The Common Light of Elevation in Spirit and Rationality in Material

Manteic ontology (https://24k.cc/?s=manteic; click for a listing of articles on the topic) is a bold proposition that challenges both Heideggerian existentialism and the idea that logical positivism as a rule for understanding the material necessarily refutes spirit. At its core, the manteic ontology posits that the subconscious is the original state of mind, with consciousness serving as a tightening of this primordial setting. This idea, while highly abstract, resonates with ancient philosophical traditions and our understanding of the two primary states of mind, in which the soul, mind, and body as manifestation of common origin in the energy of life force itself. In other words, as the consciousness derives out of subconscious, the body is material energy grown from and directed by our living energy: our soul.

How does manteic ontology come into play with this argument against existentialism? If imagination is the foundation of thought, then rationality must then be seen as a specific refinement of the creative, not a rival or oppositional. This synthesis mirrors the Christian view of humanity as created in God’s image: a union of body, mind, and spirit; derived from SOUL, placing God and Holy Spirit as primary. Yet in this ‘refinement,’ the emphasis shifts from divine design in the ultimate creative to human potential through rationality: imagination without reason is chaos; reason without imagination is stagnation.

This validates the earlier critique of Heidegger’s dismissal of logic. If language is a “tool” for practical use rather than a window into truth, then we risk reducing reality to mere utility: a path toward nihilism. The manteic theory offers an alternative: language is not merely functional; it is, in fact, sacred. It is the bridge between the material and the spiritual, between the finite and the infinite, between the temporal and eternal, and between the mortal and immortal.

Here, too, there is a danger, despite recognition of an objective reality. If we accept that all knowledge is approximate, how can we distinguish truth from error? Manteic ontology suggests that the more moderation we find between imagination and reality, the more value our understandings hold both practically and in coming to terms with the objective material reality. This is not an argument for dogmatism, no, quite the opposite, it is a call for humility in the most human and Christian terms; manteia is a recognition that even in our quest for truth, we are always but mere mortals prone to error, despite the perfect order God set within the universe, with our comprehensions steeped in imperfection.