At the time wall

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On the time wall is a collection of Ernst Jünger's thoughts from 1959 on the current situation of the individual and of humanity as a whole and on how humanity can develop, if at all.

In five chapters, Jünger illuminates various problem areas. In the first chapter ("Alien Birds") he looks at the signs of a global change in the earth, but also in humanity. In the second chapter ("Measurable and Fateful Time ") he differentiates between a scientific and an astrological view of time and the world. In the chapters "Humane Classifications" and "Sidereal Classifications" he looks at people and humanity and places them in cosmological contexts. The work closes with the chapter "Primordial Grounds and Person", in which the position of the individual towards faith and religious institutions is discussed.

The basic thesis of the work is the assumption that both humanity itself and the earth as Gaia are facing a fundamental change in the cosmological context. Jünger leaves open whether mankind will succeed in leaping over the wall of time or will ultimately be repelled from the earth:

“The earth has often produced new forms from its original ground. If she now makes use of the human being as her cleverest son, the danger of promethical educations and her fate is great. (...) The real partner of the earth is not the intellect with its titanic plans, but the spirit as cosmic power. In all considerations (...) therefore the more or less expressed hope that higher spiritual powers curb the powerful movements and beneficially take hold of them plays a major role. "

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