The foundation of Buddhist Ariyan morality: To act in accord with Sila (Right Action) without regards to the consequences of your actions. The morality of the Roman Tradition (Stoicism being especially similar to Buddhism) is the same: Doing what has to be done without regards to the fruits one will … Continue reading
The Fifth Path
Today, all young people are witness to and should be aware of the rising tide of ‘burnt out,’ thoroughly dysfunctional, and often mentally ill individuals who surround them. This is most obvious in university environments, where arbitrary expressions of ‘individualism’ are highly encouraged and normalcy is ruthlessly attacked as old-fashioned, … Continue reading
The Legacy of the Byronic Hero
The Romantic Era was one that idealized an unspecified past as more natural and where people’s lives were less fragmented, slower paced, and fuller. Some assert that the movement was something of a revolt against the emphasis on the rationalism of the Enlightenment, but more troubling was its attack on … Continue reading
The Dissolution of the I
Rene Guenon is well-known for rarely if ever speaking about himself. He would answer questions about what he had done or was doing as if ‘he’ may as well have not existed. He eventually stopped using the word ‘I’ altogether; this did not mean that he spoke of himself in … Continue reading
The Yogic Core of Christianity
The rise and sustained interest in Yoga practice among the people of once composed the ‘Protestant elite’ in America is a curious yet understandable development. As Protestantism was progressively purged of the organically developed Catholic practices it adopted in favor of abstract, literary imitation, it lost its ability to take … Continue reading
On Self-Knowledge
Decriers of the West’s decline have sought to find within the Western philosophical Canon the basis for its fall. For Western Christians, Western conservatives, or plain westerners, it is quite a facile thing to point to liberal social critique, ‘Nietzsche’s nihilism,’ or Marxism as this basis. Problematically, this rejection often … Continue reading
The Problem of Modern Morality
In a given metaphysical order, the moral and ethical precepts required of that order have a specific place in the hierarchal obligations of that system. These moral obligations function as boons to metaphysical completion in a given being. The rites in Catholicism and Mahayana Buddhism designed to achieve the purification … Continue reading
Quotability
One of the funny things one will find after reading Evola and Guenon for awhile is that they are remarkably ‘unquotable.’ For writers who have critiques every bit as devastating as Nietzsche but as constructive as Plato, it is odd to find virtually no dazzling one-liners from them like the … Continue reading
Taha on Delusion
The Buddhists see the elimination of Delusion as a spiritual necessity and almost as an end in itself. Abir Taha’s Arya speaks of the need to rid oneself of it as well: It is time for you to open your eyes to the truth that shall set you free from … Continue reading
A Response to James Kalb
In a recent essay on Alternative Right, writer James Kalb explained in “What is it to Accept Tradition?” his view of the state of ‘tradition’ in the West and what it means to be a part of it. While Kalb does not define what the character of the tradition in … Continue reading