In this episode of The Light in Every Thing, Patrick and Jonah consider the Mystery of Co-Creation between humanity and the Divinity in the person of the “Son”. In the special text of the Trinity liturgy in The Christian Community, the Son is revealed as the one who creates, as the Creator-Word. The world around us is full of the evidence of the deeds of this creative One, but the liturgy goes on to show that he continues to be creative, and does so through us.
Hilma af Klint, “Group IV, The Ten Largest, №1, Childhood” (1907).
How do we then, as human beings, become creative with Him? If God the Son “creates through all that we create,” do we have any independent power of creation? Or does Christ do it all? When are we, as humans, truly creative? Through their contemplation, Jonah and Patrick find and work with a threefold distinction between types of creativity: The Originator (Genesis/Word), The Weaver, and The Alchemist. Through these aspects they consider Christ’s process of creation in us, and how our own experiences as creative beings echo this pattern.
This necessarily leads to the question, "What about things [which humans create] that can cause problems and be harmful, like technology?" How do we meet this new, technological element of human creation with the continual hope that we’re able to unite and align our use of technology with the creative power of Christ?
"What is it that leads me into the inspiration of my creative work? What is our imagination of the future that inspires the work we make?" This leads us to begin a contemplation of the Spirit, which we will pick up again in the next episode.
Notes from this Episode:
- The Gospel of John, chapter 1, verses 1-5 on The Word.
- Steiner’s 1908 Lecture Series "The Apocolypse of St. John"
- The temptation in the desert: Matthew 4:1-11, Luke 4:1-13, Mark 1:12-13
Our thanks to Elliott Chamberlin who composed the opening music, "On the Road" and the closing music, "Seeking Together". You can find more of his music here.
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