Guenon lists two works, Dante’s Divine Comedy and the Romance of the Rose, that describe the esoteric process quite openly. With that in mind, serious men will choose to study those works assiduously rather than indulge in fantasies. Guenon also points to Saint Bernard as an antidote to the poison of modernity. Continue reading
Solovyov wants to go beyond the personal to the general and asks about the goal of human existence in general. Since man is always in community, Solovyov claims that “the dignity of the personal and immediate goals of a human life can define itself only by its relationship to that common and final goal for which it serves as the means.” Continue reading
Let the dead bury the dead. I shall not dispute those who maintain a negative attitude toward the religious principle. I shall not argue with the contemporary opponents of religion, because they are right. I say that those who reject religion are right because the contemporary state of religion calls … Continue reading
The true sage is no longer a simple hermit or a wandering monk, who has renounced life and is mildly preaching the same renunciation to others; he is one who boldly denounces the wrong and irrational things of life. Continue reading
The intelligentsia recognize the sources of the reactionary desires of the folk, but not the truth embodied in those sources. Therefore, there is a constant attack on religion, family, nation, and race, and the attempt to replace them with the propaganda of modern education. Continue reading