Noli foras ire, in te ipsum redi: in interiore hominis habitat veritas. ~ St. Augustine Rene Guenon has written extensively on the conditions and facts of initiation, but hardly enough on what occurs after initiation. I offer, here, some thoughts on initiation, and bring up the question of its necessity and … Continue reading
Category Archives: Musings
Summer Doldrums
There are many, she said, who would gain from the application of principles even if they are put off by abstract arguments. Continue reading
Devil in the Details
What we call a normal civilization is one that is based on principles, in the true sense of this word. Continue reading
Money, Sex, and Power
Twenty something years ago, a fellow, let’s call him Paul, belonged to my circle of friends. Like Travis McGee, he lived on his yacht in Bahia Mar. I recall that he was once on the Sally Jesse Raphael late night talk show in a segment about handsome and eligible millionaires. … Continue reading
Nietzsche, Aquinas, Dante
Nietzsche’s claim to fame is as a psychologist. In that, he can be very insightful in exposing hypocrisy, ressentiment, and the like. In that as a side effect, he is a creator of the modern world which has replaced discussion and dialog with accusation. Today, a man’s ideas are barely considered, but instead his motives are questioned; certain points of view are even considered to be “mental illnesses”. Continue reading
The Intellectual Love of God
There are three types of men corresponding to the three ways of knowing: the unknowning, the free man, and the sage. The first has opinions, the second is guided by reason, and the third understands through intuition. Continue reading
Entheogens
It should be clear that the theory behind the use of enthogens for spiritual “enlightenment” is deeply flawed. It assumes that such enlightenment involves a particular experience, or set of experiences, that are somehow to be distinguished from all other experiences. This idea comes from the confusion of the psychic and the spiritual. ~ Rene Guenon, The Reign of Quantity Continue reading
Hell and other lovely thoughts
I decided to leave, neither forgiven nor condemned. Perhaps it was Minos, trying to determine my place in hell. Continue reading
The New Dawn
He must take on himself the responsibility for his life (as it must be lived in order for him to attain life), which cannot rest with another. He must have in himself the certainty of his own life, which others cannot give him. He must create himself and the world, which does not exist before him: he must be master and not slave in his house. Continue reading
The End of All our Exploring
And the end of all our exploring, Will be to arrive where we started, And know the place for the first time. Continue reading