Valois School of Philosophy

Wisdom's Goldenrod Center for Philosophic Studies is a non-profit organization that provides an environment for individual and group study and meditation. Studies at the Center do not follow any single tradition but instead explore a wide range of topics in Eastern and Western thought, from ancient to contemporary.

The Center was founded in 1972 by Anthony Damiani, a longtime student of Paul Brunton. Studies have continued uninterrupted since Anthony's death in 1984 and are led by members, who also share responsibility for maintenance of the facilities.

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Anthony Damiani audio/video from Looking Into Mind
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Dalai Lama speaking to Wisdom's Goldenrod

His Holiness speaking to members of Wisdom's Goldenrod
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ONE AND INFINITY: approaching The Enneads of Plotinus.

[Enneads references are to the Mckenna translation, Larson Publications, 1995.]

Open to almost any tractate in The Enneads of Plotinus and read a self-contained, beautiful and inspired poetic discourse. Or delve deeper, and find landmark non-denominational mystical philosophical treatises, worthy of prolonged analysis. Even today, with a great wealth of modern nondual teachings and ancient wisdom, the Enneads provide daring insights into the vastness of Reality hardly touched anywhere else.

Last Updated on Friday, 30 September 2011 13:35

On the nature of the One:

Applying the 8 hypotheses to the One itself.
Triad: analyzing the unities in the One.
Power as intrinsic to the One.
Transcendence and immanence of the One.
Divine Numbers as ways of viewing the One.
Emanation and participation in the One.

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On the nature of the One: