From Ancient Greece to the Arthaśāstra Everything has a point of origin, and the formation of civilization is no exception. For Western culture, the vestigial epoch of cultural birth in Greece contains the best archaeological heritage of societal development, meticulously preserved by scholars. Equally unprecedented is the spectacular rise of Chanakya/Kautilya and the Mauryan Empire in […]
Gwendolyn Taunton
Ro-langs: Zombies and Dark Sorcery in Tibet
Ro translates as “corpse” and langs is “to rise up,” meaning that the ro-langs is literally “a risen corpse.”
The Hellenic Revival: Plato, Pletho and Nietzsche (Gwendolyn Taunton)
Video presentation for Congress in Athens, June 25-26, honouring Emperor Julian and Plethon Gemistos. Theme: Emperor Julian, George Gemistos Plethon: The Rising of Traditions in the Era of Modernity.
Of Wolves and Men: The Berserker and the Vrātya
A chapter from my book Primordial Traditions. Lupine symbolism is said to be one of the defining points of the Indo-European Traditions, and it is hard to cite an Indo-European civilization in which the wolf did not occupy a role of prominence. From the birth of Romulus and Remus and the foundation of Rome through […]
Primordial Traditions (Second Edition)
Primordial Traditions (Second Edition) Winner of the 2009 Ashton Wylie Award for Literary Excellence. Primordial Traditions was the winner of the 2009 Ashton Wylie Award for Literary Excellence. This new second edition of the original award winning collection features a selection of essays by Gwendolyn Taunton and other talented authors from the original periodical Primordial […]
Revised Edition of Primordial Traditions Released
Primordial Traditions was the winner of the 2009 Ashton Wylie Award for Literary Excellence. This new second edition of the original award winning collection features a selection of essays by Gwendolyn Taunton and other talented authors from the original periodical Primordial Traditions (2006-2010). http://www.amazon.com/Primordial-Traditions-Volume-Gwendolyn-Taunton/dp/0987559842/ref=pd_rhf_ee_p_tnr_1
Goatcraft – The Rape of Europa II (feat. Primordial Traditions Vol I)
Promotional video for my new book Primordial Traditions. Primordial Traditions Volume I (second edition) was the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Ashton Wylie Award for Literary Excellence.The revised version of Primordial Traditions features additional content, revised text and new binding. Content includes: Sophia Perennis: The Doctrine of Ascension, The Primordial Tradition, The Age of Darkness: […]
The Return of the Primordial Tradition
Primordial Traditions has a long publishing history, and after four years in hiatus Primordial Traditions is back. Beginning in 2005, Primordial Traditions began as a hobby created on a budget of precisely $29.95. In this period Primordial Traditions was published quarterly, in a free PDF format. Almost all of the content was written by the […]
Who Mourns the Coming of the Kali Yuga?
My views on Tantra and the Kali Yuga are briefly cited in the following article by David Metcalfe: http://realitysandwich.com/215418/who-mourns-the-coming-of-the-kali-yuga/?u=57970
Nyarlathotep – Original Design/Art
Original artwork for Nyarlathotep, taken from my design of Mythos (H.P Lovecraft & Robert E. Howard anthology). http://www.amazon.com/Mythos-Myths-Lovecraft-Robert-Howard/dp/0987158104/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1387081624&sr=8-1&keywords=mythos+gwendolyn