I was asking if you heard of this book, but I guess you are so far above everyone else you do not read, you are all-knowing and all-seeing. Kind of like a Hindu god. … No man is an island, but you are definitely on a trip to ego island! Have fun! Continue reading
Several years ago, I attended a public lecture by a professor of political science at a local university. Naturally, he brought up Plato’s Republic. The professor rightly pointed out that although “political science” was the crown of philosophy, a sound knowledge of mathematics was required for entry into the Academy. … Continue reading
See Part 1 It might seem odd that the concluding chapter on a book about Hindu doctrines is all about the “West”. Obviously, the intent is not for the West to become Hindu, but rather for the West to use the traditional doctrines as revealed in the Vedanta in order … Continue reading
In the conclusion of Introduction to the Study of Hindu Doctrines, originally published in 1921, Rene Guenon offers some predictions, which he emphasises are not to be considered “prophecies”, for the spiritual direction of the West. Continue reading
The general climate is unfavourable: the spiritual state of piety, of heroism, of loyalty, of honour in unity, that should serve as cement for the organic system of an imperial European Order is today, so to speak, nonexistent. Continue reading
The next question from the interview published in “La Nation Europeenne” deals with science and technology. Q. Your judgment of science and technology seems, in your work, to be negative. What are the reasons for your position? Don’t you believe that material conquests and the elimination of hunger and poverty … Continue reading
The tiny angel Gal-el embraced the fetus. It could feel its heart thumping with fear. The voices of the nurses in the room increased their intensity inside its mother’s watery womb. “Honey, don’t you worry. The thing in there, won’t feel a thing it will go to sleep and never … Continue reading
The ancient Tantra teachings say that the way to realization differs from age to age, so that methods appropriate to the golden age may lose their effectiveness in our crepuscular times, the “Kali Yuga”. While passive contemplation was appropriate to a more spiritual age, we are weighed down with matter, … Continue reading
These are the first two questions and answers from the interview published in La Nation Europeenne. Q. Do you believe that there exists a connection between philosophy and politics? Can a philosophy influence an undertaking of national or European political reconstruction? A. I don’t believe that philosophy in the strictly … Continue reading