Author: Dominique Johnson

  • Carl Orff: Ecce Gratum (“Behold, the Pleasant”)

    Carl Orff: Ecce Gratum (“Behold, the Pleasant”)

    “Behold, the Pleasant” “They gloryand rejoicein honeyed sweetnesswho striveto make use ofCupid’s prize;at Venus’ command…” ECCE GRATUM Ecce gratumet optatumver reducit gaudia,purpuratumfloret pratum,Sol serenat omnia.Iam am cedant tristia!Estas redit,nunc receditHyemis sevitia. Iam liquescitet decrescitgrando, nix et cetera,bruma fugit,et iam sugitVer estatis ubera;illi mens est misera,qui nec vivit,nec lascivitsub Estatis dextera. Glorianturte letanturin melle dulcedinis,qui conantur,ut…

  • Carl Orff: Circa Mea Pectora

    Carl Orff: Circa Mea Pectora

    Circa Mea Pectora (“In My Heart”) is a dramatic love song in Latin and Middle High German, and the singing is put in the mouth of a man whose intentions are made to seem clearly not honorable. It is relatable to the drama of an unworthy candidate’s ambitious and selfish intentions in their aspirations to unveil…

  • “They Shall Not Perish” (1918) Poster, American Propaganda | Artist Douglas Volk

    “They Shall Not Perish” (1918) Poster, American Propaganda | Artist Douglas Volk

    1918 Poster (Publ. N.Y. : American Lithographic Co., 1918) titled “They Shall Not Perish,” by Artist Douglas Volk (1856-1935), depicts a girl who symbolized the Near East, clinging to woman (Columbia, Minerva, Marianne, Lady Liberty) with sword and U.S. flag, symbolizing America (Republicanism—against oppression). American Committee for Relief in the Near East campaign to raise money…

  • “Heaven has cast us off” – Tsu-li to King Zhou of Shang in the Shujing

    “Heaven has cast us off” – Tsu-li to King Zhou of Shang in the Shujing

    Tsu-li announces to king Zhou-xin (the last emperor of Shang dynasty), that Heaven has abandoned him, because of his dissolute way. “Heaven is bringing an end to the Mandate of our dynasty. (…) It is not that the former kings do not aid us, but by your dissoluteness and sport you bring on the end…

  • The Septenary Principles of Man: Zurvanite Zoroastrian and Theosophical Classification

    The Septenary Principles of Man: Zurvanite Zoroastrian 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 show, that the septenary division of man is explained in…

  • The Four Modes of Birth in The Secret Doctrine and the Abhidharmakosa of Buddhism

    The Four Modes of Birth in The Secret Doctrine and the Abhidharmakosa of Buddhism

    A NEW, YET UNKNOWN MYTHOLOGY AND CREATION ACCOUNT The Four Modes of Birth described in Indian and Persian Zoroastrian lore, and its meaning in The Secret Doctrine’s “Parallel Evolutionary System” about Human Origins In the ancient mythologies and literature of these traditions we find accounts of human creation, or modes of birth found in both…

  • Himmler’s Witches Library and Eric Kurlander talk Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich

    Himmler’s Witches Library and Eric Kurlander talk 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 regime enlisted astrology and the paranormal, paganism, Indo-Aryan…

  • The Psychology behind Globalism, Nationalism & Political Tribalism – Jonathan Haidt | Intelligence²

    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 moral emotions. He is author of The Righteous Mind: Why…

  • Liberté! Ou la mort! | Georges Delerue: La Marseillaise

    Liberté! Ou la mort! | Georges Delerue: La Marseillaise

    The national SPIRIT of camaraderie in the song La Marseillaise is our spirit. Égalité! fraternité! the old republican revolutionaries and soldiers yelled. Liberté! Ou la mort (or give me death)!

  • Carl Orff: Veni, Veni, Venias

    Carl Orff: Veni, Veni, Venias

    Carl Orff: Veni, Veni, Venias #Orchestra #Wisdom #Gnostic #Love #Mysticism

  • Henryk Gorecki – Symphony No. 3, Op. 36: I. Lento, Sostenuto tranquillo ma cantabile

    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.

  • Evola on the Mythologization of Fascism, ‘Neo-Fascism’ and our Political Polarity

    Evola on the Mythologization of Fascism, ‘Neo-Fascism’ and our Political Polarity

    Julius Evola explains, Fascism has undergone a process of ‘mythologising’ by the public and nostalgics. Evola, Fascism: Viewed From the Right, Chapter II. “‘Neo-Fascism’ is the name given today by both democrats and Communists to the ‘national’ forces in Italy that are most decisively opposed to both currents. To the extent that these forces accept…