TYR: Myth - Culture - Tradition, Vol. 1 [Paperback]

Michael Moynihan (Author), Collin Cleary (Editor), Joshua Buckley (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0972029206 | ISBN-13: 978-0972029209 | Publication Date: July 2002

TYR IS NAMED FOR THE GERMANIC SKY GOD, THE GUARDIAN OF TRANSCENDENT AND ETERNAL ORDER.

Published annually, TYR celebrates the traditional myths, culture, and social institutions of pre-Christian, pre-modern Europe. It includes in-depth, original articles, interviews, translations of essential works by radical traditionalist and anti-modern thinkers, as well as extensive reviews of books, films, music, and the arts.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A RADICAL TRADITIONALIST?

It means to reject the modern, materialist reign of "quantity over quality," the absence of any meaningful spiritual values, environmental devastation, the mechanization and over-specialization of urban life, and the imperialism of corporate mono-culture, with its vulgar "values" of progress and efficiency. It means to yearn for the small, homogeneous tribal societies that flourished before Christianity -- societies in which every aspect of life was integrated into a holistic system.

WHAT WE REPRESENT:

Resacralization of the world versus materialism; folk/traditional culture versus mass culture; natural social order versus an artificial hierarchy based on wealth; the tribal community versus the nation-state; stewardship of the earth versus the "maximization of resources"; a harmonious relationship between men and women versus the "war between the sexes"; handicrafts and artisanship versus Industrial mass-production.

IN THIS ISSUE:

STEPHEN EDRED FLOWERS on "Integral Culture"; JOSCELYN GODWIN on the Italian esotericist JULIUS EVOLA; French philosopher ALAIN DE BENOIST's interview with "new comparative mythologist" GEORGES DUMEZIL; NIGEL PENNICK on the "Spiritual Arts and Crafts"; STEVE POLLINGTON on the Germanic war god Woden; MICHAEL MOYNIHAN on divine traces in the Nibelungenlied; COLLIN CLEARY on the anti-modern television series The Prisoner; JOSHUA BUCKLEY'S interview with IAN READ of the English heathen music group FIRE + ICE, and much more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 286 pages
• Publisher: Ultra (July 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0972029206
• ISBN-13: 978-0972029209
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #663,133 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not for the faint of heart, July 23, 2002

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Cletus Nelson (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TYR: Myth - Culture - Tradition, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Regardless of our prevailing "culture of complaint," it is rare to find a scholarly publication that offers well-reasoned arguments challenging the sacrosanct doctrine of "progress." It would seem the vast majority of "movement" periodicals are all too happy to rail at the established order while tacitly endorsing the atheistic materialism and cult of technology that now defines the western world. However, TYR, combines an unsparing antipathy toward all that is modern with a rich selection of erudite studies exploring Pre-Christian pathways, fascinating historical figures, and timeless esoteric wisdom.

The first issue offers much to the discerning reader with a host of talented writers and researchers weighing in on a number of provocative topics. "The Idea of Integral Culture" by renowned occult scholar Dr. Stephen Flowers offers a spiritual antidote to our ongoing cultural degeneration. "Knowing the Gods" by Collin Cleary seeks to reawaken the western mind to the existence of various pagan deities. Michael Moynihan author of the award-winning Lords of Chaos: The Rise of the Black Metal Underground (Feral House, 1998) provides an insightful literary analysis of the Nibelungenlied, a classic Germanic saga with strongly Odinic undertones.

On the heels of the recently issued American translation of Julius Evola's Men Among the Ruins (Inner Tradition, 2002), British religious expert and author Joscelyn Godwin discusses the relevance (and resonance) of this prolific Italian philosopher. My particular favorite is a poignant and enlightening literary tribute to Hermann Lons, a gifted anti-modern poet who tragically perished amidst the chaos of the First World War.

The issue also includes a transcript of a rare interview with Indo-European historian Georges Dumezil as well as an interesting discussion with Ian Read of the British Euro-heathen musical group Fire + Ice. Extensive music, book, and literary reviews round out a solid first installment. What I particularly like about TYR is the book-size format which allows for longer articles, less advertising, and top-notch graphics.

Highly recommended.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tradition with teeth!, July 22, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: TYR: Myth - Culture - Tradition, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Recently, in a large academic bookstore, I found myself paging
through a critique of fascism by some post-modern mandarin. I
was amused to find, after a laborous discussion of the misuse of
this word in contemporary writings, J.R.R. Tolkien labled a
fascist! No doubt to persons of this ilk the newly launched
annual journal Tyr will provide much fodder.
The agenda of the journal (parts of which are reproduced on the
back cover from the preface) is stated to follow the lines of a

"Radical Traditionalism". Glancing through the table of contents,
one begins to see that this has very little to do with "mom &
apple pie" (Tyr is named for the Germanic sky god...the guardian
of transcendent and eternal order) and everything to do with the
resacralization of the world.
Contributors include such outstanding writers as French philosopher Alain de Benoist, with the first english translation of his interview with "new
comparative mythologist" Georges Dumezil, Joscelyn Godwin on the
Italian esotericist Julius Evola, and Stephen Edred Flowers on
"Integral Culture". There are extensive reviews of books, journals, films, and music relevant to it's theme. What I found
to be of particular interest was Joshua Buckley's interview with
Ian Read of the English heathen music group FIRE + ICE, and Collin Cleary's long review essay on the anti-modern television
series The Prisoner.
This first volume of Tyr (286 pages) must have cost the editors
much effort, and will be welcomed by critics of modernity in
general, as well as by the neo-pagan community. It is handsomely
designed and printed, and given the price of books these days, a
real bargin.

14 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Traditional, Revolutionary, & Radical Step that was Needed, May 7, 2003

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MICHAEL J SMITH (Webster, MA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: TYR: Myth - Culture - Tradition, Vol. 1 (Paperback)

Tyr is a great journal. The articles are written by true scholars, philosophers, and theologians of the Greater Heathen Awakening. This book shows how we do not need to latch onto the present "Decline of the West" and be the host animal to the leeches of Monoculturism, Urban Life, and Ignorance. Yes, there are simularities to some old Volkisch philosophies, but the difference is, Tyr keeps them from going into the extremist realms that WWII Germany let them fall victum to. We mustn't let a knee-jerk reaction prevent us from seeing truth. Tyr keeps good, heathen thought pure and at home. As Stephen E. Flowers says in his opening sentence of his article, "Our culture is sick." But Tyr is the, at first bitter but, severely needed swallow of the badly needed medicine which many cure us. The first dose is always the hardest to swallow. But once you know and think about it intellectually, you come to realize it tastes pretty good. Now people just need to turn the knowledge into action!! Joshua Buckley, Michael Moynihan, and the rest of the editors of Tyr did an incredible job. I cannot wait to get my hands on volume 2! Every heathen should read this journal.