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The Thermopylae of Fascism: Benito Mussolini’s Last Testament on His Life, Fascism, and Italy

14 Feb 201914 Feb 2019No Comments

“For this common ground, I would give my life even now, willingly, so long as it is truly marked with real Italian spirit.” “…I was, and am, a socialist.” BENITO MUSSOLINI, SEE Before Sono Tornato and Vincere: Antonio Banderas as “The Young Mussolini” – Angelica Balabanoff on Mussolini’s Problem It is 1945, early in the … Continue reading The Thermopylae of Fascism: Benito Mussolini’s Last Testament on His Life, Fascism, and Italy

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

18 Nov 201826 Nov 2018No Comments

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 mythology, … Continue reading Himmler’s Witches Library and Eric Kurlander talks Hitler’s Monsters: A Supernatural History of the Third Reich

Smearing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kyle Kulinski on the Justice Democrats, and Trump’s Anti-Press Tactics

7 Jul 201826 Oct 2018No Comments

28 year-old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez defeated 4th ranking and established House Democrat, Rep. Joe Crowley in the New York House Democratic primary last week, saying that leftist policies can win elections. First-term Illinois’s Democratic senator, Tammy Duckworth disagreed, arguing that, while it may be the future of the Bronx, running on policies too far to the left … Continue reading Smearing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Kyle Kulinski on the Justice Democrats, and Trump’s Anti-Press Tactics

President Donald Trump’s Nashville Rally Lies and Ignorance about Blacks, Republican History, and Voting Rights

31 May 201831 May 2018No Comments

May 30, 2018. President Trump, Nashville, Tennessee Rally on African-Americans: “Remember when I’d make a speech, and I’d talk about African-Americans, and I’d say, ‘highest crime-rate, bad education,’ I go like ten-points, and they’re always voting; African-Americans vote for Democrats, for the most part. Y’know, vast majority. They’ve been doing it for over a hundred-years!” … Continue reading President Donald Trump’s Nashville Rally Lies and Ignorance about Blacks, Republican History, and Voting Rights

Adepts in America in 1776 » William Q. Judge’s Speculations prompt Blavatsky to Question “Illuminati” Theory

18 May 201831 May 20181 Comment

ADEPTS IN AMERICA 1776? DID ANY ADEPTS GET INVOLVED IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. WILLIAM Q. JUDGE PUBLISHED IN THEOSOPHIST 1883 SUGGESTIONS HE PLACES AS THOSE OF HIS OWN RESPONSIBILITY WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF ANY ADEPTS. AN ORTHODOX HINDU CHHABIGRAM DOLATRAM WRITES TO H.P.B. FOR CLARIFICATION AND SHE QUESTIONS THE THEORY ‘Illuminati’ def. (Lat.). The “Enlightened”, … Continue reading Adepts in America in 1776 » William Q. Judge’s Speculations prompt Blavatsky to Question “Illuminati” Theory

The Spanish Alumbrados: Origin of the Term ‘Illuminati’

12 Apr 20181 Jul 20184 Comments

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 plural term, “Illuminati” (Lat. illuminatus; Ital. Illuminato) was originally applied to … Continue reading The Spanish Alumbrados: Origin of the Term ‘Illuminati’

U.G. Krishnamurti: Recollects the Second-Generation Theosophical Society

17 Jan 201814 Apr 20182 Comments

Second Generation refers to a shifted leadership in the Theosophical Society, with international headquarters in Adyar, Madras, post-1890’s, and led by Annie Besant in 1907 til her death. The second generation Theosophists drift from a teaching of progressive evolution to a program of “progressive millenialism,” says Catherine Wessinger, in her The Second Generation Leaders of … Continue reading U.G. Krishnamurti: Recollects the Second-Generation Theosophical Society

New York Times Profiles Tony Hovater: H.P. Blavatsky, an Anti-Semitic influence on Nazis?

19 Dec 201722 May 2018No Comments

New York Times Profiles Tony Hovater, and uses a poor source accusing H.P. Blavatsky of being an Anti-Semitic influence on the National Socialists. Theosophists are not of the past, and are thus not invisible. They still exist, independent even of the Theosophical Society, and observe what is said about them. In this last month’s ridiculous … Continue reading New York Times Profiles Tony Hovater: H.P. Blavatsky, an Anti-Semitic influence on Nazis?

Eric Kurlander on German and Austrian Occultism, and the Politicization of Populist Folkdom

30 Aug 20179 Nov 2018No Comments

The National Socialists tried to subvert German Theosophists to support the Reich. “There’s a general trend toward a post-traditional spiritualism or transcendentalism in France and Britain (and there are many good books that look at those movements in parallel to Germany). The difference I think is that it was more privatized and apolitical. The kind … Continue reading Eric Kurlander on German and Austrian Occultism, and the Politicization of Populist Folkdom

Unslaved Podcast: Helena Blavatsky, The Truth — Michael Tsarion

8 Aug 20178 May 20182 Comments

A very recent and lengthy interview from Unslaved Podcast with Michael Tsarion on Russian theosophist, Helena P. Blavatsky. You might remember Michael Tsarion from the older Podcast interview “Theosophy, A Hijacked Organization.” Michael Tsarion goes off on dogmatists, critics and conspiracists.