William Dudley Pelley, International Fascism, and the Sirius TraditionPart VI
Welcome to the sixth installment in my examination of the life and times of the notorious Silver Shirt fuehrer William Dudley Pelley. The first and second installments were largely concerned with...
View ArticleWilliam Dudley Pelley, International Fascism, and the Sirius Tradition Part VII
Welcome to the seventh and final installment in my examination the notorious 1930s fascist William Dudley Pelley. The first two installments in this series (which can be found here and here) primarily...
View ArticleFight Club, Evola and Secret Societies Part I
The film Fight Club, which is just about to turn fifteen, has had a lasting influence on pop culture. Brad Pitt as the hipster revolutionary Tyler Durden is arguably the actor's most iconic role, and...
View ArticleFight Club, Evola, and Secret Societies Part II
Welcome to the second installment in my examination of the film Fight Club. At the onset I'd like to re-emphasize that this is a critique of the David Fincher film and not the Chuck Palahniuk novel....
View ArticleThe Wino Mysteries Part I
Long time readers of this blog are no doubt aware that Recluse is a big fan of a musical genre typically referred to as "stoner rock", a catchall term that can refer to a host of different styles...
View ArticleThe Wino Mysteries Part II
Welcome to the second installment in my examination of the career of doom metal pioneer Scott "Wino" Weinrich. As was noted in the first installment, Wino has had an enormous influence across a variety...
View ArticleThe Wino Mysteries Part III
Welcome to the third installment of my examination of the career of doom metal legend Scott "Wino" Weinrich. Wino's decades-spanning career has had an enormous influence on what is generically referred...
View ArticleBavaria, the Thule Society, the SOSJ and the Making of a Revolutionary Faith...
The Thule Society has fascinated conspiracy theorists for decades and the German state of Bavaria for even longer. Thule has of course been put forth as the smoking gun for the occult roots of Nazism...
View ArticleBavaria, the Thule Society, the SOSJ and the Making of a Revolutionary Faith...
Welcome to the second installment in my examination of the notorious Thule Society. In the first part of this series I sought to vaguely outline my objective as well recap some of the common...
View ArticleBavaria, the Thule Society, the SOSJ and the Making of a Revolutionary Faith...
Welcome to the third installment in my examination of the notorious Thule Society, a secret society with occult trappings that was founded in Germany toward the end of the First World War I. The legacy...
View ArticleBavaria, the Thule Society, the SOSJ and the Making of a Revolutionary Faith...
Welcome to the fourth installment in my examination of the legendary Thule Society and the bizarre personalities, organizations and events surrounding it. In all honesty, the first three installments...
View ArticleBavaria, the Thule Society, the SOSJ and the Making of a Revolutionary Faith...
Welcome to the seventh installment in my examination of the legendary Thule Society. As one might imagine, it has been a long, strange trip thus far. In the first installment I sought to dispel some of...
View Article"This is the start of a revolution..."
While I'm sure many of you have already heard about the seeming assassinations of two police officers in a Las Vegas CiCi's Pizza on Sunday, June 8, here's recap of the highlights for those of you...
View ArticleThe Joker in the Patriot Movement
Now would seem an ideal time for reflection on the bizarre murders committed by Jerad and Amanda Miller this past Sunday in Las Vegas now that the pundits have had a full week to say their piece....
View ArticleBavaria, the Thule Society, the SOSJ and the Making of a Revolutionary Faith...
Welcome to the ninth part in my examination of the notorious Thule Society, a journey that grows stranger with each installment. Part one largely focused on dispelling some of the popular...
View ArticleBavaria, the Thule Society, the SOSJ and the Making of a Revolutionary Faith...
Welcome to the tenth and final installment in what has been an epic exploration of the notorious Thule Society. For those of you just joining me, here's a brief rundown of what you've missed over the...
View ArticleDr. Strangelove: A Strange and Terrible Glimpse Into the Deep State Part I
There is probably no other twentieth century film director whose films have been as obsessively analyzed and dissected as those of Stanley Kubrick. This is true of both mainstream movie buffs as well...
View ArticleDr. Strangelove: A Strange and Terrible Glimpse Into the Deep State Part II
Welcome to the second installment in my examination of Stanley Kubrick's classic "nightmare comedy"Â Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. During the first part of this...
View ArticleMH17 and the 23/17 Phenomenon
As I'm sure many of you are aware by now, the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 MH17 was shot down on July 17 over war torn eastern Ukraine. This is the second Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 to go missing...
View ArticleDr. Strangelove: A Strange and Terrible Glimpse Into the Deep State Part III
Welcome to the third installment in my examination of legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick's 1964 "nightmare comedy" Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb. During the...
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