The Third Test, The Ceryneian Hind For the third labor, Hercules was given a retrieval task instead of a slaying to accomplish. Since Hercules could not be overcome with guile & brute force, it was hoped that he could be made to trespass against a god, & have divine fury … Continue reading
Category Archives: Hyperborean
Harmonics
In order to win the daily battle, we may resort to any number of tactics which can strengthen the “core” of man by magnetizing the higher centers of his personality, including plain music. As several correspondents on this site have suggested, there may be a harmonic basis for this in … Continue reading
True North
“It goes without saying, that nobody initiates anybody else, if we understand by initiation the mystery of the Second Birth, the great sacrament, the initiation from above which is operative from above and has the value and duration of eternity. The Initiator is above…” Valentin Tomberg This truth is not … Continue reading
The End of the Golden Age
Two birds, inseparably united companions, dwell in the same tree; the one eats of the fruit of the tree, while the other looks on without eating.~ Mundaka Upanishad iii.1 This quote from the Upanishads, which appear at the end of the Vedic period, demonstrates the vague beginnings of the dualistic … Continue reading
The Fall from the Primordial State
Let us be clear. The Primordial State is not a “state of nature” as in Rousseau, but rather of supernature. But if in the Primordial State man lives in harmony with nature and the divine, with a direct awareness of God in his psyche as his life force, and with … Continue reading
Hyperborean Field
To the Hyperborean Field shall thou find the woundrous way Continue reading