The doctrine of Sola Scriptura was once understood in a total sense: that is, as a call to assimilate one’s self to the Logos of God through meditation (often on the Psalms), & to preach this Gospel to every aspect of Life. The faith was not a matter of private … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2012
Possessing the Truth Actively
It is clearly important to know metaphysical truth in an active manner. This should require much contemplation of metaphysical teachings, and beyond that, a great deal of self-knowledge that is the fruit of self-observation. As long as a man remains passive in respect to metaphysical truths, he can only understand them as abstractions. Continue reading
Principle VI: Rights and Laws (Clarifications)
From Chapter II, “Principles”, Le Droit et la Loi, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. This is part two of two. Clarifications on the Nature of Law According to a venerable [the Middle Ages] maxim [lex consensus populi et constitutione regis fit], the law is made by the action … Continue reading
The Age of the Feminine
The use of the term “love” to designate an intellectual reality is moreover explained by the fact that sentiment, while being inferior to reason because of its emotional subjectivity, is nevertheless symbolically comparable to what is superior to reason, namely the Intellect; it is so because sentiment, like the Intellect at whose antipodes it stands, is not discursive, but direct, simple, spontaneous, unlimited. Continue reading
The Defeat and the Future of France
The following essay by Julius Evola was published as “La disfatta e il futuro dell Francia secondo l’Action Française” in La Vita Italiana, in April 1942. Due to its length, it will be posted in two installments. This essay may be of historical interest to some, since, given that history … Continue reading
Principle VI: Rights and Laws
From Chapter II, “Principles”, Le Droit et la Loi, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. This is part one of two. I always believed that the privilege of rights also represents the privilege of duties. The experience of the nature of things established that the domain of common law … Continue reading
The Bible of Amiens
Romanides argues that the Franks decimated Roman urbanization & established feudalism in an effort to maintain a precarious grip on overextended power from their home bases: “In the time of Pippin of Herestal (697-715) and Charles Martel (715-741), many of the Franks who replaced Roman bishops were military leaders who, … Continue reading
Vox Populi
Because quantity is the sole criterion, any tactic whatsoever can be used to gain a vote. Issues are secondary, since very few people know what they are beyond the simple-minded propaganda statements that can fit on a placard. Continue reading