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Monthly Archives: October 2012
Authority and Legitimacy
the problem is not the leaders who deceive the people, but rather the people who let themselves be deceived (personal communication) We have presented three works by Ananda Coomaraswamy, Charles Maurras, and Julius Evola on the themes of the elite and the source and legitimacy of their authority. Remember the … Continue reading
To Be of the Right
The positions of a Right are necessarily anti-corporate, anti-plebeian, and aristocratic; thus their positive counterpart will see value in the affirmation of the ideal of a well-structured, organic, hierarchical State, directed from a principle of authority. Continue reading
Principle IV: Authority (Its Conditions)
The Conditions of True Authority: the Education of the Leaders From Chapter II, “Principles”, L’Autorité, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. The development of what is called modern civilization tends increasingly favour material forces over moral forces. If we rely on it in order to achieve social justice or … Continue reading
Why can’t a Woman be like a Man?
“Why Can’t a Woman Be More Like a Man?” Rex Harrison famously asked in My Fair Lady. Of course, implicit in that plaint is the assumption that men are “real” and women are at best inferior copies. One of my favorite writers on psychology is James Hillman who addresses this … Continue reading
Eastern Wisdom and Western Knowledge
Rene Guenon is one of the few writers of our time whose work is really of importance … he stands for the primacy of pure metaphysics over all other forms of knowledge Continue reading
The Soul of Jupiter
Tomberg emphasizes that there is a “Self Beyond the Self”, which Christians call God, as well. However I am not so certain, speaking even as a Christian, that these types of debates are more a matter of method & emphasis, rather than absolute substance. Continue reading
Art and Illusion in Meyrink
So the psychic appearances that play such a prominent part in his books are not real in themselves, but illusions whose reality comes from the formless realm. Continue reading