The Four Ages

The Four Ages

by | Jul 20, 2022 | History, Study notes

The perennialists all agree that the basic cycle of humanity goes through four ages or generations of general decline.1Divided into 10 units of time. These four sub-cycles each have their own decline as well. According to Guénon and Evola, the Hindu tradition...
Devolution

Devolution

by | Jul 13, 2022 | History, Metaphysics, Study notes

All traditions are unanimous in not teaching evolution but devolution. This is one of the most important ways in which modern man differs from his ancestors. The modern worldview is in fact in total opposition to the traditional one. Modern man sees history as formed...
Divine Royalty

Divine Royalty

by | Jul 2, 2022 | History, Metaphysics, Study notes

Monarchy has a divine origin. Beings of innate or acquired superiority over the human condition embody the presence of a power from above within the temporal world and by that fact characterize traditional civilization. The pontifex is one of these beings, in its...