We will return to the Number 8 & Iamblichus, very soon. The Inklings are well-known to Christians, and greatly lauded; unfortunately, very few are interested in the more profound portions of any of their work. Gornahoor has already pointed out that CS Lewis ultimately held a reductive view of the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Literature
Art and Illusion in Meyrink
So the psychic appearances that play such a prominent part in his books are not real in themselves, but illusions whose reality comes from the formless realm. Continue reading
A True Couple from among Mankind
Rabbi John said: to bring together a true couple from among mankind is more difficult than Moses’ miracle in parting the Red Sea. So says the rather odd Mr. Egyolk, a Russian Hasidic Jew, in Gustav Meyrink‘s The Green Face. One of the subplots in the book involves a group … Continue reading
Bridge of Life
From a practical point of view, such a path is exceedingly difficult. It is difficult enough alone, but trickier in tandem, as differences in development are usually inevitable. Some few women will find themselves attracted to such a man, even if they are not quite sure why. Continue reading
Beyond Mediocrity
the very nature of certain ordinary persons consists precisely in their perpetual and unvarying ordinariness. Continue reading
Ernst Junger on Apoliteia
The following passages are from Ernst Junger’s philosophical-metahistorical novel Eumeswil, a book which complements Julius Evola’s Ride the Tiger quite nicely. “I am an anarch – not because I despise authority, but because I need it. Likewise, I am not a nonbeliever, but a man who demands something worth believing … Continue reading
Action and Contemplation in Dante’s Divine Comedy
Titus Burckhardt, in his essay “Because Dante Was Right,” argues that one of the main themes of the Commedia is “the reciprocal relationship between knowledge and will.” Knowledge of the eternal truths is potentially present in the human spirit or intellect, but its unfolding is directly conditioned by the will, … Continue reading
Hollywood Action Flicks
In his inimitable way, Gilbert Chesterton, in a discussion about adventure or romance novels [NOTE: not meant in the contemporary sense], anticipates the plots and defects of Hollywood action movies. The title of the essay is “The Position of Sir Walter Scott”; in this segment he compares Scott to later … Continue reading
Tradition and Orthodoxy
We added T. S. Eliot’s lectures titled After Strange Gods to the library because it is based on the theme of Tradition and Orthodoxy. It is interesting as far as it goes, but we prefer Guenon’s use of the same themes since Guenon develops them in a more thorough and … Continue reading
Dialogo di Torquato Tasso e del suo Genio familiare
Gran conforto: un sogno in cambio del vero. Continue reading