If God punished the evil and rewarded the good, then people would just be accidentally good, not essentially good. God prefers those who love Him, not those who wish to be rewarded. Continue reading
Category Archives: Tradition
Objective Reality
Our age is an age in which men rise painfully from effects to causes, in which they even concern themselves only with effects, in which they say it is useless to concern oneself with causes, and in which they do not even know what a cause is. Continue reading
The Seven Sacred Liberal Arts
It is no coincidence that the Sacred Liberal Arts are Seven in number: this is the number of the mysteries, the steps towards union with God, and the rays of Creation, as well as the visible planets, the notes in the musical scale, and the steps or levels of the … Continue reading
What, Me Worry?
There are two kinds of teaching: the speech of day and the knowledge of night, i.e., verbal teaching and direct inspiration. Those who rely only on knowledge based on evidence and reason are afraid of the dark. Continue reading
Men without Qualities
People described as Traditionalists … only have a sort of tendency or aspiration towards tradition without really knowing anything at all about it; this is the measure of the distance dividing the “traditionalist” spirit from the truly traditional spirit, for the latter implies a real knowledge, and indeed in a sense it is the same as that knowledge. Continue reading
Ascent to the Divine
The concept of Victory is of the utmost importance in the traditional theory of Kingship. Exoterically it is by an actual or implied victory over others that a King obtains the throne, but esoterically he is the true Victor who subdues his own passions, allying himself with the Self against himself. Continue reading
Spiritual Challenge and Renewal
A religious factor is necessary as the background for a true heroic conception of life that must be essential for our political alignment. It is necessary to feel in oneself the evidence that there is a higher life beyond this terrestrial life, because only those who feel this way possess … Continue reading
Feast of St Augustine
Breathe in me O Holy Ghost, that my thoughts may all be holy.
Act in me O Holy Ghost, that my work, too, may be holy.
Draw my heart O Holy Ghost, that I love but what is holy.
Strengthen me O Holy Ghost, to defend all that is holy.
Guard me, then, O Holy Ghost, that I always may be holy. Continue reading
Rationality and the Triune Brain
the ignorant do not seek after wisdom because he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself. Continue reading
Munen Muso
無念無想 Munen muso = “no convictions, no thought.” The Character — driven by the wheels of The I. having penetrated the opinions current among the people and being indifferent in the face of speculation, he leaves it to others, he remains calm among the agitated, he does not take part … Continue reading