The Great Triad
René Guénon
Guénon’s The Great Triad was the last book to appear during his lifetime. Even for his regular readers, this book contained largely new material, as did his The Metaphysical Principles of the Infinitesimal Calculus, published the same year. The author here refers especially to the Chinese tradition, principally in its Taoist form (though touching on Confucianism as well), in which the ‘Great Triad’ is defined as Heaven-Man-Earth.
https://tradition.st/the-great-triad/
René Guénon
Guénon’s The Great Triad was the last book to appear during his lifetime. Even for his regular readers, this book contained largely new material, as did his The Metaphysical Principles of the Infinitesimal Calculus, published the same year. The author here refers especially to the Chinese tradition, principally in its Taoist form (though touching on Confucianism as well), in which the ‘Great Triad’ is defined as Heaven-Man-Earth.
https://tradition.st/the-great-triad/
Esoterism and the Symbolic
R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz
As a contemporary "renaissance man," R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz may fall into that category of genius shared by such luminaries as Rudolf Steiner and Emanuel Swedenborg. He combined the talents of social reformer, artist, scientist, visionary, and mystic to formulate ideas that were so far ahead of their time they seemed doomed, until recently, to be ignored.
This work represents the first important breakthrough in our comprehension of Egypt since Champollion deciphered the Rosetta Stone. The author's penetration of its symbolism and his intuitive reading of the hieroglyphs situates Egypt, not Greece, as the cradle of our Western heritage. His work serves as a guide that will initiate the reader into the authentic tone, structure, and mentality of Egyptian wisdom.
https://tradition.st/esoterism-and-the-symbolic/
R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz
As a contemporary "renaissance man," R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz may fall into that category of genius shared by such luminaries as Rudolf Steiner and Emanuel Swedenborg. He combined the talents of social reformer, artist, scientist, visionary, and mystic to formulate ideas that were so far ahead of their time they seemed doomed, until recently, to be ignored.
This work represents the first important breakthrough in our comprehension of Egypt since Champollion deciphered the Rosetta Stone. The author's penetration of its symbolism and his intuitive reading of the hieroglyphs situates Egypt, not Greece, as the cradle of our Western heritage. His work serves as a guide that will initiate the reader into the authentic tone, structure, and mentality of Egyptian wisdom.
https://tradition.st/esoterism-and-the-symbolic/
The Practice of Ancient Turkish Freemasonry
Rudolf von Sebottendorff
This important work by Rudolf von Sebottendorff (founder of the Thule Society and head of the Bavarian Germanic Order) reveals the secret spiritual exercises of the Bektashi mystics, which preserve ancient doctrines of natural philosophy corrupted or forgotten by modern Freemasonry. Sebottendorff explains how the cabbalistic formulas of Sufi mysticism are integrated with Masonic hand signs in a program of spiritual exercises that collect spiritual power into the body and transform the soul from its base condition into a heightened state: the Magnum Opus of the alchemists.
https://tradition.st/the-practice-of-ancient-turkish-freemasonry/
Rudolf von Sebottendorff
This important work by Rudolf von Sebottendorff (founder of the Thule Society and head of the Bavarian Germanic Order) reveals the secret spiritual exercises of the Bektashi mystics, which preserve ancient doctrines of natural philosophy corrupted or forgotten by modern Freemasonry. Sebottendorff explains how the cabbalistic formulas of Sufi mysticism are integrated with Masonic hand signs in a program of spiritual exercises that collect spiritual power into the body and transform the soul from its base condition into a heightened state: the Magnum Opus of the alchemists.
https://tradition.st/the-practice-of-ancient-turkish-freemasonry/
War as Inner Experience
Ernst Jünger
In his war diaries "In Stahlgewittern" (1920) and "Der Kampf als inneres Erlebnis" (1926), Jünger glorified the war as a mythical natural event, from which he saw a "new steel-hard blow of man entering the present". From the horror of the trenches to the sound and fury of the battlefields on the Western front, Jünger celebrates war as a total event belonging to our nature. For him, Man is not destroyed but created by war; he is measured by his capacity to endure pain and sacrifice - if war brings cruel death, it also brings the re-birth of a new Man and of a new world.
https://tradition.st/war-as-inner-experience/
Ernst Jünger
In his war diaries "In Stahlgewittern" (1920) and "Der Kampf als inneres Erlebnis" (1926), Jünger glorified the war as a mythical natural event, from which he saw a "new steel-hard blow of man entering the present". From the horror of the trenches to the sound and fury of the battlefields on the Western front, Jünger celebrates war as a total event belonging to our nature. For him, Man is not destroyed but created by war; he is measured by his capacity to endure pain and sacrifice - if war brings cruel death, it also brings the re-birth of a new Man and of a new world.
https://tradition.st/war-as-inner-experience/
Gothic Kabbalah and Runic Alchemy
Thomas Karlsson
As court magician to Gustav II Adolf, Johannes Bureus sought to combine runes and Norse myths with astrology, alchemy and magic in a system he called Adulruna, or Gothic Kabbalah. Bureus' world of thought belongs to Western esotericism and Gothicism, where nationalist ideas run like a red thread through esoteric speculations.
https://tradition.st/gothic-kabbalah-and-runic-alchemy/
Thomas Karlsson
As court magician to Gustav II Adolf, Johannes Bureus sought to combine runes and Norse myths with astrology, alchemy and magic in a system he called Adulruna, or Gothic Kabbalah. Bureus' world of thought belongs to Western esotericism and Gothicism, where nationalist ideas run like a red thread through esoteric speculations.
https://tradition.st/gothic-kabbalah-and-runic-alchemy/
Fundamental Symbols
René Guénon
In his prolific metaphysical and spiritual writings, Guénon displayed extraordinary insight into the universality of the human experience. This book, arguably the most significant in a modern Western language concerning symbolism, deals with the metaphysical and cosmological meaning of symbols drawn from traditions as far apart as the Greek and the Buddhist, the Druid, and the Islamic. It is a major addition to the English corpus of Guenon's work.
https://tradition.st/fundamental-symbols/
René Guénon
In his prolific metaphysical and spiritual writings, Guénon displayed extraordinary insight into the universality of the human experience. This book, arguably the most significant in a modern Western language concerning symbolism, deals with the metaphysical and cosmological meaning of symbols drawn from traditions as far apart as the Greek and the Buddhist, the Druid, and the Islamic. It is a major addition to the English corpus of Guenon's work.
https://tradition.st/fundamental-symbols/
Gold in the Furnace
Savitri Devi
Gold in the Furnace is an ardent National Socialist's vivid and moving account of life in occupied Germany during the aftermath of World War II. Savitri Devi describes in vivid detail how German citizens were subjected to pogroms of imprisonment, starvation, and murder by their Allied "liberators." Yet in spite of this disaster, Savitri did not view it as the end of National Socialism, but as a purification - a trial by fire separating the base metal from the gold - and a prelude to a new beginning.
https://tradition.st/gold-in-the-furnace/
Savitri Devi
Gold in the Furnace is an ardent National Socialist's vivid and moving account of life in occupied Germany during the aftermath of World War II. Savitri Devi describes in vivid detail how German citizens were subjected to pogroms of imprisonment, starvation, and murder by their Allied "liberators." Yet in spite of this disaster, Savitri did not view it as the end of National Socialism, but as a purification - a trial by fire separating the base metal from the gold - and a prelude to a new beginning.
https://tradition.st/gold-in-the-furnace/
Rose Cross Over the Baltic
Susanna Åkerman
Investigating the millenarian aspect of Rosicrucianism as it emerges from a reading of Johannes Bureus' papers, Åkerman shows that the Paracelsian prophecy of the Lion of the North (often associated with the myth of a Nordic Superman) was an essential ingredient in the political use of the Rosicrucian writings.
https://tradition.st/rose-cross-over-the-baltic/
Susanna Åkerman
Investigating the millenarian aspect of Rosicrucianism as it emerges from a reading of Johannes Bureus' papers, Åkerman shows that the Paracelsian prophecy of the Lion of the North (often associated with the myth of a Nordic Superman) was an essential ingredient in the political use of the Rosicrucian writings.
https://tradition.st/rose-cross-over-the-baltic/
Orpheus and the Roots of Platonism
Algis Uždavinys
This book is a recapitulation or a critical reassessment of ancient and contemporary literature devoted to Orpheus, giving special attention to his relations with both the Egyptian and the Platonic tradition. At the heart of this book we have a glimpse into the substance, nature and development of the Orphic mysteries, with fascinating insights into the relations between Egyptian initiation, through the Greek mysteries and classical philosophy, to Neoplatonic and Hermetic thought.
https://tradition.st/orpheus-and-the-roots-of-platonism/
Algis Uždavinys
This book is a recapitulation or a critical reassessment of ancient and contemporary literature devoted to Orpheus, giving special attention to his relations with both the Egyptian and the Platonic tradition. At the heart of this book we have a glimpse into the substance, nature and development of the Orphic mysteries, with fascinating insights into the relations between Egyptian initiation, through the Greek mysteries and classical philosophy, to Neoplatonic and Hermetic thought.
https://tradition.st/orpheus-and-the-roots-of-platonism/
Initiation and Spiritual Realization
René Guénon
In accordance with Guénon's last wishes, this volume was the first thematic collection of his writings published after his death. The first part sees Guénon considering the mental and psychological obstacles that may block comprehension of the initiatic point of view and the search for initiation. The second part clarifies and develops several important points regarding the nature of initiation and the conditions for its pursuit. The last, and in many respects the most important part is a metaphysical exposition of the possibility for total spiritual realization starting from our corporeal state.
https://tradition.st/initiation-and-spiritual-realization/
René Guénon
In accordance with Guénon's last wishes, this volume was the first thematic collection of his writings published after his death. The first part sees Guénon considering the mental and psychological obstacles that may block comprehension of the initiatic point of view and the search for initiation. The second part clarifies and develops several important points regarding the nature of initiation and the conditions for its pursuit. The last, and in many respects the most important part is a metaphysical exposition of the possibility for total spiritual realization starting from our corporeal state.
https://tradition.st/initiation-and-spiritual-realization/
Atlantis - The Mystery Unravelled
Jürgen Spanuth
Building on the research of Herman Wirth and the Ahnenerbe Society, Jürgen Spanuth developed his thesis of a prehistoric catastrophe in the North Sea leading to the submergence of an island nation, which he interpreted as the mythical Atlantis. From a comprehensive study of historical and archeological evidence, Spanuth proceeded to identify the survivors of this disaster as the historical "Sea Peoples" who invaded Europe during the Bronze Age collapse. This is a facsimile edition.
https://tradition.st/atlantis-the-mystery-unravelled/
Jürgen Spanuth
Building on the research of Herman Wirth and the Ahnenerbe Society, Jürgen Spanuth developed his thesis of a prehistoric catastrophe in the North Sea leading to the submergence of an island nation, which he interpreted as the mythical Atlantis. From a comprehensive study of historical and archeological evidence, Spanuth proceeded to identify the survivors of this disaster as the historical "Sea Peoples" who invaded Europe during the Bronze Age collapse. This is a facsimile edition.
https://tradition.st/atlantis-the-mystery-unravelled/
Foundations of Biopolitics
Jaques de Mahieu
The term "biopolitics" had long been in use when it was brought into vogue by Michel Foucault to designate the liberal administration of health policy with a view to controlling populations. The French sociologist Jacques de Mahieu (1915-1990), who used it as early as in the 1950s, gives it a quite different meaning: "Once we have established that [ethnic] characters are hereditary, we will have to admit, willingly or not, that within racial groups, there are categories of the same biopsychic nature as ethnic communities… That is what biopolitics is all about."
https://tradition.st/foundations-of-biopolitics/
Jaques de Mahieu
The term "biopolitics" had long been in use when it was brought into vogue by Michel Foucault to designate the liberal administration of health policy with a view to controlling populations. The French sociologist Jacques de Mahieu (1915-1990), who used it as early as in the 1950s, gives it a quite different meaning: "Once we have established that [ethnic] characters are hereditary, we will have to admit, willingly or not, that within racial groups, there are categories of the same biopsychic nature as ethnic communities… That is what biopolitics is all about."
https://tradition.st/foundations-of-biopolitics/
NEW EDITIONS
The Religion of the Aryo-Germanic Folk
A completely new digitization of the Runa-Raven edition with a cover based on the original design.
Adolf Hitler: The Ultimate Avatar
The hardcover edition now comes in a larger format with increased print size for better readability.
The Religion of the Aryo-Germanic Folk
A completely new digitization of the Runa-Raven edition with a cover based on the original design.
Adolf Hitler: The Ultimate Avatar
The hardcover edition now comes in a larger format with increased print size for better readability.
The Cosmology of the Rigveda
H. W. Wallis
The Rigveda is an ancient Indo-Aryan collection of Vedic hymns with associated commentaries on liturgy, ritual and mystical exegesis. In The Cosmology of the Rigveda, H. W. Wallis conducts a brief yet thorough investigation of cosmological elements in the Rigveda to provide a clear picture of the ancient Vedic worldview for modern readers. This is a facsimile edition.
https://tradition.st/the-cosmology-of-the-rigveda/
H. W. Wallis
The Rigveda is an ancient Indo-Aryan collection of Vedic hymns with associated commentaries on liturgy, ritual and mystical exegesis. In The Cosmology of the Rigveda, H. W. Wallis conducts a brief yet thorough investigation of cosmological elements in the Rigveda to provide a clear picture of the ancient Vedic worldview for modern readers. This is a facsimile edition.
https://tradition.st/the-cosmology-of-the-rigveda/
Apollonius of Tyana
G. R. S. Mead
A comprehensive study of the Neopythagorean philosopher and magician, Apollonius of Tyana by the eminent religious scholar G. R. S. Mead examines the life and teachings of this legendary historical figure. Mead presents a critical analysis of texts by and about the philosopher, also providing "an introduction on the religious associations and brotherhoods of the times and the possible influence of Indian thought on Greece" (from the preface).
https://tradition.st/apollonius-of-tyana/
G. R. S. Mead
A comprehensive study of the Neopythagorean philosopher and magician, Apollonius of Tyana by the eminent religious scholar G. R. S. Mead examines the life and teachings of this legendary historical figure. Mead presents a critical analysis of texts by and about the philosopher, also providing "an introduction on the religious associations and brotherhoods of the times and the possible influence of Indian thought on Greece" (from the preface).
https://tradition.st/apollonius-of-tyana/
The Canon
William Stirling Maxwell
In this exhaustive study of the ancient Greek cabala, William Stirling Maxwell argues that the proportions of ancient religious architecture were based on calculations that reveal an exact correspondence with those of the sun, moon, and planets. The system of metaphysical science from which these canonical proportions derive was encoded in occult symbols, images and language whose last clear expression is found in the Greek cabala.
https://tradition.st/the-canon/
William Stirling Maxwell
In this exhaustive study of the ancient Greek cabala, William Stirling Maxwell argues that the proportions of ancient religious architecture were based on calculations that reveal an exact correspondence with those of the sun, moon, and planets. The system of metaphysical science from which these canonical proportions derive was encoded in occult symbols, images and language whose last clear expression is found in the Greek cabala.
https://tradition.st/the-canon/
The Multiple States of Being
René Guénon
In this work, Guénon offers a brilliant explication of the metaphysical order and its manifestations, of the divine hierarchies and what has been called the Great Chain of Being, and in so doing demonstrates how intellective or intrinsic knowledge is a true Way of Liberation. Here, Guénon the metaphysical social critic, comparative religionist, researcher of esotericism, and herald of spiritual renewal, disappears. Only reality remains.
https://tradition.st/the-multiple-states-of-being/
René Guénon
In this work, Guénon offers a brilliant explication of the metaphysical order and its manifestations, of the divine hierarchies and what has been called the Great Chain of Being, and in so doing demonstrates how intellective or intrinsic knowledge is a true Way of Liberation. Here, Guénon the metaphysical social critic, comparative religionist, researcher of esotericism, and herald of spiritual renewal, disappears. Only reality remains.
https://tradition.st/the-multiple-states-of-being/