The Acting Person

Posted on 2011-11-21 by Cologero

The soul-body relation is intuitively given in the experience of man as a real being. In this respect the subordination of the system of integration of the human person to the transcendence of the person in the action is revelatory. Continue reading →

Catching our Breath

Posted on 2011-11-20 by Cologero

The fool does more harm by his ignorance than the wicked man by his wickedness. ~ Al-Ghazali It is time for a recap what has been accomplished thus far in our project to determine the lineament of the Western Tradition, which we claim is as real and as important as … Continue reading →

Charting the Course

Posted on 2011-11-19 by Cologero

Let the dead bury the dead. I shall not dispute those who maintain a negative attitude toward the religious principle. I shall not argue with the contemporary opponents of religion, because they are right. I say that those who reject religion are right because the contemporary state of religion calls … Continue reading →

Unweaving the Web of God

Posted on 2011-11-19 by Logres

From Chapter 3, The Empress, Meditations on the Tarot. But it so happens that in human consciousness one separates the inseparable – in forgetting the unity. One takes a branch of the tree and cultivates it as if exists without the trunk. The branch can have a long life, but … Continue reading →

The Spiritual Regeneration of the World

Posted on 2011-11-16 by Losang Shenphen

it is the man of vision, the man of action, who understands and engages in the greater and lesser battles who will bring it about. The world is not awaiting a new theory, since there is nothing new under the sun. Continue reading →

The Intellectual Soul

Posted on 2011-11-14 by Cologero

The Western Tradition teaches the four Kingdoms and that Man participates in all of them through body and soul. In common with other traditions, there are different layers to the soul, as shown in the following diagram adapted from St Thomas Aquinas: Kingdom Hermetic Source Body Mineral Body Natural … Continue reading →

Loving an Earth Girl

Posted on 2011-11-13 by Cologero

She is my soul-sister, my âme-soeur with whom I would share a deep spiritual connection, exchange poetry, discuss philosophy, and experience the profoundest depths of unconditional love. That love would awaken the third eye and initiate the circulation of the Shakti energy leading to final enlightenment. Continue reading →

St. Michael the Archangel, Patron of the Greater Holy War

Posted on 2011-11-10 by Will

Saint Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle; be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him, we humbly pray: and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who … Continue reading →

Love is but a Dream

Posted on 2011-11-08 by Cologero

It is. I know of a monk who, after his lover appeared to him in a dream, the whole next day he avoided meeting her and seeing her, because he knew that the real lady couldn’t compare with the dream image. Reality would deprive him of the extraordinary delight the dream gave. Continue reading →

The Continuity of Tradition

Posted on 2011-11-07 by Cologero

An infinitely good God gives to each of us life, free-will and time enough, if we make the right use of the suffering exactly dosed by his Providence (Mt.X, 29-31), for us to choose to spend our eternity rather with him in Heaven than without him in Hell. The Greek answer is incomplete, but not wholly wide of the mark. Instead of God the Father, they have a Father-god, Zeus, and instead of Providence they have Fate Continue reading →

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Liber esse, scientiam acquirere, veritatem loqui

The Acting Person

Catching our Breath

Charting the Course

Unweaving the Web of God

The Spiritual Regeneration of the World

The Intellectual Soul

Loving an Earth Girl

St. Michael the Archangel, Patron of the Greater Holy War

Love is but a Dream

The Continuity of Tradition