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The Element of Trust

Posted on 2010-04-27 by Cologero

A system, an order may be as useful and good as can be — ultimately it depends on people, who abandon, relinquish, reinterpret, falsify, or simply betray it. Continue reading →

The Degrees of Knowledge

Posted on 2010-04-25 by Cologero

The Degrees of Knowledge Degree Object Form Doxa Opinion Phenomena Concept Dianoia Rational Knowledge Thought Idea Episteme Intuitive Knowledge Noumena Ideal Tradition teaches that there are three degrees of knowledge: Doxa (opinion): our knowledge of the sensory or phenomenal world Dianoia (rational knowledge): knowledge based on thinking and logical … Continue reading →

The Russian Idea

Posted on 2010-03-27 by Cologero

For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the west: so shall the coming of the Son of man be. (Matthew 24:27) Over the past two hundred years, an important spiritual and philosophical movement has been coming out of Russia. This, until recently, has been little … Continue reading →

Toil, Pain, Death

Posted on 2010-03-20 by Cologero

Toil, pain, and death are the great auxiliaries that keep humanity from falling into the bottomless abyss of evil. Through toil, human beings are preserved from irresolute passivity; through pain, they are protected from the danger of excessive subjectivity, because through pain they are reminded of the surrounding world; and … Continue reading →

Occult Facts

Posted on 2010-03-15 by Cologero

Existence is only real when it is conscious to somebody. ~ Carl Jung Suppose you observe two men, man A is aiming a gun at the man B whose arms are raised. As a strict positivist, who only accepts the evidence of the senses, that is the limit of what … Continue reading →

The Principle of Manifestation

Posted on 2010-03-10 by Cologero

A fundamental metaphysical principle is the “Principle of Sufficient Reason”, that is, everything that comes into manifestation has an explanatory cause. The natural man believes he can explain the existence of something by its antecedent material causes, that is, solely in its horizontal dimension. The esoterist, on the other hand, … Continue reading →

Some men return to their past, so that new forces may arise for the reconquest ~ J. Evola
Par l'espace, l'univers me comprend et m'engloutit comme un point ; par la penseé, je le comprends.~ Pascal
A common man marvels at uncommon things; a wise man marvels at the commonplace. ~ Confucius
Noli foras ire, in te ipsum redi: in interiore hominis habitat veritas. ~ St. Augustine
A man of talent is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot hit, but the man of genius is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot see. ~ Schopenhauer
To live is to change, to be perfect is to have changed often. ~ John Henry Cardinal Newman
I believe in being free, acquiring knowledge, and telling the truth. ~ H. L. Mencken
On se lasse de penser, et même d'agir; jamais on ne se lasse d'aimer. ~ Auguste Comte
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. ~ Henri Bergson
The divine sleeps in the rock, breathes in the plant, dreams in the animal, and wakes in man. ~ old Nordic adage
The strong man strikes only when it is absolutely necessary, and then nothing stops him. ~ Vilfredo Pareto
Pour l’homme de droite, être libre ne consiste pas à faire ce que l’on veut, mais à faire ce qui est conforme à l’ordre naturel voulu par Dieu.
Very few battles are lost physically. Battles are lost almost always morally; the real victor like the real loser is the one who believes he is. ~ Joseph de Maistre