Our experience of angels is through our intellect, since they are themselves pure intellect. That is, they will come as thoughts, or a constellation of ideas, an inspiration, or a temptation. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2013
The Idea of the World in the East (II)
This review by Julius Evola of “The Science of Peace” and “The Science of the Sacred Word” by Bhagavan Das originally appeared in Bilychnis, volume XXVI, September, 1925. This is part two of two parts. The third part will deal with the idea of the world in the West. Pratyagatma … Continue reading
The Idea of the World in the East
This very early review by Julius Evola of “The Science of Peace” and “The Science of the Sacred Word” originally appeared in Bilychnis, volume XXVI, September, 1925. This is part one of two parts. The third part will deal with the idea of the world in the West. NOTE: This … Continue reading
Benevolent Centralized Power
Jacques Ellul claimed that the purpose of education is to make it easier to indoctrinate people, so the highly educated are often the most malleable, or at least, they must be moulded first. Continue reading
Finishing What the Inklings Started
Given the level of interest in Christian circles in the Inklings, as well as the responsive reading of articles on Tolkien or Lewis at this site, it might be helpful to pinpoint what the perennial appeal of the Inklings is, wherein the power lies, and how one might recover and … Continue reading
Theosophy and Gnosis
when pagan polytheism flourished, monotheism was regarded as an esoteric truth to be hidden from the masses who were unable to reach such a high level ~ Nicolas Berdyaev Continue reading
Involution and Evolution
Negative Capability is when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason. Continue reading
The Esoteric Origin of the Species (III)
This is the conclusion of essay originally which appeared in the Introduction to Magic, volume 3. The Diagram discussed is by Edgar Dacqué. He was a German paleontologist who was a devout Lutheran, a Theosophist, and was involved with the OTO. In this conclusion, Avro explains how man arises from … Continue reading
Putting a Rose Back on the Cross
Cologero has been very generous in allowing many of us to write on Gornahoor. For that reason, I’ve sometimes repaid him by not posting anything, when I was sure I had nothing important or clear to say. I am ending the series on Iamblichus; the reader will have to write … Continue reading
The Esoteric Origin of the Species (II)
This essay originally appeared in the Introduction to Magic, volume 3. This is the second of multiple parts. It was published under the name “Avro”, which I believe to be Julius Evola. ⇐ Part 1 Part 3 ⇒ Moving from primitive man to the anthropoid and the ape, and presuming the … Continue reading