There is nothing to know. One can only be it; that is to know it. Continue reading
Dante’s Empyrean
The Little Yellow Pill
I understand. No one wants to make an effort for anything. They would rather take a little yellow pill. Continue reading
On discovering you’re not an Android
The idea that the self, or the conscious mind, emerges from the workings of the physical structures of the brain — with no need to invoke any supernatural spirit, essence or soul — is so fundamental to modern neuroscience that it almost goes unmentioned. Its implications are profound and deeply unsettling, prompting us to question every aspect of our most deeply held beliefs and intuitions. Continue reading
Three Stages of Development
In old Europe human life received its ideal content from the Catholic faith, on the one hand, and from knightly feudalism on the other ~ Vladimir Solovyov. Continue reading
Phenomenology of the Medieval Mind
Facts become valuable only in so far as they enable us to enter more fully into the consciousness of our ancestors by realising how such a universe must have affected those who believed in it. The recipe for such realisation is not the study of books. You must go out on a starry night and walk about for half an hour trying to see the sky in terms of the old cosmology. ~ C S Lewis Continue reading
An Old Model of the Universe
To understand the Whole, it is necessary to account for all phenomena. Continue reading
Development of Feeling
Contemporary Western art cannot capture the ideal content of life for the simple reason that it itself has lost it. In the sphere of creative work we see in the West the same alteration in the three supremacies. In the Middle Ages unfettered art does not exist; everything is subordinated to mysticism. Continue reading
Guenon: The Trajectory of his Life
For anyone looking for clues of an initiatic tradition in the West, it is helpful to follow the path trod by Rene Guenon. We can leave out of consideration any rumours or allegations, such as a mysterious Hindu or Sufi initiation. His own course speaks for itself and it is … Continue reading
Antidote to Illusion
There is an antidote to that partial vision that maintains the world in ignorance and illusion while compartmentalizing humanity in limited areas of interest.
Psychology of Worldviews
Obviously, to determine one’s True Will is difficult in the best of times, and all the more so in the modern world that does not have a place for those of a Traditional cast of mind. Continue reading