Tag Archives: Traditionalism

1,059 words

Translated by Cologero Salvo

Right and Left are designations that refer to a political system already in crisis. In traditional systems of government, they were non-existent, at least if taken in their current meaning. Read more …

Published: February 12, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged conservatism, Julius Evola, North American New Right, reprints, translations | Comments closed

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Pan Gurdžijev

Julius Evola

1,235 words

English original here

Jedinců, kteří nám pomáhají poukázat na znepokojivou cestu, po níž se ubírá existence velké většiny lidí, je za těchto zhoršených podmínek málo a hrozí, že budou zaměňováni se šarlatány.Do této kategorie patří bez nejmenší pochybnosti „tajemný pan Gurdžijev“, tedy Georgij Ivanovič Gurdžijev (1866 – 1949). Read more …

Published: February 4, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aldous Huxley, Arthur Koestler, esotericism, Frank Lloyd Wright, George Ivanovich Gurdjieff, in Czech, in translation, Julius Evola, Karl Haushofer, Louis Pauwels, National Socialism, North American New Right, occultism, P. D. Ouspensky, reprints, Tantrism, yoga | Comments closed

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Jonathan Bowden’s Last Interview, Part 2

Jonathan Bowden

334 words / 36:11

Part 2 of 2

Transcript here

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The Spirit of Roman Civilization

Julius Evola

2,803 words

Translated by Cologero Salvo

With the appearance of every new work on Roman Civilization, we experience a certain sense of annoyance: in fact, for the most part, we take notice of books of this type only perfunctorily, Read more …

Published: January 8, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book reviews, Christianity, Italy, Julius Evola, North American New Right, Pietro De Francisci, reprints, Rome, translations | Comments closed

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Léon de Poncins’ The Occult War

Julius Evola

2,556 words

Translated by Bruno Cariou

Evola’s “Conclusion” to La Guerra occulta

Mad Men Jumps the Gefilte Fish
Part Three: The Country of the Blind, Continued

James J. O'Meara

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Part 3 of 3

“You’ll hang higher than Haman!”

Today’s Mad Men, though set in the same era as Advise and Consent, portrays a very different world — in fact, an inversion. Read more …

Published: December 20, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Advise and Consent, Allen Drury, articles, Friedrich Nietzsche, honor, Jacob Burckhardt, James J. O'Meara, Mad Men, movie reviews, originals, Rene Guénon, superhumanism, the Jewish question, TV reviews | Comments closed

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Mad Men Jumps the Gefilte Fish
Part Two: The Country of the Blind

James J. O'Meara

3,415 words

Part 2 of 3

“Here Punch does a mean trick, very unworthy of his Satanic character. Read more …

Published: December 19, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Advise and Consent, Allen Drury, articles, Friedrich Nietzsche, honor, Jacob Burckhardt, James J. O'Meara, Mad Men, movie reviews, originals, Rene Guénon, superhumanism, the Jewish question, TV reviews | Comments closed

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Metapolitics & Occult Warfare, Part 4

Greg Johnson

David Roberts, “Pronaos of the Temple of Edfou,” 1838

1,582 words

Part 4 of 4

There is no “vast Right-wing conspiracy,” but perhaps there should be. I am sure that by now some of you are thinking, “Let’s start a Traditionalist secret society of our own and wage occult war against the modern world! Read more …

Published: December 12, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Anthony M. Ludovici, articles, cosmotheism, destiny, Greg Johnson, Julius Evola, metapolitics, North American New Right, occult warfare, originals, Rene Guénon, secret societies, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion, white nationalism, Wilmot Robertson | Comments closed

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Metapolitics & Occult Warfare, Part 3

Greg Johnson

1,162 words

Part 3 of 4

If the dominant current of decline is, to one extent or another, actually created, sustained, and guided by occult warfare, is it possible to use the same means to reverse decline? No—and yes. Read more …

Published: December 12, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, cultural decline, Greg Johnson, metapolitics, North American New Right, occult warfare, originals, Rene Guénon, Savitri Devi, secret societies | Comments closed

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Metapolitics & Occult Warfare, Part 2

Greg Johnson

David Roberts, “Portico of the Temple of Horus at Edfou,” 1846

1,515 words

Part 2 of 4

Guénon and Evola believe that the occult war is carried on by secret initiatic societies. Just as Tradition is propagated through initiatic societies, the Counter-Tradition is propagated through counter-initiatic societies, Read more …

Published: December 11, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged conservatism, cultural decline, Freemasonry, Greg Johnson, Julius Evola, metapolitics, occult warfare, Rene Guénon, secret societies, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion | Comments closed

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Metapolitics & Occult Warfare, Part 1

Greg Johnson

Odilon Redon, “Silence,” 1900

1,692 words

Part 1 of 4

In 1897, Robert Lewis Dabney prophesied the triumph of women’s suffrage based on his estimate of the history and character of the only force opposed to it, Northern conservatism:

This is a party which never conserves anything. Read more …

Published: December 10, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged conservatism, cultural decline, cyclical history, Greg Johnson, Julius Evola, metapolitics, occult warfare, philosophy of history, Robert Lewis Dabney, Samuel Francis, secret societies, The Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion | Comments closed

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The Dark Right Rises:
Christopher Nolan as Fascist Filmmaker?

Gregory Hood and Luke Gordon

4,510 words

Conservatism’s League of Stupidity

The egalitarian Left isn’t just evil – it’s boring. Read more …

Published: December 7, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Batman, Batman Trilogy, Christopher Nolan, conservatism, fascism, Gregory Hood, Luke Gordon, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals, superheroes, The Dark Knight Rises, the League of Shadows | Comments closed

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Giacinto Scelsi:
A Soundtrack for Radical Traditionalism

Christopher Pankhurst

2,630 words

“Rome is the boundary between East and West. South of Rome, the East starts, and north of Rome, the West starts. This border-line now, runs exactly over the Forum Romanum. There’s my house, this explains my life and my music.” — Giacinto Scelsi

The music of Giacinto Scelsi is still relatively obscure, which is in keeping with the reclusive and esoteric character of the composer himself. Read more …

Published: December 7, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aleister Crowley, articles, Christopher Pankhurst, classical music, George Gurdjieff, Giacinto Scelsi, industrial music, North American New Right, originals, popular music, postmodernism, Rene Guénon, Shutter Island, the occult, Theodor Adorno | Comments closed

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Questions Fréquemment Posées, Partie 2

Greg Johnson

1,876 words

English original here

8. Si vous deviez recommander un seul livre de la Nouvelle Droite Européenne, quel serait-il ?

Si vous devez lire un seul livre de la Nouvelle Droite Européenne, ce devrait être le livre de Guillaume Faye, Pourquoi nous combattons : manifeste de la Résistance Européenne (édition en langue anglaise : Londres, Arktos, 2011). Read more …

Published: December 3, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, capitalism, Christianity, conservatism, European New Right, Greg Johnson, Guillaume Faye, in French, in translation, Michael O'Meara, neo-paganism, North American New Right, originals, paganism, religion, the racially conscious left, Third Way economics, Tomislav Sunić, West Coast White Nationalism | Comments closed

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Forme, fonction, & phénotypes

Matt Parrott

1,235 words

English original here

Le récent article de Ted Sallis « Anders Breivik & Genetic vs. Phenotypic Interests » est intérieurement cohérent, mais l’accent mis sur les modèles génétiques qui sont le projet de la « Blancheur » lui fait prendre l’arbre pour la forêt. Read more …

Published: November 29, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, ethnic genetic interests, Frank Salter, in French, in translation, Julius Evola, Matt Parrott, North American New Right, originals, race, Ted Sallis | Comments closed

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The Stark Truth
Robert Stark Interviews James J. O’Meara

Counter-Currents Radio

59:04 / 223 words

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Robert Stark interviews James J. O’Meara about his new Counter-Currents title The Homo and the Negro: Masculinist Meditations on Politics and Popular Culture. Read more …

Published: November 27, 2012 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged Alain Daniélou, Alisdair Clarke, Counter-Currents Radio, fashion, homosexuality, interviews, James J. O'Meara, Noël Coward, Oscar Wilde, podcasts, popular music, Ralph Adams Cram, Robert Stark, The Gilmore Girls, The Homo and the Negro, the Männerbund, The Stark Truth, They Live, William F. Buckley | Comments closed

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Remembering René Guénon:
November 15, 1886 to January 7, 1951

Greg Johnson

277 words

René Guénon was born on this day in 1886. Along with Julius Evola, Guénon was one of the leading figures in the Traditionalist school, which has deeply influenced my own outlook and the metapolitical mission and editorial agenda of Counter-Currents Publishing and North American New Right.

In commemoration of his birth, I wish to draw your attention to the following works on this website. Read more …

Published: November 15, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, commemorations, Greg Johnson, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, religion, Rene Guénon | Comments closed

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Spiritual Authority & Temporal Power

Alain de Benoist

Jacques-Louis David, “The Coronation of Napoleon,” 1907, detail

8,635 words

Translated by Jon Graham

Three authors considered as outstanding representatives of “traditionalist thought” turned their attention to the same doctrinal question. Read more …

Published: November 15, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain de Benoist, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Georges Dumézil, Indo-Europeans, Julius Evola, Louis Dumont, monarchy, North American New Right, philosophy, political philosophy, religion, Rene Guénon, reprints, translations, tripartition | Comments closed

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Freemasons Against the Modern World

Patrick Le Brun

5,364 words

The Masons are the focus of intense curiosity and at times controversy in France. Our main weekly news magazines have cover stories on Masonry at least twice a year, typically their best-selling editions. France is probably the only country in the world in which lodge membership is growing at a steady pace and the average age of members is stable.

The Importance of James Bond

Jef Costello

10,747 words

The James Bond films turn fifty this year, an event commemorated by the eagerly-anticipated release of the 23rd Eon Productions 007 epic Skyfall. Read more …