Our age is an age in which men rise painfully from effects to causes, in which they even concern themselves only with effects, in which they say it is useless to concern oneself with causes, and in which they do not even know what a cause is. Continue reading
It is no coincidence that the Sacred Liberal Arts are Seven in number: this is the number of the mysteries, the steps towards union with God, and the rays of Creation, as well as the visible planets, the notes in the musical scale, and the steps or levels of the … Continue reading
Happy wife, happy life. ~ old wives’ tale The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is ‘What does a woman want? ~ Sigmund Freud On se lasse de penser, … Continue reading
There are two kinds of teaching: the speech of day and the knowledge of night, i.e., verbal teaching and direct inspiration. Those who rely only on knowledge based on evidence and reason are afraid of the dark. Continue reading
Now available on Amazon: Introduction to Magical Idealism Table of Contents Preface Introduction to Magical Idealism Genius and the Real Man 7 Qualifications for Initiation 8 The Elements of Sacred Magic 10 Phenomenology of the Medieval Mind 12 The Healing Power of the Mind 14 Creativity in German Philosophy 16 … Continue reading
The Sons and Daughters of Europe, the spiritual Knights of the Holy Roman Empire, have been bequeathed the greatest of spiritual and intellectual gifts: Platonic philosophy and the Catholic religion. One to feed the mind, the other, the heart. Continue reading
If you can only understand one section, you are a hedgehog. Otherwise, you might be a fox. Continue reading
Unconscious man is discontinuous and ununified. The life of the conscious man is integral and he always remains himself. The more he suffused with the light of truth, the close he comes to the Absolute I. Continue reading
People described as Traditionalists … only have a sort of tendency or aspiration towards tradition without really knowing anything at all about it; this is the measure of the distance dividing the “traditionalist” spirit from the truly traditional spirit, for the latter implies a real knowledge, and indeed in a sense it is the same as that knowledge. Continue reading
The concept of Victory is of the utmost importance in the traditional theory of Kingship. Exoterically it is by an actual or implied victory over others that a King obtains the throne, but esoterically he is the true Victor who subdues his own passions, allying himself with the Self against himself. Continue reading