/lit/ - Literature

>In the summer of 1939 I went to visit my friend in Cairo and when I was there the war broke out. I had a lectureship in Lithuania at that time and, being unable to return there, I was forced to stay in Egypt. My friend, who had become like a member of Guénon's household, collecting his mail from poste restante and doing many other things for him, took me to see Guénon. A year later I was out riding in the desert with my friend when his horse ran away with him and he was killed as the result of an accident. I shall never forget having to go to tell Guénon of his death. When I did he just wept for an hour. I had no option but to take my friend's place. I had already been given the freedom of the household and very quickly I became like one of the family. It was a tremendous privilege of course. Guénon's wife could not read and she spoke only Arabic. I quickly learned Arabic so I was able to talk to her. It was a very happy marriage. They had been married for seven years without children and Guénon, who was getting fairly old -- he was much older than she was -- had had no children with his first wife, so it was unexpected when they began to have children. They had four children altogether. I went to see Guénon nearly every day. I was the first person to read The Reign of Quantity, the only book he wrote while I knew him since the other books had all been written earlier. He gave it to me chapter by chapter. And I was able also to give him my own first book when I wrote it, which I gave him also chapter by chapter. It was a very great privilege to have known such a person.

>>14447770
The Saints have always said it early death was a blessing and that the only majority of persons to die and make it to heaven are baptized children. Saint Alphonsus considered the majority of all other groups damned. A famous Saint once remarked, that even the road to hell is paved with the skulls of priests. Massa damnata is not a theory controverted by theologians, it is a dogma of faith, confirmed by the words of Christ himself. Even Plato preemptively reasoned the majority of persons deserve eternal suffering.

"Most Christfags" as you call them, are not Christians in the sense that they have repented and follow Christ. They are Christians in name only; for social acclaim or to pretend and rid of bad feelings. The majority of actual Christians have death before their eyes at all times, which is why the skull has traditionally been a companion to the crucifix to meditate on. St. Charles Borromeo kept on his table a death’s head, that he might have it continually in view. Cardinal Baronius had the words, “Memento mori” inscribed on his ring. The venerable P. Juvenal Anzia, Bishop of Saluzo, had before him a skull, on which was written, “As I am, so thou shalt be.” In other words, you are a brainlet.

>>14415633
Priesthood. Give it all to God.

I felt like the country priest again today. Sometimes people scowl at me for misinterpreted actions or intentions from ambiguities in place and circumstance. I try not to let it bother me. Qu'est-ce que cela fait? Tout est grâce.