See Part 1 It might seem odd that the concluding chapter on a book about Hindu doctrines is all about the “West”. Obviously, the intent is not for the West to become Hindu, but rather for the West to use the traditional doctrines as revealed in the Vedanta in order … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2008
The “Prophecies” of Rene Guenon
In the conclusion of Introduction to the Study of Hindu Doctrines, originally published in 1921, Rene Guenon offers some predictions, which he emphasises are not to be considered “prophecies”, for the spiritual direction of the West. Continue reading
The European Empire
The general climate is unfavourable: the spiritual state of piety, of heroism, of loyalty, of honour in unity, that should serve as cement for the organic system of an imperial European Order is today, so to speak, nonexistent. Continue reading
The Science and technology Question
The next question from the interview published in “La Nation Europeenne” deals with science and technology. Q. Your judgment of science and technology seems, in your work, to be negative. What are the reasons for your position? Don’t you believe that material conquests and the elimination of hunger and poverty … Continue reading
How the Angel Gal-el became Gloria, the Christmas Angel
The tiny angel Gal-el embraced the fetus. It could feel its heart thumping with fear. The voices of the nurses in the room increased their intensity inside its mother’s watery womb. “Honey, don’t you worry. The thing in there, won’t feel a thing it will go to sleep and never … Continue reading
New Years Message
The ancient Tantra teachings say that the way to realization differs from age to age, so that methods appropriate to the golden age may lose their effectiveness in our crepuscular times, the “Kali Yuga”. While passive contemplation was appropriate to a more spiritual age, we are weighed down with matter, … Continue reading