Gaelicism: The Spirit of Nobility

I would like to take this opportunity to talk about Gaelicism, something which we have neglected to touch upon on this site so far (and have even lost sight of it seems). I (and others hopefully, although some of my opinions differ considerably from my fellow posters) will attempt to go some way to defining what Gaelicism is and of its purpose. While it is true that Gaelic values are not currently upheld by any streams of political thought, and arguably never has been (except perhaps in the d...

The Crisis of the Modern World – René Guénon’s Invaluable Insights

A MATERIAL CIVILIZATION * René Guénon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtqlSY6LeMk From all that has been said so far it already seems to follow clearly that those Orientals who reproach modern Western civilization with being a purely material one are fully justified; it is certainly in this direction exclusively that its development has taken place, and from whatever point of view one may look at it, one is always faced with the more or less direct consequences of this materialization. Neverth...

The Celtic Warrior Tradition – Julius Evola

"The legendary history of Ireland is based on the events of races that later invaded it and dominated it, coming from a mysterious Northern-Atlantic center, to which they sometimes returned. The Historia britorum often gives to this center the name Hiberia, but in truth such a term is only an imaginative rendering of the Irish names Magh-Mo, Tragh-Mor, or Magh-Mell, designating the "Land of the Dead", namely, the primordial Northern-Atlantic center. There are many stories surrounding such race...

The decay of modern society

By Alain de Benoist The essence of modern liberal thought is that order is believed to be able to consolidate itself by means of all-out economic competition, that is, through the battle of all against all, requiring governments to do no more than set certain essential ground rules and provide certain services which the individual alone cannot adequately provide. Indeed, modern liberalism has gone so far along this path that it is today directly opposed to thee goals of classical liberalism and...

European Decadence

By Julius Evola Present Western "civilization" awaits a substantial upheaval (rivolgimento), without which it is destined, sooner or later, to smash its own head. It has carried out the most complete perversion of the rational order of things. Reign of matter, gold, machines, numbers; in this civilization there is no longer breath or liberty or light. The West has lost its ability to command and to obey. It has lost its feeling for contemplation and action. It has lost its feeling for value...

Tradition from a Spiritual perspective: ‘Tradition and Modernity’ by Frithjof Schuon

[This paper was originally written by Schuon for a congress convened in Japan in 1961, which dealt with the crisis of modernity.] The purpose of this congress is of the most extreme importance, since it concerns, directly or indirectly, the destiny of mankind. In the face of perils of the modern world, we ask ourselves: What must we do? This is an empty question if it be not founded upon antecedent certainties, for action counts for nothing unless it be the expression of a knowing and also a ma...