“The primal interest of the U.S., what we fought the wars for centuries—World War I, World War II, and the Cold War—was the relationship between Germany and Russia. Because united, they are the only power that can threaten us, and our interest was to make sure that didn’t happen.”
~ George Friedman, speech at Chicago Council of Global Affairs, 2015
By Catherine Austin Fitts
This week, Thomas Meyer returns to help us place current events in their broader historical context. The interview was filmed in Thomas’s garden, where his pink magnolia tree was in full blossom.
Thomas traces the parallels between the lead-up to World War I and events contributing to the present Russia-Ukraine conflict. He also revisits Rudolf Steiner’s idea of a Threefold Social Order encompassing three central domains of human social activity: the economic, legal, and cultural. Steiner’s vision was of a society structured so that each of these domains could enjoy independence and autonomy from the other.
To understand the parallels between current events in Ukraine and World War I, Thomas recommends Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War by Scottish historians Gerry Docherty and Jim MacGregor, a book that highlights, in Thomas’s words, the “intrigues, tricks, and deceptions” that British elites used to draw a reluctant Germany into war. The Scottish press roundly ignored the book’s publication in 2014, just as the old media now fail to mention U.S. and NATO aggression in crossing Russia’s clear “line in the sand” in Ukraine.
In both centuries, Western elites have been committed to preventing Germany and Russia from combining forces. The West’s dread of a German-Russian cultural and industrial juggernaut came across loud and clear when NATO’s first secretary-general, Lord Ismay, was asked why NATO was needed: “To keep the Soviet Union out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.” (Thomas points out that NATO is shameless enough to still feature this quote on its website.) In more recent times, geopolitical forecaster George Friedman has asserted that German-Russian collaboration would pose an existential threat to the U.S.
In Part 2 of the interview—accessible to Solari subscribers only (Part I has been published seperately as a public Solari Report)—Thomas discusses the pivotal historical role and spiritual journey of Helmuth von Moltke, who served as Chief of the Great German General Staff in the early part of World War I, until the Kaiser dismissed him after the Battle of the Marne. Moltke’s extensive correspondence and communications with Rudolf Steiner provide revealing insights on hidden causes of WWI that are still relevant today.
As a curious historical coincidence, Putin’s KGB office during his sojourn in Dresden (then part of East Germany) in the 1980s also served at one time as the headquarters of the German Anthroposophical Society. Thomas notes that Putin “knows more about German culture than most current German politicians.”
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Please join us this Thursday, April 21 for this timely reflection by Thomas Meyer.
Talk to you Thursday!
Related Solari Reports:
Spiritual Science Academy with Thomas H. Meyer
Special Solari Report: The Three Fold Social Order with Thomas Meyer
Related Reading:
Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War
Foreword and Introduction by T.H. Meyer to first English edition of Light for the New Millennium (correspondence between Rudolf Steiner, Helmuth von Moltke, and Eliza von Moltke)
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (Wikipedia)
Thank you for another magnificent presentation by Thomas Meyer. His larger historical and spiritual perspective brings such coherence and clarity to our world situation, illuminating realities I have failed to comprehend during my sixty five years on earth. Of course it’s painful to acknowledge the evil done in the name of American foreign policy and to grapple with one’s own guilt as one of millions of stupid and stupefied Americans who have allowed all this to happen. I would love to hear Thomas talk more about what he thinks might be the karma of the American people in all of this.
I just left some comments on the last question. I think the key is a deeper understanding of the true spirit of the Time – Michael
Thomas
The karma fo the American people seems to lie in the direction of waking up for the real Spirit of the Time … Michael, who is acting beyond the conflicting folk spirits.
Thomas
American karma? Difficult to discuss openly.
Your may mail me your question, if you like.
perseus.verlag@bluewin.ch
I, too, would appreciate a commentary on the deeper, karmic role of the US in this historical and current circumstance.
Orientation towards the true time spirit (Michael) may help to rise beyound national and other conflicts.
Thomas
Michael as the time spirit can guide us out of the confusion created by one-siding clingings to nationalities. That might be the solution for Americans when they rise out of illusions
Thomas
Indeed worth reading is “The Karma of Untruthfulness” a comprehensive work on propaganda, secret brotherhoods of the West, and the effect of lies in politics and society, among other things. Here an introducing documentary:
https://youtu.be/nVb2ky9qYKk
very worth reading, these lectures by Steiner!
Thomas
Thank you, Jeroen♡
Then worthwhile reading amongst others : the karma of untruthfulness.
Lectures by R. Steiner during WW 1 translated by Terry Boardman and published by R. Steiner Press.
Hello Susan, I hear you and understand and I have been grappling with a similar question and have come to the place where I have resolved myself to moving forward with as much Spirit as I can bring to our current situation. It’s tough, to be sure. You are not alone. My best to you for your courage and consciousness.
Thomas Meye: “There is always barking when great things happen.” Absolutely! The dog was helping to hammer home his very important message. Barking dogs in the distance are always a wonderful meditation tool for me.
Excellent enlightening discussion, thank you.
Love that you are there Natalie. Yes, I love the dog barking as a meditation tool. And that you are there listening as I am and many others. To us!
Fantastic presentation and, many thanks to Catherine, Thomas and the Solari team. Unmistakably brilliant on all levels as I was pushed and shoved into places in my higher consciousness that I have tiptoed into and now, like a great swimming coach (Thomas) pushed me into the deep end of the pool that I was avoiding. I’m in (the deep end) and desire to go further. Hopefully, Solari will continue diving deeper and further and faster and faster. There is no time to waste. And know that, from the one comes the many as each of us shares the knowledge and experiences garnered on this site…..you are doing the yeoman’s work for sure. And I love and appreciate each and every Soul and Spirit who connect here and beyond. I thank you.
Thank you for your feedback! Thomas
I feel priviledged and grateful for being a subscriber . Solari Report is like a lighthouse in my journey.
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I am so, so glad Thomas Meyer highlights this book; it is remarkable to say the least. James Corbett made mention of it a year ago as one of THE most important books about WWI so I immediately bought it. I have considered it many times since. Watching what has been happening as Putin has warned the US and NATO so many times what could/would happen if they did not stop pursuing their murderous plans. I so love listening to Thomas with his insights about the world and beyond.
Extraordinary – just ordered the book “Hidden History of the First World War” – Thank you ! Gratefully Angelika
Most interesting! Will be purchasing Hidden History. Seems that everything we have been taught about WWI is only partially true, if at all true, or downright false. I believe the same can be said of WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Kuwait, Persian Gulf Wars, Syria and the Ukraine.