There is no more Vendee

Posted on 2007-11-16 by Cologero

Vendée is a region in Western France bordering the Atlantic. For resisting the French Revolution, the Vendeans paid a heavy price. General Westermann eventually reported to the welfare committee: “There is no more Vendee, my republican fellow citizens! It died beneath our sabers along with its women and children. I … Continue reading →

All Soul’s Day

Posted on 2007-11-02 by Cologero

All Soul’s Day by Charles Maurras From where I am writing, I can, by turning a little, see the complete set of Bossuet’s books stacked up on the shelves familiar to me, and I have on this table, the Histoire des Variations, that I can open at my liking, assured … Continue reading →

Natural and Supernatural Happiness

Posted on 2007-09-07 by Cologero

In any case, the important thing is to make the distinction, well known to traditional teachings, between the happiness or pleasure that is ardent, and that which is heroic … The distinction corresponds to that between two opposite attitudes and two opposite human types. The first type of happiness or … Continue reading →

Tone Deaf to Life

Posted on 2007-08-24 by Cologero

Man’s life is a becoming; and not only becoming, but self-creation. He does not grow under the direction and control of irresistible forces. The force that shapes him is his own will. All his life is an effort to attain to real human nature. But human nature, since man is at bottom spirit, is only exemplified in the absolute spirit of God. Hence man must shape himself in God’s image, or he ceases to be even human and becomes diabolical. Continue reading →

Life as Art

Posted on 2006-10-29 by Cologero

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, con a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch … Continue reading →

Illusions

Posted on 2006-10-27 by Cologero

And the independent reality of the individual, when we examine it, is in truth mere illusion. Apart from the community, what are separate men? It is the common mind within him which gives reality to the human being, and taken by himself, whatever else he is, he is no human … Continue reading →

Logical Analysis Squared

Posted on 2006-10-26 by Cologero

Logical Analysis Squared = Logical Analysis of a Logical Analysis, from January, 2005. This was a commentary on Chapter 6 of Open Secret by Wei Wu Wei used as the talking points for a regularly meeting group discussing non-duality. Point 1: Objects are only known as the result of reactions … Continue reading →

Knowledge of the Heart

Posted on 2006-10-25 by Cologero

“Knowledge of the Heart” is the direct perception of the intelligible light, of that Light of the Word spoken of by St. John in the prologue of his Gospel, that radiant Light of the “Spiritual Sun” which is the true “Heart of the World”. Continue reading →

Lucinde II

Posted on 2006-10-17 by Cologero

I would have thought it a fairy tale that there could be such happiness and such love as I feel now — and such a woman, at once the most delicate lover, the most wonderful companion, and the most perfect friend. Continue reading →

Homage

Posted on 2006-10-15 by Cologero

It seems appropriate to pay homage to some esotericists and mythologists of the XXth century for their erudition and the examples they set. René Guénon was an early student of Theosophy as well as Gnostic and Masonic teachings. He eventually turned to the traditional spiritual paths, discerning the Primordial Tradition … Continue reading →

Gornahoor

Liber esse, scientiam acquirere, veritatem loqui

There is no more Vendee

All Soul’s Day

Natural and Supernatural Happiness

Tone Deaf to Life

Life as Art

Illusions

Logical Analysis Squared

Knowledge of the Heart

Lucinde II

Homage