THE FEMININE UNIVERSE

THE FEMININE UNIVERSE is a complete statement of the Aristasian philosophy. Any one seriously interested in Aristasia should buy a copy of this book and read it several times. The Aristasian philosophy has developed over twenty years among some of the finest feminine minds in the world today. Now, for the first time, it has been stated in full, and yet in a form that is concise and easily understandable to an intelligent person.

The Feminine Universe shows how a single Primordial Philosophy lies behind all the great traditions of the world, from the Far East to the ancient Americas, from the Hindu world to the Celtic, and shows how this philosophy was originally a feminine-oriented spirituality which was edited and adulterated by patriarchal societies, but never really lost until the cultural collapse of the 1960s. It is an exhilarating book which reclaims our feminine tradition and explains exactly what is wrong with the modern world and how it can be put right.

Within its 128 pages, this concise volume contains a complete philosophy, an entire view of life which will be startlingly new to most people, but in fact is the most ancient philosophy in the world.

Contents of The Feminine Universe

INTRODUCTION

A brief examination of the central ideas of the book; an introduction to the Primordial Tradition.

 

Preface THE FEMININE HERITAGE

Sets the scene for the book by marshalling the overwhelming historical evidence that the world's earliest civilisations (covering the vast majority of earth's history) were feminine in orientation, religious social and political. Describes the nature of feminine civilisation.

 

I. THE IMAGE OF THE COSMOS

Contrasts the traditional and modern pictures of the universe. The traditional universe is a living, intelligent whole, the modern universe a mere accidental development of matter. Examines the popular fallacy that "modern science has disproved the traditional picture of the universe" and demonstrates that on the contrary, only the traditional cosmos can explain the nature of things as they are. Shows how our picture of the universe affects our psychic health and our image of ourselves.

 

II. THE CYCLES OF TIME

The traditional concept of time, cyclical rather than linear. Shows how the modern myth of "progress" is in error and demonstrates the intellectual and spiritual superiority of earlier (and especially feminine) civilisations. Shows the place of the Eclipse, or cultural collapse of the 1960s in the Pattern of History and the possibility of a Restitution of civilisation in the future.

 

III. THE THREE GUNAS IN HISTORY

Following on from the previous chapter, goes more deeply into the profound forces underlying history, and shows how the Hindu doctrine of the three gunas (a specifically Indian survival of the ancient and universal science) provides the key to a full understanding of the historical process. Discusses also how femininity has been attacked and belittled in the post-Eclipse world, so that it has been poisoned even in its ultimate stronghold, the heart of woman herself, so that women are ashamed to be truly feminine and a barren, totally-masculine world is being created.

 

IV. THE NATURE OF FEMININITY AND THE NATURE OF BEAUTY

Examines the true nature of the phenomenon we call femininity. Shows how it is not merely a human quality but is inherent in the cosmos itself. Shows how, despite the ignorance of modern politicised social theory, modern neuroscience and brain scan technology leave absolutely no doubt that the female brain is different from the male brain, and that the psychological, and emotional differences that result from this are precisely those that have always constituted traditional femininity. Femininity is not a "convention" or a "social construct", it is a biological reality. There is no "alternative neuroscience". All neuroscientists know this to be true. The "social construct" theory of femininity, despite the massive vested interests in its favour, is as outdated as the Flat Earth theory. Nevertheless, this chapter goes far beyond biology, showing that biological femininity is only the material expression of a much deeper cosmic reality, how Beauty is not a subjective human perception, but a Universal Truth; and the meaning of these realities in our lives today.

 

V. THE KEY TO METAPHYSICS

The central theoretical chapter of the book. Expounds the nature of Matter and of Form from the traditional metaphysical point of view. Shows how this traditional view, far from being "disproved by modern science" makes clear the things which advanced physics leaves increasingly mysterious and inexplicable. A full understanding of the cosmos is impossible without metaphysics. In the 19th century a "mechanical universe" was a possibility, but 20th century discoveries have blown materialism out of the water and left gaps which have always been understood and explained by traditional metaphysics. Discusses the Problem of Form and shows how modern materialism cannot grasp this essential concept. Explains the Archetypes, which, far from being merely psychological entities are, as Plato knew, the Eternal Forms which give shape to all earthly things, from a tree to an idea.

 

VI. THE MYTH OF THE MODERN WORLD

Tackles the central myth of the last century. Shows how it obscures, but cannot answer, the Question of Form. Questions the very basis of late-19th and 20th century thought and shows it to be untenable. Shows how the reductionism first popularised by Freud and Marx, upon which early 21st century thought is still based (despite the fact that few modern people are any longer explicitly Freudian or Marxist) - an outlook which seeks to explain the greater in terms of the less, which reduces human culture and spirituality to animal and economic causes - is false and impoverishing to the human soul.

 

VII. PSYCHIC DISEASES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Discusses Deracination, Atomisation, and Deformism. How human beings are cut off from their spiritual and historical roots. How they are isolated from each other. How all that is ordered and decorous in human life is overturned in the post-1960s world; how beauty is turned to ugliness, order to chaos. Discusses the very wellsprings of human motivation and the inner nature of a disordered society such as the present one.

 

VIII. ART NEO AND THE RESURGENCE OF LIGHT

Shows how the seeds of the problems discussed in the last chapter were sown in the preceding centuries, but how in the 20th century, rather than an "inevitable" decline into the present state of dissolution, there was, in the earlier part of the century a resurgence of true Form led by what Aristasians term the Art Neo movement. "Art Neo" is sometimes loosely translated as "Art Deco" but is in fact a rather broader concept, including not only the visual arts but music, cinema, and the whole approach to life shaped by the more positive side of the new sensibility of the 20th century. Art Neo shows how a modern machine society can be humanised and can, in it own limited way, reflect Eternal values. Although the Art Neo spirit was destroyed by its natural enemies at the time of the Eclipse it still points the way to a path of resurgence for the future.

 

IX. THE LANGUAGE OF FORM

Shows how all humanly-created forms, from art and advertisements to the design of clothes, cars and everyday objects is, whether its makers know it or not, a philosophical statement. No designed object is philosophically or morally neutral. Each is making a statement, and the fact that most designers are doing this at an unconscious level - merely incorporating the deep-laid assumptions of their culture and expressing them in form-language only makes the statement more subtly pervasive. And, since forms are the very foundation of human existence such statements cumulatively shape and define the entire lives of societies and the individuals within them. This is a phenomenon that can work both good and evil. This chapter discusses the form-language of ancient traditional societies and of more modern normal societies and also the inverted and deformist form-language of the post-Eclipse world. It shows how a return to right form is possible for the future.

 

X. SECRETS OF THE IMAGE-SPHERE

The entire world we inhabit - the entity that appears to us to be "the real world" - exists within our minds. That mental world or image-sphere is shaped by many forces. In the post-Eclipse world, these forces are exclusively controlled by the centralised financial/political structure through its mass media, advertising, journalistic and commercial extensions. This chapter discusses the nature of the image-sphere, how it is shaped and how we can regain control of our own image-spheres, taking them back from the controlled cathode-world of the late 20th century and rebuilding a feminine and civilised consciousness.

XI. SECESSION AND THE HESTIA

This short chapter discusses the duality, developed during patriarchal times, between the feminine home-world or Hestia and the masculine public-world or Agora. Increasingly the Agora has been considered the only "important" world, but in fact until recently most of human life, including education, entertainment and work centred on the Hestia. With the Agora of the post-Eclipse world hopelessly corrupt and not immediately redeemable, the creation of a re-civilised feminine world in the Hestia is an important way forward.

 

XII. REGENERATION: THE ARISTASIAN EXPERIMENT

The final chapter shows how Aristasia has created an alternative image-sphere to that of the post-Eclipse world and makes possible - albeit on a small scale at present - a feminine and civilised reality. This is not the only way of creating a true alternative to the post-Eclipse world, but it is the only one that exists at present (the famous "alternatives" and "diversity" of that world being very much an integral part of its atomised, deformist culture). Recommends that other truly civilised image-spheres should be formed, though the vast intellectual labour and personal commitment involved should not be underestimated. At present, however, for girls who want an all-female re-civilised world, Aristasia exists here and now.

This summary gives only a very partial impression of the scope of the book. It is, in fact a complete view of history and interpretation of the modern world, discussing the significance of currents and individuals - the Renaissance, Nietzsche, Art Nouveau, T.S.Eliot, 19th-century Romanticism, Plato, Marx, Freud, Jung, Protestant Fundamentalism, Islam and Cubism are among the many topics discussed and interpreted from the Feminine Essentialist point of view in this small but remarkable book.

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