By Max Musson:
We live in a world in which many people have a dark sense of foreboding. Particularly in Western European countries where we have experienced better times within living memory, there is a feeling that many facets of our lives are deteriorating and have been relentlessly deteriorating for several decades at least.
In material terms we appear to be better off than ever before and yet the material benefits themselves do not seem to adequately compensate for less welcome changes and the sense that somehow our civilisation is in decay. Also the greater awareness of environmental and demographic factors means that we are conscious of the fact that we in the West are ‘living beyond our means’ and beyond the means of our planet to sustain indefinitely. We are told that mankind is already consuming natural resources at a rate faster than our planet can renew them and therefore there exists a sense of guilt in one’s enjoyment of our apparently greater material wealth.
The rise of rationalism and science as the fonts of human wisdom and knowledge and the marginalisation of traditional Western religious beliefs, witnessed by the decline of particularly Christian religious adherence, is a sign of a decline in the spiritual health and well-being of our people. Our place in the world, our place in time and any sense of purpose in life have become blurred as religious belief has declined, to be replaced by a soulless philosophy based upon individuality, liberalism, materialism and personal self-gratification.
Despite our release from previous religious constraints and despite all of our attempts to submerge ourselves in lives of hedonistic pleasures, maximising our personal self-gratification through the new freedoms of individuality and liberalism, in conjunction with our apparently growing material wealth, we still see all around us growing signs of social decay and dysfunction. In the West higher rates of social dysfunction manifest now than at almost any other time in living memory; high rates of violent crime, muggings, rapes and murders; high rates of drug and alcohol abuse; high rates of prostitution; high rates child physical and sexual abuse; high rates of suicide; yes, high and steadily increasing rates of all forms of delinquency and social dysfunction.
We sense, as I have already alluded to, a feeling that even our apparent growing material wealth cannot possibly continue. We are constantly reminded nowadays that we live in a world of finite resources and one of uncontrollable population growth. Already we are informed that for the whole of humanity to enjoy a standard of living equivalent to that enjoyed in advanced Western countries, we will need several planet earths to provide the natural resources required. Obviously therefore, such a state of worldwide parity with the Western nations is impossible unless someone devises a new almost magic method of conjuring wealth and energy out of nothing or discovers some, as yet undiscovered, unknown and limitless source of raw materials and the fossil fuels such parity would require.
Increasingly, we stumble from one crisis to another, only to find that corrupt and inept governments fail us, both in terms of managing the present and in terms of providing inspiration and solutions for what will come and the problems that we see looming. All too often our political leaders are shown to be men and women without vision, lacking any coherent mission and completely devoid of moral scruples. All too often, even when they are not corrupt at the outset, they become corrupted by the spiritual wasteland that our world has become, choosing eventually to enjoy the power and wealth that political office and influence provides with no real care for the direction we are taking.
Traditionally the role of the religions of the world has been to provide a ‘glue’ holding communities together, to provide a means by which rulers can control their subjects, to set moral boundaries to regulate the lives of people and to give them a sense of belonging to something or some cause that is greater than them and which gives their lives direction and meaning. Increasingly however, the scriptures have come to be seen as mere folk tales, of at best symbolic value, and with scant historic validity. Creation stories have been shown to be at variance with modern scientific opinion regarding the origins of the Universe. Furthermore, religious strictures have been revealed as arbitrary constraints, of little but symbolic significance in the modern age and belief in Christianity in particular, is at an all time low among the Western nations.
We live lives of apparently growing material wealth but in a spiritual, moral and ethical wasteland, life for us has no apparent purpose, values are all apparently subjective, transient and illusory. Friedrich Nietzsche in his ‘The Gay Science’ declared that “God is dead”, but what is to become of us if the vacuum left by the demise of the Christian God is not filled by something else?
Today, most intelligent people reject traditional religions as aberrant pre-modern belief systems. Simply put, traditional religions appear to be assemblages of mythic stories propounding belief in anthropomorphic Gods, whose existence, either now or in the past is at best improbable and is in any event seen as irrelevant now in our modern age. Some religions, such a Buddhism assert as the ultimate goal in life the achievement of a state of inner peace that can only be achieved through a renunciation of self and one’s natural urges.
In short these religions fail to provide a credible explanation of; who we are; how we got where we are today; how we relate to the rest of creation; and what purpose there is in life; in a way that connects with the restless, Faustian spirit of Western man and our instinctive ethnocentricity.
Evolutionary psychologists such as Professor Bruce G. Charlton would argue that traditional religions fail because they lack a complete cosmology. Charlton has written that “[a] cosmology is a mythical account of the universe as it presents itself to the human mind; it needs to be poetic, symbolic, inspiring a sense of awe and mystery. Furthermore, a complete cosmology should include three levels of macro-, meso- and microcosm, in order to understand the nature of the universe, human society, and the individual’s relation to them”.
Traditional cosmologies according to Charlton, describe a “static ideal state towards which the world ought to gravitate”. He obviously has in mind here as examples, the state of ‘Nirvana’ or the attainment of the ‘Kingdom of God on Earth’. “However, modern life is characterised by rapid fluidity of all kinds of structures, including innovation and destruction, and growth in complexity of communications without a pre-established end-point. We do not know where we are going, yet we are accelerating towards it.”
“Because people do not have a basic symbolic understanding of the modern world and modern humanity’s place in it, they experience conflict between their cosmology and what they observe and experience. This mismatch between traditional cosmology and contemporary actuality is alienating. Consequently the modern world is frequently perceived as chaotic, meaningless, declining or collapsing”.
Reflecting the essentially European character of his own psyche, Charlton concludes, “A modern cosmology therefore needs to be focused on underlying process instead of structure, on dynamism rather than stasis. If modern individuals become able to develop mythic understanding of the evolutionary nature of things-in-general then their experience of change will match their deepest expectations. Consequently, people may be more likely to feel ‘at home’ in the world and broadly optimistic about the future.”
Through Cosmotheism, which I regard as scientific paganism, I belief that it is possible to establish a complete cosmology that meets all of the prerequisites set out above, which presents a compelling new world view that is wholly consistent with the spirit of Western man, which is consistent with current science and which has the capacity to evolve and adapt and remain credible as our scientific knowledge advances. I will expand upon this in future posts.
By Max Musson © 2013
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Stefan
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Yes I have had much the same feelings & now feel a sudden speeding up of events, a sort of ground rush.
It seems things are being pushed to a tipping point before too many people wake up.
There is a chilling of opposition & a lot of psyop type activity, some sites have been closed down & a lot of misleading junk is circulating.
I have found no end of out of date or plain misleading posts on the internet, the usual giveaway is the fotos, which when image searched lead to something completely different & irrelevant,
Also the same story with different pictures & locations added.
It’s unclear who is doing this but I would advise people not to take things at face value.
The conspiracy theories appear to be conspiracy facts.
What is going on, It isn’t misguided liberalism, I feel it is meant to destroy the country, not to save anyone.
This also applies to probably all of Europe to one degree or another.
Also other Western countries seem afflicted by the same disease too.
janet
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Who is doing this: certain plutocratic individuals are financing it. Things are much worse than you imagine. The time for religion as an answer is over. If you really need a religion, Sons of Odin might interest you. Nonetheless, whoever has the biggest guns, wins, and needless to say, your own governments are AGAINST you and the rest of the European descent folks, they have sold you out.
Max Musson
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Hello Janet, we are quite aware of who is financing the activities of our racial enemies and matters have indeed reached a dire state. We don’t need to be told that. Furthermore, while the time for a new religion is way overdue, it is not too late and won’t be too late until there are no longer any ‘breeding colonies’, as naturalists would say, of White people left anywhere in the world. Traditional Paganism is not the way forward, although there are elements of traditional Paganism that can be incorporated into the new religion, because traditional Paganism does not represent a ‘complete cosmology’, as Bruce Charleton would say.
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The majority of people of European descent already know the score, albeit the majority are not yet motivated to act, but that time will come if we follow our plan and when it does the size of anyone’s guns will not be the deciding factor, it will be the strength of their will and determination to succeed and to secure life for our people. Why don’t you join us?
Steve100
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Hello, Max.
Another good and interesting article.
I agree that we in Britain — and in the whole of Europe — need a new religion.
I looked into Cosmotheism years back, and couldn’t really see that much difference in it, and PanTheism.
I eventually hung my hat on Deism rather than Theism — though not mainstream Deism, but actually PanDeism — whilst acknowledging that it doesn’t meet all requirements.
However, I have recently been reading, and have been impressed with, Ben Klassen’s Creativity programme — but, in my view, in its original form, it too doesn’t meet all requirements.
But, a fusion of PanDeism & Creativity does tick all the boxes — and I suggest that, as the best route to take.
Regards, Steve100.
Albert
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I have no faith myself, But was brought up in a Western Christian culture,
The Cultural Marxist and Jews who run the Media, Banks, Law, Education, aim is to destroy the Family, Religion first and by doing so destroy a culture..and they are succeeding..but their plane is not working with the Muslim population who have strong faith and family…We Europeans have grown weak where Islam has grown stronger
Walter Greenway
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The God and Allah are both all powerful megalomaniacs. Neither care much for nature or the balance of nature. I trust that any new religion will not entail worshiping gods that suffer with megalomania. I also hope that this new religion will not be held together by severe blasphemy laws and penalties.
Walter Greenway
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Thou shalt be white!
Regarding nature, please don’t slap the world together in seven days, like God did. Give it a bit more thought.
Max Musson
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It will be tailored to meet all your needs, Walter! 🙂
Stefan
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Very good Walter & Max!
Walter Greenway
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Bless you dear son, may mother nature guide you on your path to salvation.
Tony L
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You should check out Beyondism by Raymond Cattell. It was written years ago. It isn’t explicitly White racialist, in fact it could be adopted by any race or nation. But it’s very anti-liberal.
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Liberalism is the problem for Whites. It’s a sickness and it needs cutting out.
Max Musson
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I have a copy of Beyondism, which I read about ten years ago. Raymond Cattell was one of the founder members of Mensa, he was implicitly White racist and wanted Mensa to promote eugenics.
Aelfwynne
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Indigenous ethno-paganism works, too. If you look at European pagan reconstructionist groups like Asatru (Norse/Germanic), Romuva (Baltic), Rodnovery (Slavic), each one nurtures a love of ethno-heritage and culture which is greatly needed now. But, because polytheism is seen as ridiculous, more ridiculous than monotheism (which makes no logical sense), many people are dismissive. However. These paths welcome agnostics and atheists who see the spirituality as a living manifestation of cultural heritage. You find the idea of worshiping Thor ridiculous? No problem. View him as an archetype for masculinity, a figure who represents protecting your kin and folk. View Frigga as an archetype for motherhood. View Freyja as the flip side of femininity, love and war. One does not need to believe in literal entities to find value in the Old Gods. Afterall, they are the gods of our ancestors, and nurturing a connection to our cultural past should be top priority.
jsmithwick
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Well said. Throw all that into the Anglican church and the stuff I mention below. 😉 Prince Charles and his boys need to make it happen.
jsmithwick
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Just reform the existing Christian denominations (Anglican, Presbyterian, etc) so that philosophy, science, and British history are included, instead of Jewish mythology (the Bible). Add some comedy.
homeoffreethought
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A wholesome love for one’s own people, call it being a HOMO-PROBIC (someone who loves their own kind) that’s all that’s missing from the hearts of European people. We also absolutely need to control oil if we are ever to succeed and there’s not a lot of it in Europe. A lot of people blame just the Jewish element for the multicultural distruction of Europe, In fact it is simply greed, all banking institutions, realistate institutions, the media each are manifestations of this fundamental poison of the Human spirit. However the biggest players in forming the modern world is, and all ways has been “Big Oil” they must laugh their ass when all people come up with is blame the jews or islam. GREED has no loyalty to race or creed, to family or friend, wake up! If everyone in the world followed one religion, this could never change the underlying human condition. A theory on everything’s never going to cut it, that’s why all religion fails. There is but one thing” The Human Mind”
jsmithwick
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The other religion to consider is Unitarian Universalism: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism
They embraced science and philosophy and left Christianity a while ago, although they’ll still have sermons discussing Christianity and all the other mythologies on the planet. The only thing off about them is the lack of tribalism/ethnocentric perspective. They’re very social justice oriented/marxist/leftist.
jsmithwick
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The new religion should be called Britishism or Britianity. The Anglican Church should be renamed the British Church. We could celebrate the God of All that helped evolve us, our language and culture. We have faith in our folk, our monarchy, the Almighty… simple as that. Amen
God save the British Empire! God save the Queen!
jsmithwick
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This issue really is important. The British government and MI5 should embark on this quest. We the little poor people are helpless. We have no resources. It’s up to the elite. Prince Charles doesn’t even really identify with Christianity. Centuries of war to affirm our nationhood and ethnicity will all be washed away if our identity is not affirmed through a spirituality/religion for us like the Jews/Israelis. We can’t keep following Christianity – it’s their Jewish myth-based religion (Old Testament=Tanakh) with a fictional addendum by some Roman Caesars:
https://www.youtube.com/user/caesarsmessiah