Confucius taught that there are two kinds of sage, those who are so by birth and those who are so through their own efforts. The Sage or True Man is the highest stage of the exoteric path, but the first stage of the esoteric path. Exoteric Path Stage Esoteric Path … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Philosophy, Poetry, Piety
Philosopher The Philosopher, in the Traditional sense, is a lover of Wisdom, which is the intuitive knowledge of the Ideas. The goal of the Philosopher is, then, to be a Wise Man, or Sage. His method is the examined life, or self-knowledge, which differs from the natural knowledge of the … Continue reading
Conspiracies and the Gas Laws
How to manipulate modern society through containment, temperature and pressure. If Descartes had written “I am, therefore I think,” instead of its perverse reverse, it is conceivable that it might not have been necessary for M. Gleizes to write this book [Life and Death of the Christian West]. Out of … Continue reading
Caste and Social Order
Spiritual Authority and Temporal Power As was shown in the Doctrine of Castes, a person’s caste is the reflection of his nature, hence of his function in society. These functions, then, form a hierarchical relationship among each other. The first such relationship is that between Spiritual Authority, held by the … Continue reading
Nature Abhors a Vacuum
There can be no gaps in the psychic and physical processes; that it, there is necessarily a continuity synchronically and diachronically. Another way to say it is that everything is in relationship to everything else. Continue reading
Essence of Archaism
In The Essence of Archaism, Guillaume Faye describes the return of what he calls “archaic values”. First of all, the Greek word arche, like the Latin principium, means what comes first, either temporarily (“beginning”) or ontologically (“principle”). Thus the Prologue to John’s Gospel in Greek is, “En arche en o … Continue reading
Heredity and the Law of Attraction
Thoughts on heredity, consciousness, reincarnation. 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
Doctrine of Castes
One law for the lion and ox is oppression. ~ William Blake, Marriage of Heaven and Hell The characteristics of each caste is shown in the following chart, which combines details from Rene Guenon, Julius Evola, and Plato. (Note: The English translation of Revolt Against the Modern World suggests the … Continue reading
Indispensable Spiritual Qualities
Frithjof Schuon provides a succinct description of the qualities that are indispensable for spirituality. Continue reading