The Vanguard Of The Apocalypse

[Lord Occultis]

VANGUARD OF THE APOCALYPSE

manifesto #0

vanguard n

1: the units moving at the head of an army

2: artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time

3: the position of greatest advancement; the leading position in any movement or field

apocalypse n

1: the end of the world (the civilized world)

Beyond the romantic imagery of ruins – feral foragers and neo-primitives

living amidst smoldering skyscrapers torn apart by weeds and the

disquieting welcome of wrist-thick kudzu vines; beyond the religious

connotation and notions of prophetic “end times” predictions – we want the

apocalypse. We wish to see the end of the world as we know it and the

birth of the unknown. This is an active engagement, physically and

emotionally.

We are not content on waiting. Whether or not the “end is near” is not a

point of contention. Though we can feel catastrophe in our hearts and

distress in our souls we are not deluded by anticipating inevitabilities.

Leave the stages of social evolution and revolution (…capitalism,

civilization, catastrophe?) to the Marxists! What we want now is not

because of what may happen – no matter how close to the edge our culture

is teetering (and we don’t deny that it is). What we want now is because

of what is happening – we can no longer bear the weight of civilization

destroying our connection to each other and the natural

community…alienating us to the point where "home sweet home" is

a prison…where extinction is a necessary evil.

This world - the civilized world - is a threat to all life and we are not content to sit and watch

that threat become closer and closer to us a reality. We see very little

to save in this world…we have no hope…and we have no delusions. This

world is a threat that cannot be fixed, transformed, reformed, or

radicalized. This world is a threat and we wish to see it destroyed.

What we want is an apocalypse - an end of the civilized world and the birth of new

worlds unknown.

Our apocalypse is of the natural, not supernatural, order. We don’t

believe in a Great Cleansing. We just want to be wild and free…to live in

a world of spontaneity, chance, and chaos. The capacity to be free is a

capacity that has been denied to everything living by civilization. To

destroy civilization is to allow this capacity to be regained.

The apocalypse we want will not cleanse the world of sinners and keep only

saints – this is a reality. Anyone can survive. Capitalists and

communists, workers and slaves, green anarchists and green berets alike.

The paradigm of civilization may not go down with its body but the direct

threat to all life will have disappeared for a long, long time.

Civilizations may pop up, but they will never reach their monolithic

status so long as pockets of wild and feral resistance still exist.

Should we halter our dreams and activities in the face of something that

may or may not eventually happen – post-apocalyptic war, roving bands of

thugs, the rebuilding of civilization? Should we stifle the chance for

freedom in the face of fear (of being free to do whatever we want)? If

anything…we’ll die free…and what an exciting time to live and die it will be!

We don’t wish for a return to anything. What we don’t want is to return

to the Golden Age of Perfection because we know perfection is a lie – and

a highly civilized one at that! We don’t want to be Inuit, !Kung, Kayapo,

Navajo, Amish, Australopithecines or Pan troglodytes. While the lessons

of the past are invaluable, and what these groups may have to teach is

important, we recognize the fallacy of emulation. We want to create our

own cultures out of the ashes of this monoculture; to rewrite the future in

a thousand different ways. These groups – ancestors and kin – transmit to

us, no matter how indirect, lessons we must transform so that they work

for us. We see them as inspirations, not models, for the new worlds.

We don't claim leadership, authority, or prophecy on the future; we will

not be the elite feral humans existing amongst the ruins of metropoles,

but we figure if this world - the civilized world - must end, why not be

on the front lines? Beyond the romantic imagery of ruins and the prophecy

of inevitability we are prepared…prepared to bring on the apocalypse –

mentally, spiritually, and physically.

Sincerely,

The Kudzu-clad Vanguard of the Apocalypse

I believe this is an excellent article. I think this is also one of the best articles I have read on Anarcho-Primitivism.

[JimM]

VANGUARD OF THE APOCALYPSE

manifesto #0

vanguard n

1: the units moving at the head of an army

2: artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time

3: the position of greatest advancement; the leading position in any movement or field

apocalypse n

1: the end of the world (the civilized world)

Beyond the romantic imagery of ruins – feral foragers and neo-primitives

living amidst smoldering skyscrapers torn apart by weeds and the

disquieting welcome of wrist-thick kudzu vines; beyond the religious

connotation and notions of prophetic “end times” predictions – we want the

apocalypse. We wish to see the end of the world as we know it and the

birth of the unknown. This is an active engagement, physically and

emotionally.

We are not content on waiting. Whether or not the “end is near” is not a

point of contention. Though we can feel catastrophe in our hearts and

distress in our souls we are not deluded by anticipating inevitabilities.

Leave the stages of social evolution and revolution (…capitalism,

civilization, catastrophe?) to the Marxists! What we want now is not

because of what may happen – no matter how close to the edge our culture

is teetering (and we don’t deny that it is). What we want now is because

of what is happening – we can no longer bear the weight of civilization

destroying our connection to each other and the natural

community…alienating us to the point where "home sweet home" is

a prison…where extinction is a necessary evil.

This world - the civilized world - is a threat to all life and we are not content to sit and watch

that threat become closer and closer to us a reality. We see very little

to save in this world…we have no hope…and we have no delusions. This

world is a threat that cannot be fixed, transformed, reformed, or

radicalized. This world is a threat and we wish to see it destroyed.

What we want is an apocalypse - an end of the civilized world and the birth of new

worlds unknown.

Our apocalypse is of the natural, not supernatural, order. We don’t

believe in a Great Cleansing. We just want to be wild and free…to live in

a world of spontaneity, chance, and chaos. The capacity to be free is a

capacity that has been denied to everything living by civilization. To

destroy civilization is to allow this capacity to be regained.

The apocalypse we want will not cleanse the world of sinners and keep only

saints – this is a reality. Anyone can survive. Capitalists and

communists, workers and slaves, green anarchists and green berets alike.

The paradigm of civilization may not go down with its body but the direct

threat to all life will have disappeared for a long, long time.

Civilizations may pop up, but they will never reach their monolithic

status so long as pockets of wild and feral resistance still exist.

Should we halter our dreams and activities in the face of something that

may or may not eventually happen – post-apocalyptic war, roving bands of

thugs, the rebuilding of civilization? Should we stifle the chance for

freedom in the face of fear (of being free to do whatever we want)? If

anything…we’ll die free…and what an exciting time to live and die it will be!

We don’t wish for a return to anything. What we don’t want is to return

to the Golden Age of Perfection because we know perfection is a lie – and

a highly civilized one at that! We don’t want to be Inuit, !Kung, Kayapo,

Navajo, Amish, Australopithecines or Pan troglodytes. While the lessons

of the past are invaluable, and what these groups may have to teach is

important, we recognize the fallacy of emulation. We want to create our

own cultures out of the ashes of this monoculture; to rewrite the future in

a thousand different ways. These groups – ancestors and kin – transmit to

us, no matter how indirect, lessons we must transform so that they work

for us. We see them as inspirations, not models, for the new worlds.

We don't claim leadership, authority, or prophecy on the future; we will

not be the elite feral humans existing amongst the ruins of metropoles,

but we figure if this world - the civilized world - must end, why not be

on the front lines? Beyond the romantic imagery of ruins and the prophecy

of inevitability we are prepared…prepared to bring on the apocalypse –

mentally, spiritually, and physically.

Sincerely,

The Kudzu-clad Vanguard of the Apocalypse

I believe this is an excellent article. I think this is also one of the best articles I have read on Anarcho-Primitivism.

Shades of the upcoming pole shift! Very interesting indeed.

[Samuron]

I went and read some more of their stuff.

Those guys really need to find girlfriends.

[Verisoph]

Those guys really need to find girlfriends.

And quit watching so many B movies.

[KevinM.]

Shades of the upcoming pole shift! Very interesting indeed.

What is the APOCALYPSE

[Wizard Adam]

Joy ~grins~

I would prefer to see the world utterly destroyed sending us back to simplier times...its going to happen by 2012, either in the minds of men or by the planet, perhaps one will lead to the other...maybe Iran or some crazy will get nukes and use them causing those left alive to eradicate war and reign in 1000 years of peace ~smiles~.

Yeah there has been a lot of talk about the poles shifting too lately...

Edited May 6, 2008 by Wizard Adam

[JimM]

What is the APOCALYPSE

Check here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse

[sHOEMAN]

Or the world might not end at all. Everybody is again so sure of 2012, just like they were sure of June 6, 2006 and so sure of 2000. And the year 666 A.D. The moment Jesus died, they were predicting his return and the end of the world in a manner of months.

True there are certain astronomical events tied to 2012. But that doesn't mean that the world is going to end. The world has stood human conflict, war, destruction, and plague. Countless world wars. True, we have not faced the destruction of nuclear weaponry on a massive scale, but even nuclear weaponry cannot obliterate all life on this planet. Even now, cleaner (and equally destructive) weapons are being made anyway.

The end of the human race is hardly the end of the world. But I doubt any of these things will come about soon.

[boteomm]

VANGUARD OF THE APOCALYPSE

manifesto #0

vanguard n

1: the units moving at the head of an army

2: artists or writers whose ideas are ahead of their time

3: the position of greatest advancement; the leading position in any movement or field

apocalypse n

1: the end of the world (the civilized world)

Beyond the romantic imagery of ruins – feral foragers and neo-primitives

living amidst smoldering skyscrapers torn apart by weeds and the

disquieting welcome of wrist-thick kudzu vines; beyond the religious

connotation and notions of prophetic "end times" predictions – we want the

apocalypse. We wish to see the end of the world as we know it and the

birth of the unknown. This is an active engagement, physically and

emotionally.

We are not content on waiting. Whether or not the "end is near" is not a

point of contention. Though we can feel catastrophe in our hearts and

distress in our souls we are not deluded by anticipating inevitabilities.

Leave the stages of social evolution and revolution (…capitalism,

civilization, catastrophe?) to the Marxists! What we want now is not

because of what may happen – no matter how close to the edge our culture

is teetering (and we don't deny that it is). What we want now is because

of what is happening – we can no longer bear the weight of civilization

destroying our connection to each other and the natural

community…alienating us to the point where "home sweet home" is

a prison…where extinction is a necessary evil.

This world - the civilized world - is a threat to all life and we are not content to sit and watch

that threat become closer and closer to us a reality. We see very little

to save in this world…we have no hope…and we have no delusions. This

world is a threat that cannot be fixed, transformed, reformed, or

radicalized. This world is a threat and we wish to see it destroyed.

What we want is an apocalypse - an end of the civilized world and the birth of new

worlds unknown.

Our apocalypse is of the natural, not supernatural, order. We don't

believe in a Great Cleansing. We just want to be wild and free…to live in

a world of spontaneity, chance, and chaos. The capacity to be free is a

capacity that has been denied to everything living by civilization. To

destroy civilization is to allow this capacity to be regained.

The apocalypse we want will not cleanse the world of sinners and keep only

saints – this is a reality. Anyone can survive. Capitalists and

communists, workers and slaves, green anarchists and green berets alike.

The paradigm of civilization may not go down with its body but the direct

threat to all life will have disappeared for a long, long time.

Civilizations may pop up, but they will never reach their monolithic

status so long as pockets of wild and feral resistance still exist.

Should we halter our dreams and activities in the face of something that

may or may not eventually happen – post-apocalyptic war, roving bands of

thugs, the rebuilding of civilization? Should we stifle the chance for

freedom in the face of fear (of being free to do whatever we want)? If

anything…we'll die free…and what an exciting time to live and die it will be!

We don't wish for a return to anything. What we don't want is to return

to the Golden Age of Perfection because we know perfection is a lie – and

a highly civilized one at that! We don't want to be Inuit, !Kung, Kayapo,

Navajo, Amish, Australopithecines or Pan troglodytes. While the lessons

of the past are invaluable, and what these groups may have to teach is

important, we recognize the fallacy of emulation. We want to create our

own cultures out of the ashes of this monoculture; to rewrite the future in

a thousand different ways. These groups – ancestors and kin – transmit to

us, no matter how indirect, lessons we must transform so that they work

for us. We see them as inspirations, not models, for the new worlds.

We don't claim leadership, authority, or prophecy on the future; we will

not be the elite feral humans existing amongst the ruins of metropoles,

but we figure if this world - the civilized world - must end, why not be

on the front lines? Beyond the romantic imagery of ruins and the prophecy

of inevitability we are prepared…prepared to bring on the apocalypse –

mentally, spiritually, and physically.

Sincerely,

The Kudzu-clad Vanguard of the Apocalypse

I believe this is an excellent article. I think this is also one of the best articles I have read on Anarcho-Primitivism.

Kudzu-clad? Like, they wear the leaves of a vine native to Asia? How retro!

Anyway, chin up, sunshine! Tomorrow's a brand-new day!