Gornahoor has conducted a number of thought exercises, designed to aid the aspirant in “mental fasting”, a discipline of dropping old thoughts and thought-patterns or memes (compulsions). These exercises involve recovering a sense of Self that is already there, or (as it was put), laying aside the chain-mail of discursive … Continue reading →

Hermetic initiation is the conscious descent into the depths of the human being all the way to the initial state. When we follow the Hermetic method and meditate on symbols and images, we transcend the external facts of the symbols to descend to the “vital, mental, and spiritual realities that … Continue reading →

By penetrating into the depths of the soul, one can recover a sense of the Primordial state and how it was lost. Continue reading →

Plato, the father of metaphysical philosophy, had the experience of trans-cerebral thought, of thought not conceived but seen. That is why he could teach the method of the gradual elevation above cerebral intellectuality, the elevation from possible opinion (doxa), to a probable conclusion (dianoia) due to dialectical argument, and finally to the certitude of immediate perception (episteme). Continue reading →

Man’s mind is rapt by God to the contemplation of the divine truth in three ways: images, intelligible effects, essences. Continue reading →

St. John of the Cross and St. Theresa d’Avila never tire of repeating that the concentration necessary for spiritual prayer is the fruit of the moral purification of the Will. Continue reading →

The Church of John is in your heart and mind, especially when you are joined with two or three others. So to any self-appointed guardians of orthodoxy, I ask “What’s it to you?” Continue reading →

The Prayer of the Mind is the inner recitation of a prayer. When the prayer runs on its own, apart from the Mind, then it becomes the Prayer of the Heart. Ultimately, one can pray even during dreams. Continue reading →

The prophets of electrum have accomplished the alliance of intelligence and the intuition of faith—the alchemical marriage of the moon and the sun. Continue reading →

For the second phase of Gornahoor, I have listened to comments and suggestions. So instead of reprising the same topic in different contexts, I will have a few core topics which will be updated and corrected as necessary. They will be the foundation for everything else. Continue reading →