The footnote on the Cynics in Tarsus is intriguing. I think I'll have to go back to your earlier article on the Stoics and Cynics to get a grasp on this.
I love the way you point to the spiritual and inward quest as a foundation for any meaningful resistance.
It's a foregone conclusion for me that I am now destined to increase my library by the addition of "The Forest Passage" and "Eumeswil"... Thanks to W.D.J for the interest in Ernst Jünger.
The predicament is that "the enemy" has fused their agenda with the notion of progress, so that going against their agenda is seen as retrograde and "anti-progress". Fueled by the novelty of technologically bedazzling new "immersive" toys, and the corrosion of ethics, integrity, and etiquette - it is a gamified enslavement.
One of my favourite authors together with a painting of my favourite painter, that is a good basis for an essay. I have read "Der Waldgang" multiple times. Nearly every page contains passages that hit you like a sledge hammer. This is one of my favourites:
"The great danger is that people rely too heavily on this help and become helpless when it is not forthcoming. Every comfort must be paid for. The situation of the pet entails that of the slaughter animal." (translated from the German version of the book)
Ernst Jünger converted to the Catholic faith at the end of his life. Do you think that Jesus could play a role in uniting the "friends" as our age is getting more and more satanic?
I think it is correct that some of the evil in our time is properly thought of as demonic. We need at least some aspects of a religious vocabulary to even make sense of what is going on. Hence, I’m fairly optimistic that a growing number of people will see the ‘spiritual’ aspect of this. I absolutely think Jesus and Christianity should play a big part in that. The churches don’t always do what they should though. Who knows exactly how things will play out? I do think people of good will will come together. We’ll have to see what that looks like. I think it will include some of the old things but will include new things as well.
Computer screens are camouflage for the New Age of warfare... each an individual drop in a vast sea of resistance.
It's an interesting and refreshing anomaly that you've identified... that being the recent redefining of friends vs enemies.
What a wonderful and clarifying exposition!
The footnote on the Cynics in Tarsus is intriguing. I think I'll have to go back to your earlier article on the Stoics and Cynics to get a grasp on this.
I love the way you point to the spiritual and inward quest as a foundation for any meaningful resistance.
You have truly inspired me!
Agreed... wholeheartedly!
It's a foregone conclusion for me that I am now destined to increase my library by the addition of "The Forest Passage" and "Eumeswil"... Thanks to W.D.J for the interest in Ernst Jünger.
Humbling words, especially coming from you.
The predicament is that "the enemy" has fused their agenda with the notion of progress, so that going against their agenda is seen as retrograde and "anti-progress". Fueled by the novelty of technologically bedazzling new "immersive" toys, and the corrosion of ethics, integrity, and etiquette - it is a gamified enslavement.
One of my favourite authors together with a painting of my favourite painter, that is a good basis for an essay. I have read "Der Waldgang" multiple times. Nearly every page contains passages that hit you like a sledge hammer. This is one of my favourites:
"The great danger is that people rely too heavily on this help and become helpless when it is not forthcoming. Every comfort must be paid for. The situation of the pet entails that of the slaughter animal." (translated from the German version of the book)
Ernst Jünger converted to the Catholic faith at the end of his life. Do you think that Jesus could play a role in uniting the "friends" as our age is getting more and more satanic?
I think it is correct that some of the evil in our time is properly thought of as demonic. We need at least some aspects of a religious vocabulary to even make sense of what is going on. Hence, I’m fairly optimistic that a growing number of people will see the ‘spiritual’ aspect of this. I absolutely think Jesus and Christianity should play a big part in that. The churches don’t always do what they should though. Who knows exactly how things will play out? I do think people of good will will come together. We’ll have to see what that looks like. I think it will include some of the old things but will include new things as well.