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The intellectual agitation that the name Guénon (PBUH) provokes in certain circles is remarkable. The charge that he "abandoned the way of his fathers" is particularly disingenuous, especially when one notes the silence of these same critics regarding figures like Houellebecq, whose work represents a far more radical and totalizing break with any semblance of a Western spiritual patrimony.
The hypocrisy becomes palpable when one inquires as to which authors do represent the "glorious Western tradition" they claim to uphold. The response is invariably a list of the metaphysically suspect:
>—"Well, first there is Evola, Tomberg (the ex-Anthroposophist), Rudolf Steiner, the neo-pagans..."
An impressive spiritual lineage. One imagines these same individuals would argue that Crowley constitutes a "major pole" of this so-called tradition.
And what is the unifying principle of this counter-canon, and indeed, of its adherents? It is a demonstrable lack of any realized spiritual state. They have never experienced a single higher state of consciousness; in truth, they could not even dream of realizing one-hundredth of what the Sheikh realized.
This is a textbook case of psychological projection. It is they who are adrift, unmoored from any living spiritual current. In stark contrast, the influence of the Master (PBUH) is not a matter of opinion but of historical record within authentic traditions:
- His works on Sufism were considered authoritative among the Shadhili elite in Egypt.
- His presence within Hesychast milieus is undeniable; figures like Hieromonk Seraphim Rose were profoundly influenced by his writings.
- He is almost single-handedly responsible for the survival of operative Continental Freemasonry in France—which is, one might add, arguably the last living and authentic initiatic tradition native to the West.
>>24497325
>>24497315
>>24497238
The intellectual agitation that the name Guénon (PBUH) provokes in certain circles is remarkable. The charge that he "abandoned the way of his fathers" is particularly disingenuous, especially when one notes the silence of these same critics regarding figures like Houellebecq, whose work represents a far more radical and totalizing break with any semblance of a Western spiritual patrimony.
The hypocrisy becomes palpable when one inquires as to which authors do represent the "glorious Western tradition" they claim to uphold. The response is invariably a list of the metaphysically suspect:
>—"Well, first there is Evola, Tomberg (the ex-Anthroposophist), Rudolf Steiner, the neo-pagans..."
An impressive spiritual lineage. One imagines these same individuals would argue that Crowley constitutes a "major pole" of this so-called tradition.
And what is the unifying principle of this counter-canon, and indeed, of its adherents? It is a demonstrable lack of any realized spiritual state. They have never experienced a single higher state of consciousness; in truth, they could not even dream of realizing one-hundredth of what the Sheikh realized.
This is a textbook case of psychological projection. It is they who are adrift, unmoored from any living spiritual current. In stark contrast, the influence of the Master (PBUH) is not a matter of opinion but of historical record within authentic traditions:
- His works on Sufism were considered authoritative among the Shadhili elite in Egypt.
- His presence within Hesychast milieus is undeniable; figures like Hieromonk Seraphim Rose were profoundly influenced by his writings.
- He is almost single-handedly responsible for the survival of operative Continental Freemasonry in France—which is, one might add, arguably the last living and authentic initiatic tradition native to the West.
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