If I remove the Latin from Maritain’s book and the Arabic from Naquid’s book, the metaphysical principles are virtually indistinguishable. Continue reading
The Gift of 1000 Sages
The People of Words
It is said that when you know yourself, you know God. That is not because of human effort. Rather, God is the mirror in which you see yourself in your perfection because you can never see God, just as you don’t see the mirror when you look at your reflection. Continue reading
Laura: Men Desire Her and Women Envy Her
Laura was that rare combination of intelligence, beauty, and brashness that made “men desire her and women envy her.” She draws attention that will lift her out of her office job into the world of the rich and powerful. Continue reading
David and Bathsheba
This darkness is ignorance or, more precisely, unconsciousness of ignorance — that is to say the natural man is in a state of ignorance and cannot even be conscious of that state. To free himself from it, he must pass to the darkness; this is a terrifying and painful experience, for it ruins and destroys all the patencies and norms on which the natural man lived and depended — a true “descent into hell”, the hell of the unconscious. Continue reading
Secondo Piatto
For the second phase of Gornahoor, I have listened to comments and suggestions. So instead of reprising the same topic in different contexts, I will have a few core topics which will be updated and corrected as necessary. They will be the foundation for everything else. Continue reading
Adam’s Choice
Adam, the Primordial Man, was just below the angels, yet could contemplate God’s word. Through Intuition, he could see God’s plan, but somewhat imperfectly. But Adam was the only human and God wanted more to share in His plan. Thus He proposed to let Adam incarnate in a body of clay. Adam balked and was resistant to the idea. Since God needed Adam’s permission, He offered Adam a preview of what Earth life would be like. Continue reading
The Heart of a Lion
Only from you, my sweet love,
Shall this heart find peace and solace
Your beautiful hazy eyes are the stars
By which love guides me to port
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Schuon vs Guenon
The true essence of everything always abides, though unmanifest in the inner depths of very Being, while its sensory qualities appear outwardly. For it is impossible that the Divine Ideas included in the intelligible world should be evanescent: to pretend that the content of Divine Science is evanescent would imply atheism. Continue reading
Complexes, Tulpas and Egregores
Traditional doctrine states that we have wished all relevant events in our life before birth. Continue reading
The Empty Man
In the twilight states between sleep and awakening, disturbing images of an abyss enter my consciousness. It may be a building or a natural structure. I look down, straight down, and experience the same vertigo as if it were there physically in front of me. It is not the fear of falling that is the cause. Rather, it is the fear of jumping that raises alarm. The return to the unreal status quo is a bad option, since it is just more repetition of the same old. On the other hand, there is no bridge to cross it. At such moments, it is necessary to make a decision and accept what life has offered you. So you jump. Continue reading