I have been reading The Way of a Pilgrim, recently, which is a Russian peasant’s account of his discovery of the prayer of the heart. The anonymous author had lost his father and wife to an illness, and been dispossessed by a worthless brother, who had also crippled him when … Continue reading
Category Archives: Russia
Yahweh’s Template – II
Who is Yahweh? Jesus certainly never spoke of Him, except to say that “before Abraham was, I am”. Jesus taught of His Father; and yet he kept the rites of Yahweh in such a way as to transform them. The more he taught, the angrier the Law-protectors of Yahweh became. … Continue reading
Yahweh’s Template
For as lightning that comes from the east is visible even in the west, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. In the madness of materialism the West delivers its great thinkers to the graveyard of thoughts, and tramples those in the dirt, who wish to abjure … Continue reading
Europe’s Spirit in the North
Gornahoor has deliberately underscored the “Russian connection” for traditionalism in the previous century (and before). As if to emphasize such a connection explicity “Romane”, the reception of Evola via Samizdat circles in the Soviet era demonstrates the resonance virtually all of his ideas had with the ideas of those in … Continue reading
Berdyaev and the Mirage of Progress
The myth of Atlantis may serve as a warning to us. Rather than being the pinnacle of human evolution, modern man is more likely the degenerate, fallen, and weaker product of something much greater. 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