{"id":72,"date":"2008-09-03T08:09:36","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T03:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gornahoor.net\/?p=72"},"modified":"2020-09-03T07:14:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T11:14:56","slug":"karma-and-reincarnation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/?p=72","title":{"rendered":"Karma and Reincarnation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nWhen you speak of your memory of the future, you’re probably thinking of transmigration or reincarnation. Maybe you think I can help you fulfill your desinty. But the idea of reincarnation isn’t mentioned anywhere in the old texts. Rather it emerged from the detritus of the Flood and is linked to the primeval serpent and to the dark people of prehistoric times.
\n~ Miguel Serrano (EL\/ELLA<\/em>)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In his Maschera e volto dello spiritualismo contemporaneo<\/em>, Julius Evola offers a critique of Theosophy focusing on the notions of Karma and Reincarnation. That text is now available in English in the library section of this web site<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

\nWithin the confines of a single chapter, Evola recapitulates the arguments of Rene Guenon against Theosophy in general and reincarnation in particular, and adds some of his own twists. It is a model of a fair and incisive criticism. It is fair because it represents the Theosophical position accurately; a Theosophist will likely agree with it even while coming to an opposite valuation. It is incisive because Evola exposes the unstated root assumptions behind the notion and then draws out the logical consequences.\n<\/p>\n

\nEvola begins by contrasting the traditional notion of karma with the modern version as represented in Theosophy. In the Traditional conception, karma is the law of cause and effect, though it extends well beyond merely physical phenomena. The objection to reincarnation is both subtle and profound. It cannot be emphasized sufficiently that this is not an optional point of view but is fundamental to Traditionalism, as all its parts are intimately related into a coherent whole. I have met soi-disant<\/i> “Traditionalists”, even among those who deign to publish books and journals, who reject what Evola and Guenon say about reincarnation.\n<\/p>\n

\nBesides the main thread of the argument, which must be followed closely, note also the little digressions that are also of interest. Pay attention to what he writes about “Providence”, since it will come up again in the second part of The Individual and the Becoming of the World<\/cite>. He also relates the Traditional teachings to some Catholic dogmas, such as the Fall and purgatory. Note how he cuts through the dogma and moralism to get to the core of the teachings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you speak of your memory of the future, you’re probably thinking of transmigration or reincarnation. Maybe you think I can help you fulfill your desinty. But the idea of reincarnation isn’t mentioned anywhere in the old texts. Rather it emerged from the detritus of the Flood and is linked … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[56,57,58],"class_list":["post-72","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evola","tag-karma","tag-reincarnation","tag-theosophy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12784,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72\/revisions\/12784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gornahoor.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}