Galdr – Icelandic Rune Magic
Unknown
The two manuscripts printed here were transcribed from earlier sources at the beginning of the 19th century, only 100 years after prosecutions for witchcraft had ceased in Iceland. Written around 1800, the first manuscript in this book represents the largest collection of Icelandic magical staves in a single text, while the second manuscript is dated ca. 1820 and shows the influence of contemporary European occultism. Included in the appendix is a large selection of magical runes and spells from various other Icelandic manuscripts, with explanatory notes on their origins, development, and meaning.
Central Sun II
Peryt Shou
This volume brings together two integral works by the Ariosopher known as Peryt Shou. The Guardian at the Gate is a treatise on the coming paradigm shift to a new world-age described in ancient mythological sources and perceptible by those attuned to its energetic frequency. In the author's words: "The aim of this paper was to show that a supra-personal archetypal vision has determined the basic structure of the living soul from the very beginning." Concentration and Will is a practical application of the metaphysical principles outlined in the previous work that focuses on the development of willpower through meditation on the Logos with the intent of aligning our energetic vibrations to those of the world at large. This is an unfinished advance copy.
Gnosis
René Guénon
This collection brings together all of René Guénon's writings for the journal La Gnose between November 1909 and February 1912, when it ceased publication, under the pseudonym Palingénius. He was also the editor, and his contributions in that capacity were signed “La Direction” (Management). The articles are arranged chronologically, and those produced by “La Direction” have also been included in the same way, as some of them contain doctrinal information of interest to researchers. Articles relating to the collaborative project “L'Archéomètre” (The Archeometer), even if they are not openly signed by René Guénon, are also included, as we know that he participated in it with other collaborators, as evidenced by his private correspondence.
Essays on Political Doctrine
Julius Evola
This book brings together twenty-eight articles by Julius Evola published between 1930 and 1958. The texts are arranged in three thematic sections: "Imperial Idea and the New European Order", "Economy and Social Criticism", "Germanism and Nazism".
Devoted to a critique of modern nationalism, a redefinition of the idea of Empire, the question of a genuine "European right", and an analysis of the spiritual and structural conditions of European unity, the first articles in this collection are part of the major metapolitical orientations. In the second part, the reader will find a highly valuable article on the little-known National Socialist concept of the corporation, as well as texts reflecting the debates of Fascist intellectuals on an important point: the "trial of the bourgeoisie". Finally, in the third part, Evola analyses, sometimes very critically, several aspects of National Socialism: its völkisch and particularist nationalism, its biological racism, its "revolutionary" and "anti-Roman" excesses, its paganism and its links with the Reformation and the Enlightenment, its conception of the State, etc.
While it provides a better understanding of Evola's itinerary and the nature of his metapolitical commitment between the wars, this collection is above all an irreplaceable source of information on the ideas discussed under Fascism and National Socialism. The incessant polemics surrounding the latter phenomenon testify above all to the appalling ignorance of official historiography regarding the sources and ideological references of National Socialism: hence the extreme interest of Evola's articles, often written on the basis of first-hand documentation.
The Home of the Strong
Kurt Eggers
Author, poet and military officer Kurt Eggers was born on November 10, 1905, and killed in action on August 12, 1943. In The Home of the Strong, he analyzes Germanic-European history from a National Socialist perspective by conjuring up great heroes and thinkers to the mind's eye - strong men of action whose lives, deeds, and posthumous fame set a shining example for us. The book is a call to renewed action in the eternal struggle of our fight for the “home of the strong.”
The Arctic Home in the Vedas
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
The Arctic Home in the Vedas is a seminal work on the origin of Aryans presented by Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, a mathematician turned astronomer, historian, journalist, philosopher and political leader of India during 1880 to 1920. It propounded the theory that the North Pole was the original home of Aryans during pre-glacial period, which they left due to the ice deluge around 8000 B.C. and migrated to the Northern parts of Europe and Asia in search of lands for new settlements. In support to his theory Tilak has presented certain Vedic hymns, Avestic passages, Vedic chronology and Vedic calendars with interpretations of the contents in detail.
The Worker in the Thought of Ernst Jünger
Julius Evola
This essay presents and analyzes Jünger's main work from his early period, "Der Arbeiter," in which the echoes of his existential experiences as a highly decorated combatant were still alive, and which essentially addresses the problem of vision and the meaning of life in the modern age, and especially in the age of technology. For Jünger, the worker is not a social class, and even less so the proletarian worker. He is a symbol.
In the 1950s, Evola tried unsuccessfully to have a translation of the book published; failing in his attempt, he decided to produce a long annotated paraphrase with updates necessary for the post-World War II period, in order to make it an autonomous and personal work. This new edition includes other of Evola's writings on Jünger published between 1943 and 1974, documenting the evolution of his point of view, and an extensive bibliography.
The Mission of the Sovereigns
Saint-Yves d'Alveydre
Addressed to the political and religious leaders of Europe, this book is a comprehensive treatise on Saint-Yves' political theory of Synarchy; the regime of the philosopher-king in which metaphysics regulates and crowns the socio-economic edifice. Essentially a theocratic imperium based on the traditional concept of Christendom, Synarchy offers a solution to the problems that Saint-Yves correctly predicted would result from a shift in European politics toward the integration of sovereign states following the American model and the consequent disempowerment of the aristocracy. This is an unfinished advance copy.
Germany’s New Religion
Various authors
From the introduction: "So short a book as this does not, of course, make it possible to see all sides and aspects of the conflict which is raging at present in Germany between Christianity and the new religion. But it touches on all the cardinal points at issue, and the three protagonists have their say. In the first place Hauer describes the origin and sketches the aims of his movement, sets forth in outline his criticisms of Christianity and his positive contribution to religious thought, and defines his attitude to Christianity in general and to Jesus Christ in particular. Heim’s article addresses a perceived weakness in Hauer’s view of moral responsibility, and elucidates the fundamental point of difference between the German Faith Movement and Protestant Christianity. Lastly, Karl Adam expressly refuses to be drawn into the methods of controversy, and therefore does not deal in detail with the points raised by Hauer, but rather sets forth in positive form the Roman Catholic doctrine on the issues raised by the appearance of the new movement."
The Fourth Dimension
Charles Hinton
In The Fourth Dimension, mathematician and spiritualist Charles Hinton explores the capacity of human beings to perceive higher dimensions through a process of esoteric training. He argues that acquiring an intuitive perception of higher space requires that we rid ourselves of the ideas of "directionality" inherent in our position as observers of a three-dimensional world. Hinton calls the process "casting out the self", equates it with the process of sympathy, and implies the two processes are mutually reinforcing. In this sense, recognizing and eventually perceiving a higher dimension is not simply a mathematical exercise, but an important to point the way toward a higher realm of existence in both intellectual and genuinely spiritual terms.
Hieroglyphica
Horapollo Nilous
Written reputedly by an Egyptian magus in the fourth century A.D., the Hieroglyphica is an anthology of nearly two hundred “hieroglyphs,” or allegorical emblems, said to have been used by the Pharaonic scribes in representing natural and moral aspects of the world. The work describes how various kinds of natural phenomena, emotions, virtues, philosophical concepts, and human character types were symbolized by the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, providing detailed explanations for each individual emblem. Translated into Greek in 1505, it informed much of Western esoteric iconography from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.
The Wheel of Time
Carlos Castaneda
Near the end of his life, Carlos Castaneda gathered together and reviewed his seminal works on his training as a shaman initiate, recorded in a literary career that spans over thirty years. The result is this groundbreaking collection of quotations - the essence of Castaneda's knowledge, drawn from his landmark books. Enhanced with an introduction and original commentary by the author, this powerful work illuminates the shaman's life as never before.
Included in this edition is the essay Silent Knowledge, published immediately prior to The Wheel of Time, which provides a summary elucidation of the cognitive system discussed in that work, as well as practical instructions for its employment in the form of "magical passes," a series of yoga-like exercises purported to increase spiritual energy.
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Dimensions
Jacques Vallée
In Dimensions, Dr. Jacques Vallee reexamines the historical record that led to the modern UFO phenomenon and to the belief in alien contact. He tackles the enigma of abduction reports, which come from various times and various countries, as well as the psychic and spiritual components of the contact experience. He notes the factors that inhibit research into the phenomenon and concludes that the extraterrestrial theory is simply not strange enough to explain the facts. A serious scientist who has studied the phenomenon of alien contact stories examines past and present claims and offers the startling hypothesis that they are true, but that the reported "beings" are not from other planets or galaxies, that they may inhabit another dimension, a dimension so startlingly different from our own that our consciousness lurches to experience it.
Messengers of Deception
Jacques Vallée
Too many cases of "accidental" alien contact, UFO cults praying to the skies, secret "psychotronic" weapons for bending the human mind… The evidence Jacques Vallee reveals, after many years of scientific investigation, adds up to something more menacing than monsters from outer space. Messengers of Deception documents the growing effect of UFO contact claims on our lives and of the belief systems prevalent in our society. It explores the hidden realities of the cults, the contactees, the murky political intrigues and the motivations of the investigators.
Operation Trojan Horse
John A. Keel
"The real UFO story must encompass all of the many manifestations being observed. It is a story of ghosts and phantoms and strange mental aberrations; of an invisible world that surrounds us and occasionally engulfs us; of prophets and prophecies, and gods and demons. It is a world of illusion and hallucination where the unreal seems very real, and where reality itself is distorted by strange forces which can seemingly manipulate space, time, and physical matter-forces that are almost entirely beyond our powers of comprehension."
John A. Keel (March 25, 1930 - July 3, 2009) was an American journalist and influential UFOlogist best known as the author of "The Mothman Prophecies." In the 1950s, he spent time in Egypt, India, and the Himalayas investigating snake charming cults, the Indian rope trick, and the legendary Yeti, an adventure that culminated in the publication of his first book, "Jadoo." In the mid-1960s, he took up investigating UFOs and assorted Forteana and published his first knockout UFO book, "UFOs: Operation Trojan Horse," in 1970. The book shredded the then trendy nuts-and-bolts extraterrestrial hypothesis for UFOs in favor of one that linked UFOs to a variety of paranormal and supernatural phenomena that have taken place throughout history. Keel was one of the first to note that the UFO phenomenon appears in different disguises-and that one could not begin to decipher this great mystery without first taking into account its many and varied deliberate deceptions.