Cosmos and Mind

Posted on 2012-10-24 by Cologero

We can praise Mr. Nagel, I suppose, for rediscovering sliced bread, and we hope it doesn’t destroy his reputation. Continue reading →

The Knower and the Known

Posted on 2012-10-23 by Cologero

Let us, then, if we can, raise ourselves up to the heights of that supreme intelligence. There reason will be able to see that which it cannot see by itself—it will be able to see how that which has no certain occurrence may be seen by a certain and fixed foreknowledge, a knowledge that is not opinion, but the boundless immediacy of the highest form of knowing. Continue reading →

Art and Illusion in Meyrink

Posted on 2012-10-22 by Cologero

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 →

Principle IV: Authority (Its Nature)

Posted on 2012-10-21 by Cologero

From Chapter II, “Principles”, L’Autorité, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. This principle will appear in three installments. Nature of Authority The idea that authority can be constructed from below would not have come into the head of our grandparents who were wise. It is not made, in truth, … Continue reading →

The Secret Meaning of Marriage

Posted on 2012-10-20 by Aeneas

Recently several of Gustav Meyrink’s books were republished: The White Dominican, Walpurgis Night, The Angel of the West Window, after the publisher Bompiani had already published a new translation of the Golem, a book that had in its time a great success in Germany and from which a film was … Continue reading →

The Path of Blue Flowers

Posted on 2012-10-19 by Logres

You ask me what I mean by ideas when I say that they are the only permanent thing in man and that they alone deserve one’s lifetime attention. Ideas are first of all opposed to ephemeral external things and to the sensations, desires, and passions directly referring to them. Continue reading →

Spiritual Knighthood

Posted on 2012-10-18 by Cologero

Henceforth, the relationship between man and his God is that of knightly service. At its limit, this relationship produces the metamorphosis of the warrior knight to the spiritual knight. Continue reading →

Shun Poison, Seek Nectar

Posted on 2012-10-17 by Cologero

As often happens with saints, legends surround them. Ashtavakra’s name derives from the eight deformities in his body. The cause of the deformities is unclear. Said to be enlightened already in the womb, Ashtavakra was upset about the scriptures being recited improperly; he either squirmed or was cursed by his … Continue reading →

Origin of Revolution

Posted on 2012-10-16 by Cologero

Revolution is the overthrow of established order, resulting in a state of disorder. Thus, there can be no such thing as a “conservative revolution” but rather what is required, as Joseph de Maistre famously claimed, is “the opposite of a revolution“. To understand what Order is in the first place, … Continue reading →

Thought and Transcendence

Posted on 2012-10-15 by Cologero

If you try to find out how Plato in particular described the soul forces of eros and thumos, you will discover scholars debating with each other, but without reaching any conclusion. The metaphysician, on the other hand, takes a radically different approach. Through meditation and contemplation, he will observe how … Continue reading →

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Cosmos and Mind

The Knower and the Known

Art and Illusion in Meyrink

Principle IV: Authority (Its Nature)

The Secret Meaning of Marriage

The Path of Blue Flowers

Spiritual Knighthood

Shun Poison, Seek Nectar

Origin of Revolution

Thought and Transcendence