The Political Philosophy of Confucianism (II)

Posted on 2013-02-23 by Avery Morrow

In part II of his 1930 essay, OKAWA Shumei begins to make his departure from the basic principles of Western political thought obvious, deploying a slightly Hobbesian character from the 3rd century B.C., and demonstrating his Confucian orthodoxy. It is interesting to consider this contrast of rules vs. rulers in … Continue reading →

Hebdomad

Posted on 2013-02-22 by Logres

Seven is called the Virgin, Guardian, Message, Critical Time, Athena, Chance & Acropolis. It is a mean between the second Monad (ie., the Hexad, issuing into material Creation, since Dyad and Triad belong more properly to the One) and the Decad. It is perfect: it is 3 from 4 and … Continue reading →

The Political Philosophy of Confucianism (I)

Posted on 2013-02-21 by Avery Morrow

To aspire to Confucianism is without a doubt to make clear the Tao. And since the Tao is nothing if not a principle for individual life, Confucianism is an attempt to expound how men might live a righteous life. Continue reading →

To eat of the Tree

Posted on 2013-02-21 by Holy Fool

Divine Justice means to put each and all according to their rightful place and status. When man acts according to illusory purposes, fragmenting the essential unity of creation, he operates a similar fragmentation within himself, suffering an ontological degradation, creating a sympathy bond with an inferior level of existence. God sends one to the level that one, of one’s own accord, has chosen. Continue reading →

The Aumkara of The West

Posted on 2013-02-20 by Frater M

As is well known, the Mandukya Upanishad explicates the individual letters of the sacred monosyllable “AUM” as symbols of Atma within various states, and finally with the twelfth verse describes the AUM taken as a whole as the “state” of Turiya: the identity of Aum and the Self, the ineffable … Continue reading →

The Establishment of a Traditional Society: Priests (III)

Posted on 2013-02-19 by Cologero

⇐ Part II This is the third and final installment from Guido De Giorgio‘s chapter on the priestly caste from La Tradizione Romana [The Roman Tradition]. He continues the discussion on faith. He points out that when the priesthood deteriorates, it gives rise to priesthood of solitary Ascetics. Although they … Continue reading →

The Establishment of a Traditional Society: Priests (II)

Posted on 2013-02-17 by Cologero

⇐ Part I Part III ⇒ This is the second installment from Guido De Giorgio‘s chapter on the priestly caste from La Tradizione Romana [The Roman Tradition]. He sees the process of the degeneration of the castes as beginning, not from the revolt of the Kshatriya, but rather from the … Continue reading →

News on President’s Day

Posted on 2013-02-16 by Cologero

The USA changed from a culture of character to a culture of personality. The effect is that people now admire movie and rock stars, athletes, and those who put on the best show. The new gospel seems to be The vulgar shall inherit the earth. Continue reading →

A Pause at the Hexad

Posted on 2013-02-15 by Logres

There is a natural pause over the Hexad: it represents, in many ways, a repetition of the Monad, being halfway in between 1 & 10. The Hexad, or Seal of Solomon, reminds us that even the Monad itself is not original, but ab-original, because Iamblichus never deals with the Number … Continue reading →

The Synthesis of All Traditions

Posted on 2013-02-15 by Cologero

It is true that many vestiges of a forgotten past are coming out of the earth in our age, and perhaps not without reason. ~ Rene Guenon, Traditional Forms and Cosmic Cycles Guenon wrote that well before the discoveries of the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Nag Hammadi Library. The … Continue reading →

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The Political Philosophy of Confucianism (II)

Hebdomad

The Political Philosophy of Confucianism (I)

To eat of the Tree

The Aumkara of The West

The Establishment of a Traditional Society: Priests (III)

The Establishment of a Traditional Society: Priests (II)

News on President’s Day

A Pause at the Hexad

The Synthesis of All Traditions