'We must “R3TVRN” as the trads like to say, but not in the way they want, much to their great disappointment - nay, this is not a return to normality, but rather an anabasis towards arete. We do not need to cling to dead things, nor do we need to abandon them'
I’ve been wanting to read the Anabasis recently, I heard it’s a good read for modern audiences. I just don’t have a lot of time these days, le sigh
Although I agree that the Faustian spirit has been in Europe since in a sort of dormant or embryonic phase since prehistory, as the Aryan individual young man’s quest for fame and divine glory, Spengler does correctly point out that it was a phenomenon of the Renaissance and onwards. The Greeks displayed something of a Faustian spirit in their settler colonialism of the mediterrenean, and extremely outsized innovation, but the Hellenistic period sort of killed that spirit. The Greeks became a despotic people. The Romans, despite their large empire, were always focused on the practical and were never terribly Faustian for that reason. The Greeks continued to dominate philosophy and math while the Romans focused more on engineering and law. The Northern spirit of the Germanics and Gallo-Romans was definitely was a necessary ingredient in the soup that would produce the “European Revolution” but the Germanic tribes were not centralized or urbanized enough to really compound upon it it until the high Middle Ages.
I like the idea of the DNA strand as it’s own Axis Mundi…
Definitely read it at some point. It's on my list. The story is riveting.
Aye, this was a rapid fire thought experiment that got written within a two day span. I am happy with how it turned out, but I think it falls short of what I was getting at - the whole Faustian section, and the whole "jewish trap" requires more scrutiny and accuracy.
I'm going to pick it apart for more ideas though. Anabasis is a fascinating word, and it spurned lots of new avenues for me to ponder - the DNA Axis Mundi randomly came into my mind there at the end. Further thoughts on that?
Great read. I loved how you brought anabasis into the modern context. It gives a real sense of hope—as Xenophon ultimately succeeded. Just requires a reorientation and recalibration towards what is natural and good.
'We must “R3TVRN” as the trads like to say, but not in the way they want, much to their great disappointment - nay, this is not a return to normality, but rather an anabasis towards arete. We do not need to cling to dead things, nor do we need to abandon them'
Well put
I’ve been wanting to read the Anabasis recently, I heard it’s a good read for modern audiences. I just don’t have a lot of time these days, le sigh
Although I agree that the Faustian spirit has been in Europe since in a sort of dormant or embryonic phase since prehistory, as the Aryan individual young man’s quest for fame and divine glory, Spengler does correctly point out that it was a phenomenon of the Renaissance and onwards. The Greeks displayed something of a Faustian spirit in their settler colonialism of the mediterrenean, and extremely outsized innovation, but the Hellenistic period sort of killed that spirit. The Greeks became a despotic people. The Romans, despite their large empire, were always focused on the practical and were never terribly Faustian for that reason. The Greeks continued to dominate philosophy and math while the Romans focused more on engineering and law. The Northern spirit of the Germanics and Gallo-Romans was definitely was a necessary ingredient in the soup that would produce the “European Revolution” but the Germanic tribes were not centralized or urbanized enough to really compound upon it it until the high Middle Ages.
I like the idea of the DNA strand as it’s own Axis Mundi…
Definitely read it at some point. It's on my list. The story is riveting.
Aye, this was a rapid fire thought experiment that got written within a two day span. I am happy with how it turned out, but I think it falls short of what I was getting at - the whole Faustian section, and the whole "jewish trap" requires more scrutiny and accuracy.
I'm going to pick it apart for more ideas though. Anabasis is a fascinating word, and it spurned lots of new avenues for me to ponder - the DNA Axis Mundi randomly came into my mind there at the end. Further thoughts on that?
Every household and soul needs this message today. Thank you for the invigoration brother!
Great read. I loved how you brought anabasis into the modern context. It gives a real sense of hope—as Xenophon ultimately succeeded. Just requires a reorientation and recalibration towards what is natural and good.
Awesome article
Thanks, OP