Uncategorized – Gus diZerega

Donald Trump, the Antchrist, and Power

Posted on September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 by Gus

I obviously do not believe Biblical prophecies have a divine source in any sense. At the same time, I am fascinated by the power coherent images and attitudes have to influence people’s perceptions and experiences, especially when shared by many … Read more

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NeoPaganism, the Volk, and the Contemporary Pagan Right

Posted on September 5, 2020December 13, 2020 by Gus

Latest Revison 12/13//2020

Based on a paper delivered at “Paganism and its Discontents,” March 15, 2019. Cherry Hill Seminary, University of South Carolina

The American Heathen community is deeply divided about issues of race, ethnicity, and the political values … Read more

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My New Book–“God is Dead, Long Live the Gods”–is Available!

Posted on July 14, 2020August 10, 2020 by Gus

God is Dead, Long Live the Gods: A case for polytheism

Why does polytheism make more sense than monotheism?
Why do monotheistic religions always manifest as confused forms of polytheism?
Why are successful scientific criticisms of monotheism irrelevant to a

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The Roots of Religious Nihilism

Posted on June 11, 2020June 11, 2020 by Gus

Medieval theologians wondered about the nature of Divinity as much as anyone. Arguing in opposition to St. Thomas Aquinas’s views that God did what was good because God was good, and so acted reasonably, the scholastic Duns Scotus claimed that … Read more

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Appendices

Posted on June 1, 2020June 11, 2020 by Gus

Here are the appendices for Faultlines

Mythos and time

The Roots of Religious Nihilism

Masculine Boundaries: a bar fight

Science and the Feminine

The troubling case of eugenics

The Corporation, American Nihilism and Mafia Capitalism

A Brief … Read more

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Science and the Feminine

Posted on May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 by Gus

In the seventeenth century, Henry Oldenburg, secretary of the new English Royal Society, wrote the society sought “to raise a Masculine Philosophy . . . whereby the Mind of man may be ennobled by the knowledge of solid truths.” [1]… Read more

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Masculine Boundaries: a bar fight

Posted on May 29, 2020May 29, 2020 by Gus

The masculine emphasis on boundaries helps clarify classically male behavior many women say they find inexplicable and many men have difficulty explaining. To take an example from my own life, during the 60s I was active in organizing protests against … Read more

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The Highway to Serfdom

Posted on April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 by Gus

COSMOS + TAXIS | Volume 8 Issue 1 2020

Gus diZerega

Abstract: F. A. Hayek’s Road to Serfdom argued central planning in lieu of market economies inevitably resulted in a new ‘serfdom.” A similar dynamic arises within the capitalist variant … Read more

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On Honoring July 4

Posted on July 4, 2019July 4, 2019 by Gus

On the Fourth of July it is traditional to think at least a little about the founding of our country. In a country that replaced the birthdays of specific presidents of great historical importance with the anonymous “Presidents’ Day” holiday, … Read more

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Critics of natal-women-only rituals oppose NeoPagan religion

Posted on June 28, 2019June 28, 2019 by Gus

One of the more disturbing things about the uproar among some mistakenly calling themselves ‘woke,’ while attacking natal women-only rituals in a Pagan context, is their failure to distinguish between universal human standards and those focused on honoring a particular

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