Very glad to have found your writing. Have you also read Jacques Ellul’s ‘The New Demons’? Chapter VI ‘Secular Religions: Political Religion’ resonates with your mention of;
“political passions” as “Marxist hocus-pocus” a submission of rational thought to mysticism
‘Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition’ (G.A.Magee) is also a deep dive into the gnostic underpinnings of (as you rightly say) the rot going much further back. I’ve enjoyed the output of New Discourses & Sovereign Nations in attempting to understand the culture shock I experienced working only on the periphery of Canadian Ed system (having worked over 25 yrs in the UK). Hypernormalization is the air breathed here and it’s been impossible to find any intellectual kin who value traditional pedagogy & content. Great to find a Canadian voice. I’ll be binging on your articles now to catch up. Wish I knew people in my locale who resonated similarly.
Thank you for reading. And thanks for the recommendations (I have much more reading to do of Ellul and Hegal and endless others lol). I read your substack and loved it. We are very like minded (and the musical background thing is similar too). And yes I agree both New Discourse and Sovereign Nations are valuable resources. I'm looking forward to reading more on your substack. Great to meet you!!
Very glad to have found your writing. Have you also read Jacques Ellul’s ‘The New Demons’? Chapter VI ‘Secular Religions: Political Religion’ resonates with your mention of;
“political passions” as “Marxist hocus-pocus” a submission of rational thought to mysticism
‘Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition’ (G.A.Magee) is also a deep dive into the gnostic underpinnings of (as you rightly say) the rot going much further back. I’ve enjoyed the output of New Discourses & Sovereign Nations in attempting to understand the culture shock I experienced working only on the periphery of Canadian Ed system (having worked over 25 yrs in the UK). Hypernormalization is the air breathed here and it’s been impossible to find any intellectual kin who value traditional pedagogy & content. Great to find a Canadian voice. I’ll be binging on your articles now to catch up. Wish I knew people in my locale who resonated similarly.
Thank you for reading. And thanks for the recommendations (I have much more reading to do of Ellul and Hegal and endless others lol). I read your substack and loved it. We are very like minded (and the musical background thing is similar too). And yes I agree both New Discourse and Sovereign Nations are valuable resources. I'm looking forward to reading more on your substack. Great to meet you!!
Great to meet you too and thanks for the feedback.