To exalt the romantic, tragic, anxious soul, always in search of new “truths”, is essentially something of a civilization sick and damaged in its race. Calmness, style, clarity, command, discipline, power, and the Olympic spirit are instead the points of reference for every formation of character and life. Continue reading
It frequently happens that a soul on the path of death recognizes those with whom it is to share the same eternal dwelling for equal blame or reward. Continue reading
This essay originally appeared in the Introduction to Magic, volume 3. This is the first of multiple parts. It was published under the name “Avro”, which I believe to be Julius Evola. Part 2 ⇒ The reader will not fail to notice that in one particular point among others, the … Continue reading
April showers have chased me indoors. Last night I made enough money playing Texas Hold’em to cover the purchase of the UR/KRUR books and Della Riveria’s Magic World of the Heros, so you guys are off the hook. But thanks for the offers. Don’t knock playing cards which are clearly … Continue reading
Cologero had mentioned this book, coincidentally, at the same time that I had stumbled across it myself, so I finally made the purchase, and finished reading it. I found it most helpful; Elder Thaddeus is simultaneously very strict (insofar as he sets out an arduous teaching) and yet very compassionate, … Continue reading
Thoughts have a temporal component, since we think one thought after another, which can all be related sequentially. However, there is no “where”; i.e., one thought is not to the left of another, or across from it, etc. Yet, images in a dream do have a spatial aspect; in the dream, we “go places”, there is different scenery for different places, and so on. Furthermore, since we “see” things, that brings up the question of a “body”; do the figures in a dream have an “astral body” that we then “see”? Continue reading
Today we are truly at the dawn of the coming of the third person in the dialectic of the divine; the direction of creative activity in motion, of the universe in which dynamis or power is the fundamental note, and the immanent presence of the “cosmic Fire” is characteristic of this. Continue reading
This post will address some of the more common questions that readers have asked me. Do you Blog full time? With the massive amount of all original content, new translations, not to mention the distasteful duties of a webmaster, maintaining a full-featured web site may look like a full time … Continue reading
Reghini points to several other Hermetic symbols found in Dante and other writings of the Fedeli d’Amore. These include the Arrow, the Rose, the Rebis, the Azoth, and the Phoenix. Finally, he mentions the significance of the analogical or spiritual meaning of such texts, which simply cannot be understood by those not prepared for it. Continue reading
Love in the initiatic sense has therefore the capacity to take away the dream and death, giving to the Fedel d’Amore a new life. That is reached through degrees of successive development. Continue reading