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 […]
La Carmagnole – Ah Ca Ira · Garde Républicaine | Roger Boutry
La Carmagnole – Ah Ca Ira • Garde Républicaine • Roger Boutry, Military, Patriotic Music
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 […]
When we speak of Republicans and Republicanism, what do we Mean?
You should know by now, whenever MINVRA mentions REPUBLICAN, we are not speaking of the U.S. Republican Party. There are people actually still confused, so let’s be clear, brief, and without any jargon. We take Republicanism to be that underlying, or over-arching Philosophy. The philosophy […]
Russian MS. of H.P.B. criticized V.S. Solovyov’s Review of Theosophy: ‘Theosophists worship the wisdom that is from Above’
‘Theosophists worship the wisdom that is from Above’ In relation to Russian Philosopher Vladimir Solovyov and Charles J. Ryan: ‘H.P.B. did not invent the Tibetan Brotherhood and Chelas’, an insightful Russian MS. (the date reads London, 1890) in H.P. Blavatsky’s handwriting was discovered in the Adyar […]
Adoration of Athena and the Owl and the “Hiraf” Article on Rosicrucians and Illuminati
Blavatsky Hopes Truth will Prevail So do we “They worship Hermes (WISDOM) most of gods. And they swear an oath by Him alone, and say that they were born from Hermes (WISDOM).”—Herodotus, Thrace: The Getai and the Trausians, Bk 5.7; see Robert B. Strassler, The […]
Marcello Veneziani on the Spirit of Giovanni Gentile’s Actualism and Rebuilding Italy
“It would take Gentile to rebuild Italy” outlines Gentile’s thought, and place in Italian intellectual history. Like Mazzini, Gentile understood nationalism in the sense, that it was a faith and a spiritual philosophy for unifying the people of a nation, which has its destiny. So, […]
H.P. Blavatsky involvement in Italian Politics with Garibaldi and Mazzini, and the Carbonari’s Role in the Republican Revolutions
Blavatsky interest in Italian Politics, and the Carbonari It is not enough to study history, but to make history, and the movers of history is a function we take interest in. The subject of the relation between Secret Societies, Politics and Theosophy is a fascinating […]
The Sophistry of the Anti-Nationalist | Modern Liberals Issue with Nationalism
The attempts to redefine and demonize nationalism is largely an incoherent reaction to the identitarian and “new right” fervor of race realists and self-describing “ethno-nationalists,” the majority of which are European-descent. This makes it very difficult for me to get to the modern liberal, or […]
The Evolution of the God-Idea | H.P. Blavatsky on the Limits of the Greeks and Christians
A section from the 1888 work of H.P. Blavatsky’s The Secret Doctrine (pp. 326-28: Divine Thought, or Cineritious Matter) discusses the evolution of the GOD-IDEA. This is the beginning of some far more dense commentary on occult physics that will be central to the completed […]
Republicanism and Mazzini in the Age of Nationalism
Thoughts on Mazzini, Nationalism, & the Republican Cause Concerning the old Republican Cause as a global idea and over-arching Philosophical and Utopian Vision for the advancement of Civilization and Nationalism—nationalism we are all told in our introductory classes to political science is a modern “idea” […]
Why Trump Is Not a Fascist: A Conversation with Vivek Chibber and Achin Vanaik
A great conversation with reflection Achin Vanaik (“The Rise of Hindu Authoritarianism”) and Vivek Chibber (“Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital”) discuss new forms of authoritarianism and nationalism in the age of Modi, Putin, Erdogan, and Trump. The discussion was moderated by Amber A’Lee […]
Republican Thoughts on Establishing Association and the Roots of Fascist Philosophy
I write believing there may be others with the same intimations of thought, with far more credibility, experience, and research ahead of me who could correct, and even guide, or instruct me. I am mainly concerned with this civilization, and its advancement, like so many […]
Late to the party… | A Look at Hayward’s Review: The Liberal Republicanism of Gordon Wood
“Unlike today’s liberals who quote his magnum opus, Wood does not think that America can return to its republican roots. He may be crying over spilled milk, but he has the fortitude to admit it.” (Hayward, “The Liberal Republicanism of Gordon Wood”) So must we have the […]
First Thoughts about “The Secret School of Wisdom: The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati”
I am highly satisfied with my copy of “The Secret School of Wisdom: The Authentic Rituals and Doctrines of the Illuminati.” I cannot believe how much error exists regarding this historical order, but we now understand the reasons orders such as the Bavarian Illuminati Order […]
