The examples cited here precisely describe the preservation of individual existence, not its melting away. The Divine is realized as one's own essence and yet, being Absolute, always also manifests as other selves, with which we can interact (sometimes as theophanies). Evola makes a bit of a mess of this, and has to ignore the status tradition awards to devotional practice (as in the Gita, etc.)
The problem with the jnanic vs. bhaktic path as Evola (to a degree Guenon, depending on the work) frames it is that it isn't really traditional. When you find it, as in the Bhagavad Gita, the bhaktic path is higher and precisely is what allows you to continue to experience individuated existence.
The aim of any spiritual path is unio mystica, and attachment to any form as though it were God will ultimately impede realization, as God transcends every form. Since God is not a cause at the start of a chain of causes and effects, or an undifferentiated substance, individuated existence is never abolished, even when one realizes one is That. I don't know what you mean by "sentimental" devotion, but "sentiment" has nothing to do with spirituality except in a preparatory sense
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Do you know Cupids Poisoned Arrow by Narnia Robinson. She does refer to ancient traditions in one chapter.
Yeah okay I like the meditation. But all the Vedanta and Islam references do not really jive with Jesus response to the Sadducees - do they?
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This reminds me of the "sex magick" concept in the New Age movement.
The examples cited here precisely describe the preservation of individual existence, not its melting away. The Divine is realized as one's own essence and yet, being Absolute, always also manifests as other selves, with which we can interact (sometimes as theophanies). Evola makes a bit of a mess of this, and has to ignore the status tradition awards to devotional practice (as in the Gita, etc.)
The problem with the jnanic vs. bhaktic path as Evola (to a degree Guenon, depending on the work) frames it is that it isn't really traditional. When you find it, as in the Bhagavad Gita, the bhaktic path is higher and precisely is what allows you to continue to experience individuated existence.
The aim of any spiritual path is unio mystica, and attachment to any form as though it were God will ultimately impede realization, as God transcends every form. Since God is not a cause at the start of a chain of causes and effects, or an undifferentiated substance, individuated existence is never abolished, even when one realizes one is That. I don't know what you mean by "sentimental" devotion, but "sentiment" has nothing to do with spirituality except in a preparatory sense