Spectre of Freedom

Bo Yin Ra, Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken was a German poet, writer and painter. Posthumus Projects has translated and published his books in English. The Hortus Conclusus contains thirty-two books. For more information about the books of Bo Yin Ra you van visit: www.bo-yin-ra.org Nowadays millions believe they need only ‘freedom’ to bring them ‘happiness’. This is the way not only the prisoner in his cell thinks, – but also the prince who has had to give up many freedoms his ancestors once enjoyed. – But almost all are tempted by only a spectre of the desert which makes anyone who follows it in good faith fall prey to ‘wild creatures’… You have reached the supreme form of freedom in the assured consciousness of your reality propagated by eternity; with a shudder you will now think back to the days when you were also in the throng of the deceived, among those who mistook a spectre from the crypts of false longing for the freedom they ardently sought… CONTENTS Mirage Necessity Communality Authority The urge to associate The failed economy Competition The craze for catchwords Self-realisation Religion Science Consciousness of reality The Standard-translation© into English In order to read parts of this book please visit: http://bo-yin-ra.org/hortus.html or http://boyinra.de/hortus.html Read more