Tag Archives: hinduism

North West Frontier
& the Oh-So-Modern Dilemmas of the Edwardians

Morris V. de Camp

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I’d like to remind or inform my readers of a delightful, forgotten, and yet wholly wholesome and wise movie that was released in England in 1959. Its name: North West Frontier. The movie’s setting is the North West Frontier province in British India in 1905. The film’s McGuffin is a six-year-old heir to a local Hindu Maharaja. The boy is given over for protection to a British Officer named Captain Scott (Kenneth More) because Islamic insurgents are on the warpath and wish to kill the lad — from start to finish, this movie is something of a Western. Read more …

Published: May 7, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, India, Islam, Morris V. de Camp, movie reviews, North American New Right, originals | 9 Responses

My Five Favorite Books of 2019

Alex Graham

1,297 words

1. Steele Brand, Killing for the Republic: Citizen-Soldiers and the Roman Way of War (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019)

This is an excellent work of military history that examines the tradition of civic militarism in the Roman Republic. Brand combines detailed analyses of battles with insights about Roman culture and society. His analysis of the Battle of Sentinum (295 BC), for instance, includes diagrams of battle formations as well as a discussion of the history of the devotio, Read more …

Published: December 26, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged 2019 roundups, ancient Rome, articles, asceticism, book reviews, Hindu nationalism, living well, North American New Right, originals, Peter Sloterdijk, self-actualization, warrior ethics | 1 Response

Reflections on the Supremacy of the West:
A Critique of Ricardo Duchesne & Niall Ferguson

Alexander Jacob

Niall Ferguson

7,568 words

In 2011 there appeared two major scholarly works that attempted to investigate the sources of Western supremacy in the modern world, especially in view of the recent rise of China as a potential threat to this supremacy. These are the Puerto Rican-Canadian social historian Ricardo Duchesne’s The Uniqueness of Western Civilization[1] and the British economic historian Niall Ferguson’s Civilization: The West and the Rest.[2] Read more …

Published: April 26, 2019 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alexander Jacob, Alexandre Kojève, articles, book reviews, G. W. F. Hegel, Indo-European culture, Max Weber, North American New Right, originals, Ricardo Duchesne, the Indo-Europeans, The Uniqueness of Western Civilization, Western uniqueness | 10 Responses

Introduction to Vedanta, Part IV
The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

An illustration of the Mandala-brahmana Upanishad, in which the god Narayana, a form of Vishnu, teaches yoga to Yajnavalkya.

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Part I here, Part II here, Part III here

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad is quite long, and we can only scratch the surface here. In truth, even the shortest of the Upanishads could justify a long commentary. The texts of Vedanta are a whole, each of the parts of which reflects the whole in miniature. In other words, within each text one may find the whole teaching. This does not mean, of course, that the whole teaching is explicitly stated. Rather, one will find that to truly understand the full significance of any one statement in the Upanishads, we must situate it within the context of the entire teaching.

“Brihadaranyaka” means “of the great forest.” Aranyaka means “of the forest” or “of the wilderness.” The Aranyakas are understood to be a type of ancient Hindu literature, along with the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, and the Upanishads. Read more …

Published: July 16, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Collin Cleary, North American New Right, originals, reality, the Self, Vedanta | 2 Responses

Introduction to Vedanta, Part III
The Katha Upanishad, Continued

Lord Yama instructs Nachiketa, as related in the Katha Upanishad.

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Part I here, Part II here, Part IV here

In the last installment of this series, we saw that the Katha Upanishad tells the story of Nachiketa, a boy who is tutored by Yama, the god of death. The boy makes a request of Yama, which at first the god does not want to grant: “When a person dies, there arises this doubt: ‘he still exists,’ say some, ‘he does not’ say others. I want you to teach me the truth.” But Yama soon realizes that Nachiketa is a worthy student, and begins to teach. Read more …

Published: June 25, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Collin Cleary, egoism, God, Julius Evola, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Plato, self-actualization, the Self, Vedanta | 2 Responses

Introduction to Vedanta, Part II
The Katha Upanishad

Yama, the Vedic god of death

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Part I here, Part III here, Part IV here

The Katha Upanishad tells the story of a boy named Nachiketa whose father, Vajasravasa, decides to curry the favor of the gods by giving away his possessions. However, it seems that he was rather selective in what he gave up, only parting with things that were now useless to him. Nachiketa, who is quite pious, sees through his father’s insincerity: “What merit is there,” the boy asks, “in giving away cows that are too old to give milk?” This question, from a mere child, wounds Vajasravasa’s pride. Foolishly, Nachiketa persists: “To whom will you offer me?” he asks. Vajasravasa ignores the question at first, but when Nachiketa repeats it his father answers angrily, “To death I give you!” Read more …

Published: May 21, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Collin Cleary, left-hand path, meditation, mysticism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Vedanta | Leave a comment

Introduction to Vedanta, Part I
The Isha Upanishad

Lord Vishnu as Vishvarupa, illustrating the three realms: heaven (head to belly), earth (groin), and underworld (legs). Painting c. 1800-50, Jaipur.

2,774 words

Part II here, Part III here, Part IV here

In this series of self-contained essays, I will offer an introduction to Vedanta, the philosophy of the Upanishads, through brief commentaries on individual Upanishads. These essays are geared toward individuals drawn to the path of Traditionalism – and especially the Left-Hand Path of Evolian Traditionalism.They place Vedanta in the context of Tradition. Further, they make clear the relevance of this path for those of us who are not just in revolt against the modern world, but who wish to live the ideal of “self-overcoming” – an ideal for all ages. Read more …

Published: May 7, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Collin Cleary, G. I. Gurdjieff, left-hand path, meditation, mysticism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Vedanta | 6 Responses

Gandhi & Hitler:
The Story of a Friendship, Part 3

Guillaume Durocher

3,778 words

Part 3 of 3

“Out-Hitlering Hitler”: Allied-Axis Moral Equivalence & the Dialectics of Violence

In contrast with the literal demonization of Hitler in Allied propaganda and postwar culture, Gandhi constantly morally equated Hitler’s violence with that of Churchill, Stalin, or Roosevelt. Read more …

Published: October 29, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, articles, Guillaume Durocher, Mohandas Gandhi, National Socialism, nonviolence, North American New Right, originals, violence | 4 Responses

Gandhi & Hitler:
The Story of a Friendship, Part 2

Guillaume Durocher

4,241 words

“Dear Friend”: Gandhi’s Letters to Hitler

The most famous examples of Gandhi’s humanization of Hitler are two open letters he wrote to the German chancellor Read more …

Published: October 28, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, articles, Guillaume Durocher, Mohandas Gandhi, National Socialism, nonviolence, North American New Right, originals, the Indo-Europeans, violence | Leave a comment

Gandhi & Hitler:
The Story of a Friendship, Part 1

Guillaume Durocher

3,429 words

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” – Mahatma Gandhi[1]

There are few world leaders in history who differ as starkly as Mohandas Gandhi and Adolf Hitler. The one is revered in his nation and throughout the world as the Mahatma, an apostle of nonviolence and non-discrimination. The Führer in contrast is officially and widely loathed both in his home country and across the West as a criminally insane warmonger pursuing of racial domination. Read more …

Published: October 27, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, articles, Guillaume Durocher, Mohandas Gandhi, National Socialism, nonviolence, North American New Right, originals, the Indo-Europeans, violence | 7 Responses

Paganismo indio:
la última expresión viva de la belleza aria

Savitri Devi

2,591 words

Otra palabra para el Hinduismo, tal vez incluso más expresiva, podría ser la de “paganismo hindú”.

Los misioneros cristianos llaman “paganos” a todos aquellos que no son ni cristianos, ni musulmanes, ni judíos; es decir, todos aquellos cuya tradición religiosa nada tiene que ver con la Biblia ni la tradición judía. Aceptamos el término porque es apropiado; remarca algún tipo de similitud entre todas las religiones de credo del pasado y las del presente. Read more …

Published: May 19, 2016 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, in Spanish, India, North American New Right, originals, paganism, Savitri Devi, translations | Leave a comment

The Marxist Attack on Hindu Nationalism

Donald Thoresen

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Koenraad Elst
Return of the Swastika: Hate and Hysteria versus Hindu Sanity
London: Arktos, 2015

Hindu nationalism is perhaps the largest and most successful nationalist movement in the world. They have steeled themselves over the past century fighting first the British, then the Muslims, then Nehruvian secularists. Along the way, they have endured incessant condemnation by Marxists and, later, postmodernists. Read more …

Published: July 15, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book reviews, Donald Thoresen, Esoteric Hitlerism, Hindu nationalism, India, Marxism, National Socialism, North American New Right, originals, Savitri Devi | 7 Responses

The Lightning & the Sun

Christopher Pankhurst

1,219 words

Savitri Devi
The Lightning and the Sun
Third Edition, Complete and Unabridged
Ed. R. G. Fowler
San Francisco: Counter-Currents Publishing, 2015

If Savitri Devi’s The Lightning and the Sun isn’t the most controversial book of the twentieth century then it must surely come close. Read more …

Published: June 30, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, Akhnaton, anthropocentrism, book reviews, Christopher Pankhurst, deep ecology, Esoteric Hitlerism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy of history, Savitri Devi, The Lightning and the Sun, Traditionalism | 6 Responses

The Metaphysics of Indo-European Tripartition, Part 6
F. W. J. Schelling & Indo-European Triparition

4,492 words

Friedrich Schelling, 1775–1854

Part 6 of 6

1. Schelling’s Influences: The Christian Trinity and Jacob Boehme

I turn, finally, to a different Indo-European tradition, that of German Idealism of the 19th century. I include this material so as to show the perennial character of Indo-European thought. One could argue that the entire history of Western (and Indian) philosophy is a long, unconscious attempt to recollect the wisdom known “directly” by our Indo-European ancestors. Read more …

Published: April 13, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Collin Cleary, D. H. Lawrence, F. W. J. Schelling, G. W. F. Hegel, German Idealism, gunas, North American New Right, originals, religion, tripartition | Leave a comment

The Metaphysics of Indo-European Tripartition, Part 5
Tripartition & the Gunas

1,714 words

Part 5 of 6

1. The Emergence of the Gunas from Brahman

We are obviously dealing with three principles which manifest themselves in different forms. These principles have the status of Platonic ideas: transcendent forms which we may approach through their various expressions in the world. But can we express the three principles in the abstract? Read more …

Published: April 10, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Collin Cleary, gunas, North American New Right, originals, tripartition | 3 Responses

The Metaphysics of Indo-European Tripartition, Part 1

Georges Dumézil

1,362 words

Part 1 of 6

Author’s Note:

This essay was originally written almost exactly thirteen years ago. I have withheld it from publication for all these years, because I considered the ideas in it a bit too speculative and daring. Read more …

Published: April 6, 2015 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, caste, Collin Cleary, Georges Dumézil, Homer, Indo-Europeans, North American New Right, originals, Plato, tripartition | Leave a comment

Alain Daniélou’s The Myths & Gods of India

1,661 words

Alain Daniélou
The Myths and Gods of India
Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 1991.
(Originally published as Hindu Polytheism by Bollingen Foundation, New York, 1964.)

Typically, those who profess an interest in what might be called “Indo-European spirituality” gravitate toward either the Celtic or Germanic traditions. The Indian tradition tends to be ignored. In part, this is because present-day Indians seem so different from us. Read more …

Published: October 23, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain Daniélou, book reviews, Collin Cleary, Indo-Europeans, North American New Right, paganism, reprints | 4 Responses

Alain Daniélou’s Virtue, Success, Pleasure, & Liberation

1,175 words

Alain Daniélou
Virtue, Success, Pleasure, and Liberation: The Four Aims of Life in the Tradition of Ancient India
Rochester, Vermont: Inner Traditions, 1993.

One hears a great deal today about “multiculturalism,” and the multicultural society. We (i.e., we Americans) are told that ours is a multicultural society. But, curiously, multiculturalism is also spoken of as a goal. Read more …

Published: October 22, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alain Daniélou, book reviews, caste, Collin Cleary, cultural relativism, diversity, hierarchy, living well, multiculturalism, North American New Right, reprints | 1 Response

The Dance of Reality

Trevor Lynch

1,740 words

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s The Dance of Reality is an extraordinary film. Born in Chile in 1929 to a Jewish family originally from Ukraine, Jodorowsky began his career on the stage as an actor and director, then moved into film. His earlier films are Fando y Lis (1968), El Topo (The Mole, 1970), The Holy Mountain (1973), Tusk (1978), Santa Sangre (1989), and The Rainbow Thief (1990). In the mid-1970s he also worked on an abortive adaptation of Frank Herbert’s science fiction classic Dune.

The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky

7,465 words

Alejandro Jodorowsky
The Spiritual Journey of Alejandro Jodorowsky
Rochester Vt.: Inner Traditions, 2008

1. Introduction

Alejandro Jodorowsky is known to English-speaking audiences as the director and star of the cult film El Topo (1970). His other films (of which there are only a few) are lesser known, and his work outside of film is hardly known at all in America. Read more …

Published: July 31, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alejandro Jodorowsky, book reviews, Collin Cleary, G. I. Gurdjieff, originals, Tantrism, the left hand path, Vedanta, Zen Buddhism | 3 Responses

Aristokratia II

James J. O'Meara

1,404 words

Aristokratia II
Edited by K. Deva
Manticore Press
322 pages
Available for purchase from Amazon here

Readers of Aristokratia I that were eagerly awaiting more — and who wouldn’t? — will be pleased that this esoteric but accessible project is continuing, with the latest results appearing in a new volume, Aristokratia II. Read more …

Published: March 11, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged aristocracy, book reviews, Colin Liddell, corporatism, elitism, fascism, Fernando Pessoa, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gwendolyn von Taunton, H. P. Lovecraft, James J. O'Meara, Julius Evola, Kerry Bolton, metapolitics, North American New Right, originals, Plato, Thomas Hobbes, Traditionalism | 3 Responses

The Stark Truth
Robert Stark interviews Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya on The Dharma Manifesto

Counter-Currents Radio

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Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya was born in New York City. Read more …

Published: December 31, 2013 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged bourgeois society, caste, Christianity, Counter-Currents Radio, dharma, diversity, hierarchy, interviews, Islam, Judaism, Marxism, multiculturalism, nationalism, paganism, podcasts, Robert Stark, The Stark Truth, Third Way economics, usury, warrior ethics, white nationalism | 7 Responses

Hitlerian Esotericism & the Tradition

Savitri Devi

Illustration: A propaganda double entendre: Thomas Hart Benton’s “The Year of Peril. Again” (1941)

10,279 words

Translated by R. G. Fowler

Chapter 10 of Souvenirs et réflexions d’une Aryenne (Memories and Reflections of an Aryan Woman)

“The fools scorn Me when I take on human form;
My essence, supreme source of beings, escapes them.” Read more …

Published: September 30, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Adolf Hitler, book excerpts, Esoteric Hitlerism, Heinrich Himmler, National Socialism, North American New Right, Rene Guénon, reprints, Rudolf Hess, Savitri Devi, the SS, Traditionalism, translations | 2 Responses

The Japanese Hara Theory & its Relations to East & West, Part 1

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Part 1 of 2

On first receiving Karlfried Graf Dürckheim’s book, Hara: Man’s Terrestrial Center,[1] we had thought of writing one of the usual reviews, calling attention to it as an interesting contribution to our knowledge of the psychology, the behavior, and the “existential morphology” of the Far Eastern, or rather of the Japanese, man; Read more …

Published: June 27, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book excerpts, Buddhism, Japan, Julius Evola, kundalini, North American New Right, reprints, Tantrism, Taoism, yoga, Zen | 1 Response

The Svadharma Doctrine & Existentialism

Heidegger walks his path

2,760 words

Translator anonymous

In an earlier essay I pointed out the importance of clearing up the points in which a connection between the doctrines of the traditional East and certain very advanced intellectual trends of the West emerges. I then said that in many cases a serious and not amateurish knowledge of the former might well serve to complete the latter, liberating them from their aspect as opinions of a purely individual speculative nature, and also from everything affected by an atmosphere of crisis, such indeed as is that of our own modern Western civilization. Read more …

Published: June 19, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book excerpts, dharma, existentialism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Julius Evola, Karl Jaspers, Martin Heidegger, North American New Right, philosophy, reprints, Søren Kierkegaard, Traditionalism, translations | 5 Responses

Oriental & Mediterranean Ancient Erotic Symbolism

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The theme of an original duality or polarity related to that of the sexes occurs in the traditions of almost all cultures. This duality is sometimes expressed in purely metaphysical terms, sometimes in that of divine or mythological figures, cosmic elements, principles, gods, and goddesses.

It seemed evident to the early historians of religion of recent times that this was due to anthropomorphism. In their opinion, as man had created his gods in his own image, Read more …

Published: June 12, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book excerpts, Buddhism, Julius Evola, love, North American New Right, reprints, sexuality, superhumanism, Tantrism, Taoism, Traditionalism, translations | Leave a comment

The “Mysteries of Woman” in East & West, Part 2

2,963 words

Part 1 of 2

Translation anonymous, edited by Greg Johnson

Editor’s Note:

The following essay was originally published in English in East and West, vol. 9, no. 4 (1958): 349–55. This is chapter 15 of Julius Evola, East and West: Comparative Studies in Pursuit of Tradition, ed. Greg Johnson, Read more …

Published: April 24, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged book excerpts, Buddhism, Julius Evola, love, North American New Right, reprints, sexuality, Sufism, Tantrism, Taoism, Traditionalism, translations | Comments closed