When I was a young boy, my father would tell me once or twice about women he had known prior to my mother, and even how he almost married them. It was a curious idea for me and I would speculate how my life would have been with a different … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Land of the Twice-born
Man has to love the past in order to remember it. ~ Valentin Tomberg Those who see in Gornahoor nothing but an apology for New Age occultism are severely in error. While there are many claiming to expose alleged secret conspiracies, they offer nothing positive. Gornahoor, on the other hand, … Continue reading
Spanish Falangism
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
Stages of Initiation
Louis Claude de Saint-Martin separated men into four categories. Man of Torrent The Man of Torrent is caught up in the world process. He accepts things as they appear. He identifies with his thoughts, feelings, likes, dislikes, and desires. However, since they are so variable, he lacks a stable identity, … Continue reading
Beyond Mediocrity
the very nature of certain ordinary persons consists precisely in their perpetual and unvarying ordinariness. Continue reading
Qualifications for Initiation
Note: From time to time, I have been asked about how to go about forming an order. But the desired answer is always about what books to read, or what principles to adhere to. Rather, the purpose of an order is to gain dominion over oneself, and thence over the … Continue reading
Law of Unintended Consequences
It is not just a question of intelligence, but also of moral will. There is an ethics of intelligence, and the failure to consider the unintended consequences of one’s acts is a moral, as much as an intellectual, failing. Continue reading
Remembering the Dead
Note: This translation of Charles Maurras’ “All Soul’s Day” originally appeared in Taki’s Magazine. On All Soul’s Day, we honor the memory of the dead, especially those closest to us in our hearts and mind. Charles Maurras refers to this as “the universal cult of the dead, of all the … Continue reading