The greatest historians of the ancient Hellenic world were not ‘historians’ according to the formalistic criteria of academic scholarship, whose scientific emphasis on quantitative proof often fails to estimate the mythic importance the aforementioned writers gave to narrative. In fact, by dismissing the works of Herodotus or Tacitus as “historically inaccurate”, scholars misplace the value of these works by downplaying the cultural and mythic framework required to appreciate them. The ancient world was concerned with first principles and primary causes—such forces being the origin of the cosmos—and such principles were often personified or observed to manifest in various gods, demi-gods, heroes, places and peoples. Ancient philosophers were concerned with the reason behind historical events. As such, ancient historians were not concerned with mere archeological [i.e. scientifically unearthed] data, but with the story of mankind. In their various histories, myth incarnates in living heroes and kings, and these kings and heroes are immortalized by embodying a mythic principle.
For this reason, “proof” was not required, and accuracy was determined by historical events validating legendary accounts. For the Greeks, the wars between Persians, Egyptians, Babylonians, and Hellenic peoples would’ve echoed the Homeric accounts of the otherwise unprovable battle of Troy. Herodotus, writing in the fourth century BCE, would find parallels between the accounts given by Homer or Hesiod four centuries prior (these poets themselves recounting ‘events’ purported to have occurred several centuries before their time).
Without myth, without metaphysics, history appears a jumbled and chaotic series of circumstances devoid of discernable cause. When informed by a Traditional worldview, facts become principles, and knowledge becomes wisdom—or rather, wisdom is restored to knowledge—and truth is recognized in the eternal dimension of Being.
By this argument, there is no reason to dismiss the speculations of Oswald Spengler (1880 – 1936) or Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855 – 1927). These philosophers sought to explain the greater forces behind the Decline of the West or the Foundations of the Nineteenth Century.
Even Herodotus’ work was revised to fit a mythic model. Although a comparatively insignificant alteration, later copies of the Histories are divided into nine books named after the nine Muse sisters of Greek Mythology. Interestingly, these muse-sisters (along with many other mythic figures) were variously recast and reformulated by subsequent generations of poets. Notably, Hesiod (our original source for Greek Myth) does not give them titles (such as Muse of Music, Muse of Dance, Comedy, etc.). Attributing specific artforms to the nine muse sisters was a post-Hesiodic invention. The names given by Hesiod, in Greek, mean the following: Clio (Fame-spreading), Euterpe (Entertaining), Thalia (Festive), Melpomene (Singing), Terpsichore (Dance-Delight), Erato (Lovely), Polyhymnia (Rich in themes), Urania (Celestial), Calliope (Beautiful Voice).
Richard Wagner (1813 – 1883) also recast ancient legend when developing the nine Valkyries for his operatic Ring Cycle. While Germanic and Norse legends list several Valkyries, none of them are to be found in Wagner’s work. However, names like Schwertleite (charging/leading sword), Siegrune (Victory Spell), and Waltraute (devoted to the slain) are rooted in Germanic pagan tradition. Thus, we may still consider Wagner’s work to be traditional in spirit.
In esoteric teachings, the number nine may represent lunar mysteries pertaining to feminine aspects of creation; notably, we recognize 9 months as being the duration of pregnancy, while most forms of ceremonial magic, based on hermetic qabalah, attribute the Moon to the ninth sphere on the Tree of life. The moon is attributed to the Astral Plane, the dimension of energy, plasma, and psychic currents closest to the physical plane.
The Moon is associated with intuition and imagination, as well as fantasy, dreams, and prophecy. It may also, in this day and age, represent uncovering secret or hidden wisdom in alternate dimensions, or in rekindling, within oneself, the holistic narrative approach to history. These parallel truths were documented in a sensational work by Louis Pauwels and Jacques Bergier, published in 1960 as Le Matin des Magiciens (The Morning of the Magicians).
Pauwels and Bergier write about Nine Unknown Men, presumed to be immortals who have been guiding humanity since time immemorial. As such, their nature is akin to the bodhisattva or avatar in Hindu tradition, or to the secret masters of Theosophy. They are first mentioned in a novel by Talbot Mundy, titled The Nine Unknown, serialized in 1927.
“The Nine apparently employed a synthetic language, and each of them was in possession of a book that was constantly being rewritten and containing a detailed account of some science.” (Pauwels and Bergier, The Morning of the Magicians, p. 36, 1964 Stein and Day edition).
The authors then proceed to summarize the contents of each book (all passages quoted from The Morning of the Magicians, as cited above):
1 – propaganda and psychological warfare
2 – physiology: “It explained, among other things, how it is possible to kill a man by touching him, death being caused by reversal of the nerve impulse.”
3 – microbiology
4 – transmutation of metals (i.e. alchemy)
5 – “contains a study of all means of communication, terrestrial and extra-terrestrial”
6 – “expounds the secrets of gravitation”
7 – “contains the most exhaustive cosmogony known to humanity”
8 – “deals with light”
9 – “gives the rules for the evolution of societies, and the means of foretelling their decline”
If the alleged contents of these books appear similar to the teachings of Theosophists (books 7 and 8), Spengler’s Decline (book 9), or the activities of the Vril Society (books 5 and 6), this is because all historically recognized science is a ‘leakage’ from some secret hidden order. Sometimes, knowledge is forcefully sought after with Promethean zeal, while at other times it is only received in fragmentary glimpses, depending entirely on a strong connection between the Entity and Medium. An example of the former would be magicians like Aleister Crowley and Dr John Dee, while examples of the latter (rather common) include Rudolf Steiner, Maria Orsic, and Madame Blavatsky.
We leave the reader with the following remarks from Pauwels and Bergier.
“It may be that what we call esotericism, the keystone of secret societies and religions, is a remnant, which we find very difficult to understand or deal with, of a very ancient branch of knowledge, of a technical nature, relating both mind and matter.” (ibid. p. 38)
It has always...been a War of spirit.
The Astral Plane is under the control of the Archons and daddy Demiurge, as is the earth. There is reason to speculate that quite a few planes above the Astral are their turf as well. That is why upon being released from the bonds of the flesh, an Aryan must be Hyperborean ruthless in attitude and demeanor for he or she must engage in cosmic combat to break free of this celestial, matrix, prison by fighting through all archontic deceptions and obstacles to return to the eternal, uncreated realm of the Omnis, our true home.