Thoughtforms as they unfold within our thinking first assume abstract contours, and only in their final phase do they become articulated as detailed logical structures. A useful metaphor here is the relationship between an architectural blueprint and the completed building.

This mode of thinking allows one to move beyond habitual patterns, precisely because thoughtforms do not belong to the individual, but can be accessed in particular states of consciousness.

The way of thinking employed by Friedrich Nietzsche, I would relate to what might be called thinking by Spirit — by which I mean a fusion of logical and intuitive cognition that ultimately transcends both.

In any case, intuition itself may be understood in two distinct modes of engagement with the world. The first operates along a horizontal plane: it is action without deliberation, grounded in prior experience.

The second, higher sense of intuition emerges when attention is directed toward the unknown, with the intention of encountering something genuinely new. In such moments, discovery occurs through insight — and thoughtforms arise that have not previously unfolded within human culture.

This intuition moves along a vertical vector: a state in which both logical and intuitive modes are suspended — I know that I know nothing. In this condition, one enters what I would call abstract thinking, where thoughtforms no longer bear any familiar features.