Ludendorff, Mathilde: Selfcreation - used

Philosophy · Doctrine of the Soul · Self-Creation

Self-Creation of the Soul – Freedom, Will, and Spiritual Development

The third volume of the three-part work The Origin and Nature of the Soul deals, in a vivid and illustrative manner that is accessible to the general reader, with the wondrous yet profoundly serious laws governing the self-formation of the soul. It describes the soul’s liberation from the bonds of a self-preservative will enslaved to pleasure and utility, and its ascent to those heights where the Good, the True, and the Beautiful are willed for their own sake, far removed from any purpose-bound intention. In other words, it is self-creation.

Mathilde Ludendorff affirms human freedom of will. Human beings possess the freedom to decide for or against the Divine, and it is precisely this freedom of decision that bestows its consecration upon reverence for God. In the magnificent and richly elaborated image of the mountain and the shaft, the prerequisites and forms of self-creation are portrayed. With masterly clarity, the author shows how differences in racial and personal hereditary dispositions influence the soul’s standpoint for self-creation, how this process may be facilitated or hindered by such dispositions, yet remains possible for every human being.

Among those who accomplish self-creation, the author distinguishes three types: the chattering dead, those united with God, and the utterly perfected devils. We are all familiar with the chattering dead. They are those people who fill their lives exclusively with whatever promises utility and pleasure, and who have banished all higher experience from within themselves.

Topics: Self-Creation · Freedom of Will · Soul · Philosophy · Spiritual Maturation