Adam Qadmon – 𝐀𝐗𝐈𝐒 ֎ 𝐌𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐈

René Guénon: "Gathering what is scattered"

Published on: November 15, 2020 Last updated on: November 15, 2020 Written by: Marco Maculotti Categorized into: Esotericism, Extracts, Mito, History of Religions

On November 15, 1886, the esotericist René Guénon was born in Blois, France. As a tribute to him, we propose the reading of an excerpt from his work, published posthumously, "Symbols of Sacred Science", which deals with the theme of the primordial fragmentation of the Universal Man (Purusha, Prajāpati, Osiris, Adam Qadmon) and of its final reintegration into its original state.

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On the sacred symbolism of the floor mosaic of the Cathedral of Otranto

Published on: February 27 2019 Last updated on: February 27 2019 Written by: Valentina Tamburrano Categorized into: Esotericism, Middle Ages, History of Religions

Taking a cue from the studies of authors such as Burckhardt, Eliade, Guénon and Chevalier on the "constructive symbolism" of cathedrals, we deal here with that of Santa Maria Annunziata di Otranto in Puglia.

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The Pole, the incorporation, the Androgyne

Published on: December 20 2018 Last updated on: October 6, 2020 Written by: Michael Ruzzai Categorized into: Anthropology, Esotericism, Mito

The mythical traditions from all over the world speak of an auroral golden age in which Man lived "in the company of the gods": this can perhaps be related to creation "in the image and likeness of God" and to tradition of the Platonic primordial Androgynous, homologue of the kabbalistic Adam Kadmon?

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