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[Anonymous No.13820438]

Did Guenon ever write about european paganism?

[Anonymous No.13820769]

From his book King of the World:
>Attention has also frequently been drawn to certain features common to the decadence of the ‘classical’ world and to the present time; and, without wishing to push the parallel too far, it must be recognized that there are in reality striking resemblances. Purely ‘profane’ philosophy had gained ground: the appearance of skepticism on the one hand, and of Stoic and Epicurean moralism on the other, are sufficient to show to what point intellectuality had declined. At the same time, the ancient sacred doctrines, scarcely understood any longer by anyone, had degenerated through this lack of understanding into ‘paganism’ in the true sense of the word, that is to say they had become no more than ‘superstitions’, things which, having lost their profound meaning, survived for their own sake as merely outward manifestations. There were attempts to react against this decadence: Hellenism itself strove to acquire new vigor by the help of elements borrowed from tjiose Eastern doctrines with which it was able to come in touch; but such means were no longer adequate; the Greco-Latin civilization had to end, and the readjustment had to come from outside and be realized in a totally different form. It was Christianity that accomplished this transformation; and it may be noted in this connection that the comparison that can be established in certain respects between that time and our own is, perhaps, one of the factors responsible for the disordered ‘messianism’ to be met with today. After the troubled period of the barbarian invasions, necessary to complete the destruction of the old order of things, a normal order was re-established for a period of some centuries; this period was that of the Middle Ages, of which the moderns— unable to understand its intellectuality— have so false an
idea that it certainly appears to them far more alien and distant than classical antiquity.

As I do understand, Guénon differentiates between 'Paganism' (that was merely a degeneration of the previous well constructed initiation cults etc.) as was the case of the Druids.

So in contrast to "Primordial Tradition" or as Evola might use the word "Hyperborean" that the original Druid priesthood, for example, might have been part of: what we understand by historical periods of 'Paganism' it was already in a degenerated form in periods of which we have historical knowledge of concerning their rites, initiations etc.

[Anonymous No.13820801]

do muslims wear underwear under that dress or do they just let their dicks swing freely? what if the man has a huge dick? how do they shit?

[Anonymous No.13820840]

>>13820801
They never figured out underwear. If they have to shit or pisa they just squat and do so in their fruit robe. It's about all You can expect from their """civilization"""