The Enchanted Initiate
A Journal of Traditional Symbolism, Hermeticism & the Occult Sciences

Modern Civilization

Modern Civilization is a stage of human society that worships its own achievements, forgetting its true insignificance in the cosmic scale

Concordance & Cross-References

Primary Correspondences & Figures

20th CenturyLineage

20th Century is a subset of Modern Civilization

Modern Civilization exhibits Complex Ignorance by valuing material achievements while neglecting the cosmic scale

Mediate Correspondences

Sympathetic Chains & Distant Affinities

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I. Modern Civilization & Complex Ignorance

Modern Civilization exhibits Complex Ignorance by valuing material achievements while neglecting the cosmic scale

II. Complex Ignorance & Ignorance

Ignorance includes Complex Ignorance as a state of knowledge of one’s own ignorance

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I. Modern Civilization & Complex Ignorance

Modern Civilization exhibits Complex Ignorance by valuing material achievements while neglecting the cosmic scale

II. Complex Ignorance & Simple Ignorance

Simple ignorance is distinguished from complex ignorance, both being states of knowledge or lack thereof.

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I. Modern Civilization & Complex Ignorance

Modern Civilization exhibits Complex Ignorance by valuing material achievements while neglecting the cosmic scale

II. Complex Ignorance & Primitive Savages

Primitive Savages are an example of Complex Ignorance due to their worship of unknown natural phenomena