Tag: Dostoevsky
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Faustian Dreams
In its spiritual life, the human soul is confronted with two options, to seek the realization and actualization of its divine nature, or to be overwhelmed and rendered inert by the lower, transient things of the world. The 4th century Greek theologian St. Gregory of Nyssa once observed, For those who look towards the true God receive…
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Dostoevsky: Demonic Rationalism
In his work Dostoevsky and the Metaphysics of Crime, sociologist Dr. Vladislav Arkadyevich Bachinin analyzes the only seemingly contradictory correlation between Enlightenment rationalism and the rise of infernal forces in Fyodor Dostoevsky’s work Demons. Translated by Mark Hackard. The Immoral Reason of a Living Automaton Pyotr Verkhovensky, the cold-blooded cynic who easily transgresses any moral obstacles, represents a…
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Manifest Disney
As we mark another Independence Day in America, it’s worth reflecting on the meaning of our country’s much-trumpeted exceptional status. Our land is indeed beautiful and blessed in many ways, home to millions of kind and generous souls. But to pretend that all is well would be whistling past the graveyard. The United States, we…
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Mark Hackard on Red Ice Radio
I was pleased to be a recent guest on Red Ice Radio with host Henrik Palmgren. We spoke on a variety of topics, most to do with geopolitics, Russia, and the West, as well as Soviet espionage operations in the Cold War and beyond. Red Ice describes our discussion: Mark joins us to speak about…
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Dostoevsky on Dark Charisma
In his work Dostoevsky and the Metaphysics of Crime, sociologist Dr. Vladislav Arkadyevich Bachinin analyzes the human personality and the dark side of its spiritual potential through the prism of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s work Demons. Translated by Mark Hackard. The metaphysical “I” is capable of bringing the personality far beyond the limits of those possibilities that the…
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End-Times Buffoonery
Politics and religion all too often assume odd and distorted forms in America. The United States has long been the home of a wide assortment of bizarre and eccentric sects and cults, most being harmless, or at least lacking the ability to do any serious harm outside of their immediate proximity without large-scale followings nor…
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Dostoevsky on Russia’s Mission
Philosopher Nikolai Onufriyevich Lossky (1870-1965) outlines Fyodor Dostoevsky’s vision of Russia’s transcendent mission – to bring the world to the God-Man Christ, Whose fullest expression is found in the ancient faith upheld by Byzantium and adopted by Grand Prince Vladimir in 988. Salvation comes from the East. Translated by Mark Hackard. Knowing the deep religious basis of…
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Globalist Jihad
The January 7th murder of twelve people at the offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, purportedly by a cell of radical Muslims, has shocked not only French society, but the entire Western world. Indeed, the luminaries of the “international community” have risen up in outrage. The act represented an unprecedented assault on…
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Ivan Ilyin: On the Devil
In this 1947 essay, Russian philosopher Ivan Ilyin (1883-1954) addresses the reality of the devil in history and our own time. Tellingly, the advance of the secular and materialist outlook has corresponded with an ever-growing fascination with the demonic – along with its public justification. Translated by Mark Hackard. In the life of the human race,…
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The Bankster International
Geopolitical analysis, the art of explaining power relationships through the prism of impersonal geography, can be a helpful tool for observers of the Great Game – but it also has its limitations. A case in point is the renewed US-Russia confrontation. Think tanks and policy insiders easily sell the narrative that from the dark days…
The Soul of the East 