This is third section of an article by Guido de Giorgio, titled The Instant and Eternity, first published in Diorama Filosofico in 1939. I am constantly struck by so many people today who only perceive darkness, ignorance, or intolerance in the past. They tell me about dictators oppressively their people, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2012
Evola: The Second Rumi?
Some souls learn nothing except from human masters; others have learned everything from invisible guides known only to themselves. ~ Shihaboddin Yahya Sohravardi Fr. Frank Gelli, a Roman by birth, now an Anglican priest living in a predominantly Muslim section of London, recently made available on Amazon an e-book, Julius … Continue reading
Players and Pugilists
It is of considerable significance that the profession considered most sinful in classical, medieval, and even early modern European society was the actor, that theater was consistently denounced by both civil and religious authorities, and that actors were not considered citizens in France until the great turning point of 1789. … Continue reading
The Past as Death and Life
This is the second section of Guido de Giorgio‘s essay The Instant and Eternity. Here de Giorgio compares modern and traditional man. He brings in many themes previously covered here: the continuity of the past; the notion of depth in the flow of history, i.e., “subterranean history”; the past understood … Continue reading
The Myth of the Future
This is part of an article by Guido de Giorgio, titled The Instant and Eternity, first published in Diorama Filosofico in 1939. We can say that the sacred is distinguished from the profane in what is essentially oriented toward the past to fix the stages of a procession which necessarily … Continue reading
Hell and other lovely thoughts
I decided to leave, neither forgiven nor condemned. Perhaps it was Minos, trying to determine my place in hell. Continue reading
Who do you love?
The New York Times had an article this week about the latest dating trend, which is to ask about your date’s credit score before you get too involved. That is something pretty girls don’t really have to worry about because we know that if this one gets away, there will … Continue reading