* How the ideals of FORT relate to life in the 1990's."THE ARTHURIAN SWORD"
Material progress, welfare and self indulgence will never satisfy the soul of man; Therefore a future based on the ethic of utilitarianism will always be unsustainable.
All viable cultures seek reinstatement of those myths which have been their earliest inspiration. Thus their strength lies in the shared consciousness of tribal folk memory.
The Sanskrit word "Satyagraha" literally meaning " a grasping for truth " was adopted by Gandhi in his policy of passive resistance to the Raj - it came to mean also "Soul Force".
Devotion to the truth leads to moral leadership which is more powerful than naked oppression or the dead hand of social conformity. This is demonstrated in our motto - "We serve truth not consensus".
I recommend that the policy of F.O.R.T. be one of passive resistance
to all forms of political correctness. This must find expression in our
lives, in the way we live; therefore simplify your lifestyle in that you
may embody strength of purpose; remembering that respect for higher moral
duty, above and beyond any written laws, is the final test for any truly
civilised person.
F.O.R.T. has deliberately invoked the myth and symbolism of Arthurian legend because of its regenerative power to kindle the imagination and foster the undying hopes of Western Humanity.
The Arthurian Legend stands for the glory which was once real and has never actually died; it lives on, enchanted and asleep through the ages.
It is our 'Dreaming', thus again, all valid and vital cultures are based on reinstatement and the rebirth of national visions, once cherished and never totally lost.
Ghandi succeeded in reaching the peasant masses of India not as a social reformer, a liberal or a political revolutionary, but as an avatar (literally - 'the incarnation of a deity') who dug deep into India's cultural soil to retrieve what had been 'lost'.
Straight forward progress along rational lines progresses no one, yet natural cultural myths based on the reinstatement of lost glories (even if they never existed) are all powerful - as recent history proves, - witness Israel.
Thus when we speak of our prime aim "The regeneration of the Western Soul": we have chosen the greatest cause that any organisation of Western people could possibly have. Honesty and sincerity are not enough unless anchored in ideals beyond the reach of analytic dissection; it is here that mythology overrides common sense and the greatest good for the greatest number!
The ultimate appeal of monarchy is the power of legend. It is said that the central ambiguity in the philosophy of Nietzsche is his intellectual passion for the naked truth as against his emotive love for the illusions of art and mythology.
This also is our dilemma. Thus Arthurian symbolism is the necessary bedrock of our inspiration where truth and beauty blend in the Dreamtime of Western man. It also symbolises the essential oneness of Western culture.
Quite apart from this I am still obliged to believe in the eventual "denouement' when a revolutionary situation will arise in our country due to the inevitable clash between good and evil.
We must strengthen ourselves and prepare for that time so that we may take our place on the 'side of the angels' but we must never promote or advocate violence, bearing in mind or central ethic.
* To observe - "Honour, Chivalry, Service and Nobility in all our acts
and to honour:-
For us the end does not justify the means. We must embody what we seek.* The sovereignty of the individual
The sanctity of conscience
The sacredness of human life
David Duffy
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