Everything in Rome comes from a sacred, supernal sense of life: the foundation of the city is a constructive act that moves from an order of purely spiritual necessity: it is the result of a religious ideal harmony constituted among a group of men, warriors and priests, who seek to establish a new unity, a creative force, and intend primarily to locate the sanctuary of common worship in the city. Continue reading
The remaining traces, often still only in stone, of some of the great civilizations of the origins often contain a rarely noticed meaning. In the face of what remains of the most ancient Greco-Roman world and then that of Egypt, Persia, China, eventually reaching the mysterious and mute megalithic monuments … Continue reading
St Elizabeth of the Trinity is the patron saint of illness. She herself died of a serious illness at the age of 26. She had devotions ot Teresa d’Avila, St John of the Cross, and John Ruysbroeck. Continue reading
Hypsipyle Giovanni Boccaccio, in On Famous Women, relates the story of the Queen of Lemnos. During the reign of her father, King Thoas, the women rebelled against the patriarchy. Boccaccio describes it: The women were seized by madness and withdrew their untamed necks from the yoke of men. Scorning the … Continue reading
Hope has two parts:
The expectation distinguishes Hope from wishful thinking or blind faith. Continue reading
Cornix cornici oculos non effodiet (A crow doesn’t rip out the eyes of another crow) The fullness of existence, life’s true richness, does not consist solely in health and happiness but in an ever-expanding range of joy and sorrow; and the broader the range, the richer life becomes. ~ Valentin … Continue reading
How to be a man of Tradition in the modern world. Just a few very difficult steps. Continue reading
Tommaso Campanella suggested that older women could volunteer to sexually service the young men. The USA has also adopted that system, although here they are called “high school teachers”. Continue reading
Rites have a real power, derived from their connection to supernal forces. They have to be done with precision, although the techniques are hidden and reserved to the few. Continue reading
Now, it still holds that, apart from psychoanalysis with its murky world, all modern parapsychology embraces only the offal of the extranormal and is outside all that might have an authentically spiritual value. Continue reading
