And We (Allah) ransomed him (Ismail) with a great sacrifice. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Primer on Tradition and its Future
The ignorant are humble since they know that they do not know. The intelligent are humble because they understand how difficult it is to know something. But the half-smart are so absolutely certain about everything. ~ cjs Executive Summary In the Reign of Quantity, Rene Guenon describes two opponents of … Continue reading
The Succubus and the Houri
A frustrating aspect of spiritual development is backsliding, i.e., reverting to the same unhelpful states of consciousness repeatedly. I can go for days with a mind as still as the ocean on a calm summer’s day, interspersed with periods of bliss. Yet, unexpectedly, a demonic attack occurs, usually in that twilight state between waking and sleeping. Continue reading
Christian Gnosis II
In which we review Christian Gnosis: From St. Paul to Meister Eckhart by Wolfgang Smith. None of the things which are comprehended by the senses or contemplated by the mind really subsist; nothing except the transcendent essence and cause of all. ~ St. Gregory of Nyssa As fire is concealed … Continue reading
Idea Density
It is not the man who chooses the way. It is the way that chooses the man. In other words. the question of a choice does not arise, since the finite cannot choose the Infinite: rather the question is one of vocation, and those who are “called” to use the Gospel expression, cannot ignore the call without committing a “sin against the Holy Ghost” any more than a man can legitimately ignore the obligations of his religion. ~ Frithjof Schuon Continue reading