/lit/ - Literature

>>17015740
Yes.

What did he mean by dis?

Memeing aside, im interested in two things on Guenon:
1. Why he didnt think christianity had any genuine esotericism left, even though it emphasizes metaphysical secrets more than other religions
2. Why he didnt like Buddhism

>Moreover, we think that if a Western tradition could be rebuilt it would be bound to take on a religious form in the strictest sense of the word, and that this form could only be Christian; for on the one hand the other possible forms have been too long foreign to the Western mentality, and so on the other it is only in Christianity—and we can say still more definitely in Catholicism—that such remnants of a traditional spirit as still exists in the West are to be found. Every 'traditionalist' venture that ignores this fact is without foundation and therefore inevitably doomed to failure.
If this is the case, then why did Guenon convert to Islam? Did he change his mind, or did he give up on rebuilding tradition in the West?

Given how many of the forms of Tradition that Guenon advocated have rotten away, what will any future Tradition look like? Will it be an old religion, or a new one? What characteristics will it have?

This board has ruined my perspective on this guy. Is he worth reading? I've been reading about Advaita and so far I really like the metaphysics and ontology. The main thing that puts me off about Guenon is his association with Julius Evola and other far right philosophers, but it doesn't seem that he shared those views.

>>15419600

>he doesn't know about retroactive refutation

You need to be 18 to post here.

I keep seeing this obscure author mentioned here. I tried reading "the crisis of the modern world", and it sounds to me like the rantings of an angsty teenager.

Am I too stupid to understand Guenon, or is this all an elaborate prank?

>>15207997
every religion*

>>15207490
All religious/pagan traditions attest to either reincarnation, or heaven/hell or both, and its usually both.


>>15207499
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Almost like some primal tradition, possibly practiced in Atlantis before the great flood perhaps???
And was fragmented into the various religious traditions we see today at the beginning of the Kali Yuga?

What the hell is the deal with this guy? I’ve never seen him discussed or mentioned outside of this board and i can’t tell if it’s all just ironic shot posting or not

What writer has never written a bad book?

pic unrelated

Yes
Or no
?
Neither
...
And both...

Where do I begin with this great man? /lit/'s obsession with him has convinced me to finally read him..

I'd love to kick Rene Guenon in the head. Just take a few steps run up then catch him with the full force of my steel capped toe under his chin, send that little faggot flying through the air.
As he lies on the floor, coughing and wheezing and chocking on his own blood, his jaw a mangled mess of bones detached from the rest of his skull, I stand over him and laugh wickedly. He looks up at me in fear and pain, his eyes searching, begging me for mercy. He finds none. I raise my boot then stomp down, splitting his skull like a melon and finally ending his pathetic life.

>>14889454

P

>>14743126
Basé

>>14713036
*wrong pick, sorry

>>14638964
>>14638977
>>14639083
>refuted by Guenon, retroactively
Nothing personal, kid.

>>14636882
>refuted, retroactively
Nothing personal, kid.