Fate in the Ancient City

Posted on 2011-08-09 by Cologero

He who does not justly perform his appointed duty may appear as a violator of the whole order of the Universe. ~ Pythagoras In The Ancient City, Fustel de Coulanges begins in the middle of things, at the point when religion had already been established. To get to the beginning … Continue reading →

The Interior Lifelessness of the Nordics

Posted on 2011-08-06 by Cologero

This is a section from Il Fascismo visto dalla destra, published by Julius Evola shortly after WWII. As is evident from this paragraph, the process of decay, or progress, depending on your perspective, in the Scandinavian countries, has been going on for quite some time. Obviously, this cannot be attributed … Continue reading →

The Celestial & Super-Celestial

Posted on 2011-08-06 by Logres

Exerpts from “Disputation Against the Judgement of the Astrologers” Now because things always proceed in the same order, it is not by chance that there is some other determined cause outside matter and above the natural principle of agency, by whose intention individual things lead appropriately to the most perfect … Continue reading →

Augustine and Metaphysical Positivism

Posted on 2011-08-04 by Cologero

Noli foras ire, in te ipsum redi: in interiore hominis habitat veritas. ~ St. Augustine In Auguste Comte’s explanation of Positivism, only data that could be experienced by the senses was acceptable. From that, laws would be inferred, free from any metaphysical or ideological presuppositions. That is sound practice for … Continue reading →

Fabre d’Olivet and the Myth of Blood

Posted on 2011-08-03 by Cologero

In the face of the chaos of modernity, the only salvation is form. ~ Julius Evola, motto to Il mito del sangue Julius Evola regarded his books Il mito del sangue (“The Myth of Blood”) and Sintesi di dottrina della razza as two parts of a single work. The first … Continue reading →

Through the Illusion, into the Dream

Posted on 2011-07-29 by Logres

Gornahoor has been emphasizing the ancient ideal of polis over against the modern cosmopolitanism and egalitarianism. One might note that democracy is a code word; it certainly doesn’t stand for government of the people for the people – just ask the patriotic, conservative British Jew Glasman what happens when you … Continue reading →

A Pest in a Street full of Men

Posted on 2011-07-29 by Cologero

The world is mediocre, limp, without force. And madness and despair are a force. And force is a crime in the eyes of the fools, the weak and the silly who rule the roost. You are mediocre. Continue reading →

Further Misunderstandings of the Pagan Worldview

Posted on 2011-07-27 by Aeneas

Evola continues his critique by pointing out that the goal should be to transcend Christianity by integrating it into something more comprehensive that incorporates the essential elements of the genuine antique paganism. This is actually analogous to the Catholic position as described by Fr. Heinrich Denifle: The Catholic Church is … Continue reading →

What is a Nation

Posted on 2011-07-26 by Cologero

The existence of a nation is a daily plebiscite. ~ Ernest Renan In 1882, the one-time seminarian turned positivist historian, Ernest Renan, delivered his influential lecture “What is a nation”. That the question even arises is a sign of modernity and Renan’s ultimate answer seems far from the answer of … Continue reading →

Creative and Heroic Action

Posted on 2011-07-25 by Cologero

I have recently been asked why we are so “one-sided”. Such a thought can arise only in a mind conditioned to think on a single plane, thus interpreting everything polemically, in the manner of a teeter-totter. The Traditional mind, on the other hand, thinks in terms of “transcendence”, which Evola … Continue reading →