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Agreement, Mutual Aid, and Love (Reviving Federalism, Part 2)

by W.D James Three of the most important factors in the emergence, growth, and maintenance of organic social order are free agreement, mutual aid, and love. Typically, a particular thinker will emphasize one above the others. In his foundational political treatise on federalism of 1603, Politica, Johannes Althusius brings them all into play and weaves … Continue reading Agreement, Mutual Aid, and Love (Reviving Federalism, Part 2)

Life philosophy: beyond left and right

by Paul Cudenec The global industrial-financial complex has been doing its best for decades now to ensure there is no real ideological opposition to its life-hating agenda. In part, it achieves this through relentless propaganda assuring us that its brutal assault on humankind and nature amounts to "progress" or "growth" or "innovation" or positive "change". … Continue reading Life philosophy: beyond left and right

A Republic of Republics of Republics (Reviving Federalism, Part 1)

by W.D James Federalism is not a sexy concept. I think that is unfortunate. I can’t help but notice that with the rapid onslaught of authoritarian and totalitarian developments in Western Democracies over the past eight or so years, the United States has fared a little better than others. To limit ourselves to the Anglosphere, … Continue reading A Republic of Republics of Republics (Reviving Federalism, Part 1)

Video: The Corruption is Real and Sickening

We are delighted to be able to share a link to a new 16-minute video that has just been published by Drs Mark and Sam Bailey in New Zealand, based on some of Paul Cudenec's recent writing. It can be found here. Please do have a look and, if you like it, share it with … Continue reading Video: The Corruption is Real and Sickening

The spirit of Sophia: against Moloch and the machine

by Paul Cudenec For readers primarily interested in my political writing, this current exploration of the sophiological tradition via the pages of The Heavenly Country might not seem terribly relevant. But in fact the ideas I have been discussing here are of fundamental importance for the building of our New Resistance against the criminocracy. Their … Continue reading The spirit of Sophia: against Moloch and the machine

The spirit of Sophia: nature and grace

by Paul Cudenec "This was the Beauty and excellence of Eternal Nature, that all her divided, contrary properties were united into one undivided property in the Eternal Earth, where all their contrarieties were reduced to the most perfect union, agreement and harmony". [1] So writes the English mystic John Pordage in his 1683 work Theologia … Continue reading The spirit of Sophia: nature and grace

The spirit of Sophia: wild air and wisdom

by Paul Cudenec I must have been around 15 years old when I first realised that there was something deeply wrong with modern society. A few years later I had noticed that this situation was getting markedly worse and, a bit later still, it dawned on me that, in addition, the rate of this decline … Continue reading The spirit of Sophia: wild air and wisdom