Episode 4: "KABBALISTIC KNOWLEDGE"
When the second defenestration of Arthur Schopenhauer took place, Novalis was newly arrived from Jena. All his friends from Weimar were eager to learn about the news that the young poet brought from that other pole of attraction of the Romantic movement. The group of friends is gathered in a tavern. -Tell us, tell us! -In the University of Jena there is a teacher who gives Kabbalah classes. -Kabbalah? The secret science of the Hebrews? -Fortunately, it begins to be less secret. Did you know that Kabbalists believed in the transmigration of souls? One of the young men who form his audience jumps suddenly: -My soul is eager to transmigrate to America. But my parents won’t let me. The others correct him: -Don’t be dumb. What you say is emigration. And, as far as I know, soul and body migrate together. What would your soul do in America without your body? -Ha ha! He has the illusion of “making it in America”. -But to “make it in America”, you have to have a body. Otherwise, they...