Seven Forms of Consciousness and Dying to See Christ - Episode 11 in the series Facing Evil

After weeks exploring Revelation’s cosmic images, Patrick and Jonah turn to something far more intimate and immediate: the mystery of sleep and wakefulness. Drawing on Rudolf Steiner’s research in spiritual science, they explore what actually happens when the human being enters and exits the body each day, and how these daily rhythms reveal deeper layers of consciousness.

They outline seven distinct modes of human awareness—from the darkness of dreamless sleep to the clarity of waking thought, and further into the higher states Scripture hints at through the prophets: Imagination, Inspiration, and Intuition. Along the way, they reflect on why these thresholds matter, how they shape our moral development, and what it means to stay awake to the spiritual impulses being woven into human life.

This episode sets the groundwork for understanding not just the “enemies” described in Scripture, but the spiritual helpers whose work continues in the background of every human soul.

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