Tag: cyclical history

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As America approaches its 250th anniversary, the ideas of a nation, an empire, a civilization, all begin to become rather salient. I was not around for the bicentennial celebrations of 1976. From what I have heard from family members who were there, the entire atmosphere was wildly different. There has been little fanfare for this anniversary, and what does exist is marred and scoffed at by much of the country. (more…)

Cornelis Cort-The Battle of Zama. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

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In Part 1, I presented a close reading of Critias and Timaeus. I argued that Atlantis did exist and was probably an upper paleolithic settlement in North Africa. In fact, the upper paleolithic was probably busier than commonly thought but is only dimly remembered in myth and legend due to a lack of writing. While fascinating, that’s not the main point. Plato’s discussion of Atlantis is a means to a philosophical end. Plato’s message, moreover, is even more relevant to us today than to the ancient Athenians.

The strongest theme is the cyclical nature of time. Civilization periodically has to restart due to natural disasters and/or human decadence. In Plato’s view these oftentimes go hand in hand, due to the Traditionalist doctrine of as above, so below; as within, so without. (more…)

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“Many no longer doubt the possibility of a world crisis. . .” These words seem entirely appropriate for our current interesting times, but were actually written almost exactly a hundred years ago. For the generation which produced the author, the great French metaphysician René Guénon, they would only have to wait just over a decade for their crisis, which took the form of World War 2. What will our crisis be? (more…)

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Many dismiss Atlantis as merely a myth or allegory by Plato. The theosophists and other peddlers of pop culture esotericism embrace the myth and embroider it, for instance, claiming that Atlantis had flying machines. I have always taken the radical centrist stance that Atlantis existed, minus the fantastical claims. It was probably a settlement in North Africa that was advanced for its time, like Göbekli Tepe in Anatolia.

The only two primary sources on Atlantis are Plato’s Timaeus and Critias which are sequels to The Republic.[1] But modern myth mongers rarely examine them, even in passing.  A close reading of them suggests that the Greeks remembered Homer’s Troy but not Solon’s Atlantis because it was closer in time with fewer intervening disasters and because Homer could devote his attention to poetry while Solon could not. The Critias ends abruptly mid-sentence with a council of the gods to echo the start of the Odyssey, further emphasizing the comparison to Homer’s Troy. (more…)

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Editor’s Note:

This is the audio and transcript of the Q&A from Jonathan Bowden’s lecture “Lillith before Eve” at the London Forum on September 24, 2011. I want to thank J.H. for his help with the transcript. If you can spot any errors or make out the words marked “unintelligible” please post your suggestions below. The full text of this lecture is available in Jonathan Bowden’s The Cultured Thug, available here. (more…)

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Satana – Fidus, 1896

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For thousands of years, it seemed like a natural law that men should have the final say in society, but thanks to the diligent work of Johann Jacob Bachofen, professor of Roman law at the University of Basel, the truth would finally come to light: long ago, sovereignty belonged in fact to women, and especially to mothers. (more…)

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Western historians and analysts have always failed to comprehend Russia. Among many other things, its imperial nature has been puzzling to Westerners. For obvious reasons, there has been a tendency to compare it to Western colonial empires. (more…)

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W 1897 r. Robert Lewis Dabney przewidział tryumf ruchu sufrażystek w oparciu o własną ocenę historii i charakteru jedynej siły sprzeciwiającej się prawom wyborczym kobiet – konserwatystów z północnych stanach USA: (more…)

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The following is reprinted from the Imperium Press Substack.

Neema Parvini
The Prophets of Doom
Societias, 2023

In polite circles today, you have two choices: You are either a progressive, or a complete reprobate. This is because “progress” is one of our foundational myths. You’re allowed to question the American Revolution or the Norman Conquest; you’re even allowed to question your own biology. (more…)

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When you understand that history is cyclical, not something linear and always moving towards “progress”; that civilizations rise, fall, and reform into something new in a never-ending cycle, you may perhaps feel better about your place in that cycle. (more…)

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En 1897, Robert Lewis Dabney profetizaba el triunfo del sufragio femenino en base a la opinión que le suscitaba la historia y el carácter de la única fuerza que se le oponía, el conservadurismo norteño: (more…)

Theodoros Pelecanos, Ouroboros (1478)

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One of the most startling historical truths is that Europeans invented the writing of history as “a method of sorting out the true from the false,” as a conscious search for a rational explanation of the causes of events, while rendering the results of their investigations in sustained narratives of excellent prose. The other peoples of the world, including the Chinese who maintained for centuries a tradition of chronological writers, barely rose above annalistic forms of recording the deeds of rulers or the construction of genealogies devoid of reflections on historical causation. This would not have been judged a controversial view a few decades ago. (more…)

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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: (more…)