Author: Dominique Johnson
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Solace, Strength and Enlightenment in Mahler’s “Symphony of a Thousand”
The wise say, we shall once return from whence we came. You carry a fearsome strength in you. It is courage. Use it. It is the source of your magic. It is the source of your regeneration, of the resurrection within you. “Rise again, yes, rise again…” (MAHLER, FROM DES KNABEN WUNDERHORN, OF URLICHT OR…
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Henryk Gorecki – Symphony No. 2, Op. 31: “Copernican”
First, it sounds as if war has begun against the gods. Then, like the laboring of a soul in profound melancholic sorrow, among the bones and bloody river of the slain. . . .a heart-wrenching saudade. . . .severed in pieces. . . .and far from one’s god. Henryk Gorecki – Symphony No. 3, Op.…
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The Transcendental in the Nazi Volkishe and Fascist Ideal
NAZISM EXISTED BEFORE HITLER. HITLER JUST JOINED IN. The foundational National Socialists (pre-Hitler) were in-fact a league of ex-Social Democrats and Trade Unionists. Benito Mussolini found inspiration in Sorel, the Syndicalists, and Anarchists, and sought a balance in his own at first, new revolutionary socialism, which develops into “Fascism” in stark contrast to Marx, Trotsky…
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Riding the Tiger of Modernity | Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad on Julius Evola
SHAYKH ABDAL HAKIM MURAD ON JULIUS EVOLA COUNTER-CULTURE “…so Evola is a point of reference for people who are seeking an alternative, but unfortunately because of his possibly xenophobic blindspot when it came to Europe’s “third heritage”. . . .the Heritage of Islam — Gaudí’s move was definitely in the direction of the underestimated Ishmaelite…
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Song of Liberté—Veillons au Salut de l’Empire
“Let’s ensure the salvation of the Empire” was the unofficial French national anthem under Napoleon, adapting the principles of the French Revolution under his imperial rule.
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Live Your Fable – The Idealism of Gabriele D’Annunzio in The Epiphany of the Flame
“I cannot understand why the poets of our day wax indignant at the vulgarity of their age and complain of having come into the world too early or too late. I believe that every man of intellect can create his own beautiful fable of life.” GABRIELE D’ANNUNZIO, THE FLAME OF LIFE: THE EPIPHANY OF THE…
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Democracy’s Faith in the Potential of Man | Jewish American Horace M. Kallen
HORACE KALLEN’S CREATIVE DEMOCRACY SOURCE. HORACE M. KALLEN’S CREATIVE DEMOCRACY, SECTION 1: WHAT IS DEMOCRACY IN COMMUNISM, FASCISM, AND DEMOCRACY (CARL COHEN) This article is meant to contrast with Mario Palmieri on the Rebirth of Classical Studies and Lore: Critiques the Renaissance, Individualism, and Speaks of the Ancient Sages. A Jewish American, Horace M. Kallen…
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Mussolini’s Thinking: On World Peace, Imperialism, Democracy, the Authoritative State and War (1931 and 1937)
Mussolini on World Peace, Imperialism, Democracy, the Authoritative and Corporative State in Fascism and War: 1931 Speech to the English-speaking world and 1937 interview with James Strachey Barnes. “And the purpose of Fascism is plain: to make the world a better place to live in and man a nobler citizen. (…) Fascism is the only…
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Stunning Visual TIMELAPSE OF THE FUTURE: A Journey to the End of Time
Absolutely contemplative, and stunning visual timelapse of the future, based on modern science, created by Melody Sheep https://www.patreon.com/melodysheep., who creates science videos and soundtrack music mashups. When I first happened onto Timelapse of the Future, it had a near 10 thousand views, and I did not see the date, and thought it was one of…
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Kirsten Flagstad – Brünnhilde’s battle cry: “Ho jo to ho!”
Kirsten Flagstad having fun singing Hojotoho battlecry of Wagner’s Valkyrie! This scene is extracted from “The Big Broadcast of 1938” which is a Paramount film featuring W.C. Fields and Bob Hope. Directed by Mitchell Leisen, the film is the last in a series of Big Broadcast movies that were variety show anthologies. Act TwoPrelude and…
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Pinar Toprak: “What Happens if I am Set Free” – I’m All Fired Up
Amazing heroic piece for inspiration.
The American Minervan 