tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post3733808406445357424..comments2024-03-28T17:44:11.289+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: What is the purpose of totalitarianism?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-34569668195051136282017-09-07T20:36:12.299+01:002017-09-07T20:36:12.299+01:00@JW - My understanding (from Barfield, and Steiner...@JW - My understanding (from Barfield, and Steiner) is that since the Romantic era (late 1700s) there has been a change in human consciousness; what was appropriate in the past is no longer. The message of this blog for a while has been that we cannot stay where we are and cannot move back - but need to move forward to what Steiner calls the Imaginative Soul and Barfield calls Final Participation. This is what we need to do, here-and-now. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.com