>>17577981>“Living Traditionalism: an introductory argument and an outline presentation of this approach to the occult arts, and the only formula capable of truly reconciling ancient and modern. It is as well to preface these with as clear a statement as possible, for while instinctively the premise is probably present though unarticulated in many readers’ minds, intellectually it has few identifiable exponents at the time of writing.>The premise is a reconciliation of two apparently disparate approaches, present in contemporary magic and astrology, which might be termed traditionalism and modernism. However, modernism is not the most useful term in approaching or defining a reconciliatory formula. While a progressive approach may appear to be still less reconcilable with tradition, in reality this is not the case.>Modernist and traditionalist approaches to the occult arts appear to be irretrievably polarised. A more penetrating analysis reveals that the shortcomings of each, rather than their strengths, are responsible for sustaining the division. It is in their strengths, of course, that the potential for reconciliation, and thus for progress, resides.>The shortcomings of traditionalism are essentially twofold. Firstly, the traditionalists are almost entirely retrospective, not because they are traditionalists but because the traditions to which[…]”Excerpt From
The Magick of the Ghebers
Jake Stratton-Kent
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