/lit/ - Literature

>>17625438
The only savages were the colonialists desu.

>>17619488
>>17619525
There are authentic mystics in Ethiopia who have been carrying on various initiatory mysteries for thousands of years. Many Greek scholars such as Pythagoras went there to study and be initiated themselves.
In Iran you can be initiated into Hermetic mysteries by the remaining followers of Hermes Trismegistus, who continue to venerate him as a spiritual leader to this day.
Just because Europe is abandoning classical thought doesn't mean that authentic continuations of the tradition don't still exist-- in fact, you're probably living in one of the best points in history to travel and study ancient knowledge.
Sure, you could go to a respectable school and get a respectable degree and maybe even teach someday, but for that investment of time and energy you could also LARP as a mystically minded Hellenic aristocrat and position yourself to flex on even the most elite western scholars.