Geheimnis der Einheit

"Denn um zu wiederholen, was ich anfangs sagte:
in dem Geheimnis der Einheit von Ich und Welt,
Sein und Geschehen, in der Durchschauung des
scheinbar Objectiven und Akzidentellen als
Veranstaltung der Seele glaube ich den innersten Kern
der analytischen Lehre zu erkennen." (GW IX 488)

An Einheit-Geheimnis that is perhaps* more closely related
to pure mathematics** —

"What is the nature of the original unity
that throws itself apart in this separation,
and in what sense are the separated ones
here as the essence of the abyss?
Here it cannot be a question of any kind of 'dialectic,'
but only of the essence of the ground
(that is, of truth) itself." [Tr. by Google]

" Welcher Art ist die ursprüngliche Einheit,
daß sie sich in diese Scheidung auseinanderwirft,
und in welchem Sinn sind die Geschiedenen
hier als Wesung der Ab-gründigkeit gerade einig?
Hier kann es sich nicht um irgend eine »Dialektik«
handeln, sondern nur um die Wesung des Grundes
(der Wahrheit also) selbst."

— Heidegger

* Or perhaps not .

** For a relevant Scheidung , see Eightfold Cube.

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Friday, February 11, 2022

Space, Piled High and Deep

Filed under: General — Tags: Deep Space, Geheimnis der Einheit — m759 @ 11:59 pm

"… out of all things there comes a unity,
and out of a unity all things . . . . "

— Heraclitus, according to de Beer quoting McKirahan

An image we may regard as illustrating
the group-identity symbol "e" for "Einheit " —

Simplex Sigillum Veri.

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Saturday, January 11, 2020

Mathematical Theology (“Art School Confidential” continues.)

Filed under: General — Tags: Geheimnis der Einheit, Langer Key, Shapes and Symbols — m759 @ 7:07 pm

Detail of artwork by Josefine Lyche, 2010

Related academic remarks:

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Thursday, September 26, 2019

Identity

Filed under: General — Tags: Geheimnis der Einheit, Pyramid Game — m759 @ 8:53 am

Related story:

E is for Einheit

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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Object Lesson

Filed under: General — Tags: Geheimnis der Einheit, on130124 — m759 @ 7:59 pm

Suggested by yesterday's Garden Path

Commentary by Trish Mayo on a photo at Flickr:

Gazing Globe

These beautiful garden ornaments have a long history, beginning in the 13th century when they were made in Venice, Italy of hand-blown glass. They have been called by many names: Gazing Globe, Garden Globe, Witch Ball, Butler Globe and Globe of Happiness.

Legends formed about the mysterious powers of the globes. They were said to bring happiness, good luck and prosperity to those who owned it, known to ward off evil spirits, misfortune, illness and witches!

Some say the ball should be placed near the entrance to a house so that if a witch came by she would not be able to get past her reflection as she cannot tear herself away from her own image. Other accounts say a witch cannot bear to see her own reflection so she will not come near a "witch’s ball". A witch cannot sneak up on a person gazing into a globe as he can see if a witch approaches from behind. The smaller ball made of colored glass as opposed to the reflective kind was believed to attract and trap evil spirits.

Spiritually speaking, as one peers into the globe he can experience "oneness" with the universe.

The gazing globes practical purposes included being strategically placed on a path near the front entrance so that you could see when someone was coming for a visit. In Victorian times, the "Butler Ball" served as a mirror for servants to see when guests were needing assistance without staring at them throughout the meal. Another practical use was in the foyer of the home. Parents could keep a close eye on their daughter and her date as he bid her goodnight.

Today the globe is used ornamentally, allowing the whole garden, including the sky, to be viewed with one glance.

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Friday, October 5, 2012

Where Madness Lies

Filed under: General — Tags: Geheimnis der Einheit, Red October 2012 — m759 @ 7:29 pm

(Continued from Tuesday, Oct. 2)

From today's online New York Times—

"The Schoenberg proved the highlight of the evening,
sandwiched between polished but otherwise routine
performances of Bach’s Keyboard Concerto No. 1
in D minor and Mozart’s Symphony No. 36 ('Linz'),
which ended the evening."

From a Wikipedia article—

The Jew of Linz is a controversial 1998 book by Australian writer Kimberley Cornish. It alleges that the Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein had a profound effect on Adolf Hitler when they were both pupils at the Realschule (lower secondary school) in Linz, Austria, in the early 1900s.

One section of the article—

No-ownership theory of mind
Other sections of the book deal with Cornish's theories about what he claims are the common roots of Wittgenstein's and Hitler's philosophies in mysticism, magic, and the "no-ownership" theory of mind. Cornish sees this as Wittgenstein's generalisation of Schopenhauer's account of the Unity of the Will, in which despite appearances, there is only a single Will acting through the bodies of all creatures. This doctrine, generalized to other mental faculties such as thinking, is presented in Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Essays". The doctrine, writes Cornish, was also held by the Oxford philosopher R. G. Collingwood who was one of Wittgenstein's electors to his Cambridge chair. Cornish tries to tie this to Wittgenstein's arguments against the idea of "mental privacy" and in conclusion says "I have attempted to locate the source of the Holocaust in a perversion of early Aryan religious doctrines about the ultimate nature of man". Cornish also suggests that Hitler's oratorical powers in addressing the group mind of crowds and Wittgenstein's philosophy of language and denial of mental privacy, are the practical and theoretical consequences of this doctrine.

Friday, November 25, 2011

Innermost Kernel

Filed under: General — Tags: Geheimnis der Einheit, Innermost Kernel — m759 @ 5:01 am

Thomas Mann on an innermost kernel—

See also previous quotations here of the phrase "innermost kernel."

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