After the initial reopening, he only did so infrequently. We will speak out in all fields of culture and in all countries. I’ve been watching all the shenanigans in Washington, D.C. with interest and, quite frankly, concern. Unlike most everyone else at the time, he called the Age of Aquarius the Age of Technology. In a social context, wisdom allows the individual to listen to others, to evaluate what they say, and then offer them good (sage) advice. Still, the the information broadcast goals of this phase of the School of Wisdom were successful. That part of his father’s teaching, about the strength of artistocracy, was likewise rejected by Arbold and his new School of Wisdom. You don’t have to look far to see examples. Hermann Keyserling had by then become an outspoken opponent of the Nazis. Arnold was heavily influenced as a young man not only by George Gurdjieff, who was his first outside teacher, but then by Ramana Maharishi, and Josef Matthias Hauer (mystical 20th Century composer who started 12-tone music). He often admired the work of others and respected all spiritual traditions. NewAgeVisions.com. The following characteristics are based on James 3:13-18: This is a serious and specific list. Count Keyserling was an outspoken critic of the governments of Europe at that time, particularly the German government. One of Arnold’s main messages at that time was that the future would be dominated by technology, especially computers. The School has at all times since 1996 provided free online information 24/7 concerning the ideas of the Keyserlings and still evolving ideas of the School itself. By calling it ‘school’ (rather than learning), and ‘a job’ (rather than work), we’re unwittingly creating a tone of drudgery and compliance that centers the institutions and their processes (grades, academic success and performance), and de-centers the end result (skills–>understanding–>creativity–>wisdom). Political scientists would later classify him as another elitist, not appreciating the philosophic basis. Arnold had a gift for gab, not penmanship. We find true wisdom by humbly submitting to God and obeying His commands. Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher, one of the three greatest figures of the ancient period of Western philosophy (the others were Plato and Aristotle), who lived in Athens in the 5th century BCE.A legendary figure even in his own time, he was admired by his followers for his integrity, his self-mastery, his profound philosophical insight, and his great argumentative skill. Count Keyserling instead argued that the world’s only hope lay in the adoption of international basic rights and principles. Wisdom herself explains why we should seek her in Proverbs 1:33: Whoever listens to me will dwell safely, and will be secure, without fear of evil. It amazing when I read this passage it challenge me as a christian to desperately seek for Godly wisdom in my entire life then everything will fall in places. The logo has an open book made up of multicolored pages that represent how all areas of our school must blend in faith as represented by the cross. At the time of his father’s death this primarily meant the ideas and exercises of Gurdjieff. That includes government, religion, academia and science. This is one reason that the American leaders of the School of Wisdom remain anonymous for now. We could scour the book of Proverbs and come up with a long, long list of characteristics. Unfortunately, knowing that purity is the first and most important characteristic of Godly Wisdom does not help me much, because I am keenly aware that even though I am sanctified and pure by the Blood of Christ, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.” (Jer. Established 1920. Near the end of his life Arnold became an incredible mindfullness leader. This terror must never be allowed again. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This was a wisdom based on inner Awareness through Yoga, meditation, music and mindfulness practices. It’s so important to realize, as you point out, that wisdom and knowledge are not the same thing. Herman Keyserling fled Estonia in late 1918 and roamed for a short time as a homeless refugee. Herman and Maria were isolated and impoverished. The scientists actually thought that the body, particularly the brain, was the source of the human spirit, of human intelligence. In the twenties and early thirties, before it was closed by the Nazis, the School of Wisdom met annually in Darmstadt, Germany. Although Arnold was pursuing his own path, he did so in a similar manner to his father. You will certainly, very dear Brothers, eagerly welcome a work which is of such great ... come to appreciate the wisdom … The School of Wisdom was over. The symbol of the School of Wisdom is therefore not the closed circle but the open angle. Thank you for coming by and commenting! We will be fearless and hateless in fighting repression of our values of spiritual and political democracy. The sons were drafted into the Army and the Hermann and Maria were exiled to a remote Bismark castle in Northern Germany. But there’s this great passage in James that packs a lot into just a few verses. True to the Keyserlings’ original ideas this was wisdom based on the common denominators of the natural world, our bodies, consciousness, language, number, geometry and science. Mantle Passes to Arnold Keyserling (1922-2005). We promote the rule of law, not men. Join Kathy's mailing list to receive a free mini Bible study on the book of Titus. The book that catapulted Heman Keyserling to fame and re-gained fortune, The Travel Diary of a Philosopher, describes the Count’s travel around the world in 1911. #Wisdom. They were isolated and held as virtual prisoners. At the same time as his best seller luck he had very bad luck at home. Athena, also referred to as Athene, is a very important goddess of many things. Count Keyserling was one of the first Western philosophers to conceive and promote a universal planetary culture, beyond nationalism, but preserving cultural diversity. Each person was free to find the teachings and traditions that spoke to them. Instead, Arnold and the School promoted democracy in both the spirit, as before, but now also in government. The Americans agreed to Arnold’s request. In the 1980’s Arnold was elected President of the European Association of Humanistic Psychology. Unlike his father, his books were never popular, much less bestsellers. We will take the same risks that Arnold took when sneaking into Estonia during the Soviet era. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. We can know a lot of stuff and still be foolish. The error of the family to allow this separation, this glorification of a body part, has been corrected. We find true wisdom on the basis of our relationship with Him. It was not a wisdom based on different beliefs or ideologies. One of his ancestors is the Count Keyserling who commissioned Bach to create the Brandenberg Concertos. Many different methods and procedures were shared. The Bible emphasizes that one of the greatest qualities we can possess is wisdom. Arnold as a Professor taught the history of philosophy, both Western and Asia. The School was striving to create an “ecumenic culture, a universal human culture” which included all of the seemingly divergent cultures and philosophies of the world, both East and West. Some Ways We Can Be Wise by Tom Atlee. Sign up to get Kathy's blog posts by email and get a free Bible study on the book of Titus. This field of scientific inquiry produced very few results. Willy taught Yoga almost daily in Vienna upon their return from Calcutta in late 1962 to her death on October 4, 2010. You might not understand most of what he was saying, but you could tell that he made sense, was sharing a powerful truth. Special care must be given to ensure balance in the application of the two type of wisdom. Ultimately, the forces opposing him, with the help of the Nazis, succeeded in closing the School of Wisdom and nearly killing Keyserling and his family. Whether watching our country’s leaders or seeking to live our own lives with God’s wisdom, it’s important to know what His wisdom looks like so we can recognize it, live by it. Greek Goddess of Wisdom and War. Willy especially was adept at that, as she also taught Hatha Yoga most every day. Our actions will be more political, more vocal and aggressive in our opposition to authoritarianism. They gradually switched all of the School’s activities to the Internet. Yes, it is there in the passage! We will continue our spiritual path. At the request of the family in 1996 his brain was returned and buried with the rest of his remains. We can increase in wisdom by studying the scriptures and praying for understanding. At that transition time greater emphasis was already being placed on Music, Meditation, Healing, New Science, Chaos Theories, Law, Technology and Cyberspace. Specific answers to the ultimate questions were never provided. His teachings always included and emphasized Greek philosophy, especially Pre-Socratics and Socrates himself. Because Proverbs 9:10 has stated it clearly that,’beginning of wisdom is the fear of the LORD and acknowledging of the Holy one is the understanding.thank you very much. I agree! It is based on a relationship with him. You could easily sense that he was speaking from deep understanding and knowledge. Many considered its ideas to be too far out, especially when it came to recognizing the validity of the spirituality of other cultures. We will take the same risks that the young Arnold Keyserling took in hiding Jews in WWII. Thank you Kathy for sharing this information. Hitler then closed the School entirely and exiled the Keyerlings to virtual house arrest in northern Germany. Your 8 characteristics of wisdom will be a great help in teaching the children of Godly wisdom. Providing information on self discovery tools apparently helped some students around the world. He had many friends all over the world. He promoted a new world order based on recognition of the equal value of non-western cultures and philosophies. Kudo to the rightful owner of this post, i celebrate the grace of God upon your life, it’s impossible for every Christian to please God, love his fellow human being and even to pass an accurate judgment to his/she accusers without processing with this attributes, hallelujah. It is the coordination of this information and its deliberate use to improve well-being. A vestige is a degenerative or imperfectly formed organ or structure having little or no utility , but in the earlier stage of development of a species performed a useful function. A new iteration begins. The School of Wisdom undertakes, by means of the proper psychological methods, to assimilate the impulse of life-renewal on the basis of spirit, into the broad body of historical reality. The attendees and readers were encouraged to think universal, on a planetary basis, and to think for themselves. What does bible talk about the wisdom? I’ve been praying they’ll trade in some ego and self-interest for a good dose of humility and wisdom. Three of its major works, Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) are “Wisdom books,” as the Psalms a… But it is God’s wisdom given to us and not something we have to do on our own. Arnold commuted there every weekend to be with them. We will not be a part of any political party. But the times have changed and entered a dangerous era. 8 characteristics of #GodlyWisdom. The Nazis then stole and perverted Herman Keyserling’s idea of Fuhrer to mean an exalted dictator above the law. It’s symbol, the open angle standing for inclusivity, was defeated by the Swastica. Thank God for encountering this blog, God bless you ma. He wrote thousands of articles and over fifty books. At that time Arnold and his wife to be, Wilhelmine, were both students and friends of George Gurdjieff in Paris. Count Keysering was the first to coin the term Führerprinzip, for leadership principle. However I am human so I’m going to keep striving. Today we would think of it as a Ted Talk type event. For a sample of his writing, consider a selection from Chapter 70 on “America” in the Travel Diary: The symphony of the spirit upon earth should, in accordance with reasonable prevision, resound with ever-increasing beauty. Required fields are marked *. Last week, I prepared a Bible study lesson on the wisdom of God for our small group. We will be fearless and hateless in exposing repression of our values of multiculturalism and democracy. The language is archaic to today’s readers, especially as translated into English, but his many books are still worthwhile reading, including our personal favorites: South American Meditations and Creative Understanding. It was a kind of spiritual democracy where the unifying force was the inner force cultivated by a variety of practices including prayer, meditation and psychological analysis. The new Internet based School of Wisdom tried to continue its multicultural history by transforming the motto popular in the 1990s – “Think Global and Act Local” into “Think Universal and Act Global.” The School hoped to do that by using the Internet to create a global network of friends. Learn how your comment data is processed. (FaceBook was still years away, and when FB did come out, right or wrong, the Americans did not consider it a suitable forum.). He was especially impressed by the potential of the then new Internet to promote a new world culture. Students talked about their answers, of course. The physical remains are now whole. We will revise and post on our Blog other materials from our original webs. Below are excerpts and summaries of various articles on this site regarding wisdom.. Our current lead article on wisdom is. After his return to Austria in 1963, and appointment as a Professor at the Academy of Art in Vienna, Arnold became known in the late 1960s as the first “New Age” philosopher in Europe. The School of Wisdom was founded in 1920 in Darmstadt, Germany by Count Hermann Keyserling (1880–1946). I thought about these politicians. Wisdom needs individual liberties and freedom to prosper. His families position there went back centuries. Truth could be found in many places. He would have been killed outright but for his wife’s family fame. General of the Brothers of the Christian Schools from 1777 - 1795 is, in my view, after ... discuss the virtues characteristic of a good teacher. We will fight Big Brother, in the streets if necessary, but we will do so out of love not hate. He describes the philosophies of the cultures he visited. They thought that the Internet could be a personal, living instrument of transmission. People flocked to the School of Wisdom from all over the world. It brings about the transformation in a man whereby he can see the world in another way, with deeper and better insight. They both taught meditation. Wise people put first things first and last things last. The understanding of many was enlarged and deepened. Arnold Keyserling started using the School of Wisdom’s name again in the late 1980s after some of his American students started asking him about it. She is goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, law and justice, strategic warfare, mathematics, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, and skill. His gravesite below later became a family grave for Hermann, Maria and Arnold. The other fundamental change we have already made is to completely revise the information we provide online. It was a very auspicious beginning. Wisdom by revelation. He was known for his unique intelligence, intense spell-binding rhetoric and diverse scholarly interests. The Nazis responded with what Keyserling called a campaign of vilification against him and the School of Wisdom. Week of July 5, 2015 by Tom Deighan. They will first be revised to reflect our latest understanding. "Common sense" also has at least two specifically philosophical meanings. (He has passed on, but his email address remains, and so do his students and friends.). By the 1990s he was teaching all over the world in Human Potential and New Age workshops. Thank you again. Count Keyserling would often point out that the School was intended to be all inclusive and open to everyone. Arnold Keyserling developed a systematic planetary philosophy which incorporated all of the world’s great traditions, East and West. In fact, he considered his work to be a fulfillment of that of his father, except for his father’s infatuation with his own aristocratic culture. Due to the extreme hardships of war, Hermann did not live long enough to do so. The Characteristics of Godly Wisdom: Good Fruits. T he Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend celebrates the 46th annual Catholic Schools Week this year from Sunday, Jan. 26, through Saturday, Feb. 1. King Solomon, with all his magnificent wealth and possessions, understood the value of wisdom: For w… None of the many constructs that we considered in our studies explains more than a ________ of the reliable variance in wisdom … Thank you, may God enrich you with more grace. Though it cost all you have, get understanding (Proverbs 4:7, New International Version). The featured speaker at the school’s opening in 1920 was the Nobel Prize winning author and educator, Rabindranath Tagore, whose own Santiniketan University in Bengal (also known as Visva Bharati) enshrined the same goal of the education of the universal human being. They understood the Open Angle as the School’s original symbol. Our opposition to Gurus applies to any political group, any religion, event to our own leaders. I am teaching Children Church about the wisdom of Solomon. Like his father, Hermann Keyserling, Arnold was a prodigious author. Still, he was a famous author from a titled family and was given shelter at the Bismarck family estate just outside of Berlin. Today, unlike antiquity, wisdom is not the goal of small circles but of all mankind. Political conditions are similar, at least in a fractal recursive manner, to that endured by Hermann Keyserling under the National Socialists. This variety of research settings, together with a lack of theory linking leadership and leadership situations to prescribed leader characteristics… We are still focused on wisdom, on practices, meditations and personal understanding, and not on ideologies. As we embrace a more worldly role of political engagement, we will continue our Mindfulness and Yoga exercises. Wisdom is found in and begins with God. Indian philosophy refers to philosophical traditions of the Indian subcontinent.A traditional classification divides orthodox and heterodox schools of philosophy, depending on one of three alternate criteria: whether it believes the Vedas as a valid source of knowledge; whether the school believes in the premises of Brahman and Atman; and whether the school believes in afterlife and Devas. Like his father Arnold disliked and avoided academic events. It was a kind of private salon that opened at least once a year to the public. Articles about Wisdom. He connected with the leaders, and entered into the spirit and essence of their cultures. By the mid-1990s Arnold wanted to turn control of the School of Wisdom over to his American students, at least the ones who understood his ideas (by this time one was co-writing books in English with Arnold). 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