The Classical Wisdom Tradition

Here's how you can best help in our mission to revitalize classical spirituality:

1. Tell other people about it, whether online or in real life.
Most people do not know that the West has a rich and deep non-Christian spirituality. They think their options are Christianity or Eastern spiritualities, like Buddhism. Explain to them that our philosophical tradition was originally a spiritual tradition akin to that found in the Indian Upanishads, that philosophers such as Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle were not mere "intellectuals" or "academics" but were profoundly spiritual men who influenced and shaped European thought, religion, and culture. Tell them that we have our own traditional medicine, music therapy, and a full-blown "path to enlightenment."

2. Research.
We are in desperate need of intelligent, passionate students of the tradition willing to do focused research. For years our community has stumbled along half-blind, trying our best to practice a religion we only knew the vague outlines of. Things were made even more difficult by extreme politicization, a barrage of (sometimes willful) misinformation, and sheer buffoonery. But there's good news: we are now entering a new era. Thanks to the hard work of many people, the sad days of guessing our way to spiritual fulfillment are ending. There is now a clarity to classical spirituality—what it is and what to do—that I could only dream of 6 or even 2 years ago. But there is still a lot of work to do! If you are so inclined, I suggest focusing your research on one of the following areas:
🔸Moral education, as understood in this tradition.
🔸Traditional medicine. Europe has a vast and complex medical literature, and, like the traditional medical systems of, say, India and China, it is spiritually relevant.
🔸Philosophically informed ritual practice.
🔸Mathematics and science as purifications.

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Here's how you can best help in our mission to revitalize classical spirituality:

1. Tell other people about it, whether online or in real life.
Most people do not know that the West has a rich and deep non-Christian spirituality. They think their options are Christianity or Eastern spiritualities, like Buddhism. Explain to them that our philosophical tradition was originally a spiritual tradition akin to that found in the Indian Upanishads, that philosophers such as Pythagoras, Plato, and Aristotle were not mere "intellectuals" or "academics" but were profoundly spiritual men who influenced and shaped European thought, religion, and culture. Tell them that we have our own traditional medicine, music therapy, and a full-blown "path to enlightenment."

2. Research.
We are in desperate need of intelligent, passionate students of the tradition willing to do focused research. For years our community has stumbled along half-blind, trying our best to practice a religion we only knew the vague outlines of. Things were made even more difficult by extreme politicization, a barrage of (sometimes willful) misinformation, and sheer buffoonery. But there's good news: we are now entering a new era. Thanks to the hard work of many people, the sad days of guessing our way to spiritual fulfillment are ending. There is now a clarity to classical spirituality—what it is and what to do—that I could only dream of 6 or even 2 years ago. But there is still a lot of work to do! If you are so inclined, I suggest focusing your research on one of the following areas:
🔸Moral education, as understood in this tradition.
🔸Traditional medicine. Europe has a vast and complex medical literature, and, like the traditional medical systems of, say, India and China, it is spiritually relevant.
🔸Philosophically informed ritual practice.
🔸Mathematics and science as purifications.

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