Hope has two parts:
- There is a desire for something
- There is the expectation of its being fulfilled
The expectation distinguishes Hope from wishful thinking or blind faith. Continue reading
The Angel of Death Spread his Wings
Why Cologero is Melancholy
Cornix cornici oculos non effodiet (A crow doesn’t rip out the eyes of another crow) The fullness of existence, life’s true richness, does not consist solely in health and happiness but in an ever-expanding range of joy and sorrow; and the broader the range, the richer life becomes. ~ Valentin … Continue reading
The Primacy of Will
When the mind is attached to or obsessed with these thought forms, it is not free. The True Will is free, but that requires the zone of silence from such thoughts. The visionary Anne Catherine Emmerich claimed that if these spirits could be seen by the senses, the vast number of them would occlude the sky. In practical terms, that means that various thoughts are constantly impinging both on the individual as well as on the human race. The elemental spirits are not benign, yet they are not exactly fallen angels. Continue reading
The Moral Universe
First and foremost, I will tell you who should work in this work, and when, and by what means: and what discretion you shall have in it. If you ask me who shall work thus, I answer you—all who have forsaken the world in a true will. ~ The Cloud of Unknowing Continue reading
Rules too Difficult for Young Men
How to be a man of Tradition in the modern world. Just a few very difficult steps. Continue reading
A Necessary Interruption
Tommaso Campanella suggested that older women could volunteer to sexually service the young men. The USA has also adopted that system, although here they are called “high school teachers”. Continue reading
The Temptation of the Absolute
Once thought has attained the Absolute, it sees religion as simply an appearance of the Absolute. However, if you accept a version of panpsychism, then the Absolute is not simply an object of thought. It, too, must be conscious and have a Mind, i.e., it is also a subject. Continue reading
The Nature of Things
Melancholy is thus hidden at the center of the modern world. It is evaded through the pursuit of material goods and ever more exotic pleasures. Death is denied even though popular culture is replete with stories of death and murder. Continue reading
The Order of Things
Establishing the natural order of things, from birth to old age. What is worth loving. One loves one’s neighbor for what there is of God in him and not for what he puts of himself in himself, that is, his sins, his whims, his personal ideas. We love him in the measure that he is with God. Continue reading
The Misuse of Intelligence
There is an unfortunate misuse of intelligence. The promise of near universal education should have led to the rule of the best, a truly meritocratic state. Instead, this new elite was trained to despise the very people over whom, presumably, they were educated to rule. Continue reading