As a man of science, I cannot be any other than a pantheist; as an artist, it is impossible for me to be other than a polytheist; as for being human—that is also taken care of. ~ Goethe Goethe has a threefold inner attitude towards existence. He was wholly a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Rene Guenon
The Spirit of Joseph de Maistre
Joseph de Maistre was an Hermetist (in the school of Martines de Pasqually and Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin), Traditionalist, Reactionary, European, and a source of the Russian Idea. In his Self-Defense, Julius Evola includes Maistre among those well-bred men holding sane and normal views common prior to the French Revolution. In … Continue reading
Metaphysical Knowledge
The following quotes are taken from Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines by Rene Guenon. They characterize the nature of the metaphysical enterprise. Continue reading
The Way Back
Il cattolicismo è veramente la religion più perfetta, come la filosofia europea moderna è la più perfetta filosofia: sono insieme le più alte creazioni dello spirit ariano. (Catholicism is truly the most perfect religion, just as modern European philosophy is the most perfect philosophy: together, they are the highest creations … Continue reading
Tradition and Traditionalism
Think hard, young men, and be prudent before committing your life. Continue reading
Vincit omnia Veritas
Those who will be successful in overcoming all these obstacles and in triumphing over the hostility of an environment opposed to all spirituality will doubtless be few in number. Confusion, error and darkness can enjoy no more than a specious and purely ephemeral triumph. Continue reading
On Lacking Credentials
You know when the living thought of a writer becomes fossilized when it turns into text for use by academics, particularly those who find it necessary to boast about their credentials before speaking. I would like to remind visitors that Evola refused to accept a degree in engineering, because he … Continue reading
Genius and the Real Man
Every Real Man has realized all the possibilities of the human condition, but each one has done so in a way which is typical of him alone, and which differentiates him from all other Real Men. If that were not the case, how could there be room, in our world, even for beings who have not achieved that level? Continue reading
Buddhism and Tradition
Mahayana absolutism and the Advaita Vedanta are valuable as providing the basis on which a world-culture can be built. It is only absolutism that can make for the fundamental unity of existence and at the same time allow for differences. Continue reading
Caste and Spirit
Caste refers to the division of society into functional and hierarchical classes reflecting the different characteristics of human individuals. “Caste” is often exclusively associated with the societal divisions of Hindu India, although the word originally referred to the feudal system in Portugal. Furthermore, George Dumezil documented the caste structure of … Continue reading