Haunted by the Emperor

Posted on 2017-01-04 by Cologero

Europe is haunted by the shadow of the Emperor. One senses his absence just as vividly as in former times one sensed his presence. Because the emptiness of the wound speaks, that which we miss knows how to make us sense it. ~ Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot At … Continue reading →

Sense and Nonsense

Posted on 2016-12-14 by Cologero

We are men of the middle ages, not only because that is our destiny, the fatality of history, but also because we will it. You, you are still men of modern times, because you refuse to choose. ~ Nicolas Berdyaev The power of a new Middle Ages is needed. ~ … Continue reading →

Thriving in the End Times

Posted on 2016-11-03 by Cologero

What Is Thinking All things that we see standing accomplished in the world are properly the outer material result, the practical realization and embodiment, of Thoughts that dwell in the Great Men sent into the world. Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero Worship, and the Heroic in History. The sophisticated man … Continue reading →

The Eagle and the Vultures

Posted on 2016-10-29 by Aeneas

Originally published in 1939, Massimo Scaligero never allowed La Razza di Roma (The Race of Rome) to be republished. The following selection from that book describes the spiritual basis for the founding of Rome. The following points highlight the gulf that separates the mentality and spirituality of the ancient Romans … Continue reading →

Life in the Kali Yuga

Posted on 2016-10-20 by Cologero

The Hermetist Today I have mentioned before my high regard for polymaths among whom I recently discovered Ethan Allen Hitchcock The Alchemists were Reformers in their time, obliged indeed to work in secret, but nevertheless making their impression upon the public. They lived, for the most part, in an age … Continue reading →

Christian Gnosis: Jacob Boehme

Posted on 2016-10-06 by Cologero

I was a hidden treasure, and I desired to be known; therefore I created the creation in order that I might be known. ~ Hadith Qudsi Origen, Dionysius the Areopagite, Jacob Boehme, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Vladimir Solovyov and Nicolas Berdyaev, for example, show in their works a progress which … Continue reading →

Affinities Between Catholicism and Shi’ism (4)

Posted on 2016-09-20 by Michael McClain

These extracts from the longer work Persian Traditions in Spain by Michael McClain were originally published in the International Journal of Shi’i Studies, Volume V, No. 1, 2007. This is part 4 of 4. Mr. McClain concludes with the similarities between Persian Shi’ism, Russian Orthodoxy, and Spanish Catholicism. The parallels … Continue reading →

The Life of Reason

Posted on 2016-09-15 by Cologero

Succession Bishop Kallistos Ware points out: Alongside this apostolic succession, largely hidden, existing on a ‘charismatic’ rather than an official level, there is secondly the apostolic succession of the spiritual fathers and mothers in each generation of the Church—the succession of the saints, stretching from the apostolic age to our … Continue reading →

Affinities Between Catholicism and Shi’ism (3)

Posted on 2016-09-13 by Michael McClain

Says Abdallah al-Bahrani: “A white dove entered Fatima’s garment at the house of Umm Salamah before her meeting with the prophet Muhammad.”[i] As is well known, in traditional Christian (Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) iconography, the white dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. In traditional Christian iconography, the Virgin … Continue reading →

Do Dogs Go to Heaven

Posted on 2016-09-07 by Cologero

Like a Moth to a Flame The two primary conditions of elementary life are attraction and repulsion. A healthy organism will be attracted to whatever is good for it, including its genetic integrity. Likewise, it will be repulsed by anything that threatens its well-being, again including its genetic integrity. In … Continue reading →

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