The center of the True Man transcends the soul life, which is experienced as exterior to himself, just as much so as is the exterior world of the trees, birds, mountains, and oceans. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: January 2011
Orangutans and Gnosis
he man in the street and the initiate share 100% of their genes in common. Continue reading
Kidz, Kulcha, Kreativity
A few years ago, I watched a contrived controversy on a cable news channel. An exclusive and expensive liberal arts college in the suburbs of Los Angeles was giving students access to time on the campus cable TV channel. Not surprisingly, one group decided to produce pornography. Appearing on the … Continue reading
Universal Reason
We have been at pains to point out that the mentality of man is not constant. It varies over the course of cosmic cycles. It varies between the different castes. It varies between nations and races, whose spiritual makeups may be quite different. It varies within an individual who is … Continue reading
Transmutation: A Novel
A frequent visitor to Gornahoor, Lydia Bisanti, asked me to make her novel Transmutation: A novel about Eternal Love available in the Gornahoor library. This is how she describes herself: Lydia Bisanti’s interest in metaphysics started in the seventies when she discovered the writings of Rene Guenon, a French metaphysician … Continue reading
Hero with 1000 Faces
One particular point we have emphasized is the idea of three stages of consciousness. In the first stage, a man or woman accepts things as they are without question or interest. For whatever reason, a man may become dissatisfied and seek for his own explanations. He may have a conversion … Continue reading
Excursus on Method
This is a post we had no intention to write and it was not on our schedule. Nevertheless, it seems necessary at this time to summarize several months of efforts. First of all, one must resist the urge to debate, since our goal is gnosis, wisdom, or knowledge. Hurling platitudes … Continue reading
The American
Jack, the American, is a maker of custom high-performance weapons used in assassinations. When an assignment goes awry in Sweden, he runs off to Italy and secludes himself in the town. His chief gives him one last job, after which Jack plans to retire. Continue reading