The spirit of the Gileadites is quite active today. The use of words “as a test” is still in force: if you look a certain way and hold to certain opinions, then you are “one of us”. As such, it is a low level of discrimination. Yet, in a war, it may be the most important. Continue reading
Imagine, as philosophers postulate, that the earth is another moon. Continue reading
Pure spirits communicate through thought transference. This has consequences for the Occult War. Men believe their thoughts are their own, even though they cannot predict what they will think of one minute from now, and seldom consider the source of thoughts. But thoughts come from the hierarchies of higher beings and angels and demons. That is why ideas can take hold of large populations at the same time. It also explains why certain thoughts tend to lump together in different individuals. Continue reading
The Occult War is fought in the third dimension of history, that of depth, beyond the dimensions of space and time by which we conventionally view things. Yet, those who can only understand in terms of facts, material causes, and visible leaders still think at the level of brutes. Continue reading
In the Medieval period, the doctrine of the soul reached its deepest understanding in the thought of Thomas Aquinas. This doctrine was adopted, virtually in toto, from Aristotle. Now, Aristotle was the heir to the totality of Greek philosophy and its mysteries. Even if much of that earlier work has … Continue reading
Ignorance pure and simple is far preferable to false ideas. ~ Rene Guenon Continue reading
Nothing can be clearer than this contrast between Friedrich Nietzsche, the prophet of the postmodern world, and Rene Guenon, the prophet of Tradition. Guenon calls the idols of modernity, viz. Science, Progress, Civilization, Right, Liberty, a sort of religion that replaced Tradition, but is better called a counter-religion. This faux religion originates the modern epoch. Continue reading
When reason alone fails to achieve justice, is dueling a legitimate way to reach a resolution? Dante answers, “Yes”. Continue reading
The soul chooses and wills its incarnation. A fortiori, the very nature of the rational soul is intelligence, will, and freedom of choice. Continue reading