Everyone reading Gornahoor is aware of Guenon’s belief that the West lost its Tradition with the dispersion of the Templars. On the other hand, we need to counterbalance that with Tomberg’s claim: All through the Middle Ages right on down to the present, an unbroken stream of occult tradition has … Continue reading
Nature’s Lessons on Interior Friction
Cologero has beautifully highlighted the central paradox of “he who wishes to rise” or “the aspirant”: It is clear in fact that if persuasion sharpens itself to a pure, unrelated sufficiency—i.e., to a state—rather than to sufficiency as denial of an insufficiency—i.e. to an act, to a relation—the antithesis certainly … Continue reading
Lucy in the Sky
Last night I saw the movie Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson, with a good friend. Unlike typical reviews, we always review from the perspective of the third dimension. From this dimension come various influences, both baleful and benevolent. Understanding those influences will reveal the “meaning” of what occurs on the empirical … Continue reading
Julius Evola on Hermann Keyserling – Part 2
This is the second and final installment of Julius Evola‘s commentary on Hermann Keyserling from Saggi sull’Idealismo Magico. Evola refers to Keyserling’s “brilliant interpretation of the function of meaning, according to which understanding is removed from the rational and peripheral plane and compenetrated with the principle of deep self-realization and … Continue reading
Prequel to the Three Worlds
Cornelius Agrippa, in Occult Philosophy, posited the existence of three worlds: the elementary, celestial, and intellectual worlds, hierarchically arranged, as illustrated, for example, in Robert Fludd’s Diagram. Since each inferior world is governed by its superior and receives its influence, so the mages believe that one can penetrate naturally by … Continue reading
Julius Evola on Hermann Keyserling – Part 1
This is part 1 of two on Julius Evola‘s interpretation of Hermann Keyserling, originally published in Saggi sull’Idealismo Magico. The School of Wisdom referred to was established by Keyserling in 1920 and is apparently still active today. Keyserling bases his philosophy on “understanding”, which is “metarational”. Specifically, it is not … Continue reading
The New Warrior Monk
The Role of the Knight In Gnosis, Vol I, Boris Mouravieff describes the Knight of the Middle Ages: The elite man of the Middle Ages was the knight. Chivalry formed the nobility, the ruling class in that epoch where money did not yet hold the reins of public and private … Continue reading
Magical Idealism in a Larger Whole
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. ~ Sophocles Since one aspect of building a system is to integrate a lesser one into a larger whole, what follows are some possible wholes that will accept what is profitable in magical idealism, while … Continue reading
Philosophy Around the World
Hermann Keyserling Before publishing Julius Evola’s comments on Hermann Keyserling, I want to provide some background. His philosophy was oriented toward freedom, action, elitism, reaction, and anti-rationalism; themes important to Evola and which explain the interest. Apparently Evola met him in person at some point, but took a dislike to … Continue reading
Julius Evola on Giovanni Gentile — Part 3
This is the third and final installment of Julius Evola‘s commentary on Giovanni Gentile from Essays on Magical Idealism. Although it is highly technical, we can cut to the main point. First, there is the distinction between spontaneity and freedom. In a free act, “I” make the choice. A spontaneous … Continue reading
The Lupercalia of Mad Men
A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, “You are mad, you are not like us.” ~ St Anthony the Great Guenon the Master Rene Guenon is the master who made religion and spirituality comprehensible … Continue reading