steampunk

Although I never seem to be able to accept any trend, subculture, etc. as it is, I must say I admire those inolved in the steampunk subculture, which, to quote the New York Times, “encapsulates the aesthetic expression of a time-traveling fantasy world, one that embraces music, film, design and now fashion, all inspired by the extravagantly inventive age of dirigibles and steam locomotives, brass diving bells and jar-shaped protosubmarines of the 19th century”. Some gifted people of this movement also redesign or adjust technological devices to incorporate touches of the real or imagined past. Above you can see one such invention; compared to ordinary, rather unaesthetic desktop computers, it looks brilliant. I must confess I also like the steampunk aesthetic in general, which creatively adapts the Victorian aesthetic principles to the present day. There are much worse and ugly subcultures than this, in my opinion.

ragnarök, the end and the beginning

(Faroese stamp depicting the return of Baldur and Hodur)

 

Eschatology is the doctrine of how cosmic order will come to an end, or be destroyed. In the Germanic mythology, the god Odin tries to foresee and forestall the demise of the world-order. However, despite the doom and gloom, the Germanic cosmology shows that renewal, at least in some new form, is also part of the process: After the old order collapses, the relative unconscious disorder will only be temporary; the patterns of order and consciousness will reassert themselves. In The Northern Dawn, Dr. Stephen E. Flowers also points out that while the word ragnarök is conventionally used to describe the destruction of the world, it really means ”judgement” or ”plan” (of the gods), and could just as easily be used to describe the birth of the world-order.

In the more mundane realm, we can perceive the Germanic cycle of birth-death-rebirth within our present situation. However massive and inevitable the current decline and destruction of the European national traditions, identities, and cultures may now seem, eventually a renewal, or rebirth, will come to pass. The forces that prevail now, cannot prevail forever, for the order will reassert itself and the disorder and disruption brought by the thurses of multiculturalism will cease. As I have written before, I long for the day when the pendulum swings to the other direction. But this takes time and effort, and means that there must be couragerous people who are not afraid to pit their wills against the power of the thurses.

in the rare old times

oðinsdagr

Remember, today is Anything Can Happen Day; especially for those, who walk in the footsteps of Mr. Wednesday…

runes of night and day

When the dark
holds sway
the earth collides
and shrinks
into my hand

I walk with mountains
in my mind
sharp peaks
steep slopes
and black forest
in the soul

at dawn
dusk turns to dust
I shiver when I grind
yesterday into ash

and trees
humming in my mouth
an old song
made of leaves and wood
spreading slowly
but with adamant certainty
into the opening day

the world
begins to wake
leaving hidden clues
gestures
for man to take

to find out
if he has what it takes
to become
everything
the runes say he is

nietzsche and heidegger

Patrick Lakey, Heidegger: Hut, Todtnauberg, Black Forest, Germany, I, 2005.

When you are in your early twenties, you should read Nietzsche; when you become older (say, 30 years and more), you could switch to Heidegger. But study his works slowly, the way wine is savoured. And don’t slavishly believe his every word (or err to think that I am some sort of ‘Heideggerian’ because I recommend him). And do go out for long walks so your own thoughts may gestate. Who knows, what philosophical insights might spawn from such a combination of theory and practise?

a pox on all their houses

For quite some time now, I have been completely uninterested in reading most of these anti-Islam, semi-political blogs and websites. It is not that I wouldn’t agree with many of them on points regarding multiculturalism and the threats posed by the ”religion of peace”, but I just don’t find them worthy of support or reading anyway. Why? Because most of them, especially the American ones, are so sickeningly anti-European (yet always remember to mention, to the point of it sounding ridicilous, how pro-American, pro-Capitalism and pro-Israel they are). Because of this, I find their writings rather tedious to follow and feel my reading time is best served elsewhere. Their suggested solutions aren’t solutions either, for many of them support the idea of ”spreading democracy” and “pre-emptive attacks” in the Middle-East, even though this will mean that still more immigrants will flood to Western countries, and especially to Europe. But these neocon-leaning Americans and some of their shortsighted European lackeys care little about European cultural heritage or people of European descent, and idiotically view anyone doing so as “anti-Semitic Nazi apologiser”. A pox on all their houses, is all I can say.

sunday morning coming down

trying something danish

This is not bad at all, but I think the Old One-Eye would deserve a bit stronger, darker and more “complex” beer than this. Hopefully one day someone will brew such a beer; it could be named Bölverkr…

taghut

While I personally don’t like to listen black metal, I have to say these guys really have balls. The band in question is Taghut and their debut album Ejaculate Upon the Holy Qur’an was published in early 2008 by a Finnish record label and distributor Primitive Reaction. While Taghut is also anti-Christian, anti-Judaic and, as they claim, generally “anti-human”, when compared to all those cowardly and silly “Satanic” black metal bands, who continue flogging only the dead horse of Christianity, Taghut is at least heretical in a timely way in daring to oppose Islam with songs like Burn The Holy Nations Of Islam and Blaspheme Muhammeds Name. More power to them.