I know that I hung on that windy Tree
nine whole days and nights,
stabbed with a spear, offered to Odin,
myself to my own self given,
high on that Tree of which none have heard
from what roots it rises to heaven.
None refreshed me ever with food or drink,
I peered right down in the deep;
crying aloud I lifted the Runes,
then back I fell from there.

Havamal 137, 138

We see a clear connection to Odins receiving the wisdom of the runes and Buddha’s awakening under the Bodhitree.

Odin hung himself on none other than Yggdrasil, the World Axis. Buddha did too.

“Of all trees I am the banyan tree"
– Lord Krishna, Bhagavad Gita

Hermes Caduceus
The Vitruvian Man
The Chakras

The very same tree that damned Adam and cast him from paradise.

"There is a fountain of truth from which two parallel streams run their historical course; the one is philosophy, the other is theology. True philosophy is Platonism and true theology is Christianity. These two varieties of truth are ultimately joined, for Ficino accepted at face value the story of Plato's having come into contact with the Pentateuch, several times quoting Numenius' characterization of Plato as a "Greek speaking Moses."

Although the Scriptures form the basis of true religion and the writings of Plato the basis of true philosophy, according to Ficino there had already been in even more ancient times a long development of philosophical truth. This is found principally in the prisca theologia (or prisca philosophia or philosophia priscorum), a long religio-philosophical tradition, held by Ficino to date back to Moses:

'In those things which pertain to theology the six great theologians of former times concur. Of whom the first is said to have been Zoroaster, head of the magi; the second is Hermes Trismegistus, originator of the priests of Egypt. Orpheus succeeded Hermes. Aglaophemus was initiated to the sacred things of Orpheus. Pythagoras succeeded Aglaophemus in theology. To Pythagoras succeeded Plato, who in his writings encompassed those men's universal wisdom, added to it, and elucidated it.'

Ficino emphasizes that the philosophy of the ancients (prisci) is nothing other than a "learned religion (docta religio)"; and he seems to have identified the whole tradition with a pia quaedam philosophia, which was consummated in Plato, emphasizing, for example, that "Plato was imbued with the divine mysteries of Hermes Trismegistus."

- Source: "Perennial Philosophy: From Agostino Steuco to Leibniz" by Charles B. Schmitt

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"I have already considered the way of being that corresponds eminently to man; I have also discussed the two main paths of approach to the value of 'being a principle to oneself,' namely, action and contemplation. Thus, the warrior (the hero) and the ascetic represent the two fundamental types of pure virility. In symmetry with these types, there are also two types available to the feminine nature. A woman realizes herself as such and even rises to the same level reached by a man as warrior and ascetic only as lover and mother. These are bipartitions of the same ideal strain; just as there is an active heroism, there is also a passive heroism; there is a heroism of absolute affirmation and a heroism of absolute dedication. They can both be luminous and produce plenty of fruits, as far as overcoming human limitations and achieving liberation are concerned, when they are lived with purity and in the sense of an offering. This differentiation of the heroic strain determines the distinctive character of the paths of fulfillment available to men and women. In the case of women the actions of the warrior and of the ascetic who affirm themselves in a life that is beyond life, the former through pure action and the latter through pure detachment, correspond to the act of the woman totally giving of herself and being entirely for another being, whether he is the loved one (the type of the lover—the Aphrodistic woman) or the son (the type of the mother—the Demetrian woman), finding in this dedication the meaning of her own life, her own joy, and her own justification."

- Julius Evola, Revolt Against the Modern World

"In the Aztec-Nahua tradition the same privilege of heavenly immortality proper to the warrior aristocracy was partaken of by the mothers who died while giving birth, since the Aztecs considered this sacrifice on the same level as the one made by those who die on the battlefield. Another example is the type of the traditional Hindu woman, a woman who in the deepest recesses of her soul was capable of the most extreme forms of sensuality and yet who lived by an invisible and votive fides. By virtue of this fides, that offering that was manifested in the erotic dedication of her body, person, and will culminated in another type of offering—of a different kind and way beyond the world of the senses. Because of this fides the bride would leap into the funerary pyre in order to follow the man whom she had married into the next life. ... According to the traditional teaching the woman who followed her husband in death attained 'heaven'; she was transformed into the same substance as her deceased husband since she partook of that transfiguration (which occurred through the incineration of the material body) into a divine body of light, symbolized among Aryan civilizations by the ritual burning of the cadaver. We find an analogous renunciation of life on the part of Germanic women if their husbands or lovers died in battle."

- Julius Evola, Revolt Against the Modern World

Henosis for Plotinus was defined as a reversing of the ontological process of consciousness via meditation (to uncontemplate) toward no thought (Nous) and no division (dyad) within the individual (being). Plotinus words his teachings to reconcile not only Plato with Aristotle.

There has been a lot of feedback asking about how to construct personal spiritual practices or how to incorporate spiritual principles into one's lifestyle. I am very empathetic to this cause, indeed, in a way it was an original goal of this channel. But there is potential for grave error in this pursuit. It is absolutely anti-traditional to go off on one's own, without the oversight of any spiritual authority, and attempt to 'initiate' one's self outside of any formal structure. Yet here we are in the depths of the Kali Yuga, where for most of us there seems to be no other option. To resolve this great problem of our age, let us then keep one another from becoming Promethean tragedies and let us band together to cultivate Olympian souls.

I have tried to keep from posting personal matters but when it comes to habits and life, which is honestly what is most important, it becomes necessary to discuss them. I plan to keep this channel that way, so I have rebranded the discussion/comment group for this channel to accommodate it. If you are interested in coming together for such an effort please join our discussion group where we can have more private discussions about our practices and spirituality. If you aren't interested you can ignore this post and you won't see more about it here.

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A way of 'doing' history exists and persists... [and] it follows one rule, which is that of making people believe that there is no such thing as a third dimension of history; that historic events are self-evident, which is to say that they may be explained on the basis of purely social, cultural and political factors; and that there is no intention behind them, no general plan preordained by forces behind the scenes. The aim of this 'objective' method is evident: it seek to prevent peoples' gaze from falling where it ought to, so that the real forces which make history may continue their underground work without raising any suspicion or being disturbed.

Leon De Poncins - The Occult War

According to all the prophecies, the sacred deposit of the integral Tradition will remain until the end of the cycle; this means that there will always be somewhere an open door. For men capable of transcending outward shells, and animated by a sincere will, neither the decadence of the surrounding world, nor belonging to a given people or milieu, constitute absolute obstacles.

Titus Burckhardt - The Essential Titus Burckhardt, chapter: "Riding the Tiger"

"To he who has overcome the dragon of selfhood—as God’s wrath— is an angel’s crown given, which the heavenly Sophia gives to all her steadfast knights."

- 𝑨𝒘𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒐 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒔𝒅𝒐𝒎: 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝑻𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅𝒔, 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑽.𝑪𝑿𝑽𝑰𝑰, 𝒃𝒚 𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒏 𝑮𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒈 𝑮𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒕𝒆𝒍