it may take generations for the lesson to be learned. As it is said, the iniquities of the fathers fall on the children. Very few men have the acuity to see how decisions made today will affect their descendants three generations hence. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2012
November Musings
The past is considered to have been inhabited by ignorant, superstitious, stupid, intolerant, and evil men. The corollary is that men of today have “evolved”, apparently through no effort of their own. Hence, they cannot possibly be ignorant, superstitious, stupid, intolerant, or evil, no matter what they say, do, or think. Continue reading
Principle V: Freedom
From Chapter II, “Principles”, La Liberté, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. Freedom is not at the beginning, but at the end. It is not at the root, but in the flowers and the fruits of human nature or, better said, human virtue. A man is freer in the … Continue reading
Liturgy and the Logos
A popular refrain I hear from fellow Protestants is that “meaningless rituals”, gestures, “smells and bells”, or vain repetitions (a Scriptural phrase) won’t help find favor with God. While I am certain that ritual can (and does) degenerate into “those of darkness” who are fascinated with the dead (Rene Guenon) … Continue reading
Pray, Fight, Work
The historiography of the Right needs to be presented in two parts. Evola has written about one of them, specifically, the need to understand historical and current events as manifestations of the degeneration of caste. The other, and more important, is to show how a spiritual elite was able to … Continue reading
Tradition and German Philosophy
It may be hard to accept that the physical world is the creation of my “I”, but if we restrict ourselves to the social world, it gains much more credibility. Specifically, it reveals itself in the modern idea that our social world is a construct. Continue reading
Historiography of the Right
This essay by Julius Evola was originally published in the journal “Roma” on 7 August 1973 under the title “Storiografia di Destra”. In developing some considerations on the European meaning that can be attributed to Donoso Cortes, the Spanish thinker and an interesting type of the political man, who developed … Continue reading
Principle IV: Authority (Its Exercise)
From Chapter II, “Principles”, L’Autorité, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. The property of power resembles other properties; it results from work, from work done and “done well”. Totally naked force can be applied for good and for evil, for construction, for destruction. When it did the good, when … Continue reading
Men are Binary
Women seem terribly complex to men, although it is not really true. On the other hand, women believe that men are quite simple, again not true. A few years ago, I had a new client, let’s call her Laine, who was trying to cope with a very difficult separation. Although … Continue reading
The Orthodox Word (continued)
Speaking of the “Dark Ages”, the Orthodox Word tract (Forming the Soul, by Sisters of St. Xenia’s Skete): “He treasured hierarchy because it was for him a reminder of God. His whole world was an endlessly unfolding, interlocking allegory of the majesty and love of God. He rejoiced in the … Continue reading