C-of-C-C QUOTE OF THE DAY

(“Still accurate after all these years—although Dog and Mob now take precedence before God and Gold in the current disorder.”

—János Alovatski, Religion and Alt-Spirituality Correspondent)

Editor’s note (John St. Evola):

“We have attempted—unsuccessfully, some might say heroically—to catalog the successive idols of post-mythic America, but Bierce had already done it in 1906, with an offhand flick of his pen. The Council recognizes this taxonomy as provisional but eerily prescient. Notably, Dog’s ascension has surpassed even Bierce’s expectations: it is now the sole deity granted physical access to every public and private space. By current custom, every hotel room is a pet-designated room; the traveler without a companion animal is the anomaly. We await the first cathedral with a dog run in the nave.”

“As for Mob, it too has claimed divine prerogatives. What was once the rough assembly of the people has been beatified into an infallible oracle: democracy not as means but as sacred end, democracy as unerring moral compass—provided the Mob delivers the desired verdict. Those excluded by its shifting tides are told, paradoxically, that the process which silenced them is proof they were heard. The Council’s working group on Polytheistic Monotheism requests clarification: when every voice is divine, does any still speak for the gods?”

“A final note: it has not escaped the Council’s attention that ‘Frumpp,’ cited here by Bierce, rhymes uncannily with a certain modern figure. We make no claims to prophetic coincidence. While the Council admires courage and pluck, we remain cautious of excess materialism. As ever, the Council reserves the right to applaud the man while critiquing the idol.”