"The vicissitudes of this war have exposed contrasts in this respect [on 'inner race'], which we would like to discuss briefly here. We shall limit ourselves essentially to the extreme cases, represented, respectively, by Russia and Japan.
It is now well known that Soviet Russia’s conduct of war does not attach the slightest importance to human life or to humanity as such. ... In general, as recent events have shown, the Russian can always face death readily because of a sort of innate, dark fatalism, and human life has been cheap for a long time in Russia. ... The death of the bolshevised man on the battlefield represents, thus, the logical culmination of the process of depersonalisation, and of the destruction of every qualitative and personal value, which underlay the Bolshevik ideal of ‘civilisation’ all along. ... We see here one specific form, albeit one almost incomprehensible to our European mentality, of readiness for death and self-sacrifice, which affords perhaps even a sinister joy in the destruction both of oneself and of others.
Recent episodes of the Japanese war have made known to us a ‘style’ of dying which, from this point of view, seems to have affinities with that of Bolshevik man in that it appears to testify to the same contempt for the value of the individual and of personhood in general. ... Once again, there is something in this which is hardly comprehensible to the Western mind. However, if we try to understand the most intimate aspects of this extreme form of heroism we find values which present a perfect antithesis to those of the lightless ‘telluric heroism’ of Bolshevik man. The premises here are, in fact, of a rigorously religious or, to put it better, an ascetic and mystical character. We do not mean this in the most obvious and external sense – that is, as referring to the fact that in Japan the religious idea and the Imperial idea are one and the same thing, so that service to the Emperor is regarded as a form of divine service, and self-sacrifice for the Tenno and the state has the same value as the sacrifice of a missionary or martyr – but in an absolutely active and combative sense. ... Behind this, according to Zen, that is, the religion of the samurai, there is something incomprehensible and uncontrollable, infinite in itself and capable of infinite forms, so that it is called symbolically sunya, meaning ‘empty’, as against everything which is materially substantial and bound to specific form. ... One can take hold of one’s own life and cast it away at its most intense moment out of super-abundance in the certainty of an eternal existence and of the indestructibility of what, never having had a beginning, cannot have an end. What may seem extreme to a certain Western mentality becomes natural, clear and obvious here.
Here, a little historical reminiscence is called for. Although this is not widely known, our ancient Roman traditions contained motifs concerning the disinterested, heroic offering of one’s own person in the name of the state for the purpose of victory analogous to those which we have seen in the Japanese mysticism of combat. We are alluding to the so-called devotio. ... According to the ancient Roman ritual of devotio, as weunderstand it, a warrior, and above all a chieftain, can facilitate victory by means of a mysterious unleashing of forces determined by the deliberate sacrifice of his own person, combined with the will not to come out of the fray alive. ... And so, in our heritage, points of reference are indicated which stand in radical opposition to the sub-personal and collectivist heroism we discussed above, and not only to that, but to every tragic and irrational vision which ignores what is stronger than fire and iron, and stronger than life and death."
- Julius Evola in Varieties of Heroism
It is now well known that Soviet Russia’s conduct of war does not attach the slightest importance to human life or to humanity as such. ... In general, as recent events have shown, the Russian can always face death readily because of a sort of innate, dark fatalism, and human life has been cheap for a long time in Russia. ... The death of the bolshevised man on the battlefield represents, thus, the logical culmination of the process of depersonalisation, and of the destruction of every qualitative and personal value, which underlay the Bolshevik ideal of ‘civilisation’ all along. ... We see here one specific form, albeit one almost incomprehensible to our European mentality, of readiness for death and self-sacrifice, which affords perhaps even a sinister joy in the destruction both of oneself and of others.
Recent episodes of the Japanese war have made known to us a ‘style’ of dying which, from this point of view, seems to have affinities with that of Bolshevik man in that it appears to testify to the same contempt for the value of the individual and of personhood in general. ... Once again, there is something in this which is hardly comprehensible to the Western mind. However, if we try to understand the most intimate aspects of this extreme form of heroism we find values which present a perfect antithesis to those of the lightless ‘telluric heroism’ of Bolshevik man. The premises here are, in fact, of a rigorously religious or, to put it better, an ascetic and mystical character. We do not mean this in the most obvious and external sense – that is, as referring to the fact that in Japan the religious idea and the Imperial idea are one and the same thing, so that service to the Emperor is regarded as a form of divine service, and self-sacrifice for the Tenno and the state has the same value as the sacrifice of a missionary or martyr – but in an absolutely active and combative sense. ... Behind this, according to Zen, that is, the religion of the samurai, there is something incomprehensible and uncontrollable, infinite in itself and capable of infinite forms, so that it is called symbolically sunya, meaning ‘empty’, as against everything which is materially substantial and bound to specific form. ... One can take hold of one’s own life and cast it away at its most intense moment out of super-abundance in the certainty of an eternal existence and of the indestructibility of what, never having had a beginning, cannot have an end. What may seem extreme to a certain Western mentality becomes natural, clear and obvious here.
Here, a little historical reminiscence is called for. Although this is not widely known, our ancient Roman traditions contained motifs concerning the disinterested, heroic offering of one’s own person in the name of the state for the purpose of victory analogous to those which we have seen in the Japanese mysticism of combat. We are alluding to the so-called devotio. ... According to the ancient Roman ritual of devotio, as weunderstand it, a warrior, and above all a chieftain, can facilitate victory by means of a mysterious unleashing of forces determined by the deliberate sacrifice of his own person, combined with the will not to come out of the fray alive. ... And so, in our heritage, points of reference are indicated which stand in radical opposition to the sub-personal and collectivist heroism we discussed above, and not only to that, but to every tragic and irrational vision which ignores what is stronger than fire and iron, and stronger than life and death."
- Julius Evola in Varieties of Heroism
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Europe separated into ethnic groups by Y-DNA, or male-specific DNA only passed down from father to son. Also the distributions of the patrilineal lines of the three major races of Aryans: Celtics, Germanics, and Slavics.
What is interesting is that the maps exclusively using Y-DNA nearly mirror the general genetic, linguistic, and cultural maps, cementing the patrilineal nature of broader Indo-European culture.
What is interesting is that the maps exclusively using Y-DNA nearly mirror the general genetic, linguistic, and cultural maps, cementing the patrilineal nature of broader Indo-European culture.
Forwarded from Davidus
Why are Bosnia and Serbia excluded from the Slavic group, since 4th image shows then being identical to Croatia, Herzegovina and Slovenia? (with Bosnia even more Slavic than the rest)
Forwarded from Halls of the Hyperboreads
Good point. That map is not my creation, but I always find critiquing sources leads to greater truth. The original author may be confused because when one looks at Y-DNA of the region there is a very interesting presence of an I haplogroup lineage from the old hunter-gatherers of Europe. The author probably assumed, with incorrect stereotyping, that this non-Aryan line must therefore be 'Anatolian' when in reality the prescence of I haplogroup actually shows an isolation from the various Aryan invasions and is therefore a preservation of more ancient indigenous European DNA.
Another branch of I represents another, long-separated branch of these hunter-gatherers and survives in Scandinavia. I suspect the author of that map included this in his 'Germanic' label as others sometimes do. This lineage was not ubiquitous in the Paleolithic, but following the last major cooling in the Ice Age I lineages came to dominate, with proto-I1s re-taking Scandinavia as the glaciers melted and proto-I2s dominating ancient Southern Europe.
Keep in mind these are Y-DNA lineages. They don't necessarily represent overall genetic background or cultural/linguistic differences, only unbroken male lines. Fascinating stories unfold with this specific lens, such as the Neolithic farmer genetics from Anatolia almost exclusively coming into Europe via female lines. A primordial instance of the 'Farmer's daughter' it seems.
Forwarded from caseus
Pizza is the crowning jewel of Aryo-Roman cuisine. The dough represents the great yields produced via subjugation of the earth by farmers, while the cheese, a dairy product, is the hallmark of the Aryan diet and the epitome of Hyperborean nutrition. DiGiorno is a modernist degeneration of this most sacred dish, representative of the Semitic capitalist culture bringing down the Aryan and Roman legacies.
- Julius Evola
- Julius Evola
Forwarded from Salus et Virtus
La única defensa contra personas malas y violentas son personas buenas más hábiles en el uso de la violencia.
The only defense against evil, violent people is good people who are more skilled at violence.
Imagen de la película Yojimbo, dir. Akira Kurosawa (1961).
The only defense against evil, violent people is good people who are more skilled at violence.
Imagen de la película Yojimbo, dir. Akira Kurosawa (1961).
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"He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious."
"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."
- Sun Tzu
"Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories."
- Sun Tzu
Forwarded from Solitary Individual
The soldier and sailor should make simplicity their aim. If you do not make simplicity your aim, you will become effeminate and frivolous and acquire fondness for luxurious and extravagant ways; you will finally grow selfish and sordid and sink to the last degree of baseness, so that neither loyalty nor valor will avail to save you from the contempt of the world.
[from the Japanese Imperial Renoscript to Soldiers and Sailors, issued by Emperor Meiji of Japan in 1882]
[from the Japanese Imperial Renoscript to Soldiers and Sailors, issued by Emperor Meiji of Japan in 1882]
Forwarded from Traditionalism & Metaphysics
For, in the transformation within the Unity, all spirits fail in their own activity, and feel nothing else but a burning up of themselves in the simple Unity of God. This simple Unity of God none can feel or possess save he who maintains himself in the immeasurable radiance, and in the love which is above reason and wayless. In this transcendent state the spirit feels in itself the eternal fire of love; and in this fire of love it finds neither beginning nor end, and it feels itself one with this fire of love. The spirit for ever continues to burn in itself, for its love is eternal; and it feels itself ever more and more to be burnt up in love, for it is drawn and transformed into the Unity of God, where the spirit burns in love. If it observes itself, it finds a distinction and an otherness between itself and God; but where it is burnt up it is undifferentiated and without distinction, and therefore it feels nothing but unity; for the flame of the Love of God consumes and devours all that it can enfold in its Self.
- Jan van Ruysbroeck, The Sparkling Stone
- Jan van Ruysbroeck, The Sparkling Stone
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Forwarded from Götterdämmerung
Let Truth be your horn, sincerity your necklace, and meditation the ashes you apply on your body.
Catch your burning soul and stop the flames. Let the soul be the alms bowl in which you collect the sweet Naam and this will be the only help you will ever need.
The Universe plays its divine sacred music. The sound of reality is shrill, but this is where God is.
When you listen to the reality from this divine place of awareness, the sweet essence of Raag arises.
Waves of melodies, emotions, and passions arise and flow through you. Bind yourself with the song of God.
The Universe spins like a potter’s wheel and from it fly demons and angels. The sage listens to this and instead of getting caught in either one, the sage drinks in the nectar of the heavens and is carried to the heavens in a divine chariot.
Instruct and clothe yourself with self control. Meditate unto infinity until you are meditating without meditating.
In this way, your body shall remain forever golden, and death shall never approach you.
Ray Man Eh Bidh Jog Kamao
-by Guru Gobind Singh
Catch your burning soul and stop the flames. Let the soul be the alms bowl in which you collect the sweet Naam and this will be the only help you will ever need.
The Universe plays its divine sacred music. The sound of reality is shrill, but this is where God is.
When you listen to the reality from this divine place of awareness, the sweet essence of Raag arises.
Waves of melodies, emotions, and passions arise and flow through you. Bind yourself with the song of God.
The Universe spins like a potter’s wheel and from it fly demons and angels. The sage listens to this and instead of getting caught in either one, the sage drinks in the nectar of the heavens and is carried to the heavens in a divine chariot.
Instruct and clothe yourself with self control. Meditate unto infinity until you are meditating without meditating.
In this way, your body shall remain forever golden, and death shall never approach you.
Ray Man Eh Bidh Jog Kamao
-by Guru Gobind Singh
Forwarded from Modern Kshatriya
Thus practicing constant control of the body, mind and activities, the mystic transcendentalist, his mind regulated, attains peace by cessation of material existence.
Bhagavad Gita, 6.15
Bhagavad Gita, 6.15
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Forwarded from Acroaticus Atlas Aryanis
"Man is the most divine of all beings, for amongst all living things, Atum associates with him only- speaking to him in dreams at night, fortelling the future for him in the flight of birds, the bowels of beasts and the whispering oak. All other living things inhabit only one part of the cosmos- fishes in water, animals on the earth, birds in the air. Man penetrates all of these elements. With his sense of sight, he even grasps the heavens."
-The Hermetica.
-The Hermetica.
Forwarded from The Classical Wisdom Tradition
The biggest puzzle arising is that comprehension of the One is neither by scientific understanding nor by intellection, as it is in the case of other intelligibles. It corresponds rather to a presence which is better than scientific understanding. But the soul undergoes a departure from its unity and the fact that it is not altogether a unity, whenever it attains scientific understanding. For scientific understanding involves an account, and an account is multiple. The soul, then, passes by the One when it falls into number and multiplicity. So, it should run above scientific understanding, and in no way exit from its unity, and should depart from scientific understanding, and the objects of scientific understanding, indeed all else, even from the vision of Beauty. For everything beautiful is posterior to the One, and comes from it, just as all daylight comes from the sun.
Plotinus, 6.9.4
Plotinus, 6.9.4