The Metaphysics of Paganism: A Traditional Defense of Polytheistic Philosophy

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Understanding the Metaphysics of Paganism: Beyond Monotheistic Reduction The metaphysics of paganism has been consistently misrepresented by monotheistic traditions as primitive or philosophically inferior. This claim rests on a fundamental confusion between the Absolute Principle (Brahman, the Tao, Guénon’s “Supreme Principle”) and a personal creator God. What monotheism presents as theological advancement represents, from the …

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Against Academic Consciousness Studies: The Epistemological Fraud of Profane Inquiry

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The field of consciousness studies presents itself as the cutting edge of interdisciplinary inquiry—neuroscience meeting philosophy, psychology engaging contemplative traditions, the bridging of Eastern wisdom and Western science. Its practitioners speak of “neurophenomenology,” “contemplative science,” and the “hard problem of consciousness” with an air of profound discovery, as if generations of materialist reduction have finally matured into …

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A Brief Reminder of Who and Where We Are

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It has been my hope in writing this simplest and briefest of sketches to present the reader with the most essential starting point for any spiritual pursuit. I will be skimming over vast amounts of information – entire religions’ worth of intricacies, but, sometimes simplicity is more conducive to understanding than lengthy expositions. This is …

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