incompletely known. The most important source has always been the Acts of the Apostles in the New Testament, which, however, was only written between 80 and 100. It takes the standpoint of the doctrine preached by Paul. This was spread by the so-called "Gentile Mission", from which [...]
(Published in GralsWelt 16/2000) The riddles and conjectures around the "Dead Sea Scrolls" When, from 1947 on, ancient scrolls were discovered in rock caves, 12 km south of Jericho, these finds were considered a world sensation and they are still reading today one that it is an archaeological event of the century. What was found In eleven different [...]
(Published in GralsWelt 15/2000) “My healing method cannot be learned, it is given to me.” Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815). The 18th century was an interesting and complicated epoch in the history of the West, in which several very opposing currents collided. Superstition and Science On the one hand, the Baroque era had the [...]
Published in 2021, supplemented in 2022. There are extremely different forecasts for the 21st century from a wide variety of social circles. On the one hand, we humans are looking enthusiastically at the possibilities of Industry 4.0 with its unimagined, almost limitless possibilities: Autonomous driving with electric cars is already being tested and is soon to become established worldwide. Through the Internet, everyone has [...]
By Federico Di Trocchio Campus Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 1998, ISBN 3-593-35976-6. There are tons of academic books of varying quality and level. One of the most interesting and funniest, which is at the same time easy to read, was written by the professor of the history of science at the University of Lecce (Italy), Federico Di Trocchio. As a technical expert, he describes the work of many, from the Orthodox scientists [...]
Preliminary remarkIt is actually forbidden to a German - like me - to say something critical about the origin of the Old Testament of the Bible. Because with it the appearance arises unintentionally, one would attack the today's Jewish religion, as well as Judaism as such, directly or indirectly.It is, after all, general consensus that in Germany the Hebrews[1] are only [...]
(Published in GralsWelt Theme Issue 5/2000) With the term "energy" is also connected the question about the fate of the universe. According to our present physical world view the end of the universe is inevitable: Either it "dies" the so-called "entropic heat death" or it begins to contract again sometime, whereby also the "arrow of time" reverses, the time thus runs backward [...]
An exhibition at the Hamburg Museum of Ethnology. A phenomenon that is particularly difficult to access for westerners is shamanism, which we usually only assume to exist in Siberia. Occasionally, Native American medicine men, perhaps even African sorcerers are associated with it, and we tend to dismiss shamanism as a form of expression of "primitive" cultures. It is all the more surprising that this archaic [...]
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