Forwarded from Classical Columbia
The Ethnogenesis of Old Stock Americans Part II: This shared struggle against Great Britain leading to independence of the American nation led to a newfound shared identity of a new people. These Anglos, Scots, Welsh, Germans, French, Dutch, and others intermixed creating a new race: The Old Stock American race. This new race united by a shared Northwest European Celto-Germanic or rather Anglo-Celtic WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant) culture consisting of Protestant Christianity, Roman style Republican government based on the English common law, and the conquering Aryan pioneer spirit that would define America for most of its history. A proposed idea of the Great Seal of the United States was even going to feature this ethnogenisis reminding Americans of their northwestern European roots of England/Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Holland (Dutch/Netherlands), and Germany but was rejected. It is important we remind ourselves of the natives who founded this land and to reject any notion of “A nation of immigrants.”
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Forwarded from Sigmund's Metaphysical Männerbund 🜨
"[Family life must have been different] in the days when a family had fed on the produce of the same few miles of country for six generations, and that perhaps was why they saw nymphs in the fountains and dryads in the wood - they were not mistaken for there was in a sense real (not metaphorical) connections between them and the countryside. What had been earth and air and later corn, and later still bread, really was in them. We of course who live on a standardized international diet…are artificial beings and have no connection (save in sentiment) with any place on earth. We are synthetic men, uprooted. The strength of the hills is not ours."
- J.R.R. Tolkien, from an unpublished letter to Arthur Greeves
- J.R.R. Tolkien, from an unpublished letter to Arthur Greeves
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Forwarded from Hwitgeard
In both the late Old English writings The Prose Solomon and Saturn and Adrian and Ritheus, two collections of question and answer aphorisms, there is one which runs parallel to the Norse 'Rúnatal', a section within the Hávamál, gnomic verses attributed as the wisdom of Óðin. The Rúnatal describes how Óðin hung on a windy tree for nine nights, pierced with a spear as an offering to himself, he neither fed nor drank, and in a state of spiritual ecstasy he took up the wisdom of the Runes.
In the 'Interpretatio Romana', Romans saw Woden/Óðin as equivalent to Mercury and called him by this name (see Germania IX). The Old English writes
"Saga mē hwā ǣrost bōcstafas sette.
Ic þē secge, Mercurius sē gygand." (SS58)
"Saga mē hwā wrāt bōcstafas ǣrest.
Ic þē secge, Mercurius sē gigant." (AR16)
"Say me, who erst set bookstaves/who wrote bookstaves erst.
I say thee, Mercury the giant."
This seems to suggest that for Anglo-Saxons Woden was still known as author of runes and writing, even in this distorted form.
In the 'Interpretatio Romana', Romans saw Woden/Óðin as equivalent to Mercury and called him by this name (see Germania IX). The Old English writes
"Saga mē hwā ǣrost bōcstafas sette.
Ic þē secge, Mercurius sē gygand." (SS58)
"Saga mē hwā wrāt bōcstafas ǣrest.
Ic þē secge, Mercurius sē gigant." (AR16)
"Say me, who erst set bookstaves/who wrote bookstaves erst.
I say thee, Mercury the giant."
This seems to suggest that for Anglo-Saxons Woden was still known as author of runes and writing, even in this distorted form.
Forwarded from Sigmund's Metaphysical Männerbund 🜨
A shame culture is what our ancestors had and a shame culture is what we must build. Look at what has happened to our societies without it. Surround yourself with people who will hold you to account for your misdeeds and I promise you, if your heart is in it, you will not repeat your mistakes. A hit to your reputation is not an easy thing to stomach. Betraying your kith and kin is worse. Honour and loyalty come before all else.
Heed these words.
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Heed these words.
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Forwarded from Frith & Folk
"I am the forest, I am ancient. I treasure the stag, I treasure the deer. I shelter you from storm, I shelter you from snow. I resist the frost, I keep the source. I nurse the earth, I am always there. I build your house, I kindle your hearth. Therefore, you people, hold me dear!"
"Ich bin der Wald, Ich bin uralt. Ich hege den Hirsch, Ich hege das Reh. Ich schütz Euch vor Sturm, Ich schütz Euch vor Schnee. Ich wehre dem Frost, Ich wahre die Quelle. Ich hüte die Scholle, Bin immer zur Stelle. Ich bau Euch das Haus, Ich heiz Euch den Herd. Drum ihr Menschen, Haltet mich wert!"
- Taken from an innoscription found in a 17th century forester’s house in Lower Saxony, Germany
"Ich bin der Wald, Ich bin uralt. Ich hege den Hirsch, Ich hege das Reh. Ich schütz Euch vor Sturm, Ich schütz Euch vor Schnee. Ich wehre dem Frost, Ich wahre die Quelle. Ich hüte die Scholle, Bin immer zur Stelle. Ich bau Euch das Haus, Ich heiz Euch den Herd. Drum ihr Menschen, Haltet mich wert!"
- Taken from an innoscription found in a 17th century forester’s house in Lower Saxony, Germany
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Tradition
When we look at observable events which lack sources, there’s a difference between following versus following with understanding & knowledge. When historical information is lacking, we can honor the connection to our forebears who have celebrated the tradition & our folk who continue to observe these traditions. One doesn’t need all the specifics to celebrate traditions; a richness can still be found within. Sometimes it’s enough to gather in celebration of folk & fellowship. It can be enough to gather & celebrate in the manner of our parents & grand parents, or even as a parent bringing the tradition to our children. There can be a joy & contentment in this connection alone, but that said, it’s not okay to not look for the why; however, while we look for the why, it’s imperative that important traditions survive. We must continue to live our faith the best of our ability with a sincerity & yearning to tap into our folk-soul.
Based off the words of J. Cache
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
When we look at observable events which lack sources, there’s a difference between following versus following with understanding & knowledge. When historical information is lacking, we can honor the connection to our forebears who have celebrated the tradition & our folk who continue to observe these traditions. One doesn’t need all the specifics to celebrate traditions; a richness can still be found within. Sometimes it’s enough to gather in celebration of folk & fellowship. It can be enough to gather & celebrate in the manner of our parents & grand parents, or even as a parent bringing the tradition to our children. There can be a joy & contentment in this connection alone, but that said, it’s not okay to not look for the why; however, while we look for the why, it’s imperative that important traditions survive. We must continue to live our faith the best of our ability with a sincerity & yearning to tap into our folk-soul.
Based off the words of J. Cache
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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Heptarchy
Seven lords in crowned helms,
Seven kings of seven realms.
Bone and horn and steel and rime,
Locked in court for all of time.
Great oaken doors bound up in frost,
The locks are frozen, keys are lost.
They groan and roar, the ice unsealed,
An ancient scene therein revealed.
The hall was long and broad and tall,
And glowed with mirth before the fall
But now stood empty, dead, a shell,
As still as stone, as cold as Hell.
Icebound sword in icebound grip,
Icebound axe at icebound hip.
Golden hall and silver Earls,
Brought low by ambitious Churls.
A riven folk, Othala lost,
But honour was the greatest cost.
The fire gone from heart and hearth,
As cold as outside frosty earth.
In frozen North, the hall doth lie,
A curse befell, the land did die.
The curse undone again shall be,
By will and wits and ancientry.
The lost shall once again be found.
Upon this sacred hallowed ground
This oath we swear, this oath we hold
By ancient Gods and laws of old.
Deadkings rest upon their thrones,
All they've lost, that once they owned,
Long lost noble Lords of men,
Till fate shall deem they rise again.
~ Eadweard of Angelþeod
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
Seven lords in crowned helms,
Seven kings of seven realms.
Bone and horn and steel and rime,
Locked in court for all of time.
Great oaken doors bound up in frost,
The locks are frozen, keys are lost.
They groan and roar, the ice unsealed,
An ancient scene therein revealed.
The hall was long and broad and tall,
And glowed with mirth before the fall
But now stood empty, dead, a shell,
As still as stone, as cold as Hell.
Icebound sword in icebound grip,
Icebound axe at icebound hip.
Golden hall and silver Earls,
Brought low by ambitious Churls.
A riven folk, Othala lost,
But honour was the greatest cost.
The fire gone from heart and hearth,
As cold as outside frosty earth.
In frozen North, the hall doth lie,
A curse befell, the land did die.
The curse undone again shall be,
By will and wits and ancientry.
The lost shall once again be found.
Upon this sacred hallowed ground
This oath we swear, this oath we hold
By ancient Gods and laws of old.
Deadkings rest upon their thrones,
All they've lost, that once they owned,
Long lost noble Lords of men,
Till fate shall deem they rise again.
~ Eadweard of Angelþeod
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
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Forwarded from Survive the Jive: All-feed
Nordberg reveals that the constuction of a barrow began with a circle of stones around a pillar. This pilar remained at the centre serving as a symbol of a cosmic centre like yggdrasil.
"It is likely – in fact, as we shall see, sometimes obvious – that the pole at
the center of the grave was left standing during the funeral and the processof constructing the monument. This indicates that the upraised pole may have had a specific symbolic meaning. As already mentioned, upraised poles were of great importance in pre-Christian religion. In sacrifcial practices,sacrificial gifts were suspended in or deposited at the feet of poles and posts,representing the World Pillar or World Tree. Upraised posts in graves should probably be understood in a similar way. The posts may have served as a ritual aribute representing the World Axis"
"It is likely – in fact, as we shall see, sometimes obvious – that the pole at
the center of the grave was left standing during the funeral and the processof constructing the monument. This indicates that the upraised pole may have had a specific symbolic meaning. As already mentioned, upraised poles were of great importance in pre-Christian religion. In sacrifcial practices,sacrificial gifts were suspended in or deposited at the feet of poles and posts,representing the World Pillar or World Tree. Upraised posts in graves should probably be understood in a similar way. The posts may have served as a ritual aribute representing the World Axis"
Henġest & Horsa: Part 1
Henġest & Horsa, the renowned Jutish brothers who led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their migration, and subsequent settlement, of Britain in the 5th century. Tradition lists Henġest as the first kings of the Cantwara ríċe, or the Kingdom of Kent. Henġest means Stallion or Steed, pronounced /ˈhen.d͡ʒest/. The Ġ being like the J & dg in Judge. Horsa means Horse, & in the Germanic languages, the spelling varies little, e.g. Hors, Hross, & Ross. Given that Henġest is Stallion & Horsa is Horse, & factoring in historical accounts with the Divine Twin theory, Henġest was the likely leader of the two.
Sources: Finnsburg Fragment, Béowulf, Wídsíþ, Skáldskaparmál, Historia Brittonum.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
Henġest & Horsa, the renowned Jutish brothers who led the Angles, Saxons and Jutes in their migration, and subsequent settlement, of Britain in the 5th century. Tradition lists Henġest as the first kings of the Cantwara ríċe, or the Kingdom of Kent. Henġest means Stallion or Steed, pronounced /ˈhen.d͡ʒest/. The Ġ being like the J & dg in Judge. Horsa means Horse, & in the Germanic languages, the spelling varies little, e.g. Hors, Hross, & Ross. Given that Henġest is Stallion & Horsa is Horse, & factoring in historical accounts with the Divine Twin theory, Henġest was the likely leader of the two.
Sources: Finnsburg Fragment, Béowulf, Wídsíþ, Skáldskaparmál, Historia Brittonum.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
Henġest & Horsa: Part 2
By the 400s CE, on the land of Denmark, the old Danish Kingdom of Dan’s line has been replaced by the Sċyldings, as they pushed southward from Sweden into the Cimbric peninsula. It’s during this era that no one man ruled over all the Danish folk. The instability saw shifting alliances, inter-marrying, & migrational shifting. Hnæf Hocingas Healfdene, a Sċylding half-Danish prince, was staying as an invited guest of his Brother-in-Law Finn, the King of Frisia. A fight broke out between the two parties (both comprising Jutes) when the Frisian side became angry that some of their people have sworn loyalty to the Danes (who were moving into Jutish lands). When Hnæf was killed, his retainer Henġest took command & pursued a peace treaty, but later, Henġest & the Danes avenged Hnæf's death & slaughtered the Frisians.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
By the 400s CE, on the land of Denmark, the old Danish Kingdom of Dan’s line has been replaced by the Sċyldings, as they pushed southward from Sweden into the Cimbric peninsula. It’s during this era that no one man ruled over all the Danish folk. The instability saw shifting alliances, inter-marrying, & migrational shifting. Hnæf Hocingas Healfdene, a Sċylding half-Danish prince, was staying as an invited guest of his Brother-in-Law Finn, the King of Frisia. A fight broke out between the two parties (both comprising Jutes) when the Frisian side became angry that some of their people have sworn loyalty to the Danes (who were moving into Jutish lands). When Hnæf was killed, his retainer Henġest took command & pursued a peace treaty, but later, Henġest & the Danes avenged Hnæf's death & slaughtered the Frisians.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
Henġest & Horsa: Part 3
After the death of Hnæf, & being without his Lord, it’s likely that Henġest, with his brother Horsa, led their men on raiding exploits along the North Sea coast, & by 449 CE, found their way to the Southeast of Britain. They found temporary service under another lord, Guorthegern, or Vortigern as he’s known today, the High King of Britain, when he invited them to be his retainers to fight the Picts & Scots. They landed upon Ypwines fleot, a tributary of the Thames estuary. Soon however, their service spelled doom for the British, as large numbers of Jutes & Angles followed, likely encouraged by the increasing pressures from the Danes coming in from the north and the Frisian stronghold to the south. Resultantly, their migrations resulted in Jutland ripe for the taking for the incoming Danes.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
After the death of Hnæf, & being without his Lord, it’s likely that Henġest, with his brother Horsa, led their men on raiding exploits along the North Sea coast, & by 449 CE, found their way to the Southeast of Britain. They found temporary service under another lord, Guorthegern, or Vortigern as he’s known today, the High King of Britain, when he invited them to be his retainers to fight the Picts & Scots. They landed upon Ypwines fleot, a tributary of the Thames estuary. Soon however, their service spelled doom for the British, as large numbers of Jutes & Angles followed, likely encouraged by the increasing pressures from the Danes coming in from the north and the Frisian stronghold to the south. Resultantly, their migrations resulted in Jutland ripe for the taking for the incoming Danes.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
Henġest & Horsa: Part 4
In 'On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain', 5th c. British monk Gildas wrote that Vortigern invited "the fierce and impious Saxons" to aid in driving out the Picts & Scots. Soon after their victory, more Northmen came. When they later demanded that "their monthly allotments" be increased, which Vortigern refused, they ravaged the Celtic land. Note* written through the perspective of a Celt, it’s likely that Gildas’ account is skewed with a hostile perspective
12th c. British cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth stated that Vortigern married Henġest’s daughter Rowena, resulting in Vortigern’s son Vortimer, staging a revolt against his father.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
In 'On the Ruin and Conquest of Britain', 5th c. British monk Gildas wrote that Vortigern invited "the fierce and impious Saxons" to aid in driving out the Picts & Scots. Soon after their victory, more Northmen came. When they later demanded that "their monthly allotments" be increased, which Vortigern refused, they ravaged the Celtic land. Note* written through the perspective of a Celt, it’s likely that Gildas’ account is skewed with a hostile perspective
12th c. British cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth stated that Vortigern married Henġest’s daughter Rowena, resulting in Vortigern’s son Vortimer, staging a revolt against his father.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
Henġest & Horsa: Part 5
In the 800s CE, Nennius l, in Historia Brittonum, recorded that although the British were defeated, Horsa, along with Vortimer & Categirn, Vortigern’s sons, fell in the battle. Similar to Henġest & Horsa’s earlier incident between Prince Hnæf Hocingas Healfdene & King Finn, violence erupted between Henġest & Horsa’s men & King Vortigern’s Nobles (& remaining men). At Stonehenge, a meeting took place between the two sides, to discuss the terms of ceding more lands to the Germanic conquerors, at some point, Henġest ordered his men to attack the British, which resulted in their near complete slaughter. This event, known as the The Night of the Long Knives sealed the fate of the Britain’s southern lands & Henġest became King, calling his new Kingsom, the Cantwara Ríċe (the Kingdom of Kent). Note* it’s likely that the events regarding The Night of the Long Knives is a negatively biased account, lending skepticism about the events accuracy.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
In the 800s CE, Nennius l, in Historia Brittonum, recorded that although the British were defeated, Horsa, along with Vortimer & Categirn, Vortigern’s sons, fell in the battle. Similar to Henġest & Horsa’s earlier incident between Prince Hnæf Hocingas Healfdene & King Finn, violence erupted between Henġest & Horsa’s men & King Vortigern’s Nobles (& remaining men). At Stonehenge, a meeting took place between the two sides, to discuss the terms of ceding more lands to the Germanic conquerors, at some point, Henġest ordered his men to attack the British, which resulted in their near complete slaughter. This event, known as the The Night of the Long Knives sealed the fate of the Britain’s southern lands & Henġest became King, calling his new Kingsom, the Cantwara Ríċe (the Kingdom of Kent). Note* it’s likely that the events regarding The Night of the Long Knives is a negatively biased account, lending skepticism about the events accuracy.
https://linktr.ee/TheFrithstead
Episode 3: The Power Process
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The Fyrgen Podcast - Episode 3: The Power Process
In this episode I'm joined by Heiðrūn to discuss and expand upon Ted Kaczynski's concept of The Power Process and resulting Surrogate Activities. How have we lost personal agency? Was it taken from us or did we give it away? What are the long-term effects upon the folk?
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In this episode I'm joined by Heiðrūn to discuss and expand upon Ted Kaczynski's concept of The Power Process and resulting Surrogate Activities. How have we lost personal agency? Was it taken from us or did we give it away? What are the long-term effects upon the folk?
Find out more about Heiðrūn's work at: freefolk.org
Please consider supporting me if you've enjoyed the episodes. Time and effort goes into this and patrons get early and exclusive stuff. Visit fyrgen.com for links, information and an archive of past episodes.
Forwarded from Hwitgeard
I'm quite a fan of Ted Kaczynski for many of his ideas, but one of the most important is the Power Process. The Power Process describes how technology makes us feel unfulfilled because it takes away the process whereby we feel achievement, meaning and purpose in our lives, and many people replace this process with surrogate activities that fill this desire but are ultimately fruitless.
I have often mentioned my Naturalist, biocentric worldview which informs the fundamental layer of both my spiritual beliefs and my political ideals. I see man as mammal as the lowest common denominator for all things, and while not everything can be reduced to the biological level (such as the spiritual), it is epiphenomenal to it. Consequently I see most human behaviour, including writing this post for you to read, as superfluous nonsense.
The Natural state of man is reproducing and raising a family, becoming strong warriors and loving mothers to defend ones family and home. Everything else is either a betterment or a detriment to that goal. The goal of politics is to defend that goal, the goal of economics should be a means to an end of that goal too, and of course spirituality should be concurrent with that goal, and it is on this issue that paganism finally made sense to me many years ago, as well as how harmful an inclusive, universal faith can be. Some people feign superiority that such a primitive mindset is somehow below them, or they make excuses for how it can be more nuanced, but ultimately that's what matters on the most foundational level of all things. If one were to answer the question of 'Why does race matter?', it is because it is informed by such a biocentric worldview of natural human tribalism.
Returning to Kaczynski, it is from this position that the Power Process spoke to me, and it answered the question which I have long asked myself about the decay of modern society and the depression which is associated with it — we are not living according to our natural state, but completely against it for superficial ends. It is such a simple idea, and yet its implications are wide and interconnected. Those who are deeply invested in surrogate activities will put up complex walls of defense for why he is wrong or why their surrogate activity is actually part of the Power Process. I recall a Counter Currents podcast with Greg Johnson and Rich Houck about the legacy of Ted Kaczynski, where Greg accused Ted of naivety for considering culture and science surrogate activities. Cope. In the grand scheme of things, they are, especially in so far as people would be willing to die for culture and science but not for their own flesh and blood. Surrogate activities have inverted our priorities and we no longer see the world through the natural and organic lens of kinship, blood, life, home and hearth. Is it any wonder we are so detached from reality and depressed? It's why we're losing — too proud of our cultural, technological and intellectual accomplishments to even know how to do the basics of life.
Anyway — my good friend @Fyrgen recently recorded a new podcast for his website (which you can subscribe via Substack, SubscribeStar and Patreon), in which he discusses the Power Process with Heiðrūn. If you haven't subscribed, please do so, and help support his efforts, or if you cannot, please give them your time and share them.
https://news.1rj.ru/str/fyrgen/1394
His new episode discusses his thoughts on The Northman and the moral paradigm of the film from a Heathen perspective.
I have often mentioned my Naturalist, biocentric worldview which informs the fundamental layer of both my spiritual beliefs and my political ideals. I see man as mammal as the lowest common denominator for all things, and while not everything can be reduced to the biological level (such as the spiritual), it is epiphenomenal to it. Consequently I see most human behaviour, including writing this post for you to read, as superfluous nonsense.
The Natural state of man is reproducing and raising a family, becoming strong warriors and loving mothers to defend ones family and home. Everything else is either a betterment or a detriment to that goal. The goal of politics is to defend that goal, the goal of economics should be a means to an end of that goal too, and of course spirituality should be concurrent with that goal, and it is on this issue that paganism finally made sense to me many years ago, as well as how harmful an inclusive, universal faith can be. Some people feign superiority that such a primitive mindset is somehow below them, or they make excuses for how it can be more nuanced, but ultimately that's what matters on the most foundational level of all things. If one were to answer the question of 'Why does race matter?', it is because it is informed by such a biocentric worldview of natural human tribalism.
Returning to Kaczynski, it is from this position that the Power Process spoke to me, and it answered the question which I have long asked myself about the decay of modern society and the depression which is associated with it — we are not living according to our natural state, but completely against it for superficial ends. It is such a simple idea, and yet its implications are wide and interconnected. Those who are deeply invested in surrogate activities will put up complex walls of defense for why he is wrong or why their surrogate activity is actually part of the Power Process. I recall a Counter Currents podcast with Greg Johnson and Rich Houck about the legacy of Ted Kaczynski, where Greg accused Ted of naivety for considering culture and science surrogate activities. Cope. In the grand scheme of things, they are, especially in so far as people would be willing to die for culture and science but not for their own flesh and blood. Surrogate activities have inverted our priorities and we no longer see the world through the natural and organic lens of kinship, blood, life, home and hearth. Is it any wonder we are so detached from reality and depressed? It's why we're losing — too proud of our cultural, technological and intellectual accomplishments to even know how to do the basics of life.
Anyway — my good friend @Fyrgen recently recorded a new podcast for his website (which you can subscribe via Substack, SubscribeStar and Patreon), in which he discusses the Power Process with Heiðrūn. If you haven't subscribed, please do so, and help support his efforts, or if you cannot, please give them your time and share them.
https://news.1rj.ru/str/fyrgen/1394
His new episode discusses his thoughts on The Northman and the moral paradigm of the film from a Heathen perspective.
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The Fyrgen Podcast - Episode 3: The Power Process
In this episode I'm joined by Heiðrūn to discuss and expand upon Ted Kaczynski's concept of The Power Process and resulting Surrogate Activities. How have we lost personal agency? Was it taken from us or did…
In this episode I'm joined by Heiðrūn to discuss and expand upon Ted Kaczynski's concept of The Power Process and resulting Surrogate Activities. How have we lost personal agency? Was it taken from us or did…
Forwarded from COLE WOLFSSON (COLE WOLFSSON)
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“Tradition, which is always old, is at the same time ever new because it is always reviving - born again in each new generation, to be lived and applied in a new and particular way. Convention is simply the ossification of social customs. The activities of conventional people are merely excuses for NOT acting in a more integrally human way. Tradition nourishes the life of the spirit; convention merely disguises its interior decay.”
~Thomas Merton
~Thomas Merton
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