An Important Announcement
Going forward, the purpose of this website will shift considerably. Its main focus will be to develop the dialectic of freedom, as explained by Nicholas Berdyaev in his magnificent study of Dostoevsky’s work, entitled simply Dostoevsky…
Why I would not make a good father
I need to understand where my anti-natalism comes from. Although I do believe that to some extent it is informed by my observations of the external reality, there is an inner aspect to it that I shall reveal here – for my own benefit primarily, but maybe others can see themselves in what I am about to related as well…
Abortion: A Matter of Principle But Always a Choice
Abortion is always a matter of principle, but always remains a choice. This essay makes the case for pro-choice on Christian and liberal grounds…
In Defence of Death II
In Defence of Death, part two, is the continuation of an essay with the same title. It explains why we need religion to build a culture in which the moment of death is not feared…
On Intimacy: Between Body and Soul
God is dead. So we were told. Nature is dying. So we are told. Communities are vanishing. So we are told. Where then can we find meaning? In the relationship between oneself and another person. Intimacy is key for such a relationship to develop. This essay argues this case…
The Meaning of the Cross
The essay explores the meaning of the Cross within the theological framework of Easter, in a philosophical, psychological and social way, stressing three meanings behind the symbol…
On “dangerous” books: Mein Kampf, The Communist Manifesto & White Fragility
It is very dangerous for a society to be blind to its dark side. As such, reading “dangerous” books like Mein Kampf, The Communist Manifesto and White Fragility is a must. However, it matters how one reads them…
The Brothers Karamazov: The Life, Teachings and Death of Starets Zosima, A Case Study for A Godless Society
Isaiah Berlin stressed that the Russian authors were primarily concerned with moral questions. This case study provides an insight into the moral questions related to faith and God which Dostoyevsky aimed to highlight in his magistral work, The Brothers Karamazov…
Was the Holocaust evil? | Moral Relativism and Nihilism
This is an essay on moral relativism and its link to nihilism. “Can slavery be good?”, “Is human experimentation good or evil?”, “Is rape evil?” – moral relativists answer these questions with “maybe”…
Religious Persecutions under Communism in Eastern Europe
A brief report onr religious persecution under communism in Eastern Europe. The publication includes a summarised but important context about the philosophical origins of the anti-religious ideas, sentiments and campaigns that the communist implement against all faiths, albeit to different extent…
Creating the “New Man”: Marxist Re-education under Communism and in the West today | Full Report
This publication looks at how Critical Race Theory (CRT) is used to reshape the Western mind, in the light of the re-education process under communist regimes…
The Pitesti Experiment, or “The Genocide of Souls” | A Case Study of Marxist Re-education in Communist Romania
The Experiment from Pitesti was a brutal example of Marxist re-education under the communist regime of Romania. It provides important lessons for us today if we go down the road of far-Left (Woke) ideology…
Answering Jordan Peterson’s Question to Stephen Fry: On God and Suffering
In a conversation with Jordan Peterson, Stephen Fry focused on the issue with suffering and God, stating that like Ivan Karamazov he rejects God’s world because of the unjustified suffering of children. This is my answer to the issue of suffering in a world created by God…
Western civilisation and religion in a secular age
Can the Western civilisation be secular? Can religion and God be replaced by manmade alternatives like humanism and socialism? This essay traces the recent polls on this matter and looks back at history to learn how the spiritual abyss of the Western world has been produced…
Why many young Westerners hate Hitler but are unsure about Stalin? | Full Report
Orwell noted in 1944 that English intellectuals rejected Hitler at the cost of accepting Stalin. Hitler remains a symbol of evil and justly so. Stalin however, as a figure of international socialism, or communism, remains an uncertain name in the mind of many Westerns. This report explores why this is the case…
The Poet with Bright Eyes
Those who sell themselves to please the fashionable ways of the world shall find a fate worse than death for they shall have no peace in this life nor in the one after: regret is heavier than eternity…
China Today – The Economics and Geopolitics of the New National Socialists
How does the CCP treat its citizens and the neighbouring areas? Is the “economic miracle” really a miracle? These are some of the questions that this essay will seek to answer…
Cherry Blossom
“[…] I will never forgive those who sold out love for their mortality.” Cherry Blossom is a short story about a man mourning the loss of his lover, a soldier who died after five years in a comma…
The Aftermath of Tiananmen Square 1989
The Aftermath of Tiananmen Square 1989 massacre left immediate and long-term scars on China and the world…
The Tiananmen Square Protests and Massacre of 1989
“[…] when two lines of martial law troops drove their tanks from either side into the square, they were going well over 60 miles an hour. Completely insane. At the time, there were still 20,000, 30,000 people or more who hadn’t left the square. […]”
Indigo Red
The star shines again, but the dead remain dead. A short story of war and loss, painted with words of aesthetic significance…
A Century of Cries for Freedom in China
The context in which he Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989 must be viewed: China has over 100 years of history of pro-freedom protests…
The last days of shepherds
The last days of shepherds were upon the world. A new dawn had arrived, a new civilisation built on illusions and emptiness had spawned – and it was going to be magnificent…
The Genealogy of Colours
Helena, twelve years old, is a blind girl who wants to know what colours are. But how can we explain what colours are to someone who never saw them? Breaking the barrier of blindness, reaching into the realm of the soul, where the answers to every question lie…
The Butoh Dance: From Rebellion to Tradition in Japan
The interesting birth of Japanese butoh dance, its link to Yukio Mishima’s work and the important role of tradition in maintaining alive our unique identity in order to create the universality of civilisation…
The role of faith in the age of space exploration: how can humanity deal with the infinite unknown?
As humanity approaches a new age of space exploration, this essay argues that reason, imagination and intuition are not enough for us to explore space humanely and to avoid disasters. Faith is also necessary to guide us through the infinite unknown…
Hardcore Posers
“Grimes might have made an innocent joke that attracted the attention of newspapers and the social media crowds, but the prank was an echo of something much deeper among some of the most successful and wealthy people on the planet…”
Nostalgia
Nostalgia, or the aching to return home. This article explores this concept in-depth, starting with Tarkovsky’s masterpiece, “Nostalghia”…
Shirts
Shirts is a short story that follows Bill, a corporate worker who aims high but realises that the corporate ladder he was meant to climb through hard work and dedication does not exist. A world of politics and propaganda, Bill realises what many of us already know…
Better days…
“…I am tired now and cancer is eating my lungs. I thought you should know that you died in vain on that cold and muddy battlefield in Europe…”
I pull my own teeth out
This is the best non-satirical political satire you’ll ever read: the story of Joseph Stalin the university professor, not the communist dictator…
1973
It is now 2003 and the images held by a wrinkled polaroid in the pocket of an American soldier are covered in blood and dust…
The Life and Legacy of Sir Roger Scruton
Roger Scruton FBA FRSL (1944-2020) was a writer and philosopher who published more than forty books in philosophy, aesthetics, and politics…
A cup of blue
Abstraction is a mighty tool to explore reality as life imitates art. A short story about time, identity and imagination…
The River
Inspired by Peter Wessel Zapffe’s essays, The River follows the life story of a creek that grows into a river, clean and healthy. Until one day…
Salvador and Andrea
A short story about two gay lovers discussing truth, reason and intution…
What does “Wild” mean ?
“Wild and free”, “wild nature”, “into the wild”, “wild spirit”, “wild animal”, wilderness […] a world of overwhelming beauty that deeply speaks to each one of us…
Give your children meaningful names
It may not seem like much but naming your child with a name that has a story that inspires, a name which fits their energy, words that carry history…
We all live in Edward Hopper’s paintings
Loneliness is wide spread in the modern world, affecting men and women of all ages. Despite having a lot more than any other civilisation, we have a lot less of what matters…
Nobody can serve two masters
This is the first article in a series of three that depict how the communists in Romania plotted and attempted to destroy the Catholic, Greek-Catholic and Orthodox Churches…
The Function of Beauty
“Beauty helps us transcend the human condition, opening the doors of an unlimited and universal world of here and now”…
The Prisons
This article is a continuation of “The Arrest”, which you can read in the Project 1989 page, The Stolen Church: 16 Years of Detention. It details the horrors of the communist prisons in Romania.
On a balcony in California
This is a short romantic story, unfolding on a balcony in California at the edge of the infinite, where all ends and begins at once.
Ce que le jour doit à la nuit
“What the day owes the night”, screened by French director Alexandre Arcady, is based on a story written by Algerian author, Yasmina Khadra. The movie was recommended to me by a good friend with whom I reconnected recently after 15 years, by chance.
For the Individual
The individual is the most important unit in society. Without the individual, our civilisation cannot exist. As such, defending…
The Headless Hydra
The Hydra is an ancient concept, charged with all the fears and frustrations that are wired in us as creatures of stability, order and guidance. For example, in ancient Babylon, the myth of Marduk, the multi-eyed god, fought and killed Tiamat, a water dragon made of “watery” chaos.
What if the hippies were right?
We burn ourselves to hell for the future, and the hippies saw that. Congratulations to us on our evolutionary advantage over everything except ourselves.
What is to be done then?
Rethinking investment return
The notion of investment return, quantifiable and financial, is in dire need for reform. It has become too rigid…
La Grande Bellezza
A review of one of the greatest movies ever made, which celebrates the squalor and beauty of human life. La Grande Bellezza is a lesson about what it means to be human…
Zdzisław Beksiński
“Meaning is meaningless to me. I do not care for symbolism and I paint what I paint without meditating on a story.” Zdzisław Beksiński (1981)