Very glad to have found your writing. Have you also read Jacques Ellul’s ‘The New Demons’? Chapter VI ‘Secular Religions: Political Religion’ resonates with your mention of;
“political passions” as “Marxist hocus-pocus” a submission of rational thought to mysticism
‘Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition’ (G.A.Magee) is also a deep dive into the gnostic underpinnings of (as you rightly say) the rot going much further back. I’ve enjoyed the output of New Discourses & Sovereign Nations in attempting to understand the culture shock I experienced working only on the periphery of Canadian Ed system (having worked over 25 yrs in the UK). Hypernormalization is the air breathed here and it’s been impossible to find any intellectual kin who value traditional pedagogy & content. Great to find a Canadian voice. I’ll be binging on your articles now to catch up. Wish I knew people in my locale who resonated similarly.
Very glad to have found your writing. Have you also read Jacques Ellul’s ‘The New Demons’? Chapter VI ‘Secular Religions: Political Religion’ resonates with your mention of;
“political passions” as “Marxist hocus-pocus” a submission of rational thought to mysticism
‘Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition’ (G.A.Magee) is also a deep dive into the gnostic underpinnings of (as you rightly say) the rot going much further back. I’ve enjoyed the output of New Discourses & Sovereign Nations in attempting to understand the culture shock I experienced working only on the periphery of Canadian Ed system (having worked over 25 yrs in the UK). Hypernormalization is the air breathed here and it’s been impossible to find any intellectual kin who value traditional pedagogy & content. Great to find a Canadian voice. I’ll be binging on your articles now to catch up. Wish I knew people in my locale who resonated similarly.