The Capitulation of the Innocent: Presumption of Guilt in the Age of External Ethos

Does the Conduct of the Guilty Dictate our Rights? The essence of the “weapon of choice” argument is that, because criminals and madmen use these guns to commit crimes, the law- abiding must give them up. But to ban guns because criminals use them is to tell the innocent and law-abiding that their rights and liberties depend not on their own conduct, but on the conduct of the guilty and […] Read more »

Logos vs the World’s Ethos, Christ vs Anti-Christ

A Logocentric call to arms. The ancient Greeks identified three modes of persuasion: ethos, the appeal to the character or credibility of the speaker; pathos, the appeal to the emotions of the audience; and logos, the appeal to reason and the argument itself. In a sane and ordered civilization, these three exist in a hierarchy with logos at the summit. Reason, which is the reflection of the divine order, must govern emotion and […] Read more »

Duality vs Polarity

Polarity is the fourth of only seven Hermetic Principles, which are the foundational laws of nature. “Everything is dual; everything has poles; everything has its pair of opposites.” ~The Kybalion, Polarity: The Fourth Hermetic Principle We make the distinction that duality and polarity are not the same thing. While polarities may be dual in nature, they’re not a duality. Duality is when things are wanted/unwanted (good/bad), but if you look […] Read more »