TRADITION AGAINST THE MODERN

"Behaviour that's admired is the path to power among people everywhere."

"lof-dædum sceal
in mægþa gehwære   man geþeon."
Beowulf.  Seamus Heaney translation.  Lines 24 and 25 (depending on translation)

This was true in days of yore.  Not so much in the Modernist exploitation of public opinion toward elections at the polls.  Literature and study in ancestral ways is the quest for regaining Tradition so that a sovereign people can withstand the onslaught of monstrous subversion.  This is the appeal of Julius Evola, Ernst Junger, and others in a return to ourselves as an insistent revolution.  In the context of the above quote perhaps the more RealPolitik of those like Carl Schmitt could be assayed more carefully.  Yes, "Sovereign is he who makes the exception", as stated by Schmitt, might be a return to leadership by merit if the merit is genuine.  When stating my interest in Tradition, I can be entirely too facile about using the word without giving examples of what I mean.  This is an example.   

The inward Spiritual nature of a person and the ability to maintain this nature in the events of the social landscape is what makes a leader.  This was true in Traditional societies whether they were independent Heathen Jarldoms in Scandinavia or Christian regime monarchies in Old Europe.  I think this was also true at the time of the first American Independence endeavor.   Today, election to leadership is more dependent upon support from the agendas of those who control the media and finances. 

Those controlling the media agenda and statist direction of our world have been protested against.  Sometimes as in the case of George Soros they even fund and facilitate the protests.  This keeps everyone in the same place and under a watchful eye.  Generally in this case the enemy is identified as the "one percent" because it is not clear enough to identify the real problem.  I call the one percent "Bolsheviks" because it places the usurpers in a historical and polemical context.  There is another name that is used by others with more penchant for conflict and political incorrectness than myself.  The words they use are forbidden.  There are still those who recognize that the problem can still be associated with them if we are careful.  The ethnic associations can be taken to an extreme and we should be vigilant that hatred does not replace corrective policy and actions.  However, forbidding the expression of certain historical facts on the threat of loss of employment or social ostracism is a despotism that should be resisted. 

This post is on my Heathen blog rather than my political blog because it might be time to enact political themes based upon Spiritual essence rather than practical engineering. The separation of religious impetus from political action is a Liberal concept that has been accepted as a given for too long.    

EXTRAORDINARY GENERATIONAL PRINCIPLES. 

Last night I thought about how runes describe our Transcendent and practical survival as a people.  Whether the actual shapes and names of the staves are known to us, we function according to their potencies and creations.  Generations might go by without anyone having a technical knowledge of runelore yet the Spiritual manifestations for individuals, families, and nations act according to exactly what the runic Mysteries point toward. 

Thus we are shaped by the Mysteries and we have different ways of describing forces and phenomenon that are our heritage. 

 I considered how paradox and polarity are unified in a functional field that will express certain realities.  The polarity concept I got from my own observation of the first rune in the Futhark order as Fehu being next to the last rune in the circle as Othala.  This is the dynamic power of energy or wealth being manifested as the more stable homeland and place for the energy or wealth to find a morre permanent expression.  This is how we live with power.  In Heideggerian terms this is dwelling. 

For a more inclusive model of polarities acting together I use the illustration of Edred Thorsson in some of his books that show how there are 12 concentric rings with runes appearing as opposites and partners forming each one.   On page 148 of Runelore, Edred lists a one word description of each rune potency in each dyad.  This has his usual brilliance and operant knowledge.  I won't list his concise meanings of relationships here because I want to formulate my own meditative observation on the model of manifestation.

Fehu pairs with Othala.  Energetic wealth becomes stable in a rich form of dwelling and homeland.    

Uruz pairs with Dagaz.  Energy moves in a design of gravitational return and energy moves in a paradoxical motion of non-locality.

Thurisaz pairs with Ingwaz.  Thrusting aggressive action meets with a seed that will evolve more slowly into a new life form.

Ansuz pairs with Laguz.  Reasoned, rational, communicated intelligence meets with intuitive perception that has a life force expression.

Raidho pairs with Mannaz.  The way that man must go meets with the man who is destined and skiled to go there.
  
Kenaz pairs with Ehwaz.  Passioned awareness pairs with a partner who shares the expression.

Gebo pairs with Berkano.  The gift of mutuality pairs with the nurturance that will grow something even greater and new.

Wunjo pairs with Tiwaz.  Joy of fellowship and kinship pairs with the loyalty and order principle.

Hagalaz pairs with Sowillo.  The formed hard design meets with the guidance of warmth toward victory.

Nauthiz pairs with Elhaz.  The need for expression and survival meets with divine influence toward best actions.

Isa pairs with Perthro.  Seeming hard intractability meets with the evolution of destiny.

Jera pairs with Eihwaz.  Manifestation on the horizontal plane of space and time meets with the Spiritual guidance on the vertical plane.   

The one word descriptions of Edred Thorsson are far superior to my observation and speculation here.  My interest is in understanding more for myself while relating runic designs to integral efforts that are natural functions of an advanced people who have accomplished much and are encouraged to accomplish more.