This is a thought experiment based on Rosenstock-Huessy‘s comments in I Am an Impure Thinker. Summarized, they are to the effect that the modern world is a place that likes to “divide time, & conquer space”. Hence our obsession with speed and time, as if we were racing against death. … Continue reading
Category Archives: Western Civilization
A Pest in a Street full of Men
The world is mediocre, limp, without force. And madness and despair are a force. And force is a crime in the eyes of the fools, the weak and the silly who rule the roost. You are mediocre. Continue reading
Hungry Ghosts
The ancient Greeks and Romans buried the dead with clothing, utensils and arms. “They poured wine upon his tomb to quench his thirst and placed food there to satisfy his hunger.“
It was important to bury the dead so they would they would have a dwelling place. The soul with no tomb was a wandering spirit, vainly seeking the repose it crazed (we still say “may he rest in peace”). As a wandering ghost, he could never find the offerings and food it needed. He became malevolent, tormenting the living, bringing disease, ravaging harvests and frightening them. Continue reading
Qualitative Civilization
True progress will always respect the line of formal development of man. It will give rise to qualitative civilization such as was the civilization of Greece in the fourth century BC and, in a higher degree, the civilization of Western Europe in the thirteenth century. 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
Saint Joseph de Maistre
On All Saint’s Day, we recall the guiding voices behind Gornahoor, most prominently: Julius Evola, Rene Guenon, Vladimir Solovyov, Valentin Tomberg, August Comte, Donoso Cortes. Then of course, there is our patron saint, Joseph de Maistre. Joseph de Maistre was one of those well-born men of sound mind that Evola … Continue reading
The Light of the Imperium
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, what we miss knows how to make us sense it. Continue reading
Continuity of Tradition
Tradition is not subject to any standard, on the contrary, it is the standard by which to judge a culture. Historical change, in the Traditional sense, is organic, since it develops according to the needs and nature of specific peoples. For example, the rupture between ancient Rome and Holy Rome … Continue reading
Précis
What follows is a brief précis of the fundamental point of view of the Gornahoor project. Epistomology We hold to three degrees of knowledge: Doxa (sensus, opinion, sensual knowledge). Direct, intuitive knowledge through the senses. I taste the sweetness and moistness of a mango. Dianoia (ratio, rational knowledge). Indirect knowledge, … Continue reading
The Way Back
Il cattolicismo è veramente la religion più perfetta, come la filosofia europea moderna è la più perfetta filosofia: sono insieme le più alte creazioni dello spirit ariano. (Catholicism is truly the most perfect religion, just as modern European philosophy is the most perfect philosophy: together, they are the highest creations … Continue reading