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Age - Antoine Faivre's contribution to the methodology of the research

By Lorenzo Ravagli

The classical contribution to the methodology of esoteric research is from Antoine Faivre, the Chair of the "exploration of esoteric and mystical currents in modern and contemporary Europe" by 1979-2002 at the Sorbonne in Paris. He published his methodological Considerations first in 1986 under the title "Access de l 'Esoterism occidental" in French, 1994 in an English translation "Access to Western Esotericism." The following essay is based on the English translation.

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return of Perennialismus?

By Lorenzo Ravagli

Roland Benedict in the online journal Integral Review a review of the book by John Holman "The Return of the Perennial Philosophy. The Supreme Vision of Western Esotericism " published. The journal is published by the "holistic" Internet organization Arina in Bethel Ohio issued, the acronym for Acting / Researching / Integrating Network Associates' stands. Holman interpreted in his book Western esotericism as a historical basis of today's spiritual movements.

Calls Given the renaissance of traditional religions of the West to Holman to remind himself of his primary (autochthonous) spiritual experiences. These spiritual experiences and traditions that would have had in the past, a mere existence on the periphery represent, in his view a necessary counterweight to the collectivist and the myth-oriented forms of religion dar. Empirical spirituality that stands for Holman as opposed to mere belief, is the secular society of the forthcoming return of the perennial philosophy, the "eternal truth prepare." Holman will, in his book to a participatory, yes identificatory approach to the history of spiritual experience, because only such a reasonable lead to an understanding. Accordingly, he approaches the Neo-Platonism, the Hermetics, Alchemy and the Kabbalah. Theosophy, the author writes a key role in the development of the experience of spirituality.

Holman is the existence of a core of Western New Age believes that exists for him in a specific initiation process. Plays an important role in the 20 Century, the spiritual psychology of CG Jung, Roberto Assagioli and Ken Wilber, which for him is a specific form of western esotericism and also a necessary step in their development. He considers this for the psychology major form of modern Western esotericism and sees it as an important contribution to addressing today's crisis of consciousness.

Apart from the fact that the book assumes no knowledge of Holman and well in introducing his subject, it issues Benedikter view but especially reprehensible.

first Holman is on recent developments in Anglo-Saxon discourse concentrated and go a little on the esoteric traditions of continental Europe. Of Freemasonry, which in the history of the New Age plays a central role, is hardly mentioned. Anthroposophy will merely subsumed under theosophy. Western and Eastern forms of esotericism would constantly mixed, their differences verundeutlicht. Ken Wilber's theory would be the subtle forms of consciousness explains the main content of Western esotericism, while in reality an eclectic form of Eastern Mysticism performing. Wilber myself of important currents of Western esotericism as Freemasonry, the Rosenkeuzertum, Theosophy or Anthroposophy little idea.

2. Holman's access to the New Age is not "scientific, but" identifiers, which Benedikter considered as a defect. Holman speaking as a private expert and member of a community, not as in academic discourse embedded and scholar who seek to achieve a thorough subjective and objective research. However Benedikter miss the point here, that he himself is speaking from the perspective of a community of private experts, that of academic scholars who are those for objective-subjective approach to the subject matter (what else) claim they deny non-members of their tradition. That by only identificatory processes and rigorous initiation process member of this community may be, escapes his sociological views. Holman leave it at the required age, lack of restraint of the sentence and sometimes even indulging in a style that should be distinguished from propaganda any more. He also agitating against academic scholarship, what the acceptance of spirituality at universities is hardly conducive. The author, through his study of standing in the tradition of Alice Bailey & Esoteric Quarterly " writes:" The book is written in a somewhat dense scholarly style, though its Relatively short length Avoids tedium "could well belong to the tradition he criticized. But even if this is not the case, is one such Polemic no general Disqualifizierungsmerkmal dar.

third In addition, Holman his central ideas themselves do not question. Why would he do that? Namely, because otherwise he gives the impression that he would convince his ideas, or he may give in his interpretations of ideas as the importance of these ideas. This lack of self-criticism suggest primarily in areas in where the author tried to explain that the "be four illuminations" of Perennialismus the core ideas of Western esotericism. But this argument is made Benedikter view highly questionable.

4th What weighs most heavily on: the author had missed completely that neither esoteric nor any other flows is of real Possess identity. From the perspective of today's idea of history - here formulated Benedikter the binding for him academic point of view - must be stressed that any ideas flow consists of at least two related to each other currents, would fight each other for supremacy. However, this idea would be pursued, leading to the aporia of having to distinguish between the undercurrents that might have to the thesis of the reviewers nor the main flow of an identity. This result also applies to the allegation of lack of distinction between Western and Eastern esotericism. If there is no identity any kind of a mental flow is, how can one distinguish sufficiently between Western and Eastern esotericism can?

From the perspective of the reviewers in any case under this law, Holman can not claim to represent the integral thought, since many bring such a claim, but completely understand different things by this term. But this makes identification of the author and his ideas again that his interpretation is taken seriously academically. Again, such a contradiction: one can be taken seriously academically only when you yourself not too seriously. In other words, it is one of the rituals of the academic community, themselves not to be taken seriously, this community is made up of participants who take themselves seriously. Who does not take seriously, is not taken seriously by it. Finally, this conviction prevented by their own ideas, even the representatives of the different Perennialismus fact, a true perennial philosophy to train because they refuse to discuss with each other over their different interpretations. Would be a real perennial philosophy is not such a philosophy with a unique identity?

remains at the end, not much, which could contribute to the discussion about the book that "eternal philosophy '. His fear of making the distinction it is impossible that what is differentiated - that according to Benedict dialectic thesis but does not really exist - could merge into one.

Unfortunately, it does not succeed Holman, to make clear how it was possible to reconcile rationality and spirituality. Benedikter expected the outlines of such a viable reconciliation of future, more scientific studies. at least good - - At the end of the book Holmans no more than a self-interpretation is a member of a specific esoteric flow of the present.

What more, one might exclaim, as the next of kin of those Traditions, for which one cares to interpret themselves well and make them understand what they want! And when they do that too so that they believe that they are convinced of their cause! In any event, far more interesting than "subjective-objective" publications by members of an esoteric community, take in all of itself is not serious, on items they do not take too seriously, as they expect from their publications, they are taken seriously!

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Skeptical alliances

By Lorenzo Ravagli

The FAZ editor Lawrence taught in a hunter on 11 December 2009 article published on "the last believers in progress," revealing insights into the ideological and financial alliance between secular humanists and their multinational donors.

In Germany, the bloggers of the "axis of good" have committed to the program of the American neo-conservatives: a mixture of anti-Islamism and skepticism about the alleged hysteria of climate change. Why "skeptics" who are in the tradition of the Enlightenment see polemic against the scientific findings of climate research, is understood only when one takes a look at the companies of which they are funded. Responsible under these skeptics are the chief editor of the magazine Cicero Wolfram Weimer and Michael Miersch, published in the same magazine. With caustic, the authors focus efforts on environmental protection as "environmentalism" contempt in which they see nothing but the hysteria dogged enemies of progress. On its side, the magazine "Novo" in which began one of the leading Berufsanschwärzer anthroposophy his career. Thomas Deichmann is denounced the air moving thing as "Apocalypse professionals" and "preacher of the apocalypse. All who do not share their views to be made by the skeptics as a stupid do-gooders ridiculous.

A closer look at the networks of the skeptics reveals amazing. Going by the British magazine 'Spiked from "the most influential institution that direction, the model and partner to the German" Novo ". "Spiked" has emerged from the Trotskyist publication "Living Marxism". Chief ideologue of the "Revolutionary Communist Party," which stood at the birth of this publication sponsored and still her guru, is the Hungarian-born Frank Furedi. Former Marxist believes that all healing from the industry is defended tooth and nail, and a blind belief in progress. The class struggle, however, he has adopted, because now he is supported by a different class, from companies such as IBM, O2, the Society of Chemical Industry, the Financial Services Bloomberg, Schweppes and Cadbury. One of the party at "Spiked" is Furedis wife, Ann, participating in the "Institute of Ideas," one set up by ex-Trotskyists think tank. Their main activity is the prevention of reproduction, but it stands in front of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service, the leading provider of abortions in Britain. It is not surprising that the magazine "Spiked" abortion unconditionally endorsed. The "Advisory Services" serves 50 000 customers a year. His offer also includes sterilization.

The "Institute of Ideas" is also working in genetic engineering, which surprised, given its large industrial non-supporters, is yet to them, the umbrella organization "CropLife" that companies such as BASF, Bayer CropScience, Dow Agrosciences, Dupont and Monsanto, represents According to Global Player, which should be added for the former Marxists and Trotskyites actually be anathema.

The "Institute of Ideas" is connected with the "Science Media Centre." Its director, Fiona Fox was also the Revolutionary Communist Party. This center is in turn, Bayer, BP, Exxon, Shell, Coca Cola, Chemical Industries Association, Colgate-Palmolive, L'Oreal, Philips, Unilever, Siemens, DuPont, Eli Lilly supports and Vodafone.

Let us look at the German counterparts at this for propaganda bailiffs of life technology companies mutated Extrotzkisten. The magazine "Novo" is made since its inception in 1992, allegedly for "progress, humanism and a better future through growth and freedom for all" one. While it does nothing about his backers announced, the assumption is, however, that the same thing here "is like" Spiked. In any event, professes "Novo" to "Spiked" and the "axis of good." Many bloggers write that line in "Novo", including Dirk Maxeiner, Michael Miersch, David Harnasch, Vera Lengsfeld, Cora Stephan and Vince Ebert. Maxeiner and Miersch have recently emerged from a polemic against organic farming ("Organic Foods and Ökokult), the broad-rolled the" left "standard argument of the anti-semitic, Nazi origins.

"Novo" CEO Thomas Deichmann writes but also happy for the left-wing radical, "anti-German" Internet platform "Jungle World" and denounced here the ecology movement and the critics at the Monsanto maize as a "right-wing nationalists, motley U.S. critics to defenders of the German soil, all kinds of esoteric occult progress and muffle Stammtisch specialists of almost all parties. " "In view of the origin of" Novo "of the Frankfurt university group" left turn is dike's commitment to "Jungle World" is not surprising.

The believers converted to capitalism Frank Furedi published in "Novo" and "Cicero." And Thomas Deichmann can be made in Cicero disparagingly of Greenpeace and is, as Wolfram Weimer, another author of Cicero, linked to the "axis of good." The chief editor of the Swiss "World Week" again, Roger Köppel, linked his Newspaper with the "axis of good." The "World Week" regularly publishes articles by Henryk M. Broder, one of the Hauptbeiträger the "axis of good."

What links Köppel and Weimer, is their unconditional commitment to capitalism, they want to exempt from all environmental regulations and "a militant idea of the" West, they bring against the "reactionary" Islam in position. The climate skeptics are technocrats who have swapped their former sources of money in the east with those in the West. Do they have fought before against capitalism, so they support him blindly today. What remains is the missionary zeal with which all the dissenters be posted on the sidelines.

But the reality is complex. That irrespective of these revelations should not escape attention that Lorenz published hunter in a cloud of very different alliance. He published his books on Freemasonry and the symbol of the swastika in the Austrian Carolingian Verlag, which publishes a "library of the reaction," and the edition Antaeus works, appear in the not only the writings of the German "mastermind of the New Right," Karl Heinz white man, but also a whole range of new editions of arch-conservative authors of the Weimar period.

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