The Sarmatian Soul

Inspired by Sarmatian muses. There is something incredibly moving in the solemness of the steppe, where a lone knight, the hopeless romantic, may ride in solitude -- the galloping charge of his horse filling his chest -- to give relief to his wild yearning soul.

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“The spiritual decline of the earth has progressed so far that people are in danger of losing their last spiritual strength, the strength that makes it possible even to see the decline.”

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Martin Heidegger, from ‘Introduction to Metaphysics’ (via sempiternele)

Welcome to Oblivion

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Martijn Nugteren nature photographer (@martijn.nugteren)

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“A true King never desires shadows, puppets, and automatons as subjects, but rather he desires individuals, warriors, living, and strong beings; and in fact, his pride would be to feel himself to be a King of kings.”

— Julius Evola, Pagan Imperialism

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Palazzo Apostolico del Vaticano, Roma, Italy,

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Podgórzyn, Poland by jordan.plis

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Kertai Zalán - Szárnyas huszár

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An autumn walk

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The incredible brushwork of Sir Anthony van Dyck.

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Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Firenze, Italia 

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The Beauty of the Catholic Traditional Latin Mass

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St. James Church - King st. & Church st.

This photograph was taken for a school assignment on architecture at the St. James Church located in Downtown, Toronto. 

To achieve such detail I had to use a small aperture setting with a slow shutter speed. My main focus was to expose for the stained glass so

Camera Settings: f.22 / 30 Seconds / ISO 100

Those settings gave me an exposure I was comfortable working with along with the detail that I wanted. In post I darkened the shadowed and black areas.

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Portrait of a Man Holding a Skull (detail, 1610-4) Frans Hals 

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini - The Vision of Costantine I (1669)

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It only shows how prideful and oblivious moderns are when they tout being richer than their ancestors. Yes, we may have abundantly more physical property and capital, but we are utterly impoverished when compared to the self-knowledge, physical resilience, cleverness, adaptability, spiritual power, and holiness of those that came before us.