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Newsletter Nr. 1.187
Amsterdam, May 18, 2024


DELUSIONAL DUGIN - The Danger of Esoteric Traditionalism - FRANK VISSER

A good introduction to Traditionalism, by British historian Mark Sedgwick, the author of "Against the Modern World: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century" (2004) and the more recent "Traditionalism: The Radical Project for Restoring Sacred Order" (2023). At 43:00 Alexander Dugin is discussed. At 36:00 mention is made of "integralists", but this is a conservative Catholic movement in the US, not to be confused with Wilberian integralists. See Integralism on Wikipedia.

A nice overview of the perennialist landscape, both academically and spiritually, is given by YouTuber Keith Woods. At the very end (31:00) Wilber shows up, as a structuralist with "a kind of Hegelian perspective of Spirit experiencing itself", a "very different take from the esoteric traditionalist school that would say, Kali Yuga, things are declining, time is cyclical... But he still has a kind of perennialist perspective in that religions are all manifestations of these kinds of deep structure".

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https://www.integralworld.net/visser330.html#videos