Hope for the World
An anonymous Christian Hermeticist wrote:
'Let us resign ourselves therefore to the great work of contributing constructively to tradition – the spiritual, Christian, Hermetic, scientific tradition. Let us thoroughly immerse ourselves in it, let us study it, let us practice it, lastly, let us cultivate it ie. let us work not to overthrow, but in order to build. Let us range ourselves amongst the builders of humankind’s spiritual tradition – and let us try to contribute to it. May the Holy Scriptures be holy for us; may the Sacraments be sacraments for us; may the hierarchy of spiritual authority be the hierarchy of authority for us …'
- Meditations on the Tarot
A book which into the emptiness of my soul brought more light and heart and healing, than I can ever tell you.
A book which into the soulless of the world brings the profoundest measure of soul …
A book which into a dumbed-down world brings the most lucid of intelligence …
A book which into a dehumanising world brings the warmest of humanity …
A book which into the demythologised, secularised Church of the intelligentsia so-called, brings Mystery and Faith …
A book which in a modern worldthirst for esoteric mysteries, brings not New Age esotericism, but Christian esotericism of the highest order …
A book of which Hans urs von Balthasar, nominated as a Cardinal by His Holiness John Paul II, agreed to write a foreword in which he wrote the following words:
'A thinking, praying Christian of unmistakable purity reveals to us the symbols of Christian Hermeticism in its various levels of mysticism, gnosis and magic, taking in also … certain elements of astrology and alchemy [seeking] to lead meditatively into the deeper, all-embracing wisdom of the Catholic Mystery.'
Yes, my friends, in weariness today, I have written more an advert than an entry. An advert not devoid of substance I hope, but like all adverts, with an agenda. But a good one, I think, which involves speaking plainly about what gives me hope for the world. And which goes to the heart of what I will be further unfolding here. For this isn't simply a book ...
'Let us resign ourselves therefore to the great work of contributing constructively to tradition – the spiritual, Christian, Hermetic, scientific tradition. Let us thoroughly immerse ourselves in it, let us study it, let us practice it, lastly, let us cultivate it ie. let us work not to overthrow, but in order to build. Let us range ourselves amongst the builders of humankind’s spiritual tradition – and let us try to contribute to it. May the Holy Scriptures be holy for us; may the Sacraments be sacraments for us; may the hierarchy of spiritual authority be the hierarchy of authority for us …'
- Meditations on the Tarot
A book which into the emptiness of my soul brought more light and heart and healing, than I can ever tell you.
A book which into the soulless of the world brings the profoundest measure of soul …
A book which into a dumbed-down world brings the most lucid of intelligence …
A book which into a dehumanising world brings the warmest of humanity …
A book which into the demythologised, secularised Church of the intelligentsia so-called, brings Mystery and Faith …
A book which in a modern worldthirst for esoteric mysteries, brings not New Age esotericism, but Christian esotericism of the highest order …
A book of which Hans urs von Balthasar, nominated as a Cardinal by His Holiness John Paul II, agreed to write a foreword in which he wrote the following words:
'A thinking, praying Christian of unmistakable purity reveals to us the symbols of Christian Hermeticism in its various levels of mysticism, gnosis and magic, taking in also … certain elements of astrology and alchemy [seeking] to lead meditatively into the deeper, all-embracing wisdom of the Catholic Mystery.'
Yes, my friends, in weariness today, I have written more an advert than an entry. An advert not devoid of substance I hope, but like all adverts, with an agenda. But a good one, I think, which involves speaking plainly about what gives me hope for the world. And which goes to the heart of what I will be further unfolding here. For this isn't simply a book ...
posted by Roger Buck at Thursday, November 17, 2005
3 Comments:
it's a good book, my introduction, in many ways to Christian tradition.
Thanks, Fred. I’m intrigued that you seem to be connected to Communion and Liberation. I recently started a *little reading about the movement – so far, it strikes me as an intelligent traditionalism, fired with real social compassion.
I’m intrigued that you also connect to MotT at the same time. Which as I say, for me, is far more than a book. I’m on my tenth reading now and its depth seems inexhaustible. As though a hundred books are contained within it, with more upon more upon more, opening out the deeper one goes. I feel its depths contain tremendous transformational power -and thus, as I say, hope for both individual and world.
But if I knew more about C and L, I wonder if I’d find another source of real hope. Again, I’m intrigued - by anyone who can embrace both of these worlds.
CL helps me to live what I have read about in MoT and the rest of Christian tradition, and to propose that tradition to others.
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