“The Temple of Set has no profane political agenda, for much the same reason as my critique here: the dragon is too big [worldwide], and the means for combatting it directly are ludicrously ineffective. [This was the lesson that Winston Smith learned in 1984.] Our recommendation is rather an intensely personal one: to apprehend andContinue reading “No Profane Political Agenda (i)”
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Navigating a World of Ideology
One of the challenges in attempting to face the world from a philosophical orientation is that you still exist in a world where the majority of humans you will meet and interact with are operating from an ideological orientation. As such, one needs tools for understanding ideological structures and assumptions without necessarily falling prey toContinue reading “Navigating a World of Ideology”
No Profane Political Agenda (ii)
The Temple, as you have wisely observed, has no political agenda. It is like Plato’s academy, which sent forth tyrants and scholars, philosophers and generals. We don’t take on the world of what is already conditioned and created, but all of our successful graduates do. We seldom lend our Instrumentality to their purposes, knowing thatContinue reading “No Profane Political Agenda (ii)”