Ernst Jünger, DIE SCHERE #45 Text Zurück zu Antonius. Daß er die Ankunft von Pilgern und deren Anliegen voraussagen konnte, ist seiner Vorausschau zuzuschreiben; sie ist auch in größeren Zusammenhängen belegt. Telepathisch dagegen wurde die Transzendenz von Sterbenden wahrgenommen, wurden Leidende betreut. Ein Kapitel der Telepathie ist die Fernheilung. Die Askese hat überpersönlichen Wert.
Es wird berichtet, daß Antonius einmal, als er auf seinem Berge weilte, zwei Brüder sah, die von Ägypten her zu ihm auf dem Weg waren. Ihnen war das Wasser ausgegangen; der eine litt Qualen, während der andere mit dem Tode rang. Antonius befahl zwei Mönchen, die gerade in der Nähe waren, mit einem Krug voll Wasser den Weg hinunter zu eilen, vielleicht sei es zur Rettung noch nicht zu spät. Als sie den Ort erreichten, fanden sie dort einen Leichnam und einen Sterbenden. Sie begruben den einen und führten den anderen, nachdem sie ihn erquickt hatten, dem Antonius zu. Der Bericht ist auch deshalb der Erwähnung wert, weil Athanasius ihm die Erwägung anschließt: jemand könnte vielleicht dem Antonius vorwerfen, daß er es "nicht eher gesagt" habe. Dieser Frage wohnt insofern eine Verwechslung inne, als es sich hier nicht um eine Prophezeiung handelte, sondern um eine telepathische Teilnahme. Athanasius meint dazu, daß Antonius zwar eine Offenbarung erfahren habe, doch daß die Todesverhängung nicht seine Sache gewesen sei. DIE SCHERE #45: English translation by Gary Kern and Günter Rebing Back to Antonius. That he could foretell the arrival of pilgrims and their requests is attributable to his foresight; it is documented in wider contexts as well. On the other hand, he beheld the transcendence of the dying, looked after the suffering, by means of telepathy. A capital point of telepathy is healing at a distance. The ascetic life has a suprapersonal value. It is reported (1) that once Antonius, while dwelling on his mountain, saw two brothers who were on their way to him from Egypt. They had run out of water; one of them suffered torments, while the other was close to death. Antonius told two monks, who were close by, to hurry down the path with a pitcher full of water, perhaps it was not yet too late to come to the rescue. When they arrived at the scene, they found a corpse and a dying man. They buried the one and, after reviving the other, led him to Antonius. This account is moreover worth mentioning, because Athanasius appends to it the consideration: someone perhaps could reproach Antonius for "not speaking up earlier." This question contains a mixup within it, insofar as it is not a matter of prophecy here, but of telepathic participation. Athanasius tries to explain that Antonius indeed experienced a revelation, but meting out death was not his business. (1) It might be interesting to compare the passage in the Vita Antonii of Athanasius EJ refers to: 59. But when two brethren were coming to him, the water failed on the way, and one died and the other was at the point of death, for he had no strength to go on, but lay upon the ground expecting to die. But Antony sitting in the mountain called two monks, who chanced to be there, and urged them saying, 'Take a pitcher of water and run on the road towards Egypt. For of two men who were coming, one is already dead and the other will die unless you hasten. For this has been revealed to me as I was praying.' The monks therefore went, and found one lying dead, whom they buried, and the other they restored with water and led him to the old man. For it was a day's journey . But if any one asks, why he did not speak before the other died, the question ought not to be asked. For the punishment of death was not Antony's but God's, who also judged the one and revealed the condition of the other. But the marvel here was only in the case of Antony: that he sitting in the mountain had his heart watchful, and had the Lord to show him things afar off.
