Author: aristocratsofthesoul
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A Generation of Sociopaths by Bruce Gibney: Book Review
If you hate Baby Boomers, A Generation of Sociopaths: How the Baby Boomers Betrayed America will push you over the edge to calling for death panels. Bruce Cannon Gibney diagnoses Boomers as sociopaths, referring to the DSM-V’s description of antisocial personality disorder which describes Boomers perfectly: ego-centric, goal-setting based on personal gratification; lack of concern for the feelings,…
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The Revolt of the Angels by Anatole France: Book Review
Anatole FranceThe Revolt of the Angels What if some Gnostics (and Platonists) were correct in thinking that Yahweh is actually a nefarious demiurge, and that Lucifer and the fallen angels aren’t all that bad? Anatole France took this idea and ran with it in his 1914 novel The Revolt of the Angels. Eventually, France’s entire works…
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Seraphita by Balzac: A Swedenborgian Novel About the Life of an Angel
Honoré de Balzac’s primarily novels were studies of French society in the nineteenth century. But on a few occasions he branched out into something more personal, and meant for the few, when he delved into short novels based on the writings of the Swedish mystic Emmanuel Swedenborg. Séraphîta was first published in a literary magazine in 1834…
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Revolution from Above by Kerry Bolton: Book Review
Kerry BoltonRevolution from AboveArktos Media, 2011 Revolution from Above, written by scholar Dr. Kerry Bolton, isn’t the typical book on New World Order conspiracy theories. Usually such books are poorly cited from speculative sources and veer more toward opinion than scholarship. Bolton’s work is the gold standard for books about the secret ties between the World Controllers such as…
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The Dharma Manifesto by Sri Dharma Pravartaka Acharya: Book Review
Sri Dharma Pravartaka AcharyaThe Dharma Manifesto: A New Vision for Global TransformationArkos Media, 2013 This post may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I may earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. The Dharma Manifesto is a socio-political call for activists to push societies closer to the principles…
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H. Rider Haggard’s The People of the Mist
Leonard Outram and his older brother Tom should have inherited their family’s grand estate, with the hall lined with portraits of their ancestors. But their father, Sir Thomas Outram, was a drunk and a gambler. He went bankrupt and shot himself, leaving his two sons to sell off Outram Hall and all its possessions. The…
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Ride the Tiger: Julius Evola on Living in the Modern World
One of the most popular ideas developed by Julius Evola is to “ride the tiger,” a reference to a Hindu parable about a tiger running toward someone. Rather than being attacked, the person jumps on the tiger and rides it, until the tiger is tired of running. Such an action has parallels to walking the…
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The Plumed Serpent: D.H. Lawrence on the Pagan Revival
We must change back to the vision of the living cosmos; we must.The oldest Pan is in us, and he will not be denied. The Plumed Serpent is the story of an Aztec pagan revolution that spreads through Mexico during the time of the Mexican Revolution (the 1910s). Published in 1926, it also has themes of…
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Julius Evola’s The Doctrine of Awakening: Book Review
Julius EvolaThe Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According to the Earliest Buddhist TextsInner Traditions, 1996 In The Yoga of Power, Julius Evola wrote about the alchemical “wet path” based on esoteric Hinduism. In The Doctrine of Awakening he turns his attention to the “dry path,” an intellectual and ascetic path of detachment based on Theravāda Buddhism. This post…
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Neotantra vs. Tantra: 6 Key Differences
When New Agers talk about Tantra, more often than not they’re actually referring to Neotantra, a modern movement focusing on sacred sexuality but having little to do with the ancient and medieval Tantrik traditions. According to Christopher D. Wallis in Tantra Illuminated, a book that deals with nondual Ṥaiva Tantra, “no Indian tradition has been more…