The Eagle and the Vultures

Posted on 2016-10-29 by Aeneas

Rites have a real power, derived from their connection to supernal forces. They have to be done with precision, although the techniques are hidden and reserved to the few. Continue reading →

Christian Gnosis: Jacob Boehme

Posted on 2016-10-06 by Cologero

Origen, Dionysius the Areopagite, Jacob Boehme, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Vladimir Solovyov and Nicolas Berdyaev, for example, show in their works a progress which is very advanced in substantially bringing together intelligence and the intuition of faith. ~ Valentin Tomberg Continue reading →

Ashura

Posted on 2016-09-20 by Michael McClain

In a personal communication, my friend Seyyed Hossein Nasr told me: “You are completely right in emphasizing the unique rapport between Shi‘ism and Sufism on the one hand and certain elements of Spanish Catholicism and Russian Orthodoxy on the other.” Continue reading →

The Life of Reason

Posted on 2016-09-15 by Cologero

Rhetoric is the arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions [which] has nothing to do with the essential facts, but is merely a personal appeal to the man who is judging the case. Continue reading →

The White Dove

Posted on 2016-09-13 by Michael McClain

A white dove entered Fatima’s garment at the house of Umm Salamah before her meeting with the prophet Muhammad. Continue reading →

Do Dogs Go to Heaven

Posted on 2016-09-07 by Cologero

The complete man actualizes all his possibilities, not just the angelic ones. The spirituality of the monks has dominated religious discourse, although it is not necessarily appropriate for the man living in the world. It is to these latter men that the future belongs. Continue reading →

Ridwan and Malik

Posted on 2016-09-06 by Michael McClain

Hussayn’s head, according to popular tradition, was sent to Damascus with a large company of bodyguards to make sure it got to Yazid. On the way, the caravan stopped for a night below a hermitage where a Christian monk lived, spending his life in solitary worship. Continue reading →

Karbala

Posted on 2016-08-30 by Michael McClain

And We (Allah) ransomed him (Ismail) with a great sacrifice. Continue reading →

Primer on Tradition and its Future

Posted on 2016-08-25 by Cologero

The ignorant are humble since they know that they do not know. The intelligent are humble because they understand how difficult it is to know something. But the half-smart are so absolutely certain about everything. ~ cjs Executive Summary In the Reign of Quantity, Rene Guenon describes two opponents of … Continue reading →

The Succubus and the Houri

Posted on 2016-08-15 by Cologero

A frustrating aspect of spiritual development is backsliding, i.e., reverting to the same unhelpful states of consciousness repeatedly. I can go for days with a mind as still as the ocean on a calm summer’s day, interspersed with periods of bliss. Yet, unexpectedly, a demonic attack occurs, usually in that twilight state between waking and sleeping. Continue reading →

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Liber esse, scientiam acquirere, veritatem loqui

The Eagle and the Vultures

Christian Gnosis: Jacob Boehme

Ashura

The Life of Reason

The White Dove

Do Dogs Go to Heaven

Ridwan and Malik

Karbala

Primer on Tradition and its Future

The Succubus and the Houri