Author: Dominique Johnson
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Marx, Lincoln and Anti-Capitalistic Roots in Republicanism
Steven F. Hayward writes about the classical influences of the American Revolution: “Wood says that the American Revolution was a “republican” revolution. By that he means that it had intellectual roots ranging from ancient Greece and Rome to the English Commonwealth, and that it was more communal than capitalistic. “Ideally,” he writes, “republicanism obliterated the…
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Henry A. Wallace Spiritual Ideals and Fascination with the United States Motto
Henry A. Wallace (1888-1965) was a progressive Republican and Episcopalian, a high ranking official during the war, New Deal Secretary of Agriculture and Vice President of the U.S. 1941-45. He is considered a notable contributor to American liberalism and political culture. This brief will not cover his life or political work but highlight his particular…
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A Few Points about the Bible
PHILOSOPHY FIRST, CHRISTIANITY NEVER? A little advice about the Bible and monotheism that I take into account: 1. None of the Abrahamic monotheistic religions are the True Religion. Monotheism is a later construction. There is no “true religion.” Get rid of this idea.2. Historically, Yahweh is not a Supreme God like El, but more of…
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Dance of the Parties in Warnings of Fascism in American Politics
Giovanni Gentile taught that Fascism was a development from Italian liberalism and represents a new spiritual and revolutionary ideal of order and progress. It combined elements and minds from the left and right. Mussolini heavily sought the promotion and power of Fascism and believed that the liberalism of Italy had become outdated. We moreso associate…
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Shall I too Fall Asleep?
Some people tell me I am dramatic. In moments that mean more than they could comprehend! Bewildered by the dreary sleep those are caught in who tell me this, and who could not catch a star if it was bite sized and floated before them before going out. Similarly, they do not seem to grab…
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These Seven Kinds of Love will Change your Attitude to Life
LOVE (EROS), like the god PAN, is an important god (one of the primordial ancient Greek gods). Eros does not simply refer to an intense Erotic Love, but is an exulted Divine Ideal, that can be a frightening and dangerous POWER. It is considered to be a quickening FIRE, or psychic force that burns out…
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Carl Orff: Day, Night, and Everything (Dies, Nox et Omnia)
DIES, NOX ET OMNIADies, nox et omniamichi sunt contraria,virginum colloquiame fay planszer,oy suvenz suspirer,plu me fay temer.O sodales, ludite,vos qui scitis dicite,michi mesto parcite,grand ey dolur,attamen consuliteper voster honur.Tua pulchra facies,me fey planszer milies,pectus habens glacies,a remenderstatim vivus fieremper un baser. DAY, NIGHT, AND EVERYTHINGDay, night, and everythingis against me,the chattering of maidensmakes me weep,and…
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God versus Svabhava and its Importance | Cosmological Notes in Theosophy
mahatma letters. fundamental position on the nature and existence of God versus the Doctrine of Svabhāva THERE HAVE EXISTED philosophical schools that have a spiritual ideal of nature, without a God. The debates between the domineering forces of theology, proponents of physicalism and atheism give us very little space to debate between them. The Theosophical position…
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The Classical Paths to Wisdom (Yoga) pivotal to Theosophical Study
THE COMBINATION OF THESE TWO Classical Paths to Wisdom (Yoga) are pivotal to Theosophy and was the basis of the approach of the Theosophical Movement teaching to “The West.” In nineteenth-century developments between interactions of ‘Western Philosophy’ and ‘Eastern Philosophy,’ the Theosophists at the helm were discouraging the psycho-somatic and psychic breath forms of Yoga…
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Gustav Holst: Saturn, Bringer Of The Old Age
Come forth DREAMER, MIGHT of elder father, so that you may rise again; Dream as you would when in longing, It is from an Old Age your gifts sprang. It was the churning hot elements from the stars that bore you.
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Pan-Esotericism in Africa: Hermetic Roots and Bantu Spiritual Wisdom
The lengthy article in The Boston Courier of July 18, 1886, in which nearly seventy citizens of Nagapattinam in India penned a letter defending the existence of the Sadhus, of great initiates is a testament of the truth regarding the full ramifications of this elusive history of the mysteries. That people have held personal converse…
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Carl Orff: In Taberna Quando Sumus – Kurt Eichhorn
“Here no-one fears death,but they throw the dice in the name of Bacchus…May those who slander us be cursedand may their names not be written in the book of the righteous.” Precisely my sentiment. When we’re in the tavern In taberna quando sumusnon curamus quid sit humus,sed ad ludum properamus,cui semper insudamus.Quid agatur in tabernaubi…
The American Minervan 