“What is more harmful than any vice? Active pity for all the failures and all the weak.”

-Friedrich Neitzsche

“Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.” -Seneca

Every man should act like this: when he meets a person more qualified than himself, he should be very pleased; when he meets someone less qualified than himself, he should be compassionate toward him; and when he meets someone equal to himself, he should make friendship with him. In this way one is never affected by the threefold miseries of this material world.

Srimad Bhagavatam 4.8.34

Apollo of the Arts, belover of the craft, refiner of technique, archer of precision, bestower of prophetic gift, radiator of epiphany, piercer of creative thought,

Hear me as I call to thee, Beloved Apollon, expert of precision arts, plucking lyre-strings, glowing sun-lit glory. Bless me with thy guidance, bless me with thy visions, and protect me with thy strong-arm graces from those impede my tekhne-crafts.

Hear me, O glorious and shining one, through the very aither ‘bove, golden haired and sun-kissed twice and many more, lover of the foliage-borne and the flora-died, epiphanic brilliance let me borrow for a time, bestow to me thy grace and glory, supplicate my arts for thee, improved and tempered nigh.

”Oh, you who exalt the fight without end, be it without hope, attach yourself to what is eternal! That alone is; the remainder is only shadow and smoke.”

Savitri Devi | The Religion of the Strong.

A story is told that there was a man who had made many costly and lavish offerings to Apollon, but was told by the Pythia that the truest worshipper of the gods was instead a man in Arcadia who garlanded his household statues each month and made modest offerings at all the festivals

Kharis: Hellenic Polytheism Explored by Sarah Kate Istra Winter

By: Ananya Apr (2021)

The Heirs of Zeus

He is the sun to the lonely sky,
She is the wild wolf of the night.
A quiver in hand and a bow on back,
She makes her way while leading the pack.

Harmonizing to the tunes of the golden lyre,
He is the God whom all admire.
With the silver bow and the golden sword,
Defeating the Python he forged his path forward.

Apollo is the light to this glooming world,
Artemis is the moon-light that glowed and burned.
The twins of Zeus both fierce and strong,
Through different destinies stayed together all along.

The Goddess of the hunt walks with pride,
While the God of Poetry lives to enlight.
Medicine mixes together with wild,
When the sun and moon in the cosmos align.

The most intelligent men, like the strongest, find their happiness where others would find only disaster: in the labyrinth, in being hard with themselves and with others, in effort; their delight is in self mastery; in them asceticism becomes second nature, a necessity, an instinct. They regard a difficult task as a privilege; it is to them a recreation to play with burdens that would crush all others.
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— Friedrich Nietzsch

If You want me to take Christianity Seriously as a Religion instead of just as a political institution then you have to be capable of actually describing your religion accurately, the Church has had to rely on violence and bribery to get people into pews and keep them in line too often to be considered to be a valid choice of the people.

But stories and interactions of Santa Claus, Jack Frost and Thor quickly draw appreciation and a crowd. People care and adore their own gods and spirits, the foreign one is merely an obligation not a delight.

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Returning to my previous post about the Oseberg beast posts and chains/ropes demarcating a ritual area, we also see in Egil’s saga reference to something called a vébönd. The prefix vé, cognate with Old English weoh, refers to a sacred area, while bönd, like band, refers to a cord. In the saga heslistengur “hazle poles” are used to demarcate a vébönd not for a blót, but for a legal dispute. Poles from the supple hazle tree (hasla) were used to demarcate a fighting area or for a court to assemble within.

Mark Puryear of the The Noroena Society has concluded, based on the inherently sacred meaning of vé, that the sacred area for a blót ought also to be marked out with hazle poles, and I am inclined to agree with him. Evidently more elaborate and impressive alternatives were accepted, such as the beast posts of Oseberg and the golden chain around the Uppsala hof described by Adam of Bremen - but surely the simplest demarcation for a vébönd is four hazle poles and a piece of a string.

Arktos and National Bolshevism, an announcement.

Arktos is a think tank that provides a platform for exploring various ideologies and perspectives from the Right. Among the numerous different ideas explored is National Bolshevism, a distinct right-wing ideology that has its roots in the Conservative Revolution during the tumultuous era of Weimar Germany. The Weimar period, after World War One and leading to the National Socialist rise to power, was a cauldron of political, economic, and cultural changes, making it ripe for the emergence of new and often contentious ideologies.

Ernst Niekisch, a prominent German intellectual during the interwar period, formulated the political ideology of National Bolshevism, which merged elements of radical nationalism and Bolshevik tenets. This philosophy was not just a simple fusion; it incorporated Niekisch’s admiration for Prussian values and principles. Advocating a...

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https://arktos.com/2023/08/21/arktos-and-national-bolshevism/

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"There is a class of men who communicate, to anyone whom they meet, matters which should be revealed to friends alone, and unload upon the chance listener whatever irks them. Others, again, fear to confide in their closest intimates; and if it were possible, they would not trust even themselves, burying their secrets deep in their hearts. But we should do neither. It is equally faulty to trust everyone and to trust no one. Yet the former fault is, I should say, the more ingenuous, the latter the more safe. In like manner you should rebuke these two kinds of men, – both those who always lack repose, and those who are always in repose. For love of bustle is not industry, – it is only the restlessness of a hunted mind. And true repose does not consist in condemning all motion as merely vexation; that kind of repose is slackness and inertia. Therefore, you should note the following saying, taken from my reading in Pomponius: "Some men shrink into dark corners, to such a degree that they see darkly by day." No, men should combine these tendencies, and he who reposes should act and he who acts should take repose. Discuss the problem with Nature; she will tell you that she has created both day and night. Farewell."

Moral Letters to Lucilius by Seneca Letter 3

"I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man she must be quiet.”
― 1 Timothy 2:12, New Testament

"The Germans believe that those of the female sex posses an inherent sacredness and the wisdom for prophecy; and as such the men do not avoid asking advice of their women and nor do the men ignore when their women reply.”
― Germania, Tacitus

Notes: From a Gnostic viewpoint, acknowledging the inherent sacredness of the female sex, rooted in Wisdom, mirrors the significance of Sophia within the cosmic order. Just as Sophia embodies divine Wisdom and understanding, women can serve as channels for elevated spiritual insight and intuition. The imposition of the Abrahamic religions, which uphold an off planet male deity removed from the realm of senses disrupts our connection to the sacred Earth and nature. Simultaneously, it undermines the historical role of women in prophecy, insight, and Wisdom.

Image: The Inquisition by Samson Goetze

7th century gold coin minted by the Breton king Judicael, who ruled the minor Kingdom of Domnonée in northern Brittany from AD 615 to AD 642.

As is evident from the kingdom’s name, it was founded by British migrants from the Celtic Kingdom of Dumnonia, many of whom came as refugees escaping the Anglo-Saxon invasions. Dumnonia encompassed the greater part of the West Country of England, what are now Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and probably also Dorset and parts of Wiltshire. Before becoming king, Judicael was a Christian monk at the Abbey of St. John, at Gaël, Brittany. He was forced into this life by his younger brother Haeloc, who usurped the throne in a coup upon their father’s death. Following the death of Haeloc, Judicael returned to secular life to rule the kingdom, being remembered as a wise and just ruler. His reign was uneventful, as he opted for peace with his more powerful neighbor, king Dagobert I of France, through acceptance of the latter’s suzerainty. In the year AD 642, an elderly Judicael abdicated the throne and returned to monastic life at Gaël; he was later canonized as a saint.

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