ââTraditionalism [âŚ] is always in danger of descending into the kind of concretization and literalism reactionary politics represent, and tends to be generally conservative, is essentially a-political. It is not a political ideology, reactionary or otherwise. And in point of fact, to advocate a return to earlier forms of political organization of the kind that were in force when societies were organized on more Traditional principlesâor at least to view such a return as intrinsic to Tradition and under all circumstances unambiguously in service to itâis not in fact Traditional. [âŚ} So the question arises: What is the function of the Traditionalist appreciation for ancient spiritual civilizations, or medieval ones, given that such civilizations cannot and should not be resurrected? Can this be anything more than a useless, paralyzing nostalgia? The answer is: that whatever spiritual potentials can no longer be realized externally, in the zahir [exteriorly], thereby become transformed into esoteric truths which can now be realized internally, in the batin [internaly]. [âŚ] . The value, again, is esoteric, given that the traditional exaltation of the brahmins over the kshatriyas is the outer image of an inner spiritual truth, an eternal truth, occupying the plane of esoteric anthropology: the exaltation of the Intellect over the will in the human soul. The direct perception of spiritual Truth, not the will, is the crown and center of the human form. If the will serves the Intellect, it will order the life of the soulâand insofar as is possible, the outer life of the manâso as to protect the Intellectual center, both from disturbing social influences and from the possibility of rebelliousness on the part of the will itself. In such a condition the human form is correctly hierarchialized or edified (âbuilt up,â in the sense that the human soul is the edifice or temple of the Spirit); the several faculties of the soul all occupy their proper places; consequently the individual in question is an âupright manâ (in Hebrew, a tzaddik). [âŚ]This is the whole reason for the appreciation of earlier more traditional cultures, and the precise method to be followed in protecting and saving their spiritual essence. To believe that such cultures can be resurrected in the zahir [exteriorly] is indeed either barren nostalgia or dangerous reaction; to realize them in the batin [internaly], however, is the furthest thing from nostalgia. Rather, it is a way of nurturing and developing the soul by feeding it on spiritual qualities that were once expressed in social forms, but are now on a journey back to their eternal archetypesâtheir passage through human souls receptive to them being an essential stage of that journey.â
â Charles Upton (via wearetimeblog)
This is from his book Folk Metaphysics.
I highly recommend Uptonâs work overall.






















