Are current Hungarians misplaced Turks in the heart of Europe, or are they ultimately descendants of Hyperborea through the Persian line? Continue reading
Category Archives: History
Legends of War and Peace
When one focuses on self-development one should in such situations remember the inner strength and independence, and not let our own ego be drawn in conflicts and “litigations” with the ego of others, e.g. trying to succumb and defeat the other in something that might seem as an occult war. This is a challenge to our inner independence – that will be lost if we are stubborn in our pursuit of what is right, moral and orderly or if on the other hand we are drawn in the litigations. Continue reading
Haunted by the Emperor
Europe is haunted by the shadow of the Emperor. One senses his absence just as vividly as in former times one sensed his presence. Because the emptiness of the wound speaks, that which we miss knows how to make us sense it. ~ Valentin Tomberg, Meditations on the Tarot At … Continue reading
The Truth is far from Suspected
Be assured, savants of the world, it is not in disdaining the sacred books of nations that you show your knowledge, it is in explaining them. One cannot write a history without monuments and that of the world is no exception. These books are the veritable archives wherein its deeds … Continue reading
Players and Pugilists
It is of considerable significance that the profession considered most sinful in classical, medieval, and even early modern European society was the actor, that theater was consistently denounced by both civil and religious authorities, and that actors were not considered citizens in France until the great turning point of 1789. … Continue reading
Metaphysics of Dueling
When reason alone fails to achieve justice, is dueling a legitimate way to reach a resolution? Dante answers, “Yes”. Continue reading
De Te Fabula Narratur
The citizen had no freedom of religion; either he participated in the religion of the city or he was banished. The hierarchy of family, tribe and city introduced the idea of a wider and wider influence of the gods, but the knowledge of the one god had been lost. Philosophers … Continue reading
Aztecs and Human Sacrifice
Thus “family values” do not refer to the bourgeois nuclear family as commonly assumed today. The Vedas show that the “family” encompasses generations. Continue reading
What is a Nation
The existence of a nation is a daily plebiscite. ~ Ernest Renan In 1882, the one-time seminarian turned positivist historian, Ernest Renan, delivered his influential lecture “What is a nation”. That the question even arises is a sign of modernity and Renan’s ultimate answer seems far from the answer of … Continue reading
Bonfire of the Vanities
One cannot possess the virtues, while remaining obsessed with lusts and the “satisfaction of life”. And where there is lawlessness, someone must lay down the law. Continue reading