The West Is in Grave Danger of Losing Its Way

It is that consciousness, not the objective material substrate of being, which should be regarded as the ultimate reality. Thereis no self evident reason why dead matter should be given ontological primacy over living spirit. The west has longbe nthe civilized embodiment of the idea of the divine individual who does exactly that. That's what the voluntary lifting of the cross of suffering symbolically represents. But the west is in grave danger of losing its way. A close reading of twentieth century history indicates, as nothing else can, the horrors that accompany loss of faith in the idea of individuals.