/lit/ - Literature

>Chacornac, an important figure in the history of Traditionalism, described his meeting with Guenon, perhaps a little overdramatically, thus: One morning—it was the tenth of January 1922—we saw coming into our store on the Quai Saint-Michel a very tall man, thin, brown [-haired], approaching thirty, dressed in black, with the classic appearance of a French scholar. His long face, crossed by a small
moustache, was lighted by two strangely clear and piercing eyes that
gave the impression of seeing beyond appearances.
>very tall

manlets btfo!

What would Guénon think of the Sex reassignment surgeries that are performed this day and age? Especially those of in which the victim's penis is cut off and some sort of new hole is drilled to asshole so as to falsely imitiate the Yoni/Vagina. Or perhaps when the females have some sort of inflating tubes inserted inside their skin and the ass skin is removed from the buttocks to cover the fake penis so as to resemble the holy Phallus?

now that the dust has settled, was he right?

>>13978482
Rene Guenon

Guenon/Coomaraswamy > (Whitehall) Parry > Borella > Evola > Burckhardt > Pallis > Lings > Schuon

So is he based or... cringe?

Ok /lit/ so I finally got married with the women of my dreams. We recently got back from our honeymoon and I'm thinking that now is a good time to initiate her into the mysteries of Guenonian Traditionalism. Any tips for how I can proceed?

EXPLAIN GUENON TO ME OR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU! DON'T DUMB IT DOWN INTO SOME VAGUE SHIT! EXPLAIN HIS UNDERSTANDING OF MANIFESTATION TO ME RIGHT NOW OR I'LL LITERALLY FUCKING KILL YOU! WHAT THE FUCK IS METAPHYSICAL REALIZATION? WHAT THE FUCK IS THE COUNTER TRADITION? DON'T DUMB IT DOWN OR I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU

I'll start with this obvious pseud

For me its Surah Ikhlas.

>Il est à remarquer que, dans une religion où l’élément social et sentimental l’emporte sur l’élément intellectuel, la part du dogme et celle du culte se réduisent simultanément de plus en plus, de sorte qu’une telle religion tend à dégénérer en un « moralisme » pur et simple, comme on en voit un exemple très net dans le cas du Protestantisme ; à la limite, qu’a presque atteinte actuellement un certain « Protestantisme libéral », ce qui reste n’est plus du tout une religion, n’en ayant gardé qu’une seule des parties essentielles, mais c’est tout simplement une sorte de pensée philosophique spéciale. Il importe de préciser, en effet, que la morale peut être conçue de deux façons très différentes : soit en mode religieux, quand elle est rattachée en principe à un dogme auquel elle se subordonne, soit en mode philosophique, quand elle en est regardée comme indépendante ; nous reviendrons plus loin sur cette seconde forme.

Is calling him an Islamofascist an appropriate description?

>>12703547
based and red-pilled

Where do I start with Rene Guenon?

>>12332230
"Allah."

>>12293868

where do i start with this fella?

Is this man worth reading? If so what? I've becomes curious about him since I saw a quote of his on rationalists and it was great.

>fake it till you make it

>still less must this complacency which abjures Science claim that such rapturous haziness is superior to Science. This prophetic talk supposes that it is staying in the centre and in the depths, looks disdainfully at determinateness, and deliberately holds aloof from Notion and Necessity as products of that reflection which is at home only in the finite. But just as there is an empty breadth, so too there is an empty depth; and just as there is an extension of substance that pours forth as a finite multiplicity without the force to hold the multiplicity together, so there is an intensity without content, one that holds itself in as a sheer force without spread, and this is in now way distinguishable from superficiality... Such minds when they give themselves up to the uncontrolled ferment of substance, imagine that, by drawing a veil over self-consciousness and surrendering understanding they become beloved of God to whom He gives wisdom in sleep; and hence what they in fact receive, and bring to birth in their sleep, is nothing but dreams.

ouch

what is an example of an initiatic process? why is it necessary for the adoption of a traditional life, and why does it not serve the same function when de-coupled from tradition?

>leave blavatsky to me

why does he think the esoteric metaphysics of judaism, christianity, islam, mahayana buddhism, hinduism, daoism, etc. have all remained unchanged, are identical to each other, and can only be taught through initiation?
before you tell me to go read his books, i already have but can't answer these questions. maybe im a brainlet, but help out if you can