In order of succession, the Gnosis that Jesus revealed to John, James, and Peter after His resurrection reached Clement of Alexandria (about 160-215) and his direct disciples. Due to the persecutions of the third century, and the troubles that arose in the heart of Christianity after it became the State … Continue reading
Just ask Why?
The episode revolves around a concept called Speedlearn whereby a university level history course is taught in three minutes. Continue reading
The True Sage
The true sage is no longer a simple hermit or a wandering monk, who has renounced life and is mildly preaching the same renunciation to others; he is one who boldly denounces the wrong and irrational things of life. Continue reading
The Order of the Iron Crown
The Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne used the Crown at his coronation ceremony in Lombardy Continue reading
The Element of Trust
A system, an order may be as useful and good as can be — ultimately it depends on people, who abandon, relinquish, reinterpret, falsify, or simply betray it. Continue reading
The Degrees of Knowledge
The Degrees of Knowledge Degree Object Form Doxa Opinion Phenomena Concept Dianoia Rational Knowledge Thought Idea Episteme Intuitive Knowledge Noumena Ideal Tradition teaches that there are three degrees of knowledge: Doxa (opinion): our knowledge of the sensory or phenomenal world Dianoia (rational knowledge): knowledge based on thinking and logical … Continue reading
The Hair of the Dog …
They say that the cure for a hangover is the “hair of the dog that bit you”. This is a homeopathic remedy in the sense that a very dilute portion of the poison that caused the illness provides the method for its cure. Continue reading
Hollywood Action Flicks
In his inimitable way, Gilbert Chesterton, in a discussion about adventure or romance novels [NOTE: not meant in the contemporary sense], anticipates the plots and defects of Hollywood action movies. The title of the essay is “The Position of Sir Walter Scott”; in this segment he compares Scott to later … Continue reading
The Dawn of the Gods
We all know about the Twilight of the Gods and how they have abondoned us, but few dare to ask where they came from in the first place. Auguste Comte proposed that humanity has progressed from belief in polytheism to monotheism, then to an all embracing metaphysical or ideological principle, … Continue reading
The Way Back
Il cattolicismo è veramente la religion più perfetta, come la filosofia europea moderna è la più perfetta filosofia: sono insieme le più alte creazioni dello spirit ariano. (Catholicism is truly the most perfect religion, just as modern European philosophy is the most perfect philosophy: together, they are the highest creations … Continue reading