00:00 Intro 01:00 Bergson and Popper 02:57 Against the Nations 03:17 Soros' "Reflexivity" 04:21 Soros' "Radical Fallibility" 06:46 The "Age of Fallibility" 08:40 Open Society as Faith 11:27 Currency Speculation 13:11 Summary 16:11 Outro
A reflection on political tyranny and the myth of Cybele / Attis (with reference to Ovid, Carl Jung, Rene Guenon, the Camille Paglia, the Frankfurt School's Herbert Marcuse). Animations from Pink Floyd's "The Wall," Marcell Jankovics' "Tragedy of Man" and and "Kanashimi no Beradonna" by Eiichi Yamamoto.
00:00 Intro 01:18 Myth of Cybele and Attis 03:22 Counter-Initiation 04:54 False Mother 05:28 False Civilization 07:00 Weak Men 09:48 Romans and "The Mother" 11:36 Perverted Male 13:53 Frankfurt School's Marcuse 15:07 De-Masculinized Society 16:10 ConclusionNosferatu or The Green Knight: Trials of DeathEuropos2025-04-10 | 00:00 Intro 02:20 Nosferatu 04:36 Reversed Heroism 06:14 Catharsis as False Victory 10:38 The Green Knight 12:08 Symbolism 17:08 Critique of Lowery's "The Green Knight" 18:28 Comparing the Outsiders 19:49 Heroism, Male and Female 21:29 Fanfic 22:15 Outro
Twitter: https://x.com/CarlosPerona13 Substack: europos.substack.com To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europos My book: angelicopress.com/products/meta-politics Rumble: rumble.com/c/c-6315377AI Oligarchy and the Death of MAGAEuropos2025-03-27 | 00:00 Introduction 00:40 Centralization 03:58 Merging with Government 05:05 Alex Karp's Technological Republic 11:00 Finance 13:50 Techno-Feudalism: Power over Profit 16:48 Dangers of Closed Source AI 17:36 Anti-Western/AI's Biases 20:29 The Bigger, the Less Controllable 21:19 Decentralized/Open Source 24:35 Outro
00:00 Landed Oligarchy 2:15 National Dispossession 4:43 Property and Identity 7:23 Imperium 10:55 Numa's Heir 14:21 Assasination 15:39 Gaius 15:57 Spengler on Gracchus 17:22 Trump isn't Gracchus 18:44 Gracchianism Today? 19:15 OutroOrdo Amoris and Tactical WokenessEuropos2025-02-20 | Alternative Titles: "Order and Disorder of Love" or "Ordo Amoris as Theophany"
* I say ordo amoris it's a "Catholic doctrine" - it would be more correct to describe it as generally ChristianThe Dragon Slayer Archetype: Spirituality and SymbolismEuropos2025-02-13 | With reference to Guenon, Jung, Greek and Norse myth, the Bible - a necessarily partial exploration, following up on: youtu.be/FdaJFzHTucw
00:00 Intro 00:40 Animal Sacrifice 01:44 Dragon as Obstacle 03:12 Heracles 05:12 Thor 07:32 Siegfried 09:17 St. George 10:38 Outside Europe (China, Africa, America, Near East) 12:06 Spiritual Tyranny 13:35 The Treasure (What the Dragon Hides) 17:15 Dragon Stone 19:57 Indirect Slaying, Cunning 22:32 The Waters/Womb 24:51 False Father/Authority 28:41 ConclusionZionism, Palestinian Identity and the Abuses of ReligionEuropos2025-02-06 | On the specifics of the Gaza plan (apart from serving as a negotiating strategy), these are likely part of a wider plan for integrated infrastructure to counter to China's Belts and Roads (also see Netanyahu's Gaza 2035 document).
Some notes: I don't get into Ben-Gurion's use of Joshua to justify his later policies; Ezekiel, in context, refers to the return from Babylon.
00:00 Intro 00:18 Sumo (for inspiration) 4:34 Taming Nature 7:48 Greek Pankration 15:15 Renewing Tradition 17:21 ConclusiomThe Western Traditions Ancient Struggle [against Oligarch and Egalitarian]Europos2025-01-23 | On Pythagoras as divinely inspired sage foundational to the Greek philosophical tradition, and his political enemies (the false dialectic of wealthy oligarch and poor egalitarian).
The use of "double meaning" in politics, in the light of the recent Trump, Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy controversy over H1B Visas and immigration. Exploring how political slogans mean one thing to the political class, another to the average voter ("economic freedom," "diversity," etc.).
00:00 Introduction 00:53 Minos 04:37 Zeus 04:56 Bull Symbolism 06:42 Holy Mountain 07:50 Odysseus 11:05 Hermes 13:09 Jason the Argonaut 17:27 Aeneas 19:34 Heracles 20:49 Phases of the Journey 23:12 Bilbo (The Hobbit) 25:09 Beast vs. Dragon 26:07 Ranking Heroes 26:30 Cosmic Sacrifice 29:03 OutroThe Philosophy of Nativity [On The Christmas Miracle]Europos2024-12-24 | On the nativity - and specifically the virgin birth - as expressive of classical metaphysics: the idea that history contains a "second Adam," an interruption of ordinary causality, as reminder that contingency does not account for itself and rests on what transcends it (God, Avicenna's "Necessary Being," Proclus' "One," etc.).
Illustrations of Frau Holle and Aunt Tante are commissions by Rafael Gallaher (rafaelgallaher on Instagram)Female Heroism: The Wife Heroine ArchetypeEuropos2024-12-19 | A look at the heroic feminine - specifically the neglected "wife-as-hero" trope, and her dual role as Guide and Guardian (Devotion to the worthy masculine and Denial of the unworthy; Recalling the male hero, Resisting the villain).
Links: To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europos Twitter: https://x.com/CarlosPerona13 For expanded/written versions of videos: europos.substack.com Rumble: rumble.com/c/c-6315377Corruption of the Feminine: The War on LifeEuropos2024-11-21 | Exploring symbolism around femininity and its corruption in myth and fiction, as it relates to modern culture.
Links: To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europos Twitter: https://x.com/CarlosPerona13 For expanded/written versions of videos: europos.substack.com Rumble: rumble.com/c/c-6315377Trump is(nt) Caesar: Spengler, Decline, and DestinyEuropos2024-11-14 | On the "Trump as Caesar" meme, exploring Spengler's phases of history ("Decline of the West") as they apply/contrast with US history. (I'm very pessimistic about Trump but get into wider dynamics here). References Toynbee's "A Study of History" and Voegelin's "The Ecumenic Age."
Animations: Trump anime by 厕纸小咪 "Shakespeare: The Animated Tales" [Julius Caesar] Marcell Jankovics' "The Tragedy of Man" and "Son of the White Mare"Big Techs Parasite Class: Global Capitalism and Marxist FailureEuropos2024-11-07 | A look at Big Tech platforms and their economic/political power---this video essay takes the form of a critique of Varoufakis' book "Techno-Feudalism," highlighting the limits of Marxist analysis.
To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europos Twitter: https://x.com/CarlosPerona13 For expanded/written versions of videos: europos.substack.com Rumble: rumble.com/c/c-6315377Halloweens Secret King: Agamben on Demons and the DeadEuropos2024-10-31 | On Halloween and All Saints Day: a look at the ancient Roman and Germanic figure of the exile/outcast, its relationship to holiness and festivals of the dead through the work of Giorgio Agamben. (This isn't a summary of Agamben's theories or a history of Halloween - just my thoughts on the symbolism of one of my favorite holidays).
To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europos Twitter: https://x.com/CarlosPerona13 For expanded/written versions of videos: europos.substack.comModern Horror: Trauma, Women and the Triumph of EvilEuropos2024-10-24 | A Halloween-themed video looking at Ari Aster's movies and modern horror in general, specifically the corruption of female protagonists by evil forces. Spoilers for Hereditary and Midsomer (I also talk about The Witch, Talk to Me, Smile and Babadook).
To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europos Twitter: https://x.com/CarlosPerona13 For expanded/written versions of videos: europos.substack.comClass War in the Current Year: Defenders of DeclineEuropos2024-10-17 | The "bug man" / "NPC" meme as describing the aspiring managerial class and its scapegoating/anger at the native workforce (in terms of Ehrenreich's "Professional Managerial Class" and Toynbee's "Internal Proletariat").
To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europos Twitter: https://x.com/CarlosPerona13 For expanded/written versions of videos: europos.substack.comThe Frankfurt School: Politics of PerversionEuropos2024-10-10 | Critique of Marcuse's theory of "eros" and politics, in relation to "woke" culture's love of ugliness (emphasizing Marcuse's overlap with Adorno).
To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europos Twitter: https://x.com/CarlosPerona13 For expanded/written versions of videos: europos.substack.comNietzsches Metaphysics: Panpsychism of the WillEuropos2024-10-03 | A look at Nietzsche's pan-psychism, conceiving of all physical force as "will" - and therefore as endowed with some form of consciousness.Ludwig von Mises and the Death of FreedomEuropos2024-09-26 | A critique of von Mises and Murray Rothbard's Austrian School understanding of human freedom.
(the footage of a speaker is of Rothbard).René Girard: Human Sacrifice as Origin of ReligionEuropos2024-09-19 | A look at (and critique of) René Girard's theory of mimetic desire, rivalry and scapegoating as basis of myth. I argue against the contrast he draws between Christian belief, on the one hand, and pagan "dying and resurrecting" gods, on the other.Alexander Dugins Chaos PhilosophyEuropos2024-09-12 | A look at Dugin's "Fourth Political Theory," where he lays out the metaphysical basis for his version of Eurasianism.From Chosen Nation to Church: Israel as Allegory for InitiationEuropos2024-09-09 | Discussing the Biblical narrative of Israel's history in terms of the phases of spiritual realization (katharsis-theoria-theosis, or nigredo-albedo-rubedo in alchemy): 1) Scattering and Captivity as Christ's Passion and Crucifixion; 2) the Prophetic Call to Israel in exile as Christ's Three-Day separation from the body, and; 3) Return to the Land as Resurrection.
To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europosOn Jinn, Gods and DemonsEuropos2024-08-15 | Traditions the world over populate the world with beings between the human and "angelic" race, from European Fairies and Greco-Roman Daemones to Arab Jinn and Japanese Yokai, these entities.
00:00 Intro 01:09 Superstition 02:57 Greek Thought 03:59 Natives to the Air 05:06 Encounters 09:06 The Psychic Plane 10:57 Fallen Angels 15:20 Fallen Spirits 17:24 Abductions 18:40 The Departed (Ghosts) 20:16 Spirit-Guides 21:20 Humanity's Allies 25:18 ConclusionGods at War: Genesis and Indian TraditionEuropos2024-07-25 | To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europosSerial Killers, Human Sacrifice and Inverted SpiritualityEuropos2024-06-21 | To help the channel: buymeacoffee.com/europos
This video looks at how the psychology and spiritual delusions of certain high-profile murderers (like the Zodiac Killer, Dahmer, Bundy, Kemper and the so-called Son of Sam) overlap with the beliefs of cultures in which human sacrifice was practiced.
00:00 Introduction 01:09 An Amoral Afterlife 03:15 Egyptian "Retainer Sacrifice" 03:59 Predatory Spirituality (Cannibalism) 04:54 Unseen Masters 09:42 When the Serial Killer is in Charge 10:22 Papua New Guinea's Shamanism 11:28 Spiritual Warfare 15:34 A Vampire Business? 16:07 Spain's Werewolf Killers 18:45 Endgame? A Godless Apocalypse 20:58 ConclusionThe Fall of Troy: Spiritual Journey and Origin of EuropeEuropos2024-06-12 | If you'd like to help the channel out you can contribute here: buymeacoffee.com/europos
00:00 Intro 01:50 From Exile to Origin 04:12 Europe's Origin Myths 06:36 Troy and the Bible 08:20 Aeneas as Biblical Hero 09:27 Rome as Reconciliation of Trojans and Greeks 10:49 Europe as Trojan Alliance 13:13 Romanizing the North 14:32 Decentralizing Rome 15:32 June Celebration 17:20 ConclusionEuropes Sacred Roots: Hercules, Abraham and the NephilimEuropos2024-05-28 | Exploring European civilization's remote roots through ancient sources indicating an alliance between the Greek Hercules and Biblical Abraham.
00:00 Intro 00:16 The Maccabean Revolt 01:29 Judah's Letters to Rome/Sparta 02:30 The Spartan Connection 03:20 The House of Heracles 04:00 Abraham's Hellenic Alliance 06:29 War on Giants 08:08 Heracles = Not a Nephilim 12:12 Europe as Sacred CivilizationChristian Nationalism: A Biblical PerspectiveEuropos2024-05-24 | Exploring the Bible's vision of national diversity within an overarching spiritual unity, in terms of its political implications.
00:00 Introduction 2:36 Earthly Patriarchs 4:29 Angelic Patrons 7:13 Sanctifying the Nations 11:16 The Church as Alliance of Nations 14:00 Archetypal Numbers in Scripture 15:45 The Transcendent Centre 25:39 Misunderstanding Christian Universalism 29:43 ConclusionThe Commons as Christian OrderEuropos2024-05-11 | or "The Commons: Europe's Once and Future Christian Order" - a look at the Biblical and philosophical basis for the once widespread practice of holding land and other resources in common.
00:00 Introduction 3:59 Metaphysics of the Commons 14:41 The Agricultural Revolution 18:16 The Tragedy of the Commons 24:22 Social Atomization 36:26 Boundaries 40:25 ParticipationThe Economics of Mass MigrationEuropos2024-05-10 | Critique of the economic justifications for migration-based population replacement in Europe and elsewhere.Tyranny Hates IdentityEuropos2024-05-08 | The contemporary political class is characterized by its drive to deconstruct stable, historically grounded identities - not only in the case of Europe and European derived peoples, but beyond.
Elite discourse promotes the deconstruction of identity, where so-called "identity politics" is pushed only as a hostile gesture against the majority identity.How the EU Incentivizes Mass MigrationEuropos2024-05-06 | The European Union's funding structure incentivizes mass migration, which the political class sees as a means for decreasing social cohesion and thereby increasing control. This video explores the topic of immigration through the EU's "Resilience Dashboard" and how it prioritizes funding.