Dec 7, 2009

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French Visions for a New Europe

Raymond Abellio claimed that the Flemish occultist S. U. Zanne (pseudonym of Auguste Van de Kerckhove) was amongst the greatest initiates of our time. But hardly anyone knows who he is. Some have placed Abellio in the same category — though he too is a great unknown for most. And those that have looked at Abellio, have largely concluded that he was a fascist politician, who...

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Nov 7, 2009

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Uncharted 2:
A Game of Action, Adventure, & Endogamy

On October 13, 2009, Sony Computer Entertainment released Uncharted 2: Among Thieves for the Playstation 3 video gaming console. It was received warmly by nearly every video game critic in the US, having won numerous awards including “Best PS3 Action Game” and given a nearly perfect rating across the board. Adam Sessler of G4 (a video gaming news channel) even claimed it is the...

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Oct 12, 2009

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On the Secret of Degeneration

Anyone who has come to reject the rationalist myth of “progress” and the interpretation of history as an unbroken positive development of mankind will find himself gradually drawn towards the world-view that was common to all the great traditional cultures, and which had at its center the memory of a process of degeneration, slow obscuration, or collapse of a higher...

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Oct 1, 2009

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Traditionalism and the French “New Right”

For those who read French… A new paper on Traditionalism and the French “New Right:” Stéphane François, “Contre le monde moderne: la Nouvelle Droite et la ‘Tradition’” (Religioscope, études et analyses n° 21, July 2009).François traces the Traditionalist current within the French New Right (notably, the GRECE of Alain de Benoist) from...

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Aug 20, 2009

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The Sword

My article “Toward the White Republic,” which recently won the TOQ essay contest (though under shady circumstances according to one critic), has been the subject of several internet discussions, most of which, typical of the medium, have produced more heat than light.Nevertheless, around the margins of this discussion and in a few genuine flashes of insight buried under...

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Aug 19, 2009

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Troy Southgate’s Tradition and Revolution

Tradition and Revolution:The Collected Writings of Troy SouthgateTroy SouthgateAarhus, Denmark: Integral Tradition Publishing, 2007Troy Southgate is a musician, writer, and political activist who is well-known in rightist circles in the UK and Europe, but not in the United States. Tradition and Revolution brings together interviews, musings, poetry, stories, fictionalized diary...

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Jul 16, 2009

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Julius Evola on Tradition and the Right
(La Vera Destra)

Men Among the Ruins:Post-War Reflections of a Radical Traditionalistby Julius EvolaRochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions, 2002Baron Julius Evola (1899-1974) was an important Italian intellectual, although he despised the term. As poet and painter, he was the major Italian representative of Dadaism (1916-1922). Later he became the leading Italian exponent of the intellectually rigorous...

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Jun 11, 2009

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Digitally Dueling with Chaos:
The Educational Value of Role-Playing Games

In today’s world, cell phones, pagers, iPods, computers, video games, and the like are as common a part of life as food and sleep. For the most part, these things are a distraction, and in case of video games, an outright form of escapism comparable to drug addiction.Today’s youth are especially preoccupied with video games, spending countless hours on Xbox Live or the World of...

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May 12, 2009

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Is Julius Evola becoming “Mainstream” in Italy?

“Evola becoming Mainstream in Italy?”by Mark SedgwickFrom Traditionalists, March 20, 2009A recent article in La Repubblica wonders whether Evola is becoming mainstream (Alessandra Longo, “Per il trashcan An aggiorna la libreria accanto a Evola anche Whitman e Vasco,” 19 March 2009).The main reason for wondering this is the references to Evola in...

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Apr 28, 2009

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Evola’s Anti-Semitism

When Julius Evola, one of the leading twentieth-century critics of Judeo-liberal civilization, worked out his racial theory during the 1930s, the principal inspiration for anti-Semitic thought was The Protocols of the Elders of Zion. Purportedly stolen from an occult Lodge, the Protocols were a report of twenty-four secret meetings held by the leaders of international Jewry, as...

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