Who Advances?

In “The Birth of Tragedy” Nietzsche thought that the Will was goalless and irrational and that the only escape was through tragic art, where those who could, would be lifted above the horrors of existence when in the state of Dionysian ecstasy. This was the only way to redeem men from the irrational fate of the Will. Genius artists were needed in this drama to create the metaphysical art which could bring this release, and this was the central purpose to culture. These positions were later somewhat modified by Nietzsche but not the general ethos of this view.

That pessimistic view of life and art is countered in the Positive Theology of the Theoevolutionary Church. Who advances? Who “escapes”? Those who see the evolutionary direction and goal of life can best avoid devolution and advance. Those who cannot, look forward to a life at the mercy of devolutionary forces and irrational living. The Will To Godhood, which is the sacred inward activation, knows its goal but the path is not determined, and here is where human ingenuity, high rationalism, the genius of art, and most importantly religion, can aid in the stream of evolution to Godhood.