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Argues that traditional civilizations are founded upon spiritual and metaphysical principles, contrasting this with the modern focus on materialism, progress, and history. Key themes include the doctrine of two natures—a physical and a metaphysical realm—and the belief that traditional truths are nonhuman, eternal principles outside of time and space. The source extensively examines traditional concepts of kingship, social hierarchy (castes), and the importance of rite and action as means to connect with the transcendent, contrasting this with the decline into democracy, secularism, and the "Dark Age" characterized by the triumph of the masses and the elevation of work over action. Finally, it explores ancient cosmological and mythological doctrines, such as the four ages and the symbolism of opposing male (solar/Uranian) and female (lunar/telluric) spiritual principles in the context of civilizational decline.
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