Category: News
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The Four Happinesses
The fifth happiness contains them all principally and unites them synthetically, i.e., the Supreme Identity.
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Dante and the Hermetic Method
James led a public discussion of the inner meaning of Dante’s Divine Comedy. Here are links to the text to be discussed: One is the Longfellow translation chosen because it’s easy to find online: Divine Comedy Volume 1 Canto 9 The other is the Carlyle translation which is a literal, prose translation of the text…
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Introduction to Magical Idealism
Now available on Amazon: Introduction to Magical Idealism Table of Contents Preface Introduction to Magical Idealism Genius and the Real Man 7 Qualifications for Initiation 8 The Elements of Sacred Magic 10 Phenomenology of the Medieval Mind 12 The Healing Power of the Mind 14 Creativity in German Philosophy 16 Spiritual Attitudes 17 Metaphysics of…
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Year End Summary 2018
Here are the year end statistics as reported by WordPress and Google. There were visitors from 171 different countries. Notable missing countries include Cuba, Greenland, Svalbard, and several countries in central Africa. The top ten countries by users were: United States United Kingdom Canada Brazil Australia India Colombia Philipines Germany Czechia The top ten countries…
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Health Update
St Elizabeth of the Trinity is the patron saint of illness. She herself died of a serious illness at the age of 26. She had devotions ot Teresa d’Avila, St John of the Cross, and John Ruysbroeck.
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A Necessary Interruption
Tommaso Campanella suggested that older women could volunteer to sexually service the young men. The USA has also adopted that system, although here they are called “high school teachers”.
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Idea Density
It is not the man who chooses the way. It is the way that chooses the man. In other words. the question of a choice does not arise, since the finite cannot choose the Infinite: rather the question is one of vocation, and those who are “called” to use the Gospel expression, cannot ignore the…
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Homage to Giuseppe
Since there was an awareness into the future through one’s descendants, there was also a reverence for the past. One’s ancestors were revered and their cultural and spiritual inheritance passed on.
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April Fools Talking Blues
It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people. ~ Giordano Bruno
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News on President’s Day
The USA changed from a culture of character to a culture of personality. The effect is that people now admire movie and rock stars, athletes, and those who put on the best show. The new gospel seems to be The vulgar shall inherit the earth.