d. There is every reason to believe that Nietzsche turned away from Christianity because the Christians, taught by Aristotle and the Stoics, completely forgot the primordial jubere and remembered only the parere which follows it. Lev Shestov User mini profile View full profile annatar0000 Rank: Absolutely Corrupt (x0) Posts: 0000 Joined: 00 Oct 0000 00:00 Status: Off-line Ideology: Other Awards: Re: I Reject, I Affirm. ''Raising the Black Flag'' in an Age of Devilry.#00000000 By Odiseizam - 00 Oct 0000 00:00  Like - 00 Oct 0000 00:00 #00000000 regarding this thread I can say Byzant started to decline when the paleloque dinasty started to embrace western trends namely western heraldry i.e. when substituted The Cross with the twoheaded eagle [0][0] unfortunately the same curse followed Russia when Ivan coz his spouse took the same emblem [0] after what followed the surge of westernization with all its neopagan vices in Russia, surely some will say nonsenses but I'll remind all even small tagging on personal arm has own aethereal reflex what about imperial one i.e. the bearers of Orthodoxy to have at least western neopagan heraldry stamp while at worst an dualistic symbol from central asia! probably later the Church on east willing to point to belongingness to byzant dwelt in some tradition of using the same symbol officially especially mids the ottoman realm, but I am in opinion that until Russia and the rest slavic countries dont dispose the same curse Orthodoxy will never see unification as in time of Byzant! I'll remind again dont underestimate the power of tagging even the same was superficial through sculptural simulacrums i.e. if it wasnt important issue wouldnt reach mids western neopaganism to such heraldry tradition on west! simply we live in space that breaths in and from the spiritual world where not always and everywhere dwelt goodness, even there are astrodynamicists if you like more onpoint arguments [0][0] yet the easiest way of recognizing the power of symbols is Christianity [0][0] and why we are blinded for this kind of knowledge hm as metaphysics if it was broadly understood then freemasons would have issue with their tags at least [0] User mini profile View full profile Odiseizam Rank: 00% Corrupt Posts: 000 Joined: 00 Oct 0000 00:00 Status: Off-line Awards: Re: I Reject, I Affirm. ''Raising the Black Flag'' in an Age of Devilry.#00000000 By annatar0000 - 00 Oct 0000 00:00  Like - 00 Oct 0000 00:00 #00000000 