By David Keys, Goldmann, Munich, 2002. (Published in GralsWelt 31/2004). If we deal with the past, then we find in the historiography above all king lists, political intrigues, wars, battles, conquests, tricks of strategists, etc. Relatively little can be learned about everyday life, and the influence of climatic fluctuations, epidemics or Natural disasters on historical developments will [...]
(Veröffentlicht in GralsWelt 25/2002) Von John Anthony West, Zweitausendeins, Frankfurt 2000: Wer nach dem Ursprung der abendländischen Kultur fragt, bekommt von Historikern oft eine eindeutige Antwort: Griechenland. Hier gab es die ersten spekulativen Denker, hier erreichten Philosophie, Geometrie, Dramatik, Baukunst, Plastik, erste Höhepunkte, die noch heute bewundert werden. Ganz anders beurteilen wir die ägyptische Kultur. […]
(Published in GralsWelt 43/2007). A NEW SCIENCE: PHEROLOGY For some years now, there has been a new branch of ecology that has given itself the scientific name of pherology (from the Latin "pherein" = to carry) and is concerned with the carrying capacity of ecosystems. In particular, pherology is concerned with the number of people who are using our earth, or individual [...]
(Published in GrailWorld 37/2005) Since Donna W. Cross' historical novel "The Popes" (3) became a worldwide success, an enigmatic figure has once again moved into the general consciousness, which has been the subject of controversial discussions for centuries: Pope Joan. Although this novel is fictional, historical novels can sometimes convey a more impressive picture of past times than scholarly historiography. [...]
By Rolf Krauss, Ullstein, Munich 2000 This book is once again an example of the fact that we are living in a time when (almost) everything is being questioned and many ideas are being shaken. Especially from the past, more and more "facts", which were self-evident until now, and which can be found in every textbook, are being doubted. The Grail World has occasionally reported on this. [...]
(Published in Gralswelt 33/2004) “We will not create a new world until we have created new people.” Henry Miller (1891-1980) GLOBAL ECONOMIC AREAS Politicians never tire of assuring that the globalization of the world is an unstoppable, irreversible process that no one can stop or only delay. As if there were any human view, conviction, ideology, rule, measure, [...]
Published in GralsWelt 40/2006 “If God wants to remedy the misery in the world and cannot, he is incapable, which does not apply to God; if he can and does not want to, he is malevolent, which is far from God; if he neither wants nor can, he is both malevolent and incapable and therefore not God; if […]
(Veröffentlicht in GralsWelt 41/2006) DER KAMPF ZWISCHEN LICHT UND FINSTERNIS Vor etwa drei Jahrtausenden verbreitete sich, von Persien ausgehend, eine neue religiöse Idee: Es war die Vorstellung vom Kampf der Kräfte des Guten gegen die Mächte der Finsternis, vom dem – so weit wir wissen – als erster der persische Religionsgründer Zarathustra (griech. Zoroaster, vgl. „Ein […]
(Published in GralsWelt 25/2002) A search for the legendary treasure “In 1118 nine of the most distinguished French knights appeared before Baldwin II, the king of Jerusalem. They wanted to found an order to protect the pilgrims in the Holy Land from thieves and murderers and to monitor the land routes. Then they moved into a house on the spot [...]
(Published in GralsWelt 35/2005) On March 14, 1755. TWO HUNDRED YEARS "GENERAL NATURAL HISTORY AND THEORY OF HEAVEN Kant as a naturalist In the past year 2004, the bicentennial of the death of Immanuel Kant (1724-1804), his importance and his achievements as a philosopher and epistemologist have been widely acknowledged, as he is counted among the most important thinkers. Less noted in these laudations [...]