who are some other authors that straddle the line between academic and mystic?
I love these types.
who are some other authors that straddle the line between academic and mystic?
I love these types.
Pynchon
Wittgenstein
Jordan B. Peterson
DFW
me
Roland Barthes
Unironically the best one imo.
McKenna
Jordan Peterson
I wish he would reveal the full extent of his occultic interests. He'd be so much cooler, and his following would change for the better too. He's clearly some form of Gnostic, and who knows what else.
>new age autist
>academic
Okay, you start.
He won't, too much normie following. Maps of meaning was cool 12 rules was meh.
Frithof Schuon, Hossein Nasr, Rene Guenon
Is that even true? he seems like purely "logical"
No, he despised the logical positivists of the Vienna Circle who had that attitude. He was much more mystically minded than most people would normally believe.
Nicolas Cage
Michelstaedter, Weil
This and he's a nigger for it
Are we talking about the early or the late Wittgenstein?
Gershom Scholem
Loren Eisley....most famous for Darwin's Century published in 1950's and The Immense Journey. Professor of Anthropology University of Pennsylvania. Died 1977. Philosopher, scientist, author and poet. Unfortunately almost forgotten today....
Michel Tournier