Civilization is also separation from an original wholeness and grace. The poor thing we call our “human nature” was not our first nature; it is a pathological condition. All the consolations and compensations and prosthetics of an ever more technicized and barren world do not make up for the emptiness. John Zerzan From its inception, civilization has been religious. Before the earliest civilizations, humans (and … Continue reading Religion, Power & Civilizations
Knowledge forbidden?Suspicious, reasonless. Why should their LordEnvy them that? Can it be a sin to know?Can it be death? Milton As a whole, humans are still operating inside of our own species, telling stories about human conquests over nature and over each other. This is the stuff of history: what territory was taken, which dynasties usurp other dynasties, what great things have been invented, who … Continue reading Out of Eden (and back)
Tis the time’s plague, when madmen lead the blind. King Lear I know I’m a little behind the news cycle now, but there was so much hand-wringing over Stephen Miller’s speech at the Charlie Kirk memorial service that I had to check out the full text and weigh in. The typical liberal reaction was a direct comparison of Miller’s remarks to Joseph Goebbels’ greatest hits, … Continue reading Stephen Miller’s Charlie Kirk Speech: A Small Man’s Revenge
