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Doctor Zhivago Unveiled
2021-11-21
Lara has to be the love of his life, with no other. Hence, he catches one final glimpse of her. We may hope that Lara is his Beatrice, the revelation of Sophia,…
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The Finger of Father Sergius
2014-11-21
The celibate path embraced by the monk frees him the strongest attachment to the world. As Nicolas Berdyaev puts it: Man is greatly dependent, sexually, on woman: he has a weakness for…
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The Acting Person
2011-11-21
The soul-body relation is intuitively given in the experience of man as a real being. In this respect the subordination of the system of integration of the human person to the transcendence…
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Spanish Falangism
2010-11-21
As spiritual reality, the state is organic and results from "cells": the family, the local community, and common business and professional associations. It is hierarchical and opposes any class conflict. Continue reading…
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Behold your mother!

Posted on 2022-07-02 by Cologero

The symbol announces a plane of consciousness distinct from that of rational evidence; it is the “cipher” of a mystery, the only means of saying something that cannot be apprehended in any other way. Continue reading →

Pulp Fiction

Posted on 2018-12-11 by Cologero

There are few people who know the full force of the different movements of the heart. The vast majority of men are only sensitive to five or six passions, in the circle of which their lives are passed and which define the boundaries of their imaginations. Take away love and … Continue reading →

The Law of Success

Posted on 2016-05-26 by Cologero

Those who make plans will be born to carry them out. Those who make no plans need not be born. ~ Nisargadatta, I Am That You are the “master of your fate” and the “captain of your soul,” by reason of the fact that you control your own thoughts, and, … Continue reading →

Spy vs Spy

Posted on 2016-03-08 by Cologero

Spies, more spies, supremacy vs degeneration, debates, with no happy ending. Continue reading →

X Files and Bigoted Opinions

Posted on 2016-02-18 by Cologero

Love in essence reaches the consciousness of the exterior man in the form of a perception of existence. But he considers the beauty of the Universe and its life as mere information, instead of as a marvelous gift capable of constantly stimulating his sense of wonder and kindling his gratitude. Continue reading →

Man in the High Castle

Posted on 2015-12-17 by Cologero

Ostensibly a review of some artifacts of popular culture including the Man in the High Castle, the Vikings and Valkyrie, but a few may notice something else … Continue reading →

Ex Machina or the Esoteric Turing Test

Posted on 2015-11-23 by Cologero

In which, under the guise of a film review, we discuss Turing’s test, the nature of animal man, and the treachery of woman. We conclude with the revelation of the method if you make it that far. Continue reading →

Liberalism: A Self-Evaluation

Posted on 2015-09-08 by Cologero

Truth is the conformity of the intellect with the thing. Thus, a truth-seeker needs to renounce any factitious constructions of his own mind. Continue reading →

Theodicy and the Other Woman

Posted on 2015-01-28 by Cologero

The film then appeals to two conflicting drives in contemporary women: the desire for independence versus the age-old propensity for female hypergamy. Carly gets Kate’s brother along with his beach house in the Hamptons. Amber marries Carly’s wealthy and much older father, so they can travel without financial concerns. Continue reading →

Might, Cunning, Justice

Posted on 2014-10-27 by Cologero

In The Wire there is no justice, only might and cunning. Continue reading →

Some men return to their past, so that new forces may arise for the reconquest ~ J. Evola
Par l'espace, l'univers me comprend et m'engloutit comme un point ; par la penseé, je le comprends.~ Pascal
A common man marvels at uncommon things; a wise man marvels at the commonplace. ~ Confucius
Noli foras ire, in te ipsum redi: in interiore hominis habitat veritas. ~ St. Augustine
A man of talent is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot hit, but the man of genius is like a marksman who hits a target others cannot see. ~ Schopenhauer
To live is to change, to be perfect is to have changed often. ~ John Henry Cardinal Newman
I believe in being free, acquiring knowledge, and telling the truth. ~ H. L. Mencken
On se lasse de penser, et même d'agir; jamais on ne se lasse d'aimer. ~ Auguste Comte
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. ~ Henri Bergson
The divine sleeps in the rock, breathes in the plant, dreams in the animal, and wakes in man. ~ old Nordic adage
The strong man strikes only when it is absolutely necessary, and then nothing stops him. ~ Vilfredo Pareto
Pour l’homme de droite, être libre ne consiste pas à faire ce que l’on veut, mais à faire ce qui est conforme à l’ordre naturel voulu par Dieu.
Very few battles are lost physically. Battles are lost almost always morally; the real victor like the real loser is the one who believes he is. ~ Joseph de Maistre