Gornahoor

Liber esse, scientiam acquirere, veritatem loqui

Our Father Course: Week 7
2023-03-26
The seven churches can also be imagined as representing different historical epochs. Each of the churches has a positive and a negative element. These still live in every human being, regardless of…
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The Emptiness of Meaning
2022-03-26
Platonic realism recognizes universal ideas, their appearance in the world, their knowability, and their expressibility. Continue reading →
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Readymade Ideas
2020-03-26
A great philosophy is not one that resolves the questions once and for all, but one that poses them; that a great philosophy is not one that pronounces, but one that demands.…
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The Solar and the Demetrian Races
2014-03-26
The ancient symbol of gold always had connections with this form of spirituality. In the political forms of the origins, it acted as the substrate to sacred, or divine, regality, i.e., to…
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Dante and the Holy Culmination of the Roman Tradition (3)
2012-03-26
It is not easy to express this succession and fusion that must not be considered historically but on a plane where the symbolic values remain such even if unknown or misunderstood until…
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Simulation and Yellow Cards

Posted on 2023-04-11 by Cologero

That was when I learned about “simulation” for which he should have received a yellow card. Continue reading →

Artificial Intelligence is better than none

Posted on 2023-03-27 by Cologero

Gornahoor is a blog that explores metaphysics, physics, religion and high culture, connecting Ancient Wisdom to the modern world. The blog covers topics such as the religion of medieval Europe, metaphysics, spiritual knighthood, sophiology and the common task, romantic Christianity, high culture. Continue reading →

Statistics Ruin the Game

Posted on 2023-02-25 by Cologero

I was scorekeeper and calculated various statistics for the game and announced them at the end of each round. My father snapped at me, “You’re ruining the game!” Continue reading →

Embracing Insomnia

Posted on 2023-02-05 by Cologero

That is when I learned to embrace that solitary time. The nighttime is so quiet and still. There is no sensory experience other than the flow of thoughts. Continue reading →

Power and Random Acts of Kindness

Posted on 2022-12-11 by Cologero

I suppose that some 21st century men, and most women, would be wondering why I wasn’t planning some random act of kindness. All I can say is that you and I have traveled in different circles. Continue reading →

The Great Fez Hat Sanction

Posted on 2022-10-16 by Cologero

The fez became a symbol of the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th century. Continue reading →

Paying the Cost

Posted on 2022-09-25 by Cologero

It takes years of training to teach us to deal intelligently with the world of everyday life. Our schooling — whether in plain reasoning or formal topics — is rigorous, because the knowledge we are trying to impart is very complex. Continue reading →

Why Society is so Toxic

Posted on 2022-09-11 by Cologero

I like to maintain a library of old books. There is great pleasure in rethinking forgotten thoughts and ideas. Continue reading →

The Virtual Photographer

Posted on 2022-09-04 by Cologero

Hold it, I think you’re going to like this picture! Continue reading →

UFO Research: Aliens

Posted on 2022-07-24 by Cologero

UFO research is usually met with derision on one side, and passionate belief on the other. But in keeping with revolutionary science, it is necessary to be neutral, or zetetic. For the purposes of this article, only data that is consistent with the extraterrestrial hypothesis — i.e., UFOs are spacecraft … 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