If you can only understand one section, you are a hedgehog. Otherwise, you might be a fox. Continue reading
The Hedgehog and the Fox
True Consciousness
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
Men without Qualities
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
Ascent to the Divine
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
A Theory of Love
Let us forget earth, let us realize heaven; let us share our thoughts, our joys, our griefs, our aspirations, our tears, so that in this unfleshly communion of minds and souls there may be in our eyes pride, in our heart-throbs purity, in our speech chastity, in our consciences calm. Continue reading
Death by a Kiss
Take note that the most perfect and intimate union that the lover may have with the celestial beloved is signified by the union of the kiss, because all other coming together or coupling beyond that, as in the case of physical love, is in no way allowed to be used as a metaphor in this holy and most sacred love. Continue reading
Transcendental Desires
Ignorance, malice, and concupiscence are not coincidentally three effects of the Fall. To the extent that these three qualities dominate consciousness, the transcendental desires fade away from awareness. Continue reading
Keys to Spiritual Development
If we see further than they, it is not in virtue of our stronger sight, but because we are lifted up by them and carried to great height. We are dwarfs carried on the shoulders of giants. ~ Bernard of Chartres Continue reading
Spiritual Man and the Tyrant
The highly intelligent are less interested in success by worldly standards and are more attracted to abstract thinking. In other words, they take the water path rather than the earth path. Continue reading
Solarity and Impassibility
Impassibility was one of the preternatural gifts before the Fall. If the aim of the spiritual life is theosis, to become more like God, then we need to recover the quality of impassibility that was lost. Continue reading