“..most extraordinary of all is perhaps the claim to set up this abnormal civilization as the very type of all civilization, to regard it as Civilization with a capital letter, and even as the only one which deserves the name…” – Rene Guenon, in East and West
Philosophy
Muhammad Abduh, Egyptian Freemasonry, and the British Mandate
A list of sources, and commentary: I first heard rumors of Muhammad Abduh, Rashid Ridha, and their ideological father – Jamal al-din al-Afghani, having been high degree Freemasonic initiates about 16 years ago. Initially I dismissed the idea, it seemed to make little sense at the time, but I ran into this historical bugbear now […]
Melancholia, and random thoughts, on the CD deck is Death in June
When walking in Melancholia, I tend to listen to Death In June’s NADA! on a repeat loop. Something about that record is kind of soothing to me. NADA is, I’m convinced, one of the best Industrial and dark synth-pop records of the 80’s, and one of Death In June’s own masterpieces. Though the collaborations with […]
Quotes of the day for 12, January 2009
“90% of Communication is just presentation. You should think that over, why speak in the first place if no one can understand you. You are communicating for a listener, for them, not for yourself. So you should make sure they at least understand. This is why academics cannot easily affect any significant direct change in […]