Philosophy Archives - Maier Files Series Tidbits and Articles-

Unveiling the Secret War

In the annals of history, obscured by the veil of secrecy, an enigmatic struggle persists—a clandestine war that transcends the superficial causes and known leaders. Evola, in a thought-provoking essay, delves into this concealed conflict, unraveling a three-dimensional conception of history. This article seeks to unravel the depths of Evola’ discourse, exploring the metaphysical nature of the war, scrutinizing the entities involved, and dissecting the nuanced tactics employed by the covert forces. Understanding the Subterranean...

Navigating the Labyrinth of Understanding: Unveiling the Illusion of Scientific Solitude

In the kaleidoscope of human understanding, Mary Midgley’s seminal work, “Are You an Illusion?” beckons us to embark on a profound exploration of the interplay between common sense and scientific orthodoxy. Embarking on a journey through the realms of thought, Midgley skillfully unravels a compelling narrative. This narrative challenges the prevalent belief that science, especially physics, reduces our inner selves to mere illusions. In this expansive journey, the labyrinth of history and the intricacies of...

Gerardus van der Leeuw, The Dutch Mystic Who Dared to Transcend

The Lost History of Esoteric Writing

Philosophical esotericism —the practice of communicating one’s unorthodox thoughts “between the lines”— was a common practice until the end of the eighteenth century. The famous Encyclopédie of Diderot, for instance, not only discusses this practice in over twenty different articles, but admits to employing it itself. The history of Western thought contains hundreds of such statements by major philosophers testifying to the use of esoteric writing in their own work or others’. Despite this long...

The paradox of the love mystery

The writer Aventinus stated that the Minne and the Minnesingers did not have anything to do with love and constant courting. That’s not entirely true. There are many enigmas and paradoxes concerning the Troubadour movement and their theme “LOVE” in the middle ages. They propagated the quest for selfhood, the birth of the individual. And the individual’s love is discriminative, personal and specific. You will have heard the old legend of how, when God created...

The Behavioral Soma: Engineering the End of Free Will

Two Prisoners

Imagine two men. They have never met. They are sitting in separate rooms with no way to communicate. Each has been told the same thing: if you stay silent, and the other man also stays silent, you both walk free after one year. If you betray him and he stays silent, you go free immediately and he serves ten years. If he betrays you and you stay silent, you serve ten. If you both betray...

Who or what composes a series of dream images?

The Delphic idiom: gnothi seauton (“Know thyself”), assigned to Pythagoras, carries an extended history in the Western world. It grew to become popular all through of the teachings of Socrates as well as Plato, along with the query to obtain self-knowledge was, from that point on, much more a challenge of philosophy than of religion. In the religions, Western man made larger attempts to attaining understanding of the characteristics and meaning of the world altogether...

Aletheia is truth or disclosure in philosophy

Romantic love means a path to initiation

Romantic love means a path to initiation, which leads through suffering and enlightenment. “Romantic love,” as described by the myth, is a mistake according to Robert A. Johnson―in fact it is the Occidental mistake par excellence. The levels of the anima on the one hand and of ego-awareness on the other are confused in that an attempt is made to live out at the earthly level the anima, which is not of this world. In...

Paradox of Tristram Shandy

Here is a subconscious double standard: Infinities of time seem a little different from infinities of space. It is natural to think that space extends out in all directions forever (or is this a culturally instilled belief?). Time is supposed to be infinite only in the future direction. We ask when time began but rarely where space began. The infinity of past time The infinity of past time is an unpopular belief. Yet it would...