Archive for January 2008
The first Indo-European kings were “elected,” that is to say chosen, from among the royal family or the great feudal lords by an assembly of free men. In the case of imcompetence such that they lost their legitimacy, which is to say they were not striving to realize “here below” the harmony that rules “on high,” they could be desposed [...] or even killed.
From his great article Spiritual… Continue reading Alain De Benoist on ancient kingship
One of the fatefull insanities of this rampant, hectic age is the trivialization and marginalization of the elderly. Illnesses causing dementia are found only in a small percentage of old people, and most of us are surely wiser at the age of ninety than we were at eighty-nine. A young person is always a greenhorn and a bungler, and it is not until old age -if ever- that the meaningless
I actually intended when I made the “quotes” category, to post quotes when I read nice passages in books. Of course I am never behind my computer when reading a book, but also I forget to mark possible quotes or simply forget to put them online. I read Guénon’s Introduction to the study of the Hindu doctrines (see book reviews section) from which I could have made numerous quotes, but… Continue reading Thomas Naylor and Affluenza
Even though Amazon hasn’t received new copies yet, the journal’s website isn’t updated, the Wikipedia page doesn’t say anything, I am not kidding Tyr journal 3 is available!! Our always up to date tradionalist Ensio Kataja mentioned it is a post of his, so started to search and search, tried the ’second hand’ sellors at Amazon, but they don’t ship to Europe, so in the end I decided to just… Continue reading Tyr journal volume 3
introduction générale à l’étude des doctrines hindoues (1921)
This is the first book that Guénon wrote, he was 35 years at the time, yet, it already has Guénon’s scornful writing style. The larger part of the book hardly lives up to the title. It is more an exposition of metaphysics with many references to other-than-Hindu Eastern religions including Chinese and near-Eastern. This is interesting in itself, but it takes… Continue reading Introduction To The Study Of The Hindu Doctrines * Gené Guénon (2004 sophia perennis * isbn 090058873X)
