Perhaps the quinque viae, the five ways of reasoning, of St. Thomas Aquinas will not necessarily convince you, but you will emerge from meditative work on the five arguments proving the existence of God with a clear head and a calm heart, well-prepared and equipped to seek and find other ways to certainty. Continue reading
Man alone is capable of communion with God. For to man alone among the living creatures does God speak: at night through dreams, by day through the intellect. And He uses every means to foretell and prefigure the future blessings that will be given to those worthy of Him. ~ … Continue reading
The purely biological or scientific standpoint falls short in psychology because it is intellectual only. But the psychic phenomenon cannot be grasped in its totality by the intellect, for it consists not only of meaning but also of value, and this depends on the intensity of the accompanying feeling-tones. The … Continue reading
But the sensual, or natural, man perceives not these things that are of the Spirit of God; for it is foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. But the spiritual man judges all things; and he himself is judged by no man. ~ 1 … Continue reading
The idea that nature is a closed system of natural causes and that natural causes provide a complete account of everything that occurs in nature is deeply entrenched in the West. ~ William Dembski The common sentimental idea is that the Garden of Eden was set up perfectly for Adam. … Continue reading
The present age must come to terms drastically with the facts as they are, with the absolute opposition that is not only tearing the world asunder politically but has planted a schism in the human heart. We need to find our way back to the original, living spirit which, because of its ambivalence, is also a mediator and uniter of opposites, an idea that preoccupied the alchemists for many centuries. ~ C G Jung, Aion Continue reading
In which we briefly outline the idea of cosmic cycles, and illustrate them initially in the revelation of the originary Hyperborean source of the Vedas. This is then extended to Traditions following the Vedas. Finally, there is some speculation on the future course of the West. Continue reading
Scholasticism deals with the most important concepts such as God, the soul, freedom, immortality, salvation, good and evil. The foundation for thinking begins with the seven liberal arts: grammar, logic, rhetoric, arithmetic, geometry, music, astronomy. Continue reading
these doctrines are reserved for a relatively restricted and closed elite. This was also the case in the West in the Middle Ages. Continue reading
I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any. And I praised the dead rather than the living: And I judged him happier than them both, that is not yet born, nor hath seen the evils that are done under the sun. Continue reading