The Most Important Concept in Nietzsche’s Philosophy Is Creating a New Aristocratic Man from the Ashes of God, Transcendence and Mankind Itself — Foreword to the Lecture Series Today I begin a yearlong series of lectures devoted to what I consider to be the most important tenets of Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy. Nietzsche has been a central figure of modern philosophy. As a Platonist myself, Nietzsche has exerted a notorious influence in important parts of my particular weltanschauung. It…

From Rome and Greece To India, From Jupiter and Zeus To Dyaus Pitar: A Journey of the Sky Deity With an Indo-European Origin — In Indo-European populations, myth and religion pay special attention, respect and public worship to the Sky Father god. Even though later theological and functional developments have given him strong precedence as king of the gods, scholars consider that in the original Indo-European religious substratum the Sky god was merely the…

How to unleash the innate and natural human need and desire for self-realization in life — This is an internal document I prepared for some of my clients at their request. Now I’m making it public for whoever may be interested in this method. Coined by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche in the late nineteenth century, the will to power exemplifies the innate and natural human need…

There Are No Miracle Wellness Solutions Agaisnt Modern Alienation. Only a Solid Inner Life Can Save Us From the Rat Race. — The rising wellness industry keeps bombarding society with fads like mindfulness, meditation and spirituality. In capitalism, everything becomes a fad and a commodity from which we expect to extract value. We are now trying to monetize things that cannot be monetized. In order to reach that materialistic goal, we are…

Enlightenment Begins with Learning But Modern People Trust More Their Feelings — In the summer of the year 386 AD, Augustine of Hippo was resting in his garden. According to his own account, suddenly he overheard a childish voice telling him: “Take up and read!” (“Tolle, lege!” in Latin.) Augustine picked up his book, read a passage and he immediately experienced a…

Horses, Chariot, the Sun, Dawn and the Sky Father: From Rome to India a Consistent Myth Has a Proto-Indo-European Origin — Most of the old Pagan religions in Europe were part of an original source: Proto-Indo-European religion. We can discover how the primordial religion looked like by comparing myths of different cultures and ethnic groups. …

Tradition Is Not a Political Reactionary Impulse But Transmission of Knowledge — My grandfather was a tailor — like all my ancestors had been for the last 300 years. In his path to becoming a master tailor in the tailors’ guild, my grandfather learnt from many other tailors. One of them showed him a very special way to cut and sew pants…

The Greek Philosopher Epicurus Developed a Challenging Method Against Social Anxiety, Vanity and Egotism — Some of the most important and influential philosophical schools of the Græco-Roman world had strong admonishments against vanity. Both Epicureans and Stoics had their own remedies in fighting vanity. …

Discover This Time-Honored Meditation and How It Works — What Is the Lectio Divina Within Christian traditions, several meditative tools were developed throughout the centuries. In Western Christianity, the most famous mediation technique is the Lectio Divina (“divine reading” in Latin). The main goal of the Lectio Divina is to get closer to the Divine through inspired knowledge acquired while meditating on a text…