What a man is ultimately depends on his own consciousness. Therefore, attempts to alter the material conditions of life, e.g., through legal means, so-called “safe spaces”, etc., will have limited effect. Continue reading
Category Archives: Philosophy
The Temptation of the Absolute
Once thought has attained the Absolute, it sees religion as simply an appearance of the Absolute. However, if you accept a version of panpsychism, then the Absolute is not simply an object of thought. It, too, must be conscious and have a Mind, i.e., it is also a subject. Continue reading
The Nature of Things
Melancholy is thus hidden at the center of the modern world. It is evaded through the pursuit of material goods and ever more exotic pleasures. Death is denied even though popular culture is replete with stories of death and murder. Continue reading
Mind and Cosmos
Being a review of Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False, by Thomas Nagel. A couple of weeks ago I watched the notorious atheist and Darwinist Richard Dawkins interviewed by a non-descript host on a cable news network. Since the context was a … Continue reading
The God of the Metaphysicians
The goal of true philosophy is knowledge of the whole. Continue reading
Social Surgery
Does society have the right to determine its genetic future? An anti-Christian philosopher and a prominent Christian theologian consider the issue. Continue reading
Esoteric Platonism
God bears in the intelligible world to reason and its objects the same relation which the sun bears in the visible world to sight and its objects. ~ Plato, Republic Continue reading
Esoteric Stoicism
Love becomes the highest goal, even higher than apatheia. Love, in this sense, is more than worldly friendship or family affection; it is a spiritual love. The overcoming of negative emotions, the state of apatheia, is preparation for this higher stage. Continue reading
Paganism 2.0
I see and approve what is better, but follow what is worse. ~ Ovid, Metamorphoses Continue reading
Myths, Symbols, and Lies
We live in a world ruled by lies. Lying and stealing are the dominant elements of human character whatever the race, creed or caste. Whoever says that this is not true simply tells another lie. Man lies because in a world ruled by lies it is not possible for him to do otherwise. Continue reading