... pointed out, there is a striking similarity between Orphic beliefs and those prevalent in India at about the same time. Both the Vedic civilization and the Greek civilization belong to the infrarational age of humanity. The surprise is that even when the infrarational reigned over the earth, an extraordinary Age of Intuition flourished through the Veda and Upanishad in India and the Age of Reason ...
... The Human Cycle Chapter XVIII The Infrarational Age of the Cycle In spirituality then would lie our ultimate, our only hope for the perfection whether of the individual or of the communal man; not the spirit which for its separate satisfaction turns away from the earth and her works, but that greater spirit which surpasses and yet accepts and fulfils ...
... 477 in a predominantly infrarational period, Calibans might occasionally speculate on their godhead, Setebos, and make a show of reason. The chequered reign of reason that follows the infrarational age must witness a steady diffusion of its beneficial influence, ushering in democracy and socialism; but these too could easily get corrupted, as they have in the recent past: In Fascist ...
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