5,759 words Audio version here The Japanese videogame franchise Street Fighter, especially in its earliest versions, is a presentation of the perspective of the Japanese as regards the world situation up to that time, as well as future prognostication and an evaluation of the “Other.”
4,517 words Alexander Jacob Richard Wagner on Tragedy, Christianity, and the State: Three Essays, Second Edition Melbourne: Manticore, 2020 “I am the most German being. I am the German spirit.” — Richard Wagner[1] Counter-Currents readers will welcome another contribution from Alexander Jacob.[2] These essays make a useful companion, or counterpoint (sit venia verbo!), to Collin […]
9,004 words “Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.” ― H. L. Mencken [1] “We gotta get out of this place, if it’s the last thing we ever do.” ― The Animals.[2] Living in the post-lockdown world of streaming, I find myself more […]
In Henderson the Rain King, the titular Eugene Henderson, despite his worldly success, is tormented by an inner voice crying out “I want, I want, I want.”
Ron McVan is an American white nationalist, Wotanist, painter, illustrator, sculptor, poet, writer, stained glass artisan, jewelry craftsman, and musician.
1,427 words Richard Rudgley The Return of Odin: The Modern Renaissance of Pagan Imagination Rochester, Vt.: Inner Traditions, 2018 Richard Rudgley is a British author who has published several books offering unconventional interpretations of the ancient and prehistorical eras of Northern European history, as well as works on psychedelics.
6,512 words The idea of “Australianity,” the uniqueness of Australia as a nation and new nationality, has its origins both in the pioneer labor movement and in the novelists, poets, and artists who saw vast possibilities in building a new civilization unencumbered by the decay of the Old World. The first saw their “socialism” in […]
4,517 words Part II here The purpose of this essay is to offer an account of the hidden meaning of the Volsung Saga (Völsunga saga). In drawing out this meaning, I will approach the saga from a Traditionalist standpoint, broadly speaking; i.e., from the standpoint of Guénon and Evola. I will touch on some details […]
3,131 words Editor’s Note: This is part three of a four-part essay that first appeared in Tyr: Myth, Culture, Tradition, vol. 4. Let us return to the story of Mímir’s Well, and Odin’s sacrifice of an eye. What does this loss signify? As Wagner recognized, it means that while Odin gains wisdom, he also becomes half […]
1,965 words Editor’s Note: This is part one of a four-part essay that first appeared in Tyr: Myth, Culture, Tradition, vol. 4. This essay is dedicated to Edred Thorsson. Edred Thorsson has stated that Odinism[1] is not the path of one who worships Odin, but who strives to become him:
8,319 words Jason Reza Jorjani Prometheus and Atlas London: Arktos, 2016 “A man is, whatever room he is in.”[1] Christy Mattling: Tellin’ them innocent kids stories about the dead and their hauntings! That’s the work of the devil. You’ll pay for it. The Devil! That man is the Devil Himself! Renee Coliveil: Oh shut up, […]
9,822 words In the denazification atmosphere following World War II Carl Jung, founder of analytical psychology, found himself accused of having ‘Nazi’ sympathies. While Jung was a man of the ‘Right’[1] his essay explaining Hitlerism as an evocation of Wotan as a repressed archetype of the German collective unconscious put him on the long suspect […]