The Alchemy of Time: Understanding the Great Year & the Cycles of Existence
The age of iron has no other seal than that of Death. Its hieroglyph is the skeleton, bearing the attributes of Saturn: the empty hourglass, symbol of time run out… – Fulcanelli The inspiration for...
View ArticleWaiting for the End of the World: René Guénon and the Kali Yuga
Currently the fear – or hope – of the closing of the age pervades the air like a thick vapour. Sometimes this end is envisaged as an environmental calamity, sometimes as the second coming of Christ,...
View ArticleWhen Does the Kali Yuga End?
The widespread belief that an age is ending and a new one dawning is part of a cyclical concept of time common to most philosophical cultures. The best known versions are the Four Ages of Greek...
View ArticleEpoch & Aeon: Understanding Cosmic Cycles (Part 1)
We may have entered a new epoch, or so some scientists are telling us. The Anthropocene is a geological epoch characterised by the noticeable impact of humanity on the surface of the Earth. The...
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