Yesterday afternoon, while I was finishing up a bottle of wine and waiting for the lasagna to bake, I did some channel surfing. Continue reading
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Midyear Report 2012
King of Coins We are happy to announce that we have reached our funding goal for the year, the “King of Coins”! That buys another year of web hosting and there was enough left over to get a dedicated IP address. So unless we start getting 10,000 hits per day, … Continue reading
Catching our Breath
The fool does more harm by his ignorance than the wicked man by his wickedness. ~ Al-Ghazali It is time for a recap what has been accomplished thus far in our project to determine the lineament of the Western Tradition, which we claim is as real and as important as … Continue reading
Charting the Course
Let the dead bury the dead. I shall not dispute those who maintain a negative attitude toward the religious principle. I shall not argue with the contemporary opponents of religion, because they are right. I say that those who reject religion are right because the contemporary state of religion calls … Continue reading
Message from Tony
As an adjunct to the intellectual work on Gornahoor, I will be available the week of October 24, 2011 at South Beach, Miami, at a location to be determined. Anyone seriously interested should make an effort to attend, perhaps for an hour, a day, or longer. We will be able … Continue reading
Innate Wisdom and Collective Initiation
Confucius taught that there are two kinds of sage, those who are so by birth and those who are so through their own efforts. The Sage or True Man is the highest stage of the exoteric path, but the first stage of the esoteric path. Exoteric Path Stage Esoteric Path … Continue reading
Conspiracies and the Gas Laws
How to manipulate modern society through containment, temperature and pressure. If Descartes had written “I am, therefore I think,” instead of its perverse reverse, it is conceivable that it might not have been necessary for M. Gleizes to write this book [Life and Death of the Christian West]. Out of … Continue reading
The Legacy of the Byronic Hero
The Romantic Era was one that idealized an unspecified past as more natural and where people’s lives were less fragmented, slower paced, and fuller. Some assert that the movement was something of a revolt against the emphasis on the rationalism of the Enlightenment, but more troubling was its attack on … Continue reading
Orangutans and Gnosis
he man in the street and the initiate share 100% of their genes in common. Continue reading
The Meaning of Christmas
At this time of year, many voices arise to tell us the “true” meaning of Christmas. On the one hand, we are told that it is a reminder to be “nice” to one another. Then there are the “Marthas” of the world who tell us to do less “shopping”, apparently … Continue reading