The value of our idea is presented much better by Gordon S. Wood. Republicanism, we learn, was not an underground ideology, merely confined to European culture. It was an important current, that blended and mingled with the monarchical mainstream. To be a liberal in the […]
The Spanish Alumbrados: Origin of the Term ‘Illuminati’
def. Illuminati Helena P. Blavatsky’s Theosophical Glossary (published in 1892), references the term “Illuminati” and defines it, from Latin, as a reference to the “Enlightened,” or the initiated adepts† (Lat. adeptus. “an expert”). The term is the past participle of illuminare, meaning to “light up,” or “illuminate.” The […]
Rachel Weisz’s Hypatia in Agora: “I Believe in Philosophy”
“There have been times when “a considerable portion of enlightened minds” were taught in our schools. Such times there were in India, Persia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. But, as I remarked (…) the adept is the efflorescence of his age, and comparatively few ever appear in […]
The Septenary Principles of Man: Zurvanite (Zoroastrianism) and Theosophical Classification
R. C. Zaehner, Zurvan. A Zoroastrian Dilemma, Oxford, 1955, pp. 323, 334) demonstrates, that the Zurvanite Zoroastrian (a now extinct school of thought) classification (referring to levels of being or existence) is near identical to the Tāraka Rāja Yoga classification. However, as the Theosophical [esoteric] classification […]
Unusual Forbidden Secrets of the Initiates—Inhabited Moon: Moon Gods in the Book of Dzyan and Modes of Birth
These are topics, indeed, “on which the adepts are very reserved in their communications to uninitiated pupils,” and since they have, moreover, never sanctioned or permitted any published speculations upon them, the less said the better. H.P. BLAVATSKY The Mahatma Letters and H.P.B. claimed that […]
Himmler’s Witches Library and Eric Kurlander talks Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich
Last year’s Hallows’ Eve special program, “Hitler’s Monsters” explored occult ideas, esoteric sciences, and pagan religions touted by Nazi Germany in the service of power. “The Nazi fascination with the occult is legendary, and in reality the supernatural was an essential part of the Nazi project. […]
The Psychology behind Globalism, Nationalism & Political Tribalism – Jonathan Haidt | Intelligence²
Jonathan Haidt speaking at Intelligence² event “The Rise of Populism and the Backlash against the Elites.” Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist and Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University’s Stern School of Business. His academic specialization is the psychology of morality and the […]
The Anti-Liberal Republican Party: A True Synthesis of Republicanism and Conservatism, not Possible
U.S. conservative movement in its early history did not even like the Republican Party. Why There cannot Be a Fusion of Republicanism and Conservatism? “…if you read David Brooks’s columns, what he espouses could be called conservative but is certainly very different than what William […]
Republican and Progressive Pioneer: Giuseppe Mazzini’s Political Thought and his influence on President Woodrow Wilson
Giuseppe Mazzini was a uniquely influential figure and revolutionary in the line of Republican tradition. “A principality can easily become a tyranny, an aristocratic state a government of the few, and a democracy can easily turn into chaos.”—Machiavelli, On How Many Kinds of Republic There […]
Liberté! Ou la mort! | Georges Delerue: La Marseillaise
Liberté! Ou la mort (or give me death)! The national SPIRIT of camaraderie in the song La Marseillaise is our spirit. Perhaps, President Macron has forgotten that spirit and sacrifice. Égalité! fraternité! the old republican revolutionaries and soldiers yelled. Liberté! Ou la mort (or give me death)! Music Composer, Georges […]
Carl Orff: Veni, Veni, Venias
Carl Orff: Veni, Veni, Venias #Orchestra #Wisdom #Gnostic #Love #Mysticism
The Issue of Theosophy, Occultism, and National Socialism in Germany (1880s-1930s): Blavatsky and Theosophical Notions of Race against Hitler, List, & Liebenfels
“To the mentally lazy or obtuse, Theosophy must remain a riddle; for in the world mental as in the world spiritual each man must progress by his own efforts. The writer cannot do the reader’s thinking for him, nor would the latter be any the […]
Henryk Gorecki – Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: I. Lento, Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile
Time by time . . . day by day, may you find peace, rest, and light in this life of sorrow. Be gentle and kind to yourself. Go in search of the Truth, and be at peace. Zofia Kilanowicz, Soprano. Lento, Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile, Polish […]
JULIUS EVOLA ON THE MYTHOLOGIZATION OF FASCISM
Even Evola, in his honesty on Fascism, tells the younger generation to let it go. “Mythologization has naturally gone hand in hand with idealization, so that only the positive aspects of the Fascist regime are highlighted, deliberately or unconsciously playing down the negative ones. The […]
Beyond God and Devil: Cultural Misconceptions about the Occult
Somehow, through the culture, we imagined in a silly way, an occultist to be a person who must live in groves, and occasionally even likes to do dirty things in the groves, and in graveyards atop bones; or otherwise in some dingy dark apartment as […]
