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A stranger and a pilgrim

It was Bill Still who first turned me on to this. Grateful.

The situation in Europe is much the same. An indigenous elite tries to insulate itself in the more expensive areas but still votes "liberal", enabling the decline of their race. I guess they (subconsciously) bet on a two-tier system where a small white elite can lord over the colored masses. Sidenote: white America is of course genetically not strictly Anglo-Saxon, it's just that the English language won out.

Hello Nostriches does anyone perchance have a lead into União do Vegetal (UDV) in Florida or Texas? https://udvusa.org/ A Blessed New Year! #asknostr #ayahuasca

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Now here’s a book to the bitcoiner’s taste! “The Financing of Cathedral Building in the Middle Ages”—W.H. Vroom, 1981.

Translation of the back cover:

“In this book, for the first time, a general overview is provided of how money was raised in the Middle Ages to cover the construction costs of cathedrals. This systematic study reveals a financing system that turns out to be as monumental as the cathedral itself.

It was already known that cathedral construction was not the result of a spontaneous popular movement and also not the product of collective genius. Instead, new misunderstandings could arise from viewing the financial funding of the construction purely as an act of devotion or a fervent willingness to sacrifice, based on the random filling of offering boxes. The complexity and organization of the financing process is hardly different from what is found in cathedral literature, other than the vague notion that, in the Middle Ages, the sound of coins ringing in the church could be endlessly heard.

It is incredibly fascinating that the historian, centuries after the completion or halt of cathedral construction, can still hold a number of the builders accountable for their methods and goals, as if they could once again audit the accounts. In the factual, meticulous analyses, the reader learns between the lines about the mentality of the founders, from prelate to pilgrim—that mix of idealism, drudgery, cunning, ecclesiastical thinking, a sense of honor, and self-awareness based on tradition and the once-acquired privileges; the disputes between chapter and bishop; slipping through the cracks of the law; legally justified bargaining; but also the persistent influence of the widow’s penny and her motivations. The reader will often perceive more of a “human touch” than a “divine touch” in the practical course of affairs, but in the background, there still remains that pursuit of something immeasurable in time, money, and practical use, something carried out against the unwillingness or helplessness of many and against competition from other projects.

A history of mentalities and a history of structures meet here.

The author is the head of the Department of Dutch History at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.”

De nieuw te bouwen tempels zouden een vorm van psychedelische inwijding kunnen faciliteren, zoals bij de oude Grieken:

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Austral Pygmy Owl?

I see that mainstream America is enslaved by the pharma/medical industrial complex. But maybe that's not what you mean by "drug dealers".

This is where "retarded and untrainable" comes in. This drugged and demoralized population would need almost military guidance to turn into the labor force you imagine. But it can be done. The US construction industry would ideally reconnect with European building tradition to upgrade the quality and dignity of production.

So yesterday I joined my in-laws to #Catholic mass. Incense, robes, the Book.. I do sympathize with a good number of #conservative #Christian nostriches but I think I have reached a point of no return; joining organized #religion is just no longer an option it seems. This is probably due to my #liberal arts education (influenced by #relativistic Frankfurt School and the like). All the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Humpty Dumpty back together again.. This is my fate; my only real option is to view it positively.

When in Rome, do as the Romans.. merry christmas America!

As mason's apprentice in #Amsterdam I discover the wealth of traditional bond systems for brick #masonry. From top to bottom: Cross bond (the most commonly used in buildings age 100 or more); Flemish bond; Norse bond; standing bond

#architecture

Dear friend, please check out the artist herman de vries. You are not alone in your admirable quest for meaning and beauty in the hidden patterns of nature. Kind regards

#statist and #satanic propaganda (promoting the European Union as well as suicidal ideation) to which my daughter was repeatedly exposed in elementary school: the Dutch contender in Eurovision song festival 🤮 #homeschooling