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Beyond the Veil of Ordinary Understanding. A Magazine guided by instinct and intelligence across all domains of human inquiry.

The Miskatonian was brought about with the express purpose of being an outlet for the many ideas and concepts that exist in the world both mainstream and sometimes off the beaten path. As a platform, our mission is to provide a place of boundless discussion and push the Frontiers of philosophical discourse. Above all, we wish to service the truth. It is this hunger for innovative ideas and intelle

ctual discourse that drives The Miskatonian. However, responsible discussion requires a counterbalance and for The Miskatonian that is truth in the classical european sense. The essence of the Miskatonian is the exploration of all topics within the framework of the traditional eastern and western european discourse as it existed prior to the questioning of the desirability or moral underpinnings of their institutions. For us, the current state of those institutions does not diminish the goals that formulated their original establishment. As such, we seek to continue that tradition while avoiding the self-destruction that has been a hallmark of much of todays platforms.

06/05/2025

"I once asked one of my philosophy professors (A. Salihu) how he got away from the Marxist indoctrination that he was educated on, and he said something that has remained with me. “I felt like an autist,” he said, telling me how he felt in his university years. “Through my visits and readings, I saw that the world doesn’t work like they were telling me that it works.” I see myself in this feeling when I look back in the history of the Balkans, and I tread the same roads and breathe the same air that those people who lived not too long ago did. I also find myself in the traces of what once made almost the whole of the Balkans a “home.” ~Albnor Sejdiu

Explore the Balkan identity through the lens of "home," challenging the term "balkanization." Learn how history, nationalism, and cultural heritage shape the region.

05/05/2025

There is ample evidence laid out by Mark Francis in his book Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life that, in fact, a concerted effort was made by many scholars to pin the uglier aspects of Darwin’s original theory of Survival of the Fittest on Spencer. It would seem to make sense considering the differences between Spencer’s theories of evolution caused by environmental pressure versus Darwin’s theory, which rested on interspecies competition, where the least fit members were eliminated from the gene pool. It is obvious that Spencer and his ideas were the sacrificial lamb placed upon the altar of science to save Darwin’s reputation." ~ Clifton Knox

Discover Herbert Spencer's Rational Utilitarianism, anti-racism, and libertarian influence. Debunk Social Darwinism myths with Social Statics insights.

03/05/2025

"Schmitt’s enemy category was grounded in a theory of sovereignty that demanded decisive action against existential threats to the political order. In contrast, Trump’s conception of the enemy is deeply tied to cultural resentment rather than an imperative for political eradication." ~ Clifford Angell Bates

Investigate the limitations of applying Schmitt’s doctrine to Trump's politics, highlighting key distinctions in their concepts.

21/04/2025

"Jürgen Habermas’ concept of Verfassungspatriotismus, or constitutional patriotism, offers a framework for national identity that transcends ethnic and cultural divisions, instead rooting allegiance in democratic values and constitutional principles. This idea emerged as a response to the historical dangers of nationalism, particularly in post-war Germany, where national identity had to be reimagined to prevent the resurgence of exclusionary or authoritarian ideologies." ~ Clifford Angell Bates

Explore civic nationalism critique in this analysis of nationalism vs patriotism. Uncover constitutional patriotism’s cultural roots and national identity culture.

10/04/2025

"The second-person perspective in gaming, though rarely articulated in mainstream discourse, reveals latent philosophical and artistic potentials. As gaming technology and storytelling evolve, so too does the capacity for more nuanced explorations of identity, agency, and perception." ~ Narmin Kahlilova

Investigate the philosophical depths of Dead Gaze, No Redemption and the nature of subjectivity in video game experiences.

09/04/2025

"The abstraction Hulme and Lewis sought to revive—which permeated the ancient world and was most perfectly embodied in the Guénonian Orient—was a tradition that resulted instead from an immense spiritual and primitive fear elicited in man vis-à-vis the phenomena of the external world, an instinctive feeling of alienation and dread that the rationalistic development of mankind had gradually suppressed." ~ Luke Gilfedder

Explore Vorticism: The original Anglo-Futurism? Part II discusses the rejection of Impressionism and its impact on art.

07/04/2025

"During the 19th century, the caudillo was the region’s default. Rosas in Argentina, Santa Anna in Mexico, García Moreno in Ecuador, Espartero in Spain, all ruled with a mix of military force, tradition, and charisma. They governed not through political institutions but through direct appeals, loyal militias and supporters, and an aura of inevitability." ~ UUgo Stornaiolo

Explore the caudillos of Latin America: powerful figures like Bolívar and Che who shaped history with charisma and ambition.

28/03/2025

"One of the most valuable aspects of Gottfried’s analysis is his clarification that fascism was not a monolithic or purely reactionary ideology. He highlights that fascism arose in response to the failures of liberal democracy and the perceived threats posed by communism in early 20th-century Europe." Clifford Angell Bates

Explore Paul Gottfried’s analysis of fascism’s historical roots and modern antifascism’s leftist violence, redefining political discourse and exposing ideological manipulation.

26/03/2025

'First Principle’s places evolution at the center of existence. All the energy and all the matter, in both living creatures and throughout the universe, seek and move to achieve equilibrium. Then, after equilibrium comes an eventual dissolution, one cannot help but see a bit of parallel with Hegel’s Dialectic, but instead of ending in perfection, the ending was more suitable to Schopenhauer’s philosophy." ~ Clifton Knox

Delve into 'The Grand Puzzle: Piecing Together A Synthetic Philosophy' and uncover the ambitious vision behind Herbert Spencer's work.

06/03/2025

"Kesey, Leary, and even John Lennon have framed the troubling continuities between government-sponsored mind control and psychedelia in somewhat simplistic terms: they admit that L*D, hypnosis, and other methods of altering consciousness had been the stock and trade of government mind control operations, from which they seeped into the culture at large; but they, the psychedelic pioneers, successfully repurposed them as technologies of liberation via consciousness expansion, accessible in principle to anyone." ~ Brett Carollo

Religious Engineering and the Process Church As discussed in Part I, William Sims Bainbridge picked up the term religious engineering from the Process Church of the Final Judgment, a “Satanic cult,” as he describes it, which he studied up close between 1970 and 1976, doing fieldwork toward his e...

05/03/2025

“Aristotle argues that justice is the fundamental criterion by which regimes should be judged. For him, a just regime serves the common good rather than the narrow interests of a particular class.”~ Clifford Angell Bates

Uncover the contrasting frameworks of political stability in Visions of Chaos: Crafting Stability Part II by Aristotle and Huntington.

04/03/2025

“Fisher’s hauntology isn’t merely a theory; it’s a warning. We’re haunted by futures that never arrived, by promises that were never kept. Trump looms as a ghost in this spectral drama, but we, too, are phantoms—trapped in an endless loop of nostalgia and despair.” ~ Ricardo Lima

Delve into the haunting aspects of Cherry Pie and Cracked Highways, where nostalgia meets the spectral drama of America.

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