Tag Archives: mysticism

Robert Plant (left) and Jimmy Page (right), Chicago, 1977.

2,100 words

Someone told me there’s a girl out there
With love in her eyes and flowers in her hair

— “Going to California”

Led Zeppelin’s back catalog already includes songs like “Ramble On” from the rocky Led Zeppelin II and the melancholic classic “Tangerine” from the flower-powered III. Read more …

Published: August 25, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Aleister Crowley, articles, England, esotericism, Fenek Solère, folklore, Heavy Metal, J. R. R. Tolkien, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, music reviews, mythology, North American New Right, originals, paganism, Robert Plant, rock music, Sandy Denny, the occult | 26 Responses

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Beast Men & BLM:
Lanz von Liebenfels’ Prophetic Visions

James J. O'Meara

5,583 words

Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels
Ostara and the New Templars
Translated by George Klanderud
GermanenOrden Series, vol. 4
The 55 Club, 2019

Deep-sea fish, bats, clairvoyant Frisians in foggy country, the saurian with the electrical central eye in an equally dim, misty world, the wise Nibelung-dwarves have a strange and conspicuous connection to the results of the most recent natural scientific research. Read more …

Published: August 24, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Aryanism, Christianity, creation myth, esotericism, eugenics, James J. O'Meara, Julius Evola, Kabbalah, Lanz von Liebenfels, National Socialism, Neville, North American New Right, originals, Ostara, philosophy, racial purity, religion, secret societies, synchronicity, women | 18 Responses

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Angel of Avalon

Fenek Solère

1,746 words

“My favorite singer out of all the British girls that ever were.”

— Robert Plant

I first came across the name Sandy Denny on the liner notes of the classic Led Zeppelin IV. Read more …

Published: July 27, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Britain in the 1960s, England, Fairport Convention, Fenek Solère, folk music, Led Zeppelin, music reviews, North American New Right, originals, poetry | 9 Responses

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Owen Barfield’s History in English Words

Fenek Solère

3,323 words

Owen Barfield
History in English Words
New York: Doubleday & Company, 1926

In the common words we use every day, souls of past races, the thoughts and feelings of individual men stand around us, not dead, but frozen into their attitudes like the courtiers in the garden of the Sleeping Beauty.

— Owen Barfield Read more …

Published: May 19, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book reviews, C. S. Lewis, Fenek Solère, J. R. R. Tolkien, literature, Martin Heidegger, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, poetry, religion, Symbolism | 2 Responses

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Sol Invictus’ In the Rain

Scott Weisswald

2,035 words

Sol Invictus, fronted by Tony Wakeford, is one of the “neofolk” scene’s best-known groups, alongside Death in June and Current 93. Sol Invictus emerged following Wakeford’s departure from Death in June — and later departure from controversial Above the Ruins — with a sound that progressively became lighter and more classically-inspired than most of what can be considered “neofolk.” Read more …

Published: April 10, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged apocalyptic folk, articles, Goth music, music reviews, neofolk, North American New Right, originals, Scott Weisswald, Sol Invictus | 8 Responses

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Death in June’s The Rule of Thirds

Scott Weisswald

1,784 words

Released 12 years ago yesterday, March 3rd, 2008, Death in June’s The Rule of Thirds is a somber and introspective record that tussles with the concepts of aging and death, love lost, and the decay of the surrounding world. It’s recorded in the characteristic stripped-back, solemn, guitar-centric style of Douglas Pearce, Death in June’s sole constant member, Read more …

Published: March 4, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged apocalyptic folk, articles, Death in June, Douglas Pearce, music reviews, neofolk, North American New Right, originals, religion, Scott Weisswald, the occult | 8 Responses

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Vision Quest

Stan the Man

905 words

I recently went with a friend to deliver some groceries to a guy who had a medical problem and couldn’t get to the store. We went to this person’s house and found him on his couch, watching The Breakfast Club on video. Read more …

Published: March 2, 2020 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, atomization, New Age, nihilism, North American New Right, originals, religion, Stan the Man | 4 Responses

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Counter-Currents Radio Podcast No. 262
Nostalgia for a Lost Future:
A Conversation with Xurious

Counter-Currents Radio

215 words / 70:38

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Greg Johnson talks to composer Xurious about his intellectual, political, and artistic journey and the censorship of his music by YouTube. Read more …

Published: February 28, 2020 | Posted in Counter-Currents Radio | Also tagged anarchism, Carl Schmitt, Christianity, Counter-Currents Radio, deplatforming, electronic music, elites, futurism, Greg Johnson, hierarchy, interviews, Julius Evola, liberalism, meditation, nostalgia, podcasts, Rene Guénon, social media, sovereignty, Traditionalism, vaporwave | 11 Responses

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The Problem of Eckhart Tolle

Collin Cleary

Eckhart Tolle

4,752 words

It would be no exaggeration to say that Eckhart Tolle is now the most popular “spiritual teacher” in the United States – and possibly the world. The New York Times and The Watkins Review have declared as such. And he has been heavily promoted by Oprah Winfrey. The actor Jim Carrey is also a big fan. Normally, this would be enough for me to completely dismiss someone, but in this case I cannot. Read more …

Published: December 17, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Collin Cleary, New Age, North American New Right, originals, self-actualization | 16 Responses

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How to Know if You Have Had a Mystical Experience

Collin Cleary

Hildegard von Bingen’s “finger of God”

4,074 words

Most people believe they have never had a mystical experience. This includes sceptics, of course – but also those who are quite open to the idea and who wonder, perhaps, why they have never been graced with one. However, the conclusions of both groups are usually based on misconceptions about what a mystical experience must be like. People imagine, for instance, that it involves visions of some kind, in which, perhaps, voices are heard or supernatural beings appear. Read more …

Published: July 20, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Collin Cleary, Julius Evola, North American New Right, originals | 15 Responses

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Introduction to Vedanta, Part II
The Katha Upanishad

Collin Cleary

Yama, the Vedic god of death

4,058 words

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, hinduism, left-hand path, meditation, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Vedanta | Leave a comment

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Introduction to Vedanta, Part I
The Isha Upanishad

Collin Cleary

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, hinduism, left-hand path, meditation, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, Vedanta | 6 Responses

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Re-Kindling Alan Watts, Part Two

James J. O'Meara

9,927 words

Part 2 of 2. Part 1 here.

Partings II – Watts and The Church Today: Real Presence or Real Estate?

Watts was quite successful in his attempt to express the religio perennis in the language of Christian theology; not just in my opinion today, but among his Episcopal peers at the time (one bishop even called it “the most important book on religion in this century”[1]), Read more …

Published: January 5, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alan Watts, Anglicanism, articles, book reviews, Brideshead Revisited, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Evelyn Waugh, Frithjof Schuon, James O'Meara, New Age, North American New Right, originals, Oswald Spengler, philosophy of history, Protestantism, Rene Guénon, Traditionalism, Vedanta | 3 Responses

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Re-Kindling Alan Watts, Part One

James J. O'Meara

9,403 words

Part 1 of 2

Alan W. Watts
Behold the Spirit: A Study in the Necessity of Mystical Religion
New York: Pantheon, 1947; reissued with a new Preface, 1971
Kindle, 2016

“For God is not niggardly in his self-revelation; he exposes himself right before our eyes.” — Alan Watts Read more …

Published: January 4, 2018 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alan Watts, Anglicanism, articles, book reviews, Brideshead Revisited, Buddhism, Catholicism, Christianity, Evelyn Waugh, Frithjof Schuon, James O'Meara, New Age, North American New Right, originals, Oswald Spengler, philosophy of history, Protestantism, Rene Guénon, Traditionalism, Vedanta | 10 Responses

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The Hatred Born on Sinai:
Jan Assmann’s Moses the Egyptian

Greg Johnson

2,520 words

Translations: French, Slovak, Spanish

Jan Assmann
Moses the Egyptian: The Memory of Egypt in Western Monotheism
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1997

When I first read Jan Assmann’s Moses the Egyptian in June of 1997, it was a life-changing experience. Moses the Egyptian belongs to the rarest genre of academic books: the bold and exciting ones. Read more …

Published: June 28, 2014 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Akhnaton, articles, book reviews, Christianity, cosmotheism, Freemasonry, Greg Johnson, hermeticism, Islam, Jan Assmann, Judaism, monotheism, Moses, Moses the Egyptian, neo-paganism, North American New Right, originals, paganism, pantheism, philosophy, religion, religious tolerance, Rene Guénon, the Enlightenment, the Jewish question, Traditionalism | 47 Responses

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D. H. Lawrence on Idealism & Evil

Derek Hawthorne

B. J. O. Nordfeldt, “D. H. Lawrence and the Three Fates”

4,086 words

The Origin of Evil

D. H. Lawrence believed in the reality of evil, but he believed that its source lay in the human soul. “Abstraction is the only evil,” he wrote.[1] By abstraction he does not refer to the process of making generalizations or forming concepts. Instead, he means the tendency of human beings to abstract themselves from feeling, from intuition, from nature, and from the present. Abstraction is fundamentally evil, for Lawrence, because it makes most of humanity’s crimes possible. Read more …

Published: August 15, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Buddhism, D. H. Lawrence, Derek Hawthorne, evil, idealism, modernity, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, vitalism, Zen | 9 Responses

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Vedanta, Meister Eckhart, Schelling

Julius Evola

Friedrich Schelling, 1775–1854

3,778 words

Translation anonymous, edited by Greg Johnson

Editor’s Note:

The following essay was originally published in English in East and West, vol. 9, nos. 2 & 3 (1960): 182–86. This is chapter 18 of Julius Evola, East and West: Comparative Studies in Pursuit of Tradition, ed. Greg Johnson, forthcoming from Counter-Currents in the summer of 2013.

Published: April 10, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, book excerpts, F. W. J. Schelling, Julius Evola, North American New Right, philosophy, religion, reprints, Traditionalism, Vedanta | Comments closed

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The Concept of Initiation

Julius Evola

Great Eleusis Frieze, Eleusis Museum, Greece, late 5th c. BCE

9,609 words

Translated by Bruno Cariou

It is not easy, today, to give an exact idea of what is meant by Initiation and to define the figure of the ‘Initiate’. The main difficulty lies in the necessity of referring to a vision of the world and man, and to structures, which belong essentially to traditional civilisations, distant from the present one, not only from the modern mentality and culture, but also, to a large extent, from the religion which has come to predominate in the West.

Published: March 12, 2013 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Julius Evola, North American New Right, philosophy, religion, Rene Guénon, reprints, the occult, Traditionalism, translations | 3 Responses

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Keith Preston Interviews Tia Foster

Counter-Currents Radio

60:13 minutes / 135 words

Editor’s Note:

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Les dieux sont encore là :
Une réponse au livre de Collin Cleary : Summoning the Gods

Jonson Miller

2,111 words

English original here

« Le problème avec nos païens occidentaux modernes, c’est qu’ils ne croient pas vraiment en leurs dieux, ils croient seulement croire en eux. » (Cleary, Summoning the Gods, 21). Read more …

Published: January 28, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Asatru, caste, Collin Cleary, hinduism, in French, in translation, neo-paganism, North American New Right, originals, paganism, religion, Rene Guénon, Summoning the Gods, Traditionalism, yoga | 2 Responses

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The Gods are Still Here:
A Response to Collin Cleary’s Summoning the Gods

Jonson Miller

1,995 words

French translation here

“The problem with our modern, Western pagans is that they do not genuinely believe in their gods, they merely believe in believing in them” (Cleary, Summoning the Gods, 21). Read more …

Published: January 16, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Asatru, caste, Collin Cleary, hinduism, neo-paganism, North American New Right, originals, paganism, religion, Rene Guénon, Summoning the Gods, Traditionalism, yoga | 35 Responses

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My Education, Part II

Anthony M. Ludovici

7,812 words

Editor’s Note:

What follows are selections from Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici, ed. John V. Day, ch. 4, “My Education, II (1910–1916).” Read more …

Published: January 11, 2012 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged A. R. Orage, Ananda Coomaraswamy, art, art criticism, Auguste Rodin, book exceprts, C. H. Douglas, courage, esotericism, Friedrich Nietzsche, George Gurdjieff, modern art, North American New Right, P. D. Ouspensky, painting, philosophy, Social Credit, World War I | Leave a comment

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Connaître les dieux

Collin Cleary

7,634 words

1. Une fausse connaissance

Il y a aujourd’hui ceux qui souhaitent faire revenir l’humanité (ou une portion de l’humanité) à une foi plus ancienne, préchrétienne. Read more …

Published: November 30, 2011 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged articles, Collin Cleary, in French, in translation, modernity, neo-paganism, North American New Right, originals, paganism, philosophy, religion | Leave a comment

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Introduction au livre de Collin Cleary: Summoning the Gods [L’appel aux dieux]

Greg Johnson

2,903 words

English original here

Collin Cleary – l’énigmatique sage de Sandpoint, dans l’Idaho – surgit sur la scène intellectuelle il y a presque dix ans, avec la publication du premier volume du journal TYR: Myth—Culture—Tradition. Read more …

Published: October 8, 2011 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alejandro Jodorowski, Asatru, book reviews, Collin Cleary, Eastern religion, Greg Johnson, in French, in translation, Martin Heidegger, movie reviews, neo-paganism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, religion, Summoning the Gods, Tantrism, The Prisoner, theology | Leave a comment

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Introduction to Collin Cleary’s Summoning the Gods

Greg Johnson

Franz von Stuck, "Orpheus"

2,654 words

French translation here

Collin Cleary—the enigmatic sage of Sandpoint, Idaho—burst onto the intellectual scene almost ten years ago, with the publication of the first volume of the journal TYR: Myth—Culture—Tradition. Along with Joshua Buckley and Michael Moynihan, Cleary was one of the founding editors of TYR, having a hand in all aspects of the first volume and contributing three substantial articles and several reviews. Read more …

Published: June 3, 2011 | Posted in North American New Right | Also tagged Alejandro Jodorowski, Asatru, book reviews, Collin Cleary, Eastern religion, Greg Johnson, Martin Heidegger, neo-paganism, North American New Right, originals, philosophy, religion, Summoning the Gods, Tantrism, The Prisoner, theology, TV reviews | 2 Responses

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Memories of Orage, Gurdjieff, & Ouspensky

Anthony M. Ludovici

Alfred Richard Orage, 1873–1934

3,252 words

Editor’s Note:

The following is from Anthony M. Ludovici, Confessions of an Anti-Feminist: The Autobiography of Anthony M. Ludovici, ed. John V. Day, ch. 4, “My Education, Part II.” (The opening sentence comes from ch. 3, “My Education, Part I.”) The book remains unpublished, but we hope to raise funds to finally bring it into print.

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Youth, Beats, & Right-Wing Anarchists,
Part 1: A Sympathetic Critique of the Beat Rebellion

Julius Evola

4,766 words

Jack Kerouac

Translated by Bruno Cariou

Part 1 of 2

Editor’s Note:

The following essay, written in 1968, and published in Evola’s volume L’Arco e la Clava (The Bow and the Club, 1968), falls naturally into two parts. The first is Evola’s sympathetic critique of the youth rebellion of the 1950s and the 1960s, with a focus on the Beatniks.

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The View from Hippie Hill

Jef Costello

2,575 words

A number of years ago I went through a long period of depression, and when I found myself coming out the other end of it, I developed an interest in “Eastern Philosophy.”