Tag: Christ
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Absence as presence: the resurrection and exaltation of Christ
When the Divine Light penetrates the soul, it is united with God as light with light. This is the light of faith. Faith bears the soul to heights unreachable by her natural senses and faculties. Meister Eckhart — Resurrection and faith are a critical matter for Christians; especially in this time of Easter. More so,…
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The Great Divide and our Ownmost
In The Hermetic Tradition, Julius Evola mentions two competing views of history: History is the continuous upward evolution of collective humanity. Civilizations arise, mature and die in a series of epochs and disconnected cycles. The first, he rejects out of hand. The second has some merit yet is inadequate. When making distinctions or categorizing, we…
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Christendom and the Superstition of Fact
A warrior acts courageously because it is an expression of his nature, his being. An artist can portray a courageous man in a poem or play, but is not thereby courageous himself. A philosopher will debate the meaning of courage, but will always end in aporia.