The Depths of Thought – Between Origin, Freedom, and the Reality of Being
What Is the Living?
A Becoming. A Condition. A Movement. A Consciousness. An Order. A Question of Origin. A Freedom That Unfolds Within Its Boundaries. An Existence Whose Reality Extends Far Beyond What Human Beings Can Ever Know About Themselves.
The PHILOSOPHIA PROFUNDA series is devoted to the fundamental questions of life, consciousness, and human existence. Its works explore the relationship between nature and mind, determination and freedom, power and responsibility, visible order and hidden meaning. Scientific insights enter into dialogue with philosophical reflections, while Western traditions of thought engage openly with the wisdom teachings of India and Asia, as well as the symbolic systems of different cultures.
At its heart lies the living in its manifold forms of expression. The human being as part of evolution, embedded in biological and societal conditions. Consciousness between perception and understanding. The language of symbols between origin and transformation. The question of a reality that can be described through laws and underlying principles, yet continually gives rise to new philosophical questions.
Philosophical depth emerges where certainties are examined, interconnections are revealed, and the limits of knowledge become visible. Where different perspectives are allowed to coexist. Where the search for truth also leaves room for not knowing.
Initially, two independent works take shape, each approaching these questions from a different perspective:
📖 Volume I – THE LIVING BETWEEN DETERMINATION & FREEDOM – On Evolution, Consciousness, Power & the Reality of Being
A scientific and philosophical exploration of the conditions of human existence. Moving between evolution and genetics, societal power and individual self-determination, the work examines the origins of human possibilities, the limits of free will, and responsibility within a shared world. It questions the nature of human freedom within a reality whose underlying conditions individuals can shape only in part. \* (Expected to be published in November 2026)\*
📖 Volume II – TREE OF LIFE – The Silent Geometry of Life
A poetic and philosophical exploration of the visible and invisible orders of life. The Tree of Life emerges as a multifaceted symbol of origin, creation, consciousness, and transformation. Kabbalah, Vedānta, Yoga, Tantra, Daoism, and other wisdom traditions open up diverse realms of interpretation. THE TREE OF LIFE of the ACADEMY OF WISDOM brings these perspectives together within an original symbolic architecture of human existence. (Expected to be published in 2027)
PHILOSOPHIA PROFUNDA explores the depths of living existence – between what has come into being, what can be known, and what remains within the open expanse of Being. A philosophy of connections, distinctions, and questions that reach beyond any definitive answer.
How free are human beings in a world whose conditions they did not choose?
Life begins long before the first conscious decision. Within the laws of nature, the legacy of evolution, the biological structures of the body, and a social reality whose established orders already exist before a human being begins to understand themselves as an agent capable of action.
And yet, within these conditions, the experience of freedom emerges.
THE LIVING BETWEEN DETERMINATION & FREEDOM explores the tension between biological conditioning, individual consciousness, and the power to shape society. The work brings together evolutionary biology, genetics, epigenetics, neuroscience, and psychology with philosophical inquiries into free will, identity, power, domination, and the Reality of Being.
In this context, the question of human freedom extends far beyond individual choice. It touches upon the origins of social orders, the emergence of dependencies, the distribution of opportunities, and those forms of power that influence human thought, action, and experience.
When does cooperation turn into competition, relationship into dependency, and influence into domination? What freedom remains for human beings within biological, economic, social, and technological systems? And what responsibility arises from the power to determine the conditions under which others live?
The philosophical traditions of Europe encounter the paths of knowledge found in India and Asia. Vedānta, Buddhist philosophy, and Daoist thought offer different perspectives on the self, consciousness, interconnectedness, and the limits of human explanations of reality. Scientific findings, philosophical arguments, and spiritual interpretations are examined in light of their respective assumptions and limits of knowledge.
At the heart of the work stands the human being as a conditioned, vulnerable, and creative being – emerging from the history of life, embedded in relationships, and capable of consciously reflecting upon their own possibilities for action.
The work also examines the limits of a freedom measured solely by achievement, independence, or personal responsibility. It raises questions about the right to vulnerability, the dignity of the unresolved, and a form of human freedom that also makes room for stillness, letting go, and relinquishing control.
Eine philosophische Spurensuche durch die Bedingungen des Lebens – von den Ursprüngen der Evolution über die Entstehung menschlicher Macht bis zur Freiheit eines gemeinsamen Seins.
A book about living existence, whose reality unfolds between what is given, what is possible, and what remains yet undetermined.
(Expected to be published in November 2026)
What does the Tree of Life reveal about the origin, order, and transformation of human existence?
A tree. Roots reaching deep into the earth. A trunk that connects. Branches unfolding in countless directions. A form in which origin and becoming, rootedness and movement, unity and diversity meet.
For millennia, the Tree of Life has appeared in the religious, philosophical, and mystical traditions of different cultures. It symbolizes creation, knowledge, interconnectedness, impermanence, and the mysterious relationship between humanity and the world.
TREE OF LIFE – The Silent Geometry of Life explores the diverse manifestations and interpretations of this symbol. Through poetic and philosophical reflections, the work brings together the imagery of the Tree of Life with questions of consciousness, reality, human development, and the visible and invisible orders of existence.
At the heart of the work lie the symbolic architectures of different wisdom traditions. The Kabbalistic Tree, with its ten Sefirot and twenty-two connecting paths, encounters Indian and Asian traditions of thought, including Vedānta, Yoga, Tantra, and Daoism. Archetypal images, philosophical concepts, and spiritual interpretations open up a multifaceted space for contemplation.
In doing so, the similarities, differences, and limitations of the respective traditions become apparent. The geometry of the Tree of Life emerges as a symbolic language through which experiences of origin, transformation, connection, and understanding can be expressed.
A special place is held by the TREE OF WISDOM of the ACADEMY OF WISDOM. As an original philosophical and educational symbolic architecture, it brings together ten spheres and twenty-two paths around a shared centre: the human being in transformation.
Stillness and primordial knowing, wisdom and compassion, language and creative power, the body and vitality, social order and lived reality enter into relationship with one another. The paths between them illustrate the interconnectedness of human realms of experience and understanding.
The Tree becomes a mirror of human existence. It opens up questions about the relationship between inner and outer worlds, mind and body, individual experience and the shared world. Its forms invite contemplation of different interpretations without reducing the diversity of their origins to a single explanation.
The work traces the images and their stories, their philosophical meanings, and their poetic possibilities. Between science, philosophy, mysticism, and art, an exploration of living existence unfolds, preserving the symbol in all its richness of meaning.
A poetic and philosophical journey through the geometries of life – between origin and unfolding, visible form and invisible meaning, knowledge and silent knowing.
A book about the Tree as a symbol of living existence – and about the human being who encounters themselves anew, time and again, in its roots, paths, and connections.
(Expected to be published in 2027)
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