/lit/ - Literature

Recommended reading:
>The Shape of Ancient Thought by Thomas McEvilley
>Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic by Peter Kingsley
>What Is Ancient Philosophy and Philosophy as a Way of Life by Pierre Hadot
>Introduction to the Study of Hindu Doctrines by Rene Guenon
>What the Buddha Taught by Walpola Rahula
>Western Esotericism -- A Guide for the Perplexed by Wouter Hanegraaf
>Adi Sankara
>Abhinavagupta
>Nagarjuna
>Dogen
>Lao Tzu
>Zhuangzi
>Yoga Sutras
>Heart Sutra
>Lotus Sutra
>Diamond Sutra
>Lankavatara Sutra
>Platform Sutra
>Enneads
>Elements of Theology
>De Mysteriis
>The Mystical Theology and Celestial Hierarchy
>Imitation of Christ
>Cloud of Unknowing
>Mirror of Simple Souls
>Introduction to the Devout Life
>Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius

>retro-disease
>nano-spasm
>neo-mystikos arrives again from the days of future past...

>theme music:
>https://youtu.be/ts3YWVFUnvU

>*dubstep and airhorns and bongs bubbling*

>"Ancient philosophy proposed to mankind an art of living. By contrast, modern philosophy appears above all as the construction of technical jargon for specialists."
>Pierre Hadot, Philosophy as a Way of Life

Too true. It's impossible to keep up with everything. One must choose their tunnels in the rabbit hole mirror labyrinths, eh guacho?

>"Ancient philosophy required a common effort, community of research, mutual assistance, and spiritual support."
>Pierre Hadot, Philosophy as a Way of Life

Wish I had that in real life. College has nothing similar. These boards do not suffice either.

>"In their [the Stoic's] view, philosophy did not consist in teaching an abstract theory -- much less in the exegesis of texts -- but rather in the art of living. It is a concrete attitude and determinate life-style, which engages the whole of existence. The philosophical act is not situated merely on the cognitive level, but on that of the self and of being. It is a progress which causes us to be more fully, and makes us better . . . It raises the individual from an inauthentic condition of life, darkened by unconsciousness and harassed by worry, to an authentic state of life, in which he attains self-consciousness, and exact vision of the world, inner peace, and freedom."
>Pierre Hadot, Philosophy as a Way of Life

Beautiful. I have felt that. Albeit on 1200 micrograms. Need to meditate and yoga more.

>"Inner peace is indispensable for efficacious action."
>Pierre Hadot, Philosophy as a Way of Life

My action is not efficacious. This post is not efficacious. But perhaps it will lead me to greater peace.

>"Sloterdijk turns Rilke’s ‘du mußt dein Leben ändern’ into the positive challenge of an existential acrobatics. The art of life is a morphological art, an acrobatic act of constituting collective spheres whilst balancing over a crevice on Nietzsche’s rope between animal and overman."

>“I have stretched ropes from steeple to steeple; Garlands from window to window; Golden chains from star to star ... And I dance.”

>"I say unto you: one must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star. I say unto you: you still have chaos in yourselves. Alas, the time is coming when man will no longer give birth to a star. Alas, the time of the most despicable man is coming, he that is no longer able to despise himself."

>It is wrong to say: I think. One ought to say: I am thought. - Pardon the pun. - I is someone else. No matter for the wood that finds itself a violin, and scoff at the thoughtless, who argue about something they completely ignore!"

Tl;dr: practice chaos magic and accelerate your brand!

https://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/chaos/texts/exor.html

>>12024179
Pretty good advice.
Thank you Sensei.

>>12020685
>tfw too pleb for kabbalah
>>12019682
Yes
>>12019569
No, me
>>12018918
Indeed
>>12018785
Based and rougepilled
>>12018778
>born catholic by good hindu rebirth
>>12018781
Reading all now. >galacticabrain.gif
>>12018756
>tfw no

>>11949227
>implying this is not the patrician choice

>study philosophy in uni
>practice meditation, yoga, lucid dreaming, astral projection, entheogenic shamanism, tantric sex, etc.
>experience "enlightenment" (in the Eastern and Western sense)
>can no longer enjoy fiction as it is all predictable except rare experimental and post-modern works
>exclusively read theory and can feel it transforming my brain like magic spells from a grimoire
>have to write senior thesis next semester
>feel torn between spreading universal enlightenment (is everyone even interested?) or promoting marxist progressivism to ease the the aches and toils of the bodies of man so that they might become more interested in spiritual enlightenment

Are there any works that examine the intersection of Marxism and Mysticism/Magic? I quite like Benjamin's Theses on the Philosophy of History if there are any similar works to recommend...

Damn right it is.