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Spartoi, Christianism and Greece

1. Camus and Christianism

In his collection of essays The Nuptials Albert Camus wrote that he was a son of Greece. In his book “Christian Metaphysics and Neoplatonism”, Albert Camus takes a positive attitude supporting the Greek conception of Christianism (see the translation of Ronald D. Srigley).

2. Camus and the Spartoi of Cadmus

According to the Greek journalist Christos Papachristopoulos, Albert Camus had Greek origins and belonged to a special organisation of wise, Christian men called “Spartoi” or “Spartans”, that is the men belonging to “the city of god” Cadmus. In this group, also, belong George Orwell, Gabriel Marcel, Simone Weil, Arthur Koestler, Karl Jaspers, Ernst Junger, Hannah Arendt, Jacques Maritain, Lev Shestov, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevski, Henri Bergson and Nikos Kazantzakis (see the book “Cadmus: the Great Priest of Eleusinian Mysteries” by Christos Papachristopoulos - 2007)

3. Camus and Marcel: The Metaphysics of Light

The common attribute between Camus and Gabriel Marcel is that he introduced the "Metaphysics of Light", connected with the "Ideal City of God". Gabriel Marcel has developed this technique in his Gifford Lectures, under the title "The Mystery of Being"Marcel is the main supporter of the theory of immortality, he became known as "the philosopher of Mystery" and he belongs to the crossroad between Hellenic and Catholic Christianity. He believed in miracles and in the "Transcendence of Hope" (see his book: Homo Viator"^[ and he was a close friend of Albert Camus. Marcel had, also, confessed in his writings that his theatrical plays constituted the Greek islands whereas his essays and books were the Greek continental land (see the essay "Dramatic Approaches to Creative Fidelity: A Study in the Theater and Philosophy of Gabriel Marcel" by Catharine Rose Hanley).

4. Camus - Bergson - Maritain: The "Élan Vital"

The philosophy of Albert Camus is closely associated with the concept of the "Élan Vital" which was interoduced by Henri Bergson. According to the Greek journalist Christos Papachristopoulos, Jacques Maritain, Hneri Berson, Gabriel Marcel and other intellectuals have grouped together in order to trasmit the Greek spirit in a team called "Spartoi" or "Spartans"

The philosophy of Jacques Maritain is closely associated with the concept of the "Élan Vital" which was interoduced by Henri Bergson. According to the Greek journalist Christos Papachristopoulos, Maritain, Berson, Gabriel Marcel and other intellectuals have grouped together in order to trasmit the Greek spirit (Daemonium) in a team called "Spartoi" or "Spartans" (See the book "Βergson and Maritain: the Creative Spirit in Art" (2006) in NationMaster Encyclopedia).

The transmission of this gift is possible through the archetype writings with the use of an Analogical Medium, which constitutes the essence of the ancient mysteries and rites. This Analogical Medium is the Golden Ratio or Golden Mean when applied to the written texts or even to the electronic, new media. Gabriel Marcel has developed this technique in his Gifford Lectures, under the title "The Mystery of Being".

According to Christos Papachristopoulos, the magical power of words in a Mystery is based on the ancient Greek phrase "The First Initiation of Knowledge is the Meditation on Names" ("ΑΡΧΗ ΣΟΦΙΑΣ ΟΝΟΜΑΤΩΝ ΕΠΙΣΚΕΨΙΣ") and in the so-called "Act of Creation". He claims that there is a Greek, divine grace -the famous Élan Vital of Bergson- which has transmitted through the myths the DNA of the original, primordial man Adam or Adam Kadmon to Cadmus or Camus.

So, the term Nuclear/Perennial Philosophy of Media is introduced, based on the perennial or integral theory of Jacques Maritain in close relationship with the nuclear discoveries of Albert Einstein and the revolutionary theory of Albert Camus. The justifications are found in the Stoic philosophy -the internal or perennial wisdom of river Styx- and the doctrine of Pythagoras of Samos. In the symphysis of the "Spartoi" or "Spartans" group also belong Nikos Kazantzakis, Simone Weil, George Orwell, Arthur Koestler, Karl Jaspers, Hannah Arendt, Lev Shestov, Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevski (See the book "The Nuclear Philosophy of Media: Connaturality" (2007) in NationMaster Encyclopedia).

Gabriel Honoré Marcel (7 December 1889 Paris – 8 October 1973^[1] Paris) was a French philosopher, a leading Christian existentialist, author of about 30 theatrical plays and musician. He is the main supporter of the theory of immortality, he became known as "the philosopher of Mystery" and he belongs to the crossroad between Hellenic and Catholic Christianity ^[2]. He introduced -with his pupil, the Greek philosopher Christos Papachristopoulos- the "Metaphysics of Light", connected with the "Ideal City of God" (see his book: "The Mystery of Being"^[3]). He believed in miracles and in the "Transcendence of Hope" (see his book: Homo Viator") and he was a close friend of Albert Camus.

Lately, it has been reported that Gabriel Marcel belonged to the secret group of the immortal men, Spartoi or Spartans, that Cadmus had created in Thebes and, actually, Marcel had confessed in his writings that his theatrical plays constituted the Greek islands whereas his essays and books were the Greek continental land (see the essay "Dramatic Approaches to Creative Fidelity: A Study in the Theater and Philosophy of Gabriel Marcel" by Catharine Rose Hanley^[4]).

Also, there have been some links -through his writings about the function of The Intelligible Mediumin the Metaphysics of Hope^[5]- with the mimetic art of Marcel Marceau, the communication theory of Marshall McLuhan, the director's art of Marcel Camus and the ready-made art of Marcel Duchamp.