Poignant, but almost self-evident to those few scholars of history that see beyond the self-flagellation of modern academia, and see the spiritual treasure that was abandoned in that civilizational civil war.
The contradictions and errors of modern Eurocratic structure are pushing the continent further into irrelevance, and it will take toppling of those structures to renew the continent as a whole. Ancestral order is the only way back, but how do we achieve a renewal that won't simply be a facsimile and a parody of what was before? How do we bring ourselves to sincerity?
Amos Funkenstein once said, in regards to Manetho and other writers of antiquity, that they consciously constructed "counter-history" in order to destroy 2nd Temple Judaism and Jewish identity.
I think that's psychological projection of the first order, however, I wonder that we can't apply his theory of counter-history to the media complex of the 20th century, when he said:
"... their function is polemical. Their method consists of the systematic exploitation of the adversary's most trusted sources against their grain. Their aim is the distortion of the adversary's self-image, of his identity, through the deconstruction of his memory."
Not only was the last of the great European Civil Wars tragic, but we are increasingly incapable of understanding the scale of that tragedy, as we've lost not only our minds but our memory. This loss of memory and identity has led to the dream-state (or nightmare, really) that we see in Europe and the West today, where no one seems to have any sense of self, let alone national or cultural identity.
You're correct to point out the loss of soul, confidence, immunity, etc... And this is consistent with losing our memories of the world as it existed before 1914.
Fantastic essay/quasi memorial.. Thankyou for your clarity and candor. I believe we are on life support, but if We can remember who We are, and rally around our strengths undivided, We can pull our beleaguered people from the cavernous maw of doom.
No the European culture,spirit and values are already dead and the corpse being picked over by the crows. The current degenerates who govern it are complicit and instrumental in this - the corpse is rotting from the head down.
This was already the case in Evola’s lifetime and speed of decay has increased enormously since then. Even though I have seen it with my own eyes, it is hard to comprehend this , especially in the last 20 years or so. We live in a time of civilisational collapse. The only option for those who understand this is to withdraw into their own world of values, work with these and maybe find a few other like minded souls.
As I am sure you have noticed, Substack is swamped by Zionist conspiracy theories as the cause of the decline of the west. Evola seemed rather disdainful of such garbage (while being no fan of Zionists, who he differentiated from traditional Jewish culture) but as far as I know, he didn’t write specifically on this.
I and probably quite a few others would be interested in an objective analysis of the role and scope of Zionist influence in the decline of the west.
National Socialism, if not strangled in its crib, may have brought a return to European ascendancy and tradition. It was revolutionary with the aim of clearing out liberalism and communism. What came next is unclear
Dresden after the bombing is a splitting image of Gaza.
I've always found it absurd that three cousins, rather than getting together and having a punchup, sent untold tens of millions to their deaths in trench warfare.
Someone get these leaders together for a fair fist fight to decide their disputes.
I used to think this too, but it was the kings who pushed for peace. It was the generals, aristocrats, and politicians that pushed for war. And many European royal family members either served or were involved in the war effort. They didn't just sit in their towers. A good book is Princes in the Trenches by Christina Croft:
The civil war that never ended was actually the thirty years of war. The westphalian order failed to incorporate reallocation of territorial value with assortative migration by adherents to different beliefs.
The idea of nobility can be traced to the commitatus of the yanmaya culture. Nobles had to compete to attract their warriors. The creativity of Europe arises from the individual agency of a people not enslaved but inspired.
What a thought-provoking essay, and a gift to those minds who seek clarity through honest inquiry. Thank you for this!
As an American with a philosophical bent that I can only assume is quite similar to yours, I often wrestle with a sense of shame at the role that my nation played in the sterilization of the Western soul.
I hope that we, the United States, can find a way to revive our soul - not just our economy.
The most magisterial and deeply insightful essay I've yet to encounter on Substack, regarding the catastrophic spiritual dissolution of Europe in particular and Western civilization in general, in the past century. Bravo
I also believe that the wholesale slaughter of the often most intelligent, certainly the bravest of the young European men of 1914-1918, 1939-1945 before many of them had a chance to reproduce, changed the character of succeeding generations in a way that can never be measured.
The weakness of the West would be baffling and unimaginable to the men of 1914.
Pero visto desde afuera, por ejemplo de Latinoamérica, pues mala suerte. Merecen lo que les está pasando y son una civilización vieja, a punto de expirar. Uno viaja a Europa ya no a encontrar a una civilización, sino a tomarse fotos para el álbum familiar y de amigos de esas sus ruinas.
Very well written article that puts together what a lot of people know/are thinking. Very helpful in actually presenting the historical facts in a way that gives a full perspective on what happened.
Its often said history cannot be understood until hundreds of years have passed and never has there been more arrogance in trying to immediately understand the implications of a war than in the Pax Americana. Too often the only resistance to the official narrative is a retarded “we fought on the wrong side” instead of a “the wars should’ve never happened.”This take is balanced and shows the true cost.
A sober, yet necessary article on how we got here. 👍
Poignant, but almost self-evident to those few scholars of history that see beyond the self-flagellation of modern academia, and see the spiritual treasure that was abandoned in that civilizational civil war.
The contradictions and errors of modern Eurocratic structure are pushing the continent further into irrelevance, and it will take toppling of those structures to renew the continent as a whole. Ancestral order is the only way back, but how do we achieve a renewal that won't simply be a facsimile and a parody of what was before? How do we bring ourselves to sincerity?
Amos Funkenstein once said, in regards to Manetho and other writers of antiquity, that they consciously constructed "counter-history" in order to destroy 2nd Temple Judaism and Jewish identity.
I think that's psychological projection of the first order, however, I wonder that we can't apply his theory of counter-history to the media complex of the 20th century, when he said:
"... their function is polemical. Their method consists of the systematic exploitation of the adversary's most trusted sources against their grain. Their aim is the distortion of the adversary's self-image, of his identity, through the deconstruction of his memory."
Not only was the last of the great European Civil Wars tragic, but we are increasingly incapable of understanding the scale of that tragedy, as we've lost not only our minds but our memory. This loss of memory and identity has led to the dream-state (or nightmare, really) that we see in Europe and the West today, where no one seems to have any sense of self, let alone national or cultural identity.
You're correct to point out the loss of soul, confidence, immunity, etc... And this is consistent with losing our memories of the world as it existed before 1914.
While for those of us shocked into remembrance, the devastation is unparalleled
Fantastic essay/quasi memorial.. Thankyou for your clarity and candor. I believe we are on life support, but if We can remember who We are, and rally around our strengths undivided, We can pull our beleaguered people from the cavernous maw of doom.
No the European culture,spirit and values are already dead and the corpse being picked over by the crows. The current degenerates who govern it are complicit and instrumental in this - the corpse is rotting from the head down.
This was already the case in Evola’s lifetime and speed of decay has increased enormously since then. Even though I have seen it with my own eyes, it is hard to comprehend this , especially in the last 20 years or so. We live in a time of civilisational collapse. The only option for those who understand this is to withdraw into their own world of values, work with these and maybe find a few other like minded souls.
No, despair is only appropriate if one is able to know the future, not only surmise it.
No despair, just clinical observation
As I am sure you have noticed, Substack is swamped by Zionist conspiracy theories as the cause of the decline of the west. Evola seemed rather disdainful of such garbage (while being no fan of Zionists, who he differentiated from traditional Jewish culture) but as far as I know, he didn’t write specifically on this.
I and probably quite a few others would be interested in an objective analysis of the role and scope of Zionist influence in the decline of the west.
this is one of the most fantastic pieces of writing I have ever read
National Socialism, if not strangled in its crib, may have brought a return to European ascendancy and tradition. It was revolutionary with the aim of clearing out liberalism and communism. What came next is unclear
Dresden after the bombing is a splitting image of Gaza.
I've always found it absurd that three cousins, rather than getting together and having a punchup, sent untold tens of millions to their deaths in trench warfare.
Someone get these leaders together for a fair fist fight to decide their disputes.
I used to think this too, but it was the kings who pushed for peace. It was the generals, aristocrats, and politicians that pushed for war. And many European royal family members either served or were involved in the war effort. They didn't just sit in their towers. A good book is Princes in the Trenches by Christina Croft:
https://www.amazon.com/Princes-Trenches-Royal-Families-First/dp/B09LWSYT1C
The civil war that never ended was actually the thirty years of war. The westphalian order failed to incorporate reallocation of territorial value with assortative migration by adherents to different beliefs.
The idea of nobility can be traced to the commitatus of the yanmaya culture. Nobles had to compete to attract their warriors. The creativity of Europe arises from the individual agency of a people not enslaved but inspired.
Religion was discredited, but unjustly. This was the murder of the soul.
What a thought-provoking essay, and a gift to those minds who seek clarity through honest inquiry. Thank you for this!
As an American with a philosophical bent that I can only assume is quite similar to yours, I often wrestle with a sense of shame at the role that my nation played in the sterilization of the Western soul.
I hope that we, the United States, can find a way to revive our soul - not just our economy.
The most magisterial and deeply insightful essay I've yet to encounter on Substack, regarding the catastrophic spiritual dissolution of Europe in particular and Western civilization in general, in the past century. Bravo
I also believe that the wholesale slaughter of the often most intelligent, certainly the bravest of the young European men of 1914-1918, 1939-1945 before many of them had a chance to reproduce, changed the character of succeeding generations in a way that can never be measured.
The weakness of the West would be baffling and unimaginable to the men of 1914.
❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
Pero visto desde afuera, por ejemplo de Latinoamérica, pues mala suerte. Merecen lo que les está pasando y son una civilización vieja, a punto de expirar. Uno viaja a Europa ya no a encontrar a una civilización, sino a tomarse fotos para el álbum familiar y de amigos de esas sus ruinas.
Very well written article that puts together what a lot of people know/are thinking. Very helpful in actually presenting the historical facts in a way that gives a full perspective on what happened.
Its often said history cannot be understood until hundreds of years have passed and never has there been more arrogance in trying to immediately understand the implications of a war than in the Pax Americana. Too often the only resistance to the official narrative is a retarded “we fought on the wrong side” instead of a “the wars should’ve never happened.”This take is balanced and shows the true cost.