Archive for May 2009

Man And His Becoming According To The Vedanta * René Guénon (1925)

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Category: esotericism, religion, traditionalism

I ran into an old English translation (1958) of l’Homme et son devenir selon la Vedànta. Books of Guénon are never easy literature, but this fifth book is all about Metaphysics, not the way of thinking of the Western man. The first part of the book is mostly about the most ancient traditions of Hinduism and its conceptions. The last part of the book is the second part of the… Continue reading Man And His Becoming According To The Vedanta * René Guénon (1925)

28 May 2009
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Lichaam Eer En Recht In Middeleeuws Friesland * Han Nijdam (2008)

Category: asatru, history

Here we have a very interesting book which is hard for me to review since most of what is in it, is quite new. The basis of this book are parts of the ancient Frisian (the very northern part of the nowadays Netherlands) juridical texts: lists with compensation tariffs. These list are simply like: the loss of an ear : so-and-so much money; a broken leg : so-and-so much money… Continue reading Lichaam Eer En Recht In Middeleeuws Friesland * Han Nijdam (2008)

9 May 2009
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