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 […]
Religion
Wisdom, intellect, and authority: Aqli vs. Naqli knowledge
What is knowledge, and how do we know? How do we come to know what we know. Each civilization has arrived to conclusions on these matters, some give weight to certain answers over others. To understand the intellectual atmosphere in the world of Classical Old Islam you should understand a basic distinction between two modes […]
Some quotes, future forcasts, from Strategic Trends 2007-2036
“Kamal, that’s like totally boring !!!” So, I am reading “Strategic Trends 2007-2036” a document of near future forecasts made by the UK’s Ministry of Defense DCDC Directorate General. I’m also reading a few other interesting bureaucratic pearls that I might post about later. So, you should check it out. Why? Well, I find it […]
the Duende and Romantic Love (from Upton’s Shadow of the Rose)
“Romantic love is much more, however, than the union of sexuality and affection, since this union itself requires a sublimation and refinement of soul. Nor is romantic love necessarily young love, nor adulterous love, nor love framed by war, nor even passionate love in the usual sense. Rather, it is that mode of love which […]