Ascending the Tower http://www.socialmatter.net Statecraft For American Restoration Sun, 30 Apr 2017 19:53:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.9 http://www.socialmatter.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/basilisk-32x32.jpg Ascending the Tower http://www.socialmatter.net 32 32 Ascending the Tower is a podcast hosted by Nick B. Steves and Surviving Babel which subjects contemporary politics and society to neoreactionary analysis, though without getting lost in the thicket of object-level discussions. Meta-politics, culture, philosophy, media, society, and fun. <br /> <br /> Ascending the Tower is a program produced by the Hestia Society and distributed by Social Matter. Ascending the Tower clean Ascending the Tower socialmattermag@gmail.com socialmattermag@gmail.com (Ascending the Tower) Outer Right: Meta-politics, culture, philosophy Ascending the Tower http://www.socialmatter.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/itunesatt.jpg http://www.socialmatter.net Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 5 – Ethnic vs. Religious Loyalties http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/04/01/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-5-ethnic-vs-religious-loyalties/ Sat, 01 Apr 2017 13:00:26 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=10298 http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/04/01/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-5-ethnic-vs-religious-loyalties/#comments Anthony DeMarco <p>This week, Anthony pulls in religious traditionalism and begins looking at conflict points in relation to ethno-nationalism. He sets the stage for the next several weeks with a survey episode of the current situation within Restoration.</p> <p>Solo Climb #5 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, and Walrus Aurelius. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.</p> <p> </p> <p>Notes:<br /> 4:15 The tension between trad religion and ethno-thedishness<br /> 6:58 Different European strains of trad religion<br /> 14:42 Historical perspectives on ethno-religious European conflict<br /> 23:27 Sources of restorationist conflict between ethno and religion<br /> 37:24 How do we resolve these conflicts in order to help the Project</p> <p>Related Show Links:<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music - "From Sky to Abyss" (excerpt) - Quantum Ocean<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/album/153263/quantum-ocean</p> <p>Closing Music - "Instrumentel" - d-alternative<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/104694/instrumentel</p> <p>Christian Conversions by the Sword in Northern Europe<br /> http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-63/conversion-of-vikings-christian-history-interview.html</p> <p>La Wik on the Filioque<br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filioque</p> <p>Time's "American Malvern" rescued by Nick B. Steves<br /> https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/foundational-readings/american-malvern/</p> <p>The European Ecumenical Assembly: Christian neoliberalism<br /> https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/third-european-ecumenical-assembly</p> <p> </p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/04/01/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-5-ethnic-vs-religious-loyalties/">Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 5 – Ethnic vs. Religious Loyalties</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> This week, Anthony pulls in religious traditionalism and begins looking at conflict points in relation to ethno-nationalism. He sets the stage for the next several weeks with a survey episode of the current situation within Restoration.

Solo Climb #5 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, and Walrus Aurelius. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

 

Notes:
4:15 The tension between trad religion and ethno-thedishness
6:58 Different European strains of trad religion
14:42 Historical perspectives on ethno-religious European conflict
23:27 Sources of restorationist conflict between ethno and religion
37:24 How do we resolve these conflicts in order to help the Project

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “From Sky to Abyss” (excerpt) – Quantum Ocean
https://www.jamendo.com/album/153263/quantum-ocean

Closing Music – “Instrumentel” – d-alternative
https://www.jamendo.com/track/104694/instrumentel

Christian Conversions by the Sword in Northern Europe
http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/issues/issue-63/conversion-of-vikings-christian-history-interview.html

La Wik on the Filioque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filioque

Time’s “American Malvern” rescued by Nick B. Steves
https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/foundational-readings/american-malvern/

The European Ecumenical Assembly: Christian neoliberalism
https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/events/third-european-ecumenical-assembly

 

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/04/01/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-5-ethnic-vs-religious-loyalties/feed/ 13 This week, Anthony pulls in religious traditionalism and begins looking at conflict points in relation to ethno-nationalism. He sets the stage for the next several weeks with a survey episode of the current situation within Restoration. This week, Anthony pulls in religious traditionalism and begins looking at conflict points in relation to ethno-nationalism. He sets the stage for the next several weeks with a survey episode of the current situation within Restoration. Solo Climb #5 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, and […] Ascending the Tower clean 52:48 Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 4 – Are Whites a Nation? http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/03/17/ascending-tower-solo-climb-4-whites-nation/ Fri, 17 Mar 2017 13:00:42 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=10119 http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/03/17/ascending-tower-solo-climb-4-whites-nation/#comments Anthony DeMarco <p>Anthony DeMarco, like Garibaldi, has returned from self-imposed exile for episode #4 of Solo Climb. Continuing his exploration of ethno-nationalism, he outlines cases both supporting and opposing it. He then looks at the difference in the European and American conceptions of Whiteness.</p> <p>We at Ascending the Tower would like to offer our gratitude to the generous listeners who pledged donations to the Fisher House Foundation: Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Theodore S. Weaver, William Middleton, Walrus Aurelius, and Fred Hannon. The Fisher House Foundation runs a nationwide network of homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving medical treatment. If you are interested in donating, please visit www.fisherhouse.org.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 5:01 Arguments For and Against Ethno-Nationalism<br /> 17:45 Congress of Vienna Set Up 20th C. Euro-Nationalist Game Board<br /> 26:38 The competition of European cultures for American dominance<br /> 35:17 The Thedish European vs. the Euro-Mutt American<br /> 41:25 Whither White Nationalism?</p> <p>Related Show Links:<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music - "Metal Jig" by Fenrir (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/348646/metal-jig?language=en</p> <p>Closing Music - "Magnificent" by Alumo<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1284461/magnificent?language=en</p> <p>Risorgimento and German Unification, in brief<br /> http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/1871/section3.rhtml<br /> http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/1871/section4.rhtml</p> <p>Colin Woodward on American Nations and the 2016 Election<br /> http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/06/the-american-nations-in-the-2016-presidential-election/</p> <p>The Unpersoning of PewDiePie<br /> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/13/pewdiepie-youtube-star-disney-antisemitic-videos</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/03/17/ascending-tower-solo-climb-4-whites-nation/">Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 4 – Are Whites a Nation?</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> Anthony DeMarco, like Garibaldi, has returned from self-imposed exile for episode #4 of Solo Climb. Continuing his exploration of ethno-nationalism, he outlines cases both supporting and opposing it. He then looks at the difference in the European and American conceptions of Whiteness.

We at Ascending the Tower would like to offer our gratitude to the generous listeners who pledged donations to the Fisher House Foundation: Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Theodore S. Weaver, William Middleton, Walrus Aurelius, and Fred Hannon. The Fisher House Foundation runs a nationwide network of homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving medical treatment. If you are interested in donating, please visit www.fisherhouse.org.

Notes:
5:01 Arguments For and Against Ethno-Nationalism
17:45 Congress of Vienna Set Up 20th C. Euro-Nationalist Game Board
26:38 The competition of European cultures for American dominance
35:17 The Thedish European vs. the Euro-Mutt American
41:25 Whither White Nationalism?

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Metal Jig” by Fenrir (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/348646/metal-jig?language=en

Closing Music – “Magnificent” by Alumo
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1284461/magnificent?language=en

Risorgimento and German Unification, in brief
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/1871/section3.rhtml
http://www.sparknotes.com/history/european/1871/section4.rhtml

Colin Woodward on American Nations and the 2016 Election
http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/06/the-american-nations-in-the-2016-presidential-election/

The Unpersoning of PewDiePie
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/13/pewdiepie-youtube-star-disney-antisemitic-videos

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/03/17/ascending-tower-solo-climb-4-whites-nation/feed/ 5 Anthony DeMarco, like Garibaldi, has returned from self-imposed exile for episode #4 of Solo Climb. Continuing his exploration of ethno-nationalism, he outlines cases both supporting and opposing it. He then looks at the difference in the European and ... Anthony DeMarco, like Garibaldi, has returned from self-imposed exile for episode #4 of Solo Climb. Continuing his exploration of ethno-nationalism, he outlines cases both supporting and opposing it. He then looks at the difference in the European and American conceptions of Whiteness. We at Ascending the Tower would like to offer our gratitude to the […] Ascending the Tower clean 55:03 Descending The Tower – 11: Year In Review http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/01/05/descending-tower-11/ Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:00:34 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=9134 http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/01/05/descending-tower-11/#comments Anthony DeMarco, Nick B. Steves and E Antony Gray <p>Now that 2016 has come to a close, the ATT gang welcome Harold Lee, Jean-Luc Deaux, One Irradiated Watson, Mark Citadel and William Scott for a year in review.</p> <p>Donations: Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Theo S. Weaver, William Middleton, Walrus Aurelius</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 7:11 - Revisiting our 2016 predictions<br /> 11:00 - January<br /> 26:23 - February<br /> 46:59 - March<br /> 1:01:46 - April<br /> 1:28:47 - May<br /> 1:54:06 - June<br /> 2:08:58 - July<br /> 2:28:26 - August<br /> 2:42:55 - September<br /> 3:01:56 - October<br /> 3:21:20 - November<br /> 3:43:46 - December<br /> 3:50:29 - 2017 Predictions</p> <p>Related Show Links:</p> <p>Music:<br /> Opening Music – “Stainless Steel” by Guy Berrier (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1304666/stainless-steel</p> <p>Closing Music – “Resignation” by Ludovic Scholz (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305218/resignation</p> <p>Guest Blogs:</p> <p>Harold Lee – http://thefutureprimaeval.net/author/harold/</p> <p>Mark Citadel - https://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/</p> <p>William Scott - https://teleolojic.wordpress.com/</p> <p>January</p> <p>The Duck’s final blaze of glory</p> <p>https://storify.com/weev/duck-enlightenment-s-final-tweet-spree</p> <p>Rick Wilson attacks the alt-right on MSNBC, setting the stage for the year</p> <p>https://28sherman.blogspot.ca/2016/01/note-on-nrx-altright-plus-sm-review.html</p> <p>Death - David Bowie http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/01/fame-fashion-fascism-the-many-masks-of-david-bowie.html</p> <p>February</p> <p>The debut of Wesearchr</p> <p>https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/introducing-wesearchr-an-information-marketplace/</p> <p>Twitter begins its SocJus death spiral</p> <p>http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/02/23/this-week-in-reaction-20160221/</p> <p>https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/i-told-you-so-twitters-crackdown-on-free-speech/</p> <p>Death - Antonin Scalia</p> <p>http://malcolmpollack.com/2016/02/13/antonin-scalia-1936-2016/</p> <p>March</p> <p>The Fashing of Tay</p> <p>http://alrenous.blogspot.fr/2016/03/artificial-intelligence-assisted.html</p> <p>Trump begins his steamrolling</p> <p>http://blog.jim.com/culture/trump-and-social-class/</p> <p>http://www.amerika.org/politics/american-revolution-2-0/</p> <p>April</p> <p>The case for passivism against activism</p> <p>http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/04/19/how-to-passivism/</p> <p>Death - Rob Ford</p> <p>http://freenortherner.com/2016/04/08/a-eulogy-for-rob-ford/</p> <p>http://28sherman.blogspot.fr/2016/04/rob-ford-is-dead.html</p> <p>May</p> <p>The echoes go mainstream</p> <p>https://dissidentright.com/2016/06/03/a-critique-of-jewish-privilege/</p> <p>Rodrigo Duterte - The Filipino Pinochet</p> <p>http://atavisionary.com/a-response-to-duerte-harry/</p> <p>June</p> <p>The Orlando Shooting</p> <p>http://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/2016/06/this-is-slaughterhouse-left-built.html</p> <p>Brexit</p> <p>https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/breakdown/</p> <p>Death - Muhammed Ali</p> <p>https://kakistocracyblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/the-greatest/</p> <p>July  </p> <p>The Summer of Happenings</p> <p>https://atlanticcenturion.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/trump-the-redeemer-trump-the-destroyer/</p> <p>http://blog.jim.com/war/now-four-sovereign-nations/</p> <p>http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/07/17/twilight-secularist-deep-state-turkey/</p> <p>https://28sherman.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-note-on-trumps-nomination.html</p> <p>Death - Pere Jacques Hamel</p> <p>https://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-french-republic-is-finished.html</p> <p>August</p> <p>Hillary’s alt-right speech (PEPE!)</p> <p>https://kakistocracyblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/politics-beyond-the-pale/</p> <p>The Summer Olympics and the downfall of the Brazilian gov’t</p> <p>https://alfanl.com/2016/08/12/thoughts-on-the-rio-olympics/</p> <p>September</p> <p>St. Teresa of Calcutta</p> <p>October</p> <p>Weird Story of the Year - Inside/Broad - The P... Now that 2016 has come to a close, the ATT gang welcome Harold Lee, Jean-Luc Deaux, One Irradiated Watson, Mark Citadel and William Scott for a year in review.

Donations: Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Theo S. Weaver, William Middleton, Walrus Aurelius

Notes:
7:11 – Revisiting our 2016 predictions
11:00 – January
26:23 – February
46:59 – March
1:01:46 – April
1:28:47 – May
1:54:06 – June
2:08:58 – July
2:28:26 – August
2:42:55 – September
3:01:56 – October
3:21:20 – November
3:43:46 – December
3:50:29 – 2017 Predictions

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music – “Stainless Steel” by Guy Berrier (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1304666/stainless-steel

Closing Music – “Resignation” by Ludovic Scholz (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305218/resignation

Guest Blogs:

Harold Lee – http://thefutureprimaeval.net/author/harold/

Mark Citadel – https://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/

William Scott – https://teleolojic.wordpress.com/

January

The Duck’s final blaze of glory

https://storify.com/weev/duck-enlightenment-s-final-tweet-spree

Rick Wilson attacks the alt-right on MSNBC, setting the stage for the year

https://28sherman.blogspot.ca/2016/01/note-on-nrx-altright-plus-sm-review.html

Death – David Bowie http://www.theimaginativeconservative.org/2016/01/fame-fashion-fascism-the-many-masks-of-david-bowie.html

February

The debut of Wesearchr

https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/introducing-wesearchr-an-information-marketplace/

Twitter begins its SocJus death spiral

http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/02/23/this-week-in-reaction-20160221/

https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2016/02/22/i-told-you-so-twitters-crackdown-on-free-speech/

Death – Antonin Scalia

http://malcolmpollack.com/2016/02/13/antonin-scalia-1936-2016/

March

The Fashing of Tay

http://alrenous.blogspot.fr/2016/03/artificial-intelligence-assisted.html

Trump begins his steamrolling

http://blog.jim.com/culture/trump-and-social-class/

http://www.amerika.org/politics/american-revolution-2-0/

April

The case for passivism against activism

http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/04/19/how-to-passivism/

Death – Rob Ford

http://freenortherner.com/2016/04/08/a-eulogy-for-rob-ford/

http://28sherman.blogspot.fr/2016/04/rob-ford-is-dead.html

May

The echoes go mainstream

https://dissidentright.com/2016/06/03/a-critique-of-jewish-privilege/

Rodrigo Duterte – The Filipino Pinochet

http://atavisionary.com/a-response-to-duerte-harry/

June

The Orlando Shooting

http://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/2016/06/this-is-slaughterhouse-left-built.html

Brexit

https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2016/06/24/breakdown/

Death – Muhammed Ali

https://kakistocracyblog.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/the-greatest/

July  

The Summer of Happenings

https://atlanticcenturion.wordpress.com/2016/07/22/trump-the-redeemer-trump-the-destroyer/

http://blog.jim.com/war/now-four-sovereign-nations/

http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/07/17/twilight-secularist-deep-state-turkey/

https://28sherman.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-note-on-trumps-nomination.html

Death – Pere Jacques Hamel

https://citadelfoundations.blogspot.com/2016/07/the-french-republic-is-finished.html

August

Hillary’s alt-right speech (PEPE!)

https://kakistocracyblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/26/politics-beyond-the-pale/

The Summer Olympics and the downfall of the Brazilian gov’t

https://alfanl.com/2016/08/12/thoughts-on-the-rio-olympics/

September

St. Teresa of Calcutta

October

Weird Story of the Year – Inside/Broad – The Podesta E-mails and the beginnings of PizzaGate, Spirit Cooking

http://blog.jim.com/culture/demon-worship/

Weird Story of the Year – The President of South Korea is a real life conspiracy theory

Broad – The Cubs win the world series, and the American thread of baseball

https://28sherman.blogspot.se/2016/11/a-note-on-magical-world-series.html

Death – Jack Chick

November

The fingers seen round the world

Heilgate

https://heartiste.wordpress.com/2016/11/26/richard-spencer-and-his-glib-heil/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uQ4wytISGQ

Broad – (Besides election) Fake News and the Ministries of Truth, Russian hysteria

http://blog.jim.com/politics/trumpslide/

http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/11/11/hail-trump-lets-keep-heads/

December

Death – John Glenn

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2017/01/05/descending-tower-11/feed/ 6 Now that 2016 has come to a close, the ATT gang welcome Harold Lee, Jean-Luc Deaux, One Irradiated Watson, Mark Citadel and William Scott for a year in review. Donations: Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Theo S. Weaver, William Middleton, Now that 2016 has come to a close, the ATT gang welcome Harold Lee, Jean-Luc Deaux, One Irradiated Watson, Mark Citadel and William Scott for a year in review. Donations: Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Theo S. Weaver, William Middleton, Walrus Aurelius Notes: 7:11 – Revisiting our 2016 predictions 11:00 – January 26:23 – February 46:59 – […] Ascending the Tower clean 4:15:49 Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 3 – What Is A Nation? http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/12/15/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-3-what-is-a-nation/ Thu, 15 Dec 2016 14:00:51 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=8900 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/12/15/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-3-what-is-a-nation/#comments Anthony DeMarco <p>This week, Anthony hones in on one leg of the trichotomy, ethno-nationalism. Before addressing nationalism itself, he takes some time to delve deeper into the nature of nations and how the ties that bind them determine their success or failure.</p> <p>Solo Climb #3 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, Ursus, Edmund Burkenstock, Walrus Aurelius, and Theodore S. Weaver. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 4:35 Outlining the different kinds of nations<br /> 11:45 The concept of the "anti-nation"<br /> 20:08 Thedishness is what makes nations function<br /> 24:55 Thede dynamics in different types of "weak" nations<br /> 32:19 Proposition nations and the impossibility of thedishness</p> <p>Related Show Links:<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music - "Sand, Bones & Skulls" by Ersefuril (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1130269/sand-bones-and-skulls</p> <p>Closing Music - "Cooley's Reel" by vvsmusic<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/894470/cooley-s-reel</p> <p>La Wik's confused notions of the nation<br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation<br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaniards<br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Spain</p> <p>nydwracu's explanation of thedishness<br /> https://web.archive.org/web/20130827233226/http://nydwracu.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/why-anarcho-fascism-an-introduction-to-group-dynamics/</p> <p>Nick Land's response to the concept of the thede<br /> http://www.xenosystems.net/thedes/</p> <p>The final scene of The Godfather Part 2<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-I4VIR5yGg</p> <p>Mark Dayton's wicked concept of what is Minnesotan<br /> http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2016/09/18/flashback-gov-mark-dayton-tells-the-deplorables-to-find-another-state/</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/12/15/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-3-what-is-a-nation/">Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 3 – What Is A Nation?</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> This week, Anthony hones in on one leg of the trichotomy, ethno-nationalism. Before addressing nationalism itself, he takes some time to delve deeper into the nature of nations and how the ties that bind them determine their success or failure.

Solo Climb #3 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, Ursus, Edmund Burkenstock, Walrus Aurelius, and Theodore S. Weaver. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
4:35 Outlining the different kinds of nations
11:45 The concept of the “anti-nation”
20:08 Thedishness is what makes nations function
24:55 Thede dynamics in different types of “weak” nations
32:19 Proposition nations and the impossibility of thedishness

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Sand, Bones & Skulls” by Ersefuril (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1130269/sand-bones-and-skulls

Closing Music – “Cooley’s Reel” by vvsmusic
https://www.jamendo.com/track/894470/cooley-s-reel

La Wik’s confused notions of the nation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaniards
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Spain

nydwracu’s explanation of thedishness
https://web.archive.org/web/20130827233226/http://nydwracu.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/why-anarcho-fascism-an-introduction-to-group-dynamics/

Nick Land’s response to the concept of the thede
http://www.xenosystems.net/thedes/

The final scene of The Godfather Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-I4VIR5yGg

Mark Dayton’s wicked concept of what is Minnesotan
http://www.occidentaldissent.com/2016/09/18/flashback-gov-mark-dayton-tells-the-deplorables-to-find-another-state/

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/12/15/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-3-what-is-a-nation/feed/ 1 This week, Anthony hones in on one leg of the trichotomy, ethno-nationalism. Before addressing nationalism itself, he takes some time to delve deeper into the nature of nations and how the ties that bind them determine their success or failure. This week, Anthony hones in on one leg of the trichotomy, ethno-nationalism. Before addressing nationalism itself, he takes some time to delve deeper into the nature of nations and how the ties that bind them determine their success or failure. Solo Climb #3 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners […] Ascending the Tower clean 45:14 Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 2 – The Trichotomy http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/12/03/ascending-tower-solo-climb-2-trichotomoy/ Sun, 04 Dec 2016 01:47:31 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=8679 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/12/03/ascending-tower-solo-climb-2-trichotomoy/#comments Anthony DeMarco <p>After briefly mentioning the Spandrellian Trichotomy during the Gnon Solo Climb, Anthony decided to go into more detail. He breaks down the three reactionary flavors and ponders if it still matters.</p> <p>Solo Climb #2 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio and Bermudan Reactionary. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 2:48 History of the Spandrellian Trichotomy<br /> 9:21 Breaking down the Trike<br /> 14:54 Understanding and delving into the...<br /> 15:16 ...Techno-Commercialists<br /> 20:26 ...Ethno-Nationalists<br /> 28:09 ...Theonomists<br /> 32:57 Failure modes and how each strain is supported by other two<br /> 45:10 Is the trichotomy still relevant? - Your stories wanted</p> <p>Related Show Links:<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music: “Hard rock orchestrale” by -Poul’H- (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/647350/hard-rock-orchestrale</p> <p>Closing Music: “Ancient Forest” by Esther Garcia<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1221997/ancient-forest</p> <p>Spandrell's post that started it all<br /> https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/conflict/</p> <p>As usual, Land is the catalyst of the... reaction<br /> http://www.xenosystems.net/trichotomy/ - As usual, Land is the catalyst</p> <p>Land predicts potential Trichotomy civil war<br /> http://www.xenosystems.net/neoreaction-for-dummies/</p> <p>AnomalyUK has a more optimistic outlook<br /> https://anomalyuk.blogspot.com/2013/04/reactionary-unity.html</p> <p>Asabiyyah defined<br /> http://www.socialmatter.net/the-compendium/#Asabiyyah</p> <p>The Trichotomoy in relation to Gnon<br /> https://anomalyuk.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-trichotomy-explained.html</p> <p>Check out NBS' Trichotomy tag for more links<br /> https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/category/reaction-2/reactionary-fusion/spandrellian-trichotomy/</p> <p>Jim's quick and dirty synthesis<br /> http://blog.jim.com/economics/the-trichotomy/</p> <p>I had a lot of learning to do...<br /> http://www.xenosystems.net/trichotomy/#comment-2796</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/12/03/ascending-tower-solo-climb-2-trichotomoy/">Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 2 – The Trichotomy</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> After briefly mentioning the Spandrellian Trichotomy during the Gnon Solo Climb, Anthony decided to go into more detail. He breaks down the three reactionary flavors and ponders if it still matters.

Solo Climb #2 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio and Bermudan Reactionary. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
2:48 History of the Spandrellian Trichotomy
9:21 Breaking down the Trike
14:54 Understanding and delving into the…
15:16 …Techno-Commercialists
20:26 …Ethno-Nationalists
28:09 …Theonomists
32:57 Failure modes and how each strain is supported by other two
45:10 Is the trichotomy still relevant? – Your stories wanted

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “Hard rock orchestrale” by -Poul’H- (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/647350/hard-rock-orchestrale

Closing Music: “Ancient Forest” by Esther Garcia
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1221997/ancient-forest

Spandrell’s post that started it all
https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/conflict/

As usual, Land is the catalyst of the… reaction
http://www.xenosystems.net/trichotomy/ – As usual, Land is the catalyst

Land predicts potential Trichotomy civil war
http://www.xenosystems.net/neoreaction-for-dummies/

AnomalyUK has a more optimistic outlook
https://anomalyuk.blogspot.com/2013/04/reactionary-unity.html

Asabiyyah defined
http://www.socialmatter.net/the-compendium/#Asabiyyah

The Trichotomoy in relation to Gnon
https://anomalyuk.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-trichotomy-explained.html

Check out NBS’ Trichotomy tag for more links
https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/category/reaction-2/reactionary-fusion/spandrellian-trichotomy/

Jim’s quick and dirty synthesis
http://blog.jim.com/economics/the-trichotomy/

I had a lot of learning to do…
http://www.xenosystems.net/trichotomy/#comment-2796

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/12/03/ascending-tower-solo-climb-2-trichotomoy/feed/ 7 After briefly mentioning the Spandrellian Trichotomy during the Gnon Solo Climb, Anthony decided to go into more detail. He breaks down the three reactionary flavors and ponders if it still matters. Solo Climb #2 is brought to you in part by generous d... After briefly mentioning the Spandrellian Trichotomy during the Gnon Solo Climb, Anthony decided to go into more detail. He breaks down the three reactionary flavors and ponders if it still matters. Solo Climb #2 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio and Bermudan Reactionary. If you would like to […] Ascending the Tower clean 52:05 Descending The Tower – 10: Post-Election Special http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/11/21/descending-tower-10/ Mon, 21 Nov 2016 14:00:08 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=8515 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/11/21/descending-tower-10/#comments Anthony DeMarco, Nick B. Steves and Ryan Landry <p>After the historical True Election Trump victory, the ATT gang welcome Ryan Landry, Alastair Hermann, and Jean-Luc Deaux to sift through the rubble. We review our predictions from Descending -9 and take your questions about the new political landscape.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 21:55 Reviewing our host's election predictions<br /> 47:48 Progs still haven't figured out why they lost<br /> 1:04:49 Could Trump be a Machiavellian president?<br /> 1:09:39 Does #NRx have a plan for making Trump "Dictator Perpetuo" like Julius Caesar? - Fred Hannon ‏@FormalFreddie<br /> 1:23:40 How would you amend the US Constitution? - Testem Benevolentiae ‏@TBenevolentiae<br /> 1:42:42 What are the most foundational premises necessary in order to affectively Red Pill a normie?<br /> 2:05:46 Thiel is on the transition team. Is he NRx-aware? If so, will NRx influence the Trump admin? - @Egon_Maistre<br /> 2:16:17 How do those of us in multiethnic churches deal with the anti-Trump backlash in our congregations? - Durthain ‏@Durthain725<br /> 2:33:25 Is it possible DJT has been anointed by god to MAGA, and if so, how would we tell? - Herl ‏@xctlot<br /> 2:49:55 Final Thoughts on the Election from our hosts</p> <p>Related Show Links:</p> <p>Music:<br /> Opening Music – “Wave of Empathy” by Avenger Kills (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1394423/wave-of-empathy</p> <p>Closing Music – “Epic Action Hero” by Akashic Records<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1154518/epic-action-hero</p> <p>Help Make America Great Again<br /> https://www.greatagain.gov/serve-america.html</p> <p>The Twitter ketchup troll… or is it?<br /> https://twitter.com/MoltenZebraffe/status/796850914237837312</p> <p>Australian Progs still not learning their lesson<br /> https://archive.fo/AnJQj</p> <p>Duverger’s Law and the two-party system<br /> http://themendenhall.com/2012/10/05/duvergers-law-why-american-third-parties-are-hopeless-fantasies/</p> <p>La Wik on the 24th Amendment<br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution</p> <p>Hare-Clark voting in Tasmania<br /> http://www.abc.net.au/elections/tas/2006/guide/hareclark.htm</p> <p>The 6-hour ROCOR/Moscow Reunification Service<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Rq7px-Z0c</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/11/21/descending-tower-10/">Descending The Tower – 10: Post-Election Special</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> After the historical True Election Trump victory, the ATT gang welcome Ryan Landry, Alastair Hermann, and Jean-Luc Deaux to sift through the rubble. We review our predictions from Descending -9 and take your questions about the new political landscape.

Notes:
21:55 Reviewing our host’s election predictions
47:48 Progs still haven’t figured out why they lost
1:04:49 Could Trump be a Machiavellian president?
1:09:39 Does #NRx have a plan for making Trump “Dictator Perpetuo” like Julius Caesar? – Fred Hannon ‏@FormalFreddie
1:23:40 How would you amend the US Constitution? – Testem Benevolentiae ‏@TBenevolentiae
1:42:42 What are the most foundational premises necessary in order to affectively Red Pill a normie?
2:05:46 Thiel is on the transition team. Is he NRx-aware? If so, will NRx influence the Trump admin? – @Egon_Maistre
2:16:17 How do those of us in multiethnic churches deal with the anti-Trump backlash in our congregations? – Durthain ‏@Durthain725
2:33:25 Is it possible DJT has been anointed by god to MAGA, and if so, how would we tell? – Herl ‏@xctlot
2:49:55 Final Thoughts on the Election from our hosts

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music – “Wave of Empathy” by Avenger Kills (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1394423/wave-of-empathy

Closing Music – “Epic Action Hero” by Akashic Records
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1154518/epic-action-hero

Help Make America Great Again
https://www.greatagain.gov/serve-america.html

The Twitter ketchup troll… or is it?
https://twitter.com/MoltenZebraffe/status/796850914237837312

Australian Progs still not learning their lesson
https://archive.fo/AnJQj

Duverger’s Law and the two-party system
http://themendenhall.com/2012/10/05/duvergers-law-why-american-third-parties-are-hopeless-fantasies/

La Wik on the 24th Amendment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution

Hare-Clark voting in Tasmania
http://www.abc.net.au/elections/tas/2006/guide/hareclark.htm

The 6-hour ROCOR/Moscow Reunification Service
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_Rq7px-Z0c

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/11/21/descending-tower-10/feed/ 6 After the historical True Election Trump victory, the ATT gang welcome Ryan Landry, Alastair Hermann, and Jean-Luc Deaux to sift through the rubble. We review our predictions from Descending -9 and take your questions about the new political landscape.... After the historical True Election Trump victory, the ATT gang welcome Ryan Landry, Alastair Hermann, and Jean-Luc Deaux to sift through the rubble. We review our predictions from Descending -9 and take your questions about the new political landscape. Notes: 21:55 Reviewing our host’s election predictions 47:48 Progs still haven’t figured out why they lost […] Ascending the Tower clean 3:17:40 Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 1 – Gnon http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/11/14/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-1-gnon/ Mon, 14 Nov 2016 14:00:22 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=8443 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/11/14/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-1-gnon/#comments Anthony DeMarco <p>Anthony's first foray into the world of solo podcasting tackles the concept of Gnon. He tries to answer everyone's questions, from the hostile to the confused to the ignorant.</p> <p>Solo Climb #1 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Edmund Burkenstock, Ursus, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Edward of Arkansas and Walrus Aurelius. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 2:33 Introduction to Solo Climbs<br /> 6:19 Topic Introduction - Gnon<br /> 12:28 Whence Gnon? The forging of early NRx<br /> 24:47 The three-part creation of Gnon<br /> 35:02 What is Gnon and why is it a useful concept?<br /> 48:46 What Gnon isn't</p> <p>Related Show Links:<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music: “Hard rock orchestrale" by -Poul'H- (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/647350/hard-rock-orchestrale</p> <p>Closing Music: “Ancient Forest" by Esther Garcia<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1221997/ancient-forest</p> <p>Nick B. Steves' Historical Notes collection (read the links)<br /> https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/going-meta-on-meta/</p> <p>Nick Land's Definitive Gnon post<br /> http://www.xenosystems.net/the-cult-of-gnon/</p> <p>The genesis of Spandrell's Trichotomoy<br /> https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/conflict/</p> <p>Scharlach's famous Map of the Dark Enlightment<br /> https://web.archive.org/web/20130424060436/http://habitableworlds.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/visualizing-neoreaction/</p> <p>South Park on The Cult of Everyone<br /> http://southpark.cc.com/clips/9ckgw9/a-meeting-of-yelpers</p> <p>WrathOfGnon's excellent Tumblr of Reactionary image macros<br /> http://wrathofgnon.tumblr.com/</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/11/14/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-1-gnon/">Ascending The Tower – Solo Climb 1 – Gnon</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p>

Anthony’s first foray into the world of solo podcasting tackles the concept of Gnon. He tries to answer everyone’s questions, from the hostile to the confused to the ignorant.

Solo Climb #1 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Edmund Burkenstock, Ursus, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Edward of Arkansas and Walrus Aurelius. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
2:33 Introduction to Solo Climbs
6:19 Topic Introduction – Gnon
12:28 Whence Gnon? The forging of early NRx
24:47 The three-part creation of Gnon
35:02 What is Gnon and why is it a useful concept?
48:46 What Gnon isn’t

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “Hard rock orchestrale” by -Poul’H- (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/647350/hard-rock-orchestrale

Closing Music: “Ancient Forest” by Esther Garcia
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1221997/ancient-forest

Nick B. Steves’ Historical Notes collection (read the links)
https://nickbsteves.wordpress.com/2013/05/29/going-meta-on-meta/

Nick Land’s Definitive Gnon post
http://www.xenosystems.net/the-cult-of-gnon/

The genesis of Spandrell’s Trichotomoy
https://bloodyshovel.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/conflict/

Scharlach’s famous Map of the Dark Enlightment
https://web.archive.org/web/20130424060436/http://habitableworlds.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/visualizing-neoreaction/

South Park on The Cult of Everyone
http://southpark.cc.com/clips/9ckgw9/a-meeting-of-yelpers

WrathOfGnon’s excellent Tumblr of Reactionary image macros
http://wrathofgnon.tumblr.com/

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/11/14/ascending-the-tower-solo-climb-1-gnon/feed/ 6 Anthony’s first foray into the world of solo podcasting tackles the concept of Gnon. He tries to answer everyone’s questions, from the hostile to the confused to the ignorant. Solo Climb #1 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our liste... Anthony’s first foray into the world of solo podcasting tackles the concept of Gnon. He tries to answer everyone’s questions, from the hostile to the confused to the ignorant. Solo Climb #1 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Edmund Burkenstock, Ursus, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Edward of Arkansas and Walrus […] Ascending the Tower clean 56:17 Descending The Tower – 9: True Election 2016 Special http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/10/31/descending-tower-9-true-election-2016-special/ Mon, 31 Oct 2016 13:00:43 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=8300 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/10/31/descending-tower-9-true-election-2016-special/#comments Anthony DeMarco, Nick B. Steves and E Antony Gray <p>For our very special True Election 2016 episode of Descending the Tower, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony welcome two very special guests. Joining us to take your questions are media mastermind Chuck C. Johnson and the triumphant return of Clark Hat.</p> <p>(Note: this episode was recorded 10/27, the night before FBI Friday.)</p> <p>Descending the Tower 9 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, and Edmund Burkenstock. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 4:46 How successful has WeSearchr been? - @UshiromiyaBungl<br /> 24:05 What has Clark been up to since leaving Popehat?<br /> 32:50 How doed Chuck plan on making 4chan great again? - @JoeWChristman<br /> 40:25 Could we be having be a True Election?<br /> 1:22:50 Can Moldbuggian analysis be reconciled with supporting Trump?<br /> 1:39:28 Is Assange alive, and what are the biggest leaks that @wikileaks is hiding? - @EdBurkenstock<br /> 2:05:14 What are the odds of a military coup, given Obama's officer purge? - @CalcPhrasing<br /> 2:23:32 Is Donald Trump the fulfillment of Ron Paul's Paleoconservative roots, or a denial of them? - @Walrus_Aurelius<br /> 2:59:30 ATT Host Predictions</p> <p>Related Show Links:</p> <p>Music:<br /> Opening Music: "Us" by From Sky to Abyss (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1187700/us</p> <p>Closing Music: Hail to the Chief performed by the USAF Concert Band<br /> https://archive.org/details/HailToTheChief_482</p> <p>Chuck Johnson's Media Empire<br /> http://gotnews.com/<br /> https://www.wesearchr.com/</p> <p>Clark Hat's New Group Blog<br /> https://status451.com/</p> <p>The Moldbuggian True Election<br /> http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2010/03/true-election-practical-option-for-real.html</p> <p>Moldbug's Anitversity and Plinth<br /> http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/11/gentle-introduction-to-unqualified.html</p> <p>Collapse of Complex Societies<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0R09YzyuCI</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/10/31/descending-tower-9-true-election-2016-special/">Descending The Tower – 9: True Election 2016 Special</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> For our very special True Election 2016 episode of Descending the Tower, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony welcome two very special guests. Joining us to take your questions are media mastermind Chuck C. Johnson and the triumphant return of Clark Hat.

(Note: this episode was recorded 10/27, the night before FBI Friday.)

Descending the Tower 9 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, and Edmund Burkenstock. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
4:46 How successful has WeSearchr been? – @UshiromiyaBungl
24:05 What has Clark been up to since leaving Popehat?
32:50 How doed Chuck plan on making 4chan great again? – @JoeWChristman
40:25 Could we be having be a True Election?
1:22:50 Can Moldbuggian analysis be reconciled with supporting Trump?
1:39:28 Is Assange alive, and what are the biggest leaks that @wikileaks is hiding? – @EdBurkenstock
2:05:14 What are the odds of a military coup, given Obama’s officer purge? – @CalcPhrasing
2:23:32 Is Donald Trump the fulfillment of Ron Paul’s Paleoconservative roots, or a denial of them? – @Walrus_Aurelius
2:59:30 ATT Host Predictions

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music: “Us” by From Sky to Abyss (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1187700/us

Closing Music: Hail to the Chief performed by the USAF Concert Band
https://archive.org/details/HailToTheChief_482

Chuck Johnson’s Media Empire
http://gotnews.com/
https://www.wesearchr.com/

Clark Hat’s New Group Blog
https://status451.com/

The Moldbuggian True Election
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2010/03/true-election-practical-option-for-real.html

Moldbug’s Anitversity and Plinth
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2009/11/gentle-introduction-to-unqualified.html

Collapse of Complex Societies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0R09YzyuCI

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/10/31/descending-tower-9-true-election-2016-special/feed/ 9 For our very special True Election 2016 episode of Descending the Tower, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony welcome two very special guests. Joining us to take your questions are media mastermind Chuck C. Johnson and the triumphant return of Clark Hat. For our very special True Election 2016 episode of Descending the Tower, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony welcome two very special guests. Joining us to take your questions are media mastermind Chuck C. Johnson and the triumphant return of Clark Hat. (Note: this episode was recorded 10/27, the night before FBI Friday.) Descending the Tower […] Ascending the Tower clean 3:07:05 Descending The Tower – 8 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/09/16/descending-tower-8/ Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:00:44 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=7523 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/09/16/descending-tower-8/#comments Anthony DeMarco, E Antony Gray, Nick B. Steves and Ryan Landry <p>Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Ryan Landry, the Dutch reactionary Alf, One Irradiated Watson, and Michael Pascal to talk urban legends and the Benedict Option, and light a path for atheist reactionaries to Christendom.</p> <p>Descending the Tower - 8 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Ursus, and Edmund Burkenstock. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 0:04:15 What is your favorite urban legend?<br /> 0:25:32 Alf's view of the current state of the EU<br /> 0:32:59 Porn - subversion or something else?<br /> 0:43:27 Is there a legal path to Emperor Trump?<br /> 0:51:22 Would an ethnically divided American have provided more for each people?<br /> 1:07:47 Is it a blessing or curse to be born in these times?<br /> 1:34:25 Should Restorationists reach out to the alt right?<br /> 1:52:16 What can we take away from the Benedict Option<br /> 2:03:21 How-to Guide for Atheists trying to into Christianity (David Hansen)</p> <p>Related Show Links:</p> <p>Music:<br /> Opening Music: “Wariors of Ice” (sic) by phantom (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1093710/wariors-of-ice</p> <p>Closing Music: “Thermostatic” by DJLaser<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/101491/thermostatic</p> <p>Ryan Landry's blog<br /> https://28sherman.blogspot.com/</p> <p>One Irradiated Watson's blog and podcast<br /> https://oneirradiatedwatson.wordpress.com/<br /> https://countnothingface.wordpress.com/caligulas-council/</p> <p>Alf the Dutch Reactionary's blog<br /> http://alfanl.com/</p> <p>Michael Pascal's Twitter presence<br /> https://twitter.com/MichaelPascal21</p> <p>"The White Man's Burden (Apologies to Rudyard Kipling)"<br /> http://apjjf.org/data/cb25-141_1899_judge__2d5989.jpg</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/09/16/descending-tower-8/">Descending The Tower – 8</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Ryan Landry, the Dutch reactionary Alf, One Irradiated Watson, and Michael Pascal to talk urban legends and the Benedict Option, and light a path for atheist reactionaries to Christendom.

Descending the Tower – 8 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Ursus, and Edmund Burkenstock. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
0:04:15 What is your favorite urban legend?
0:25:32 Alf’s view of the current state of the EU
0:32:59 Porn – subversion or something else?
0:43:27 Is there a legal path to Emperor Trump?
0:51:22 Would an ethnically divided American have provided more for each people?
1:07:47 Is it a blessing or curse to be born in these times?
1:34:25 Should Restorationists reach out to the alt right?
1:52:16 What can we take away from the Benedict Option
2:03:21 How-to Guide for Atheists trying to into Christianity (David Hansen)

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music: “Wariors of Ice” (sic) by phantom (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/1093710/wariors-of-ice

Closing Music: “Thermostatic” by DJLaser
https://www.jamendo.com/en/track/101491/thermostatic

Ryan Landry’s blog
https://28sherman.blogspot.com/

One Irradiated Watson’s blog and podcast
https://oneirradiatedwatson.wordpress.com/
https://countnothingface.wordpress.com/caligulas-council/

Alf the Dutch Reactionary’s blog
http://alfanl.com/

Michael Pascal’s Twitter presence
https://twitter.com/MichaelPascal21

“The White Man’s Burden (Apologies to Rudyard Kipling)”
http://apjjf.org/data/cb25-141_1899_judge__2d5989.jpg

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/09/16/descending-tower-8/feed/ 3 Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Ryan Landry, the Dutch reactionary Alf, One Irradiated Watson, and Michael Pascal to talk urban legends and the Benedict Option, and light a path for atheist reactionaries to Christendom. Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Ryan Landry, the Dutch reactionary Alf, One Irradiated Watson, and Michael Pascal to talk urban legends and the Benedict Option, and light a path for atheist reactionaries to Christendom. Descending the Tower – 8 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio, […] Ascending the Tower clean 3:11:25 Ascending The Tower – Episode XVII, Part 2 – “The Meme Made Flesh” http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/09/01/ascending-the-tower-episode-xvii-part-2-the-meme-made-flesh/ Thu, 01 Sep 2016 13:00:53 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=7326 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/09/01/ascending-the-tower-episode-xvii-part-2-the-meme-made-flesh/#comments Anthony DeMarco, Nick B. Steves and E Antony Gray <p>In part 2, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony cover the last four centuries of Jewish foreign relations with guests Ryan Landry and The Rebbe. They ponder the question of the future of Euro-Jewish relations, and we have, not one, but two Out of Left Field questions.</p> <p>This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Anonymous in VA, The Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, Edmund Burkenstock, and a special gift from our guest, The Rebbe. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 00:50 Christ explicitly taught the avoidance of holiness spirals<br /> 12:52 The Qabbalists against the Torah<br /> 26:26 The events that led to the Frankfurt School<br /> 52:21 Where do we go from here in Reactiono-Judaic relations?<br /> 1:07:39 Are American Jews their own nation?<br /> 1:25:14 Out of Left Field - The Rebbe<br /> 1:31:42 Out of Left Field - Ryan Landry</p> <p>Related Show Links:<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music: "A Handful of Sand" - Sins of Shadows (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1164697/a-handful-of-sand</p> <p>Closing Music: "Hassidic Celebration" - German Shepherd<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1184020/hassidic-celebration</p> <p>The Rebbe's Twitter Presence<br /> https://twitter.com/The_Rebbe_</p> <p>Admonitions of Ipuwer - Ancient Egyptian Political Treatise<br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipuwer_Papyrus</p> <p>Sabbateanism, from the Progressive Jewish perspective<br /> http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/sabbateanism</p> <p>Freud and the Frankists<br /> https://books.google.com/books?id=CLTc4Xg7sDQC&lpg=PA108&ots=jv-Tgo2CZX&dq=freud%20frankist&pg=PA107#v=onepage&q=freud%20frankist&f=false</p> <p>Spinoza, from the Cathedralite Professor perspective<br /> http://www.neh.gov/humanities/2013/septemberoctober/feature/why-spinoza-was-excommunicated</p> <p>Matt Damon is a WASP Nationalist<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQMzJ5Z7zBw</p> <p> </p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/09/01/ascending-the-tower-episode-xvii-part-2-the-meme-made-flesh/">Ascending The Tower – Episode XVII, Part 2 – “The Meme Made Flesh”</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p>

In part 2, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony cover the last four centuries of Jewish foreign relations with guests Ryan Landry and The Rebbe. They ponder the question of the future of Euro-Jewish relations, and we have, not one, but two Out of Left Field questions.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Anonymous in VA, The Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, Edmund Burkenstock, and a special gift from our guest, The Rebbe. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
00:50 Christ explicitly taught the avoidance of holiness spirals
12:52 The Qabbalists against the Torah
26:26 The events that led to the Frankfurt School
52:21 Where do we go from here in Reactiono-Judaic relations?
1:07:39 Are American Jews their own nation?
1:25:14 Out of Left Field – The Rebbe
1:31:42 Out of Left Field – Ryan Landry

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “A Handful of Sand” – Sins of Shadows (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1164697/a-handful-of-sand

Closing Music: “Hassidic Celebration” – German Shepherd
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1184020/hassidic-celebration

The Rebbe’s Twitter Presence
https://twitter.com/The_Rebbe_

Admonitions of Ipuwer – Ancient Egyptian Political Treatise
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipuwer_Papyrus

Sabbateanism, from the Progressive Jewish perspective
http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/sabbateanism

Freud and the Frankists
https://books.google.com/books?id=CLTc4Xg7sDQC&lpg=PA108&ots=jv-Tgo2CZX&dq=freud%20frankist&pg=PA107#v=onepage&q=freud%20frankist&f=false

Spinoza, from the Cathedralite Professor perspective
http://www.neh.gov/humanities/2013/septemberoctober/feature/why-spinoza-was-excommunicated

Matt Damon is a WASP Nationalist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQMzJ5Z7zBw

 

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/09/01/ascending-the-tower-episode-xvii-part-2-the-meme-made-flesh/feed/ 12 In part 2, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony cover the last four centuries of Jewish foreign relations with guests Ryan Landry and The Rebbe. They ponder the question of the future of Euro-Jewish relations, and we have, not one, In part 2, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony cover the last four centuries of Jewish foreign relations with guests Ryan Landry and The Rebbe. They ponder the question of the future of Euro-Jewish relations, and we have, not one, but two Out of Left Field questions. This episode is brought to you in part by generous […] Ascending the Tower clean 1:50:30 Ascending The Tower – Episode XVII, Part 1 – “Gaslighting Christians” http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/29/ascending-tower-episode-xvii-part-1-gaslighting-christians/ Mon, 29 Aug 2016 19:00:58 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=7264 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/29/ascending-tower-episode-xvii-part-1-gaslighting-christians/#comments Anthony DeMarco, Nick B. Steves and E Antony Gray <p>Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Ryan Landry and welcome special guest The Rebbe to talk about the second half of the Puritan-Judaism theory of Progressivism. In part 1, they cover Jewish perspectives on Christ, the ethnic divisions within modern Jewry, how nationalism saved Israel, and much more.<br /> This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Anonymous in VA, The Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, Edmund Burkenstock, and a special gift from our guest, The Rebbe. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.<br /> Notes:<br /> 04:11 Finding guests for the topic<br /> 09:15 Introducing The Rebbe<br /> 20:31 Christ as "great disambiguator" between Christians and Jews<br /> 33:04 Medieval Christian-Jewish relations and the court Jew<br /> 41:56 The curious case of Russian Jewry<br /> 51:09 Breakdown of Jewish ethnicities<br /> 1:08:02 Tackling the "Israel is our Greatest Ally" meme<br /> 1:18:19 Zionism as a descendant of European National Socialism<br /> 1:27:16 The Torah as a barrier against degeneracy<br /> Related Show Links:<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music: "A Handful of Sand" - Sins of Shadows (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1164697/a-handful-of-sand<br /> Closing Music: "Hassidic Celebration" - German Shepherd<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1184020/hassidic-celebration<br /> The Rebbe's Twitter Presence<br /> https://twitter.com/The_Rebbe_<br /> A Timeline of Robert Moses shaping modern NYC<br /> https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/timeline/robert-moses-modern-parks<br /> First appearance of "Judeo-Christian values" in print, according to La Wik<br /> https://books.google.com/books?id=0j2qODEJkdoC&pg=PA401#v=onepage&q&f=false<br /> The "betrayal" of the Balfour Declaration<br /> http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/The-Balfour-betrayal-How-the-British-Empire-failed-Zionism-330440<br /> The BBC on the Baruch Goldstein massacre<br /> http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/25/newsid_4167000/4167929.stm</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/29/ascending-tower-episode-xvii-part-1-gaslighting-christians/">Ascending The Tower – Episode XVII, Part 1 – “Gaslighting Christians”</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p>

Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Ryan Landry and welcome special guest The Rebbe to talk about the second half of the Puritan-Judaism theory of Progressivism. In part 1, they cover Jewish perspectives on Christ, the ethnic divisions within modern Jewry, how nationalism saved Israel, and much more.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Anonymous in VA, The Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, Edmund Burkenstock, and a special gift from our guest, The Rebbe. If you would like to sponsor an episode of Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel AT gmail.

Notes:
04:11 Finding guests for the topic
09:15 Introducing The Rebbe
20:31 Christ as “great disambiguator” between Christians and Jews
33:04 Medieval Christian-Jewish relations and the court Jew
41:56 The curious case of Russian Jewry
51:09 Breakdown of Jewish ethnicities
1:08:02 Tackling the “Israel is our Greatest Ally” meme
1:18:19 Zionism as a descendant of European National Socialism
1:27:16 The Torah as a barrier against degeneracy

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “A Handful of Sand” – Sins of Shadows (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1164697/a-handful-of-sand

Closing Music: “Hassidic Celebration” – German Shepherd
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1184020/hassidic-celebration

The Rebbe’s Twitter Presence
https://twitter.com/The_Rebbe_

A Timeline of Robert Moses shaping modern NYC
https://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/timeline/robert-moses-modern-parks

First appearance of “Judeo-Christian values” in print, according to La Wik
https://books.google.com/books?id=0j2qODEJkdoC&pg=PA401#v=onepage&q&f=false

The “betrayal” of the Balfour Declaration
http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/The-Balfour-betrayal-How-the-British-Empire-failed-Zionism-330440

The BBC on the Baruch Goldstein massacre
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/25/newsid_4167000/4167929.stm

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/29/ascending-tower-episode-xvii-part-1-gaslighting-christians/feed/ 8 Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Ryan Landry and welcome special guest The Rebbe to talk about the second half of the Puritan-Judaism theory of Progressivism. In part 1, they cover Jewish perspectives on Christ, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Ryan Landry and welcome special guest The Rebbe to talk about the second half of the Puritan-Judaism theory of Progressivism. In part 1, they cover Jewish perspectives on Christ, the ethnic divisions within modern Jewry, how nationalism saved Israel, and much more. This episode is brought to […] Ascending the Tower clean 1:33:54 Ascending The Tower – Episode XVI, Part 2 – “Useful in the Zombie Apocalypse” http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/08/ascending-tower-episode-xvi-part-2-weaponized-goodness/ Mon, 08 Aug 2016 15:00:11 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=6507 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/08/ascending-tower-episode-xvi-part-2-weaponized-goodness/#comments Anthony DeMarco, Nick B. Steves and E Antony Gray <p>Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Louis de Bonald to discuss Progressivism and Millenarian movements. In part 2, they learn how the Unitarians took over Harvard, why the left secretly wants Trump to win, and Bonald goes Out of Left Field for the next pope.<br /> This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners The Reactionary Tree, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, and Edmund Birkenstock. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.<br /> Notes:<br /> 00:50 Unitarianism as the next big Progressive leap "forward"<br /> 10:12 Ultracalvinists strove to be holier than Christ - abolition as example<br /> 26:20 The common themes of Prog Millenarianism<br /> 29:53 The uniqueness of Prog moral condemnation<br /> 38:11 Out of left field - Who should be the next Pope?<br /> 51:55 Predictions of the Pope and Trump tearing it all down<br /> 1:04:27 Zombie apocalypse wishcasting and the refugee crisis<br /> 1:18:57 Christ and power, "servant leadership" and becoming great<br /> Related Show Links:<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music: "Vial (Reprise) - The Cassini Projekt (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1318055/vial-reprise<br /> Closing Music: "Fiore d'Inchiostro" - Mattia Vlad Morleo<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305561/fiore-d-inchiostro<br /> Throne and Altar, Bonald's long-running site<br /> https://bonald.wordpress.com/<br /> Moldbug's ultracalvinist hypothesis<br /> http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2007/06/ultracalvinist-hypothesis-in.html<br /> The First Harvard Coup<br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Divinity_School#Harvard_Divinity_School_and_Unitarianism<br /> Unitarians and Abolition: a Unitarian Perspective<br /> http://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/adults/river/workshop12/178742.shtml<br /> Kant, Emerson, and Thomas Carlyle<br /> http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/transcendentalism/emerson/idealism_kant.html<br /> LBJ's "Girl with the Daisy" attack ad<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTBnsqxZ3k<br /> Bonald on American Conservatism<br /> https://bonald.wordpress.com/can-there-be-an-american-conservatism/</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/08/ascending-tower-episode-xvi-part-2-weaponized-goodness/">Ascending The Tower – Episode XVI, Part 2 – “Useful in the Zombie Apocalypse”</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p>

Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Louis de Bonald to discuss Progressivism and Millenarian movements. In part 2, they learn how the Unitarians took over Harvard, why the left secretly wants Trump to win, and Bonald goes Out of Left Field for the next pope.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners The Reactionary Tree, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, and Edmund Birkenstock. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.

Notes:
00:50 Unitarianism as the next big Progressive leap “forward”
10:12 Ultracalvinists strove to be holier than Christ – abolition as example
26:20 The common themes of Prog Millenarianism
29:53 The uniqueness of Prog moral condemnation
38:11 Out of left field – Who should be the next Pope?
51:55 Predictions of the Pope and Trump tearing it all down
1:04:27 Zombie apocalypse wishcasting and the refugee crisis
1:18:57 Christ and power, “servant leadership” and becoming great

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music: “Vial (Reprise) – The Cassini Projekt (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1318055/vial-reprise

Closing Music: “Fiore d’Inchiostro” – Mattia Vlad Morleo
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305561/fiore-d-inchiostro

Throne and Altar, Bonald’s long-running site
https://bonald.wordpress.com/

Moldbug’s ultracalvinist hypothesis
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2007/06/ultracalvinist-hypothesis-in.html

The First Harvard Coup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Divinity_School#Harvard_Divinity_School_and_Unitarianism

Unitarians and Abolition: a Unitarian Perspective
http://www.uua.org/re/tapestry/adults/river/workshop12/178742.shtml

Kant, Emerson, and Thomas Carlyle
http://www.age-of-the-sage.org/transcendentalism/emerson/idealism_kant.html

LBJ’s “Girl with the Daisy” attack ad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDTBnsqxZ3k

Bonald on American Conservatism
https://bonald.wordpress.com/can-there-be-an-american-conservatism/

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/08/ascending-tower-episode-xvi-part-2-weaponized-goodness/feed/ 3 Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Louis de Bonald to discuss Progressivism and Millenarian movements. In part 2, they learn how the Unitarians took over Harvard, why the left secretly wants Trump to win, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Louis de Bonald to discuss Progressivism and Millenarian movements. In part 2, they learn how the Unitarians took over Harvard, why the left secretly wants Trump to win, and Bonald goes Out of Left Field for the next pope. This episode is brought to you in part […] Ascending the Tower clean 1:32:26 Ascending The Tower – Episode XVI, Part 1 – “Weaponized Goodness” http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/04/ascending-the-tower-episode-xvi-part-1-weaponized-goodness/ Thu, 04 Aug 2016 13:00:49 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=6460 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/04/ascending-the-tower-episode-xvi-part-1-weaponized-goodness/#comments Anthony DeMarco, Nick B. Steves and E Antony Gray <p>Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Louis de Bonald to discuss Progressivism and Millenarian movements. In part 1, they trace the memetic roots of contemporary Progressive culture to the hardliners of the Protestant Revolution, John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli.<br /> This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners The Reactionary Tree, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, and Edmund Birkenstock. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.<br /> Notes:<br /> 00:03:52 Introducing Louis de Bonald<br /> 00:07:30 Mass Media and the unprecedented import of the Pope<br /> 00:20:00 Pre-millennialism and it's relationship with Moldbug's theories<br /> 00:37:00 Revelations as fuel for hucksters and true believers alike<br /> 01:05:39 Calvinists and "Zwingli-ists" break with Church (and State) of England<br /> 01:20:13 Loss of church hierarchy and the rise of the charismatic preacher<br /> 01:29:44 The ties between temporal and spiritual power<br /> Related Show Links<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music: "Vial (Reprise) - The Cassini Projekt (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1318055/vial-reprise<br /> Closing Music: "Fiore d'Inchiostro" - Mattia Vlad Morleo<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305561/fiore-d-inchiostro<br /> Throne and Altar, Bonald's long-running site<br /> https://bonald.wordpress.com/<br /> The attempted Pope Bartholomew?<br /> http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/06/15/patriarch_bartholomew_arrives_in_crete_for_orthodox_council/1237416<br /> Exploration of eschatological taxonomy<br /> http://www.christianciv.com/eschatology_bs_Sect1.htm<br /> The car that reduces your carbon footprint by killing you<br /> http://www.onionstudios.com/videos/new-prius-helps-environment-by-killing-its-owner-1706<br /> Revelation's Addition into Canon<br /> http://michaeljkruger.com/the-book-of-revelation-how-difficult-was-its-journey-into-the-canon/<br /> Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli on the Real Presence<br /> https://www.ewtn.com/library/Theology/Euchtheol.htm<br /> Mary Dyer (NOT Anne Hutchinson, sorry) on Drunk History (only the end)<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaDk0wG-HWk<br /> The Millerites & the Great Disappointment<br /> http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2008/12/strange-and-curious-sects-iv/<br /> Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God<br /> http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1053&context=etas</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/04/ascending-the-tower-episode-xvi-part-1-weaponized-goodness/">Ascending The Tower – Episode XVI, Part 1 – “Weaponized Goodness”</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p>

Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Louis de Bonald to discuss Progressivism and Millenarian movements. In part 1, they trace the memetic roots of contemporary Progressive culture to the hardliners of the Protestant Revolution, John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners The Reactionary Tree, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, and Edmund Birkenstock. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.

Notes:
00:03:52 Introducing Louis de Bonald
00:07:30 Mass Media and the unprecedented import of the Pope
00:20:00 Pre-millennialism and it’s relationship with Moldbug’s theories
00:37:00 Revelations as fuel for hucksters and true believers alike
01:05:39 Calvinists and “Zwingli-ists” break with Church (and State) of England
01:20:13 Loss of church hierarchy and the rise of the charismatic preacher
01:29:44 The ties between temporal and spiritual power

Related Show Links
Music:
Opening Music: “Vial (Reprise) – The Cassini Projekt (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1318055/vial-reprise

Closing Music: “Fiore d’Inchiostro” – Mattia Vlad Morleo
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1305561/fiore-d-inchiostro

Throne and Altar, Bonald’s long-running site
https://bonald.wordpress.com/

The attempted Pope Bartholomew?
http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/06/15/patriarch_bartholomew_arrives_in_crete_for_orthodox_council/1237416

Exploration of eschatological taxonomy
http://www.christianciv.com/eschatology_bs_Sect1.htm

The car that reduces your carbon footprint by killing you
http://www.onionstudios.com/videos/new-prius-helps-environment-by-killing-its-owner-1706

Revelation’s Addition into Canon
http://michaeljkruger.com/the-book-of-revelation-how-difficult-was-its-journey-into-the-canon/

Luther, Calvin, and Zwingli on the Real Presence
https://www.ewtn.com/library/Theology/Euchtheol.htm

Mary Dyer (NOT Anne Hutchinson, sorry) on Drunk History (only the end)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaDk0wG-HWk

The Millerites & the Great Disappointment
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2008/12/strange-and-curious-sects-iv/

Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1053&context=etas

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/08/04/ascending-the-tower-episode-xvi-part-1-weaponized-goodness/feed/ 8 Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Louis de Bonald to discuss Progressivism and Millenarian movements. In part 1, they trace the memetic roots of contemporary Progressive culture to the hardliners of the Protestant Revolution, Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Louis de Bonald to discuss Progressivism and Millenarian movements. In part 1, they trace the memetic roots of contemporary Progressive culture to the hardliners of the Protestant Revolution, John Calvin and Huldrych Zwingli. This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners […] Ascending the Tower clean 1:44:08 Descending The Tower – 7 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/06/30/descending-tower-7/ Thu, 30 Jun 2016 13:00:10 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=5944 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/06/30/descending-tower-7/#comments Anthony DeMarco and Nick B. Steves <p>Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Jim Donald, Ryan Landry, and Alistair Hermann to talk about Brexit and Texit, "no enemies to the right," Dad Rock, and much more!<br /> Descending the Tower -7 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, and Edmund Burkenstock.<br /> Notes:<br /> 00:04:39 Introducing our new subreddit, r/nrxn<br /> 00:13:36 Will #Brexit actually happen? (u/AdvocataEve on reddit)<br /> 00:41:12 How does "no enemies to the right" actually work? (@JoeWChristman on twitter)<br /> 01:13:36 How did the academies avoid being hollowed out by the Internet?<br /> 01:33:52 If blank slate is mistaken, is it a noble lie? (from Ask.fm)<br /> 01:41:27 Opinions on Texan Independence? (u/AugustJRush on reddit)<br /> 01:55:06 NRx compared to Monarchism and Traditionalism - (@ShawnBrewer on twitter)<br /> 02:20:08 Best Dad Rock of 2016<br /> 02:57:01 The 14 rules of patriarchal relationships (h/t @IrisAndOleander on twitter)<br /> Related Show Links<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music - "Through the Shadow and the Light" by Everlasting Dream (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1190918/through-the-shadow-and-the-light<br /> Closing Music - "The Blue Feast" by JGMillan<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1322606/the-blue-feast<br /> Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and represents the latest project of the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you'd like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com<br /> Sponsorship: <br /> If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail Surviving Babel at gmail dot com.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/06/30/descending-tower-7/">Descending The Tower – 7</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p>

Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Jim Donald, Ryan Landry, and Alistair Hermann to talk about Brexit and Texit, “no enemies to the right,” Dad Rock, and much more!

Descending the Tower -7 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, and Edmund Burkenstock.

Notes:
00:04:39 Introducing our new subreddit, r/nrxn
00:13:36 Will #Brexit actually happen? (u/AdvocataEve on reddit)
00:41:12 How does “no enemies to the right” actually work? (@JoeWChristman on twitter)
01:13:36 How did the academies avoid being hollowed out by the Internet?
01:33:52 If blank slate is mistaken, is it a noble lie? (from Ask.fm)
01:41:27 Opinions on Texan Independence? (u/AugustJRush on reddit)
01:55:06 NRx compared to Monarchism and Traditionalism – (@ShawnBrewer on twitter)
02:20:08 Best Dad Rock of 2016
02:57:01 The 14 rules of patriarchal relationships (h/t @IrisAndOleander on twitter)

Related Show Links

Music:
Opening Music – “Through the Shadow and the Light” by Everlasting Dream (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1190918/through-the-shadow-and-the-light

Closing Music – “The Blue Feast” by JGMillan
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1322606/the-blue-feast

Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and represents the latest project of the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you’d like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com

Sponsorship: 

If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail Surviving Babel at gmail dot com.

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/06/30/descending-tower-7/feed/ 11 Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Jim Donald, Ryan Landry, and Alistair Hermann to talk about Brexit and Texit, “no enemies to the right,” Dad Rock, and much more! Descending the Tower -7 is brought to you in part by generous donations from ou... Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Jim Donald, Ryan Landry, and Alistair Hermann to talk about Brexit and Texit, “no enemies to the right,” Dad Rock, and much more! Descending the Tower -7 is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Gladio, and Edmund Burkenstock. Notes: 00:04:39 […] Ascending the Tower clean 3:24:36 Ascending The Tower – “A Very Special Episode 2 (Pax Dickinson)” http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/06/06/ascending-tower-special-episode-ii/ Mon, 06 Jun 2016 15:00:18 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=5430 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/06/06/ascending-tower-special-episode-ii/#comments Anthony DeMarco and Nick B. Steves <p>This week, we're joined by Pax Dickinson for a discussion on WeSearchr.</p> <p>Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and run by the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you'd like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com</p> <p>Related Show Links:</p> <p>WeSearchr<br /> http://wesearchr.com</p> <p>Pax's home blog<br /> Pax Vobiscum</p> <p>Sponsorship: </p> <p>If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail Surviving Babel at gmail dot com. Sponsorships start at $10 an episode, and all proceeds will either go back into the podcast or provide some compensation for your most grateful host. You can purchase a mention or short message, or you can choose to sponsor the Out of Left Field question or even an entire episode.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/06/06/ascending-tower-special-episode-ii/">Ascending The Tower – “A Very Special Episode 2 (Pax Dickinson)”</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> This week, we’re joined by Pax Dickinson for a discussion on WeSearchr.

Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and run by the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you’d like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com

Related Show Links:

WeSearchr
http://wesearchr.com

Pax’s home blog
Pax Vobiscum

Sponsorship: 

If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail Surviving Babel at gmail dot com. Sponsorships start at $10 an episode, and all proceeds will either go back into the podcast or provide some compensation for your most grateful host. You can purchase a mention or short message, or you can choose to sponsor the Out of Left Field question or even an entire episode.

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/06/06/ascending-tower-special-episode-ii/feed/ 18 This week, we’re joined by Pax Dickinson for a discussion on WeSearchr. Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and run by the Hestia Society. This week, we’re joined by Pax Dickinson for a discussion on WeSearchr. Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and run by the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you’d like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him […] Ascending the Tower clean 2:00:15 Ascending The Tower – Episode XV, Part 2 – “Correct Theologically, Incorrect Politically” http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/05/19/4644/ Thu, 19 May 2016 21:32:51 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=4644 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/05/19/4644/#comments Nick B. Steves, Anthony DeMarco and E Antony Gray <p>Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Aaron Jacob to talk relations between trad Christians and ethno-pagans. In part 2, we talk about the transition from Paganism to Christianity, and how the two sides can find common ground.</p> <p>This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners David Hansen, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Edmund Birkenstock, and Ursus. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 00:57   Religious and geopolitical covergence in pre-Christian Rome<br /> 14:16   Roman transition from Pagan to Christian<br /> 20:45   Nominalism in Abrahamic religions<br /> 30:49   Catholic universalism vs. ethnic nationalism<br /> 43:01   Traditionalist Christian & Ethno-pagan reconciliation<br /> 54:29   Out of Left Field - Praise Kek?</p> <p>Related Show Links:<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music - "From Sky to Abyss" (excerpt) - Quantum Ocean<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/album/153263/quantum-ocean</p> <p>Closing Music - "Instrumentel" - d-alternative<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/104694/instrumentel</p> <p>Aaron Jacob's blog<br /> http://www.graaaaaagh.com/</p> <p>New Hestia website project - official canon of neoreaction<br /> http://neoreaction.net</p> <p>Byzantine Iconoclastic Controversy<br /> https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/byzantine1/beginners-guide-byzantine/a/iconoclastic-controversies</p> <p>What, exactly, is the Genius of the Emperor?<br /> https://www.jstor.org/stable/3141986</p> <p>Based Modi doesn't back down<br /> http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/no-guilty-feeling-about-gujarat-riots-says-modi/article4908704.ece</p> <p>Kek statue with iconography (check the comments...)<br /> http://www.amazon.com/Egyptian-Frog-Goddess-Heket-Set/dp/B001BX5PD2</p> <p>George Gemistus Plethon<br /> https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Gemistus-Plethon</p> <p>Hierotheos Vlachos<br /> http://full-of-grace-and-truth.blogspot.com/2009/</p> <p>Sponsorship: </p> <p>If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail me at Surviving Babel at gmail dot com. Sponsorships start at $10 an episode, and all proceeds will either go back into the podcast or provide some compensation for your most grateful host. You can purchase a mention or short message, or you can choose to sponsor the Out of Left Field question or even an entire episode.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/05/19/4644/">Ascending The Tower – Episode XV, Part 2 – “Correct Theologically, Incorrect Politically”</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Aaron Jacob to talk relations between trad Christians and ethno-pagans. In part 2, we talk about the transition from Paganism to Christianity, and how the two sides can find common ground.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners David Hansen, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Edmund Birkenstock, and Ursus. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.

Notes:
00:57   Religious and geopolitical covergence in pre-Christian Rome
14:16   Roman transition from Pagan to Christian
20:45   Nominalism in Abrahamic religions
30:49   Catholic universalism vs. ethnic nationalism
43:01   Traditionalist Christian & Ethno-pagan reconciliation
54:29   Out of Left Field – Praise Kek?

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “From Sky to Abyss” (excerpt) – Quantum Ocean
https://www.jamendo.com/album/153263/quantum-ocean

Closing Music – “Instrumentel” – d-alternative
https://www.jamendo.com/track/104694/instrumentel

Aaron Jacob’s blog
http://www.graaaaaagh.com/

New Hestia website project – official canon of neoreaction
http://neoreaction.net

Byzantine Iconoclastic Controversy
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/medieval-world/byzantine1/beginners-guide-byzantine/a/iconoclastic-controversies

What, exactly, is the Genius of the Emperor?
https://www.jstor.org/stable/3141986

Based Modi doesn’t back down
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/no-guilty-feeling-about-gujarat-riots-says-modi/article4908704.ece

Kek statue with iconography (check the comments…)
http://www.amazon.com/Egyptian-Frog-Goddess-Heket-Set/dp/B001BX5PD2

George Gemistus Plethon
https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Gemistus-Plethon

Hierotheos Vlachos
http://full-of-grace-and-truth.blogspot.com/2009/

Sponsorship: 

If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail me at Surviving Babel at gmail dot com. Sponsorships start at $10 an episode, and all proceeds will either go back into the podcast or provide some compensation for your most grateful host. You can purchase a mention or short message, or you can choose to sponsor the Out of Left Field question or even an entire episode.

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/05/19/4644/feed/ 3 Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Aaron Jacob to talk relations between trad Christians and ethno-pagans. In part 2, we talk about the transition from Paganism to Christianity, and how the two sides can find common ground. Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Aaron Jacob to talk relations between trad Christians and ethno-pagans. In part 2, we talk about the transition from Paganism to Christianity, and how the two sides can find common ground. This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners David Hansen, […] Ascending the Tower clean 1:11:11 Ascending The Tower – Episode XV, Part 1 – “That Sort Of Christo-Pagan Thing” http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/05/16/ascending-the-tower-episode-xv/ Mon, 16 May 2016 18:00:58 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=4575 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/05/16/ascending-the-tower-episode-xv/#comments Nick B. Steves, Anthony DeMarco and E Antony Gray <p>Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Aaron Jacob to talk relations between trad Christians and ethno-pagans. In part 1, we hear Aaron recount his religious journey and talk about the common origins of European paganism and Christianity.</p> <p>This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners David Hansen, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Edmund Birkenstock, and Ursus. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.</p> <p>Notes<br /> 07:01   Presenting neoreaction.net<br /> 11:46   Introducing Aaron Jacob<br /> 17:16   Aaron's religious journey<br /> 24:58   Perennial truth and Pagan/Christian relations<br /> 34:44   Proto-Indo-European foundational tradition<br /> 47:16   Christ as man's ultimate access to God<br /> 52:57   Christianity and Holiness Spirals</p> <p>Related Show Links:<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music - "From Sky to Abyss" (excerpt) - Quantum Ocean<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/album/153263/quantum-ocean</p> <p>Closing Music - "Instrumentel" - d-alternative<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/104694/instrumentel</p> <p>Aaron Jacob's blog<br /> http://www.graaaaaagh.com/</p> <p>New Hestia website project - official canon of neoreaction<br /> neoreaction.net</p> <p>Ross Douthat and Vox on Neoreaction<br /> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/opinion/sunday/the-reactionary-mind.html<br /> http://www.vox.com/2016/4/18/11434098/alt-right-explained</p> <p>Aaron Jacob's first podcast<br /> http://www.graaaaaagh.com/2015/11/podcast-episode-1-how-i-broke-my.html</p> <p>CS Lewis - Early Pagan-Christian bridge builder<br /> http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2015/08/christianity-is-truth-and-reality-not-mythology/</p> <p>Information on Proto-Indo-European language, culture, and religion<br /> http://piereligion.org/</p> <p>Ananias and Sapphira - Thus always to holiness signallers<br /> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananias_and_Sapphira</p> <p>Sponsorship: </p> <p>If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail me at Surviving Babel at gmail dot com. Sponsorships start at $10 an episode, and all proceeds will either go back into the podcast or provide some compensation for your most grateful host. You can purchase a mention or short message, or you can choose to sponsor the Out of Left Field question or even an entire episode.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/05/16/ascending-the-tower-episode-xv/">Ascending The Tower – Episode XV, Part 1 – “That Sort Of Christo-Pagan Thing”</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Aaron Jacob to talk relations between trad Christians and ethno-pagans. In part 1, we hear Aaron recount his religious journey and talk about the common origins of European paganism and Christianity.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners David Hansen, Gladio, Bermudan Reactionary, Edmund Birkenstock, and Ursus. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.

Notes
07:01   Presenting neoreaction.net
11:46   Introducing Aaron Jacob
17:16   Aaron’s religious journey
24:58   Perennial truth and Pagan/Christian relations
34:44   Proto-Indo-European foundational tradition
47:16   Christ as man’s ultimate access to God
52:57   Christianity and Holiness Spirals

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “From Sky to Abyss” (excerpt) – Quantum Ocean
https://www.jamendo.com/album/153263/quantum-ocean

Closing Music – “Instrumentel” – d-alternative
https://www.jamendo.com/track/104694/instrumentel

Aaron Jacob’s blog
http://www.graaaaaagh.com/

New Hestia website project – official canon of neoreaction
neoreaction.net

Ross Douthat and Vox on Neoreaction
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/24/opinion/sunday/the-reactionary-mind.html
http://www.vox.com/2016/4/18/11434098/alt-right-explained

Aaron Jacob’s first podcast
http://www.graaaaaagh.com/2015/11/podcast-episode-1-how-i-broke-my.html

CS Lewis – Early Pagan-Christian bridge builder
http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/blog/2015/08/christianity-is-truth-and-reality-not-mythology/

Information on Proto-Indo-European language, culture, and religion
http://piereligion.org/

Ananias and Sapphira – Thus always to holiness signallers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananias_and_Sapphira

Sponsorship: 

If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail me at Surviving Babel at gmail dot com. Sponsorships start at $10 an episode, and all proceeds will either go back into the podcast or provide some compensation for your most grateful host. You can purchase a mention or short message, or you can choose to sponsor the Out of Left Field question or even an entire episode.

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/05/16/ascending-the-tower-episode-xv/feed/ 3 Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Aaron Jacob to talk relations between trad Christians and ethno-pagans. In part 1, we hear Aaron recount his religious journey and talk about the common origins of European paganism and Christianity. Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony are joined by Aaron Jacob to talk relations between trad Christians and ethno-pagans. In part 1, we hear Aaron recount his religious journey and talk about the common origins of European paganism and Christianity. This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners David Hansen, […] Ascending the Tower clean 1:01:37 Descending The Tower – 6 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/03/12/descending-tower-6/ Sat, 12 Mar 2016 23:53:37 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=3632 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/03/12/descending-tower-6/#comments Anthony DeMarco and Nick B. Steves <p>Anthony and Nick invite Ryan Landry, E. Antony Gray, and Jean-Luc Deaux into the Tower depths to talk about low-time preference, American patriotism, the Presidential race, and much more.</p> <p>Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and represents the latest project of the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you'd like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 0:07:12    Is Low Time Preference innate or can it be learned?<br /> 0:30:55    How should white American rightists feel about their country?<br /> 0:49:07    Is NRx's appeal mainly that it's taboo?<br /> 1:02:50    How is NRx different from 5 years ago?<br /> 1:24:59    Recommendations for Millennials looking to learn life skills<br /> 1:49:47    One True Faith versus Perennialism<br /> 2:21:01    Does NRx support Hillary for accelerationist purposes?<br /> 2:40:46    Assorted closing thoughts</p> <p>Related Show Links:</p> <p>Music:<br /> Opening: "Fausto" by Anima Adversa (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1060324/fausto</p> <p>Closing: "Gone" by Martin Eigenmann<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1198814/gone</p> <p>Sponsorship: </p> <p>If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail Surviving Babel at gmail dot com.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/03/12/descending-tower-6/">Descending The Tower – 6</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> Anthony and Nick invite Ryan Landry, E. Antony Gray, and Jean-Luc Deaux into the Tower depths to talk about low-time preference, American patriotism, the Presidential race, and much more.

Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and represents the latest project of the Hestia Society. Please leave feedback in the comments, and if you’d like to get in touch with Surviving Babel, you can find him at: survivingbabel@gmail.com

Notes:
0:07:12    Is Low Time Preference innate or can it be learned?
0:30:55    How should white American rightists feel about their country?
0:49:07    Is NRx’s appeal mainly that it’s taboo?
1:02:50    How is NRx different from 5 years ago?
1:24:59    Recommendations for Millennials looking to learn life skills
1:49:47    One True Faith versus Perennialism
2:21:01    Does NRx support Hillary for accelerationist purposes?
2:40:46    Assorted closing thoughts

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening: “Fausto” by Anima Adversa (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1060324/fausto

Closing: “Gone” by Martin Eigenmann
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1198814/gone

Sponsorship: 

If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail Surviving Babel at gmail dot com.

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/03/12/descending-tower-6/feed/ 10 Anthony and Nick invite Ryan Landry, E. Antony Gray, and Jean-Luc Deaux into the Tower depths to talk about low-time preference, American patriotism, the Presidential race, and much more. Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Anthony and Nick invite Ryan Landry, E. Antony Gray, and Jean-Luc Deaux into the Tower depths to talk about low-time preference, American patriotism, the Presidential race, and much more. Brought to you by Surviving Babel and Nick B. Steves, Ascending the Tower is a podcast distributed by Social Matter and represents the latest project of the […] Ascending the Tower clean 3:09:21 Ascending The Tower – Episode XIV – “Dogs Are Not Kids” http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/03/04/ascending-the-tower-episode-xiv-dogs-are-not-kids/ Fri, 04 Mar 2016 14:00:19 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=3423 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/03/04/ascending-the-tower-episode-xiv-dogs-are-not-kids/#comments Anthony DeMarco and Nick B. Steves <p>Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony discuss available paths for young men looking to weather the Kali Yuga. They are joined by guest Travis Corcoran (@MorlockP), who also talks the Free State Project in the Out of Left Field question.</p> <p>This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio and Ursus. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 4:30 - Introducing Travis<br /> 19:41 - The Kali Yuga and four archetypes of survival<br /> 28:37 - #1: The Gentleman Farmer*<br /> 56:51 - #2: The Hermit Monk*<br /> 1:12:09 - #3: The Travelling Tradesman*<br /> 1:28:56 - #4: The Humble Patriarch*<br /> 1:44:01 - Nationalists must have children to maintain their people<br /> 2:03:28 - Out of Left Field - Assessment of the Free State Project</p> <p>*As promised, here is a visualization of the four Archetypes along three social dimensions</p> <p>Related Show Links:</p> <p>Music:<br /> Opening Music: "Омут" by Vintergata (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1312299/omut</p> <p>Closing Music: "Hoch, Hoch" by Raulin de los Bosques<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/420777/hoch-hoch</p> <p>Morlock Publishing<br /> http://morlockpublishing.com/</p> <p>Thomas Barghest on Social Atomization<br /> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/02/15/the-radioactivity-of-atomic-individualism/</p> <p>John Adams' farm Peacefield<br /> http://www.nps.gov/adam/index.htm</p> <p>Scott Alexander on Class<br /> http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/30/staying-classy/</p> <p>The Life of St. Antony of Egypt<br /> https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/ANTONY.HTM</p> <p>The Mike Rowe Foundation promoting a livelihood in the trades<br /> http://profoundlydisconnected.com/</p> <p>The Protoevangelium of James<br /> http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0847.htm</p> <p>A primer on passivism (note: NOT pacifism, apologies if unclear)<br /> http://thefutureprimaeval.net/passivism-and-the-procedure/</p> <p>Moldbug on right wing folk activism<br /> http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2011/07/right-wing-terrorism-as-folk-activism.html</p> <p> </p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/03/04/ascending-the-tower-episode-xiv-dogs-are-not-kids/">Ascending The Tower – Episode XIV – “Dogs Are Not Kids”</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony discuss available paths for young men looking to weather the Kali Yuga. They are joined by guest Travis Corcoran (@MorlockP), who also talks the Free State Project in the Out of Left Field question.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio and Ursus. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.

Notes:
4:30 – Introducing Travis
19:41 – The Kali Yuga and four archetypes of survival
28:37 – #1: The Gentleman Farmer*
56:51 – #2: The Hermit Monk*
1:12:09 – #3: The Travelling Tradesman*
1:28:56 – #4: The Humble Patriarch*
1:44:01 – Nationalists must have children to maintain their people
2:03:28 – Out of Left Field – Assessment of the Free State Project

*As promised, here is a visualization of the four Archetypes along three social dimensions

Diagram of Male Archetypes and Social Dimensions

Related Show Links:

Music:
Opening Music: “Омут” by Vintergata (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1312299/omut

Closing Music: “Hoch, Hoch” by Raulin de los Bosques
https://www.jamendo.com/track/420777/hoch-hoch

Morlock Publishing
http://morlockpublishing.com/

Thomas Barghest on Social Atomization
http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/02/15/the-radioactivity-of-atomic-individualism/

John Adams’ farm Peacefield
http://www.nps.gov/adam/index.htm

Scott Alexander on Class
http://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/30/staying-classy/

The Life of St. Antony of Egypt
https://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/ANTONY.HTM

The Mike Rowe Foundation promoting a livelihood in the trades
http://profoundlydisconnected.com/

The Protoevangelium of James
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0847.htm

A primer on passivism (note: NOT pacifism, apologies if unclear)
http://thefutureprimaeval.net/passivism-and-the-procedure/

Moldbug on right wing folk activism
http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2011/07/right-wing-terrorism-as-folk-activism.html

 

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/03/04/ascending-the-tower-episode-xiv-dogs-are-not-kids/feed/ 2 Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony discuss available paths for young men looking to weather the Kali Yuga. They are joined by guest Travis Corcoran (@MorlockP), who also talks the Free State Project in the Out of Left Field question. Anthony, Nick, and E. Antony discuss available paths for young men looking to weather the Kali Yuga. They are joined by guest Travis Corcoran (@MorlockP), who also talks the Free State Project in the Out of Left Field question. This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Gladio and Ursus. […] Ascending the Tower clean 2:20:20 Ascending The Tower – Episode XIII, Part 2 – “Gazing Into The Age Of Kali” http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/02/02/episode-xiii-part-2-gazing-into-the-age-of-kali/ Tue, 02 Feb 2016 14:00:05 +0000 http://www.socialmatter.net/?p=3116 http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/02/02/episode-xiii-part-2-gazing-into-the-age-of-kali/#comments Anthony DeMarco and Nick B. Steves <p>In part two of this episode, Mark Citadel guides us through of the Kali Yuga prophecies, and we begin to explore measures that modern men can take in response. Mark and E. Antony Gray then take a crack at our Out of Left Field question.</p> <p>This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Edmund Burkenstock, Ursus, and Gladio. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.</p> <p>Notes:<br /> 0:45 - What is the Kali Yuga? What effects does it produce...<br /> 7:27 - ...physically?<br /> 16:10 - ...emotionally?<br /> 24:47 - ...spiritually<br /> 35:53 - Protestantism and patchwork<br /> 49:50 - How do we respond to the effects of the Kali Yuga?<br /> 1:03:24 - Out of Left Field - Why build amongst the ruins?</p> <p>Related Show Links:<br /> Music:<br /> Opening Music - "Critical Hit" by Schitzophrenic [sic] (excerpt)<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/986697/critical-hit</p> <p>Closing Music - "Jill Grace" by Disyled<br /> https://www.jamendo.com/track/1158784/disyled_-_jill_grace</p> <p>Evola on the "poles" of masculinity and femininity<br /> https://ia800506.us.archive.org/16/items/RevoltAgainstTheModernWorld/revolt-against-the-modern-world-julius-evola.pdf#page=97</p> <p>JM Smith on Duffers and Fanatics<br /> http://orthosphere.org/2016/01/11/duffers-and-fanatics/</p> <p>SILPHIUM! It was Silphium.<br /> http://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/silphium-ancient-contraceptive-herb-driven-extinction-002268</p> <p>MA Law on Planned Parenthood Protests<br /> http://www.boston.com/health/2014/07/30/gov-patrick-signs-mass-buffer-zone-bill-into-law/ZoLyawzsQMtc9J53IlisRL/story.html</p> <p>Google Street View of the Boston PPA Facility<br /> https://goo.gl/maps/yWG9DagDzeo</p> <p>Dennis Hopper Sicilian scene in True Romance<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu_G1zaPCPw</p> <p>Neil Devers on Passivism<br /> http://thefutureprimaeval.net/passivism-and-the-procedure/</p> <p>Sponsorship: </p> <p>If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail me at Surviving Babel at gmail dot com. Sponsorships start at $10 an episode, and all proceeds will either go back into the podcast or provide some compensation for your most grateful host. You can purchase a mention or short message, or you can choose to sponsor the Out of Left Field question or even an entire episode.</p> <p>The post <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/02/02/episode-xiii-part-2-gazing-into-the-age-of-kali/">Ascending The Tower – Episode XIII, Part 2 – “Gazing Into The Age Of Kali”</a> appeared first on <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.socialmatter.net">Social Matter</a>.</p> In part two of this episode, Mark Citadel guides us through of the Kali Yuga prophecies, and we begin to explore measures that modern men can take in response. Mark and E. Antony Gray then take a crack at our Out of Left Field question.

This episode is brought to you in part by generous donations from our listeners Bermudan Reactionary, Edmund Burkenstock, Ursus, and Gladio. If you would like to sponsor Ascending the Tower, e-mail survivingbabel@gmail.com.

Notes:
0:45 – What is the Kali Yuga? What effects does it produce…
7:27 – …physically?
16:10 – …emotionally?
24:47 – …spiritually
35:53 – Protestantism and patchwork
49:50 – How do we respond to the effects of the Kali Yuga?
1:03:24 – Out of Left Field – Why build amongst the ruins?

Related Show Links:
Music:
Opening Music – “Critical Hit” by Schitzophrenic [sic] (excerpt)
https://www.jamendo.com/track/986697/critical-hit

Closing Music – “Jill Grace” by Disyled
https://www.jamendo.com/track/1158784/disyled_-_jill_grace

Evola on the “poles” of masculinity and femininity
https://ia800506.us.archive.org/16/items/RevoltAgainstTheModernWorld/revolt-against-the-modern-world-julius-evola.pdf#page=97

JM Smith on Duffers and Fanatics
http://orthosphere.org/2016/01/11/duffers-and-fanatics/

SILPHIUM! It was Silphium.
http://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/silphium-ancient-contraceptive-herb-driven-extinction-002268

MA Law on Planned Parenthood Protests
http://www.boston.com/health/2014/07/30/gov-patrick-signs-mass-buffer-zone-bill-into-law/ZoLyawzsQMtc9J53IlisRL/story.html

Google Street View of the Boston PPA Facility
https://goo.gl/maps/yWG9DagDzeo

Dennis Hopper Sicilian scene in True Romance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu_G1zaPCPw

Neil Devers on Passivism
http://thefutureprimaeval.net/passivism-and-the-procedure/

Sponsorship: 

If you are interested in sponsoring Ascending the Tower, e-mail me at Surviving Babel at gmail dot com. Sponsorships start at $10 an episode, and all proceeds will either go back into the podcast or provide some compensation for your most grateful host. You can purchase a mention or short message, or you can choose to sponsor the Out of Left Field question or even an entire episode.

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]]> http://www.socialmatter.net/2016/02/02/episode-xiii-part-2-gazing-into-the-age-of-kali/feed/ 6 In part two of this episode, Mark Citadel guides us through of the Kali Yuga prophecies, and we begin to explore measures that modern men can take in response. Mark and E. Antony Gray then take a crack at our Out of Left Field question. In part two of this episode, Mark Citadel guides us through of the Kali Yuga prophecies, and we begin to explore measures that modern men can take in response. Mark and E. Antony Gray then take a crack at our Out of Left Field question. This episode is brought to you in part by generous […] Ascending the Tower clean 1:34:03