Through the cross all who conquer gain victory; all who combat, strength; all who seek it, mercy; the unprotected, protection; those who are sad, joy; and consolation, all who weep. Continue reading
All Things were restored to Order
The Frankfurt School
It seems, judging from the among of attention it gets, that the Frankfurt school is better known, at least in name, among those on the “right” than those on the left who are allegedly influenced by its doctrines. Its founders were Horkheimer and Adorno, two basically unreadable authors. Then there … Continue reading
The Misconception of Egalitarianism
Every doctrine is true in what it asserts but false in, or because of, what it excludes. ~ Leibniz I’ve been looking at some writings from the “right”, or “tradition”, or “conservatism” of various persuasions and I see that there many misconceptions, misunderstandings, and half-truths (i.e., wrong in what they … Continue reading
The Russian Idea
For as lightning cometh out of the east, and appeareth even into the west: so shall the coming of the Son of man be. (Matthew 24:27) Over the past two hundred years, an important spiritual and philosophical movement has been coming out of Russia. This, until recently, has been little … Continue reading
Nine worthies: Champions of Chivalry
The Worthies are archetypal and the symmetry of the scheme reflects the Medieval view of history and destiny of European man. The Old Law prepared the way for the New. The Pagan law created the Pax Romana that allowed the spread of the New Law. Continue reading
In pain there is something fortifying, manly, and profound
Pain establishes a certain equality between all those who suffer, which is to establish it between all men, for all suffer: by pleasure we are separated, by pain united in fraternal bonds. Pain removes the superfluous, and gives us what we want, and establishes a most perfect equilibrium in man: … Continue reading
Toil, Pain, Death
Toil, pain, and death are the great auxiliaries that keep humanity from falling into the bottomless abyss of evil. Through toil, human beings are preserved from irresolute passivity; through pain, they are protected from the danger of excessive subjectivity, because through pain they are reminded of the surrounding world; and … Continue reading
Genius and the Real Man
Every Real Man has realized all the possibilities of the human condition, but each one has done so in a way which is typical of him alone, and which differentiates him from all other Real Men. If that were not the case, how could there be room, in our world, even for beings who have not achieved that level? Continue reading
Recovering Tradition
Gradually there will revive in Christendom the forgotten, deeply sleeping, and perished treasure of wisdom and sacrificial deeds of the past — right back to the primeval revelation and the paradisiacal state of mankind. Thus all truth and all love of all times will have their home in the Church … Continue reading
Occult Facts
Existence is only real when it is conscious to somebody. ~ Carl Jung Suppose you observe two men, man A is aiming a gun at the man B whose arms are raised. As a strict positivist, who only accepts the evidence of the senses, that is the limit of what … Continue reading