The only genuine traditional form of society: one ruled by a nobility that is guided by a priesthood.

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The following is the text of a talk that was given at the recent Counter-Currents Spring Retreat.

Cyan asked me to speak on this topic, and before I begin, I just want to clarify something, because when it comes to these matters I’m overly pedantic. But historically speaking, ethnonationalism and religion don’t go together. This is because the nation-state itself, which was born out of either the French Revolution or the Second English Civil War, depending on who you ask, has always been secular and opposed to any mixing of politics and religion. According to the doctrines of Tradition, as explicated by René Guénon and Julius Evola, among others, the only valid form of government is a monarchy that is anointed by and is guided by a priesthood.