Resources on vitalist philosopher Ludwig Klages.
Searching for: Klagesian Initiates
We are interested in finding one, two, or no more than a handful of self-motivated students interested in exploring the Klagesian corpus, particularly within an antitech, pro-wilderness, and human rewilding framework.
Klages, in our estimation, completes Western philosophy, at least its ‘classical’ or ‘academic’ manifestation. Therefore, vague familiarity with (at least) the overall progression of philosophical thought from the Ancient Greeks through Nietzsche is highly recommended. While we can assist promising students with a basic philosophic education, we would much prefer you already be introduced to philosophy. Additionally, familiarity with and or interest in psychology, spirituality, and anthropology is essential.
If interested, email a short introductory letter to networking@technologicalcollapse.org summarizing your past education and or relevant work experience, your past exposure to Klages, and your intentions for further initiation. You do not need to disclose any personal information (eg. legal name). Keep in mind that this is entirely a voluntary, non-professional course of study. There will be no certificate or otherwise proving completion.
Searching for: Translator(s)
Despite a few years in university studying philosophy, we did not elect to study any philosophical language, notwithstanding German, Klages’ native tongue and what all of his works are written in. While we are thankful for the works that have already been translated into English (which do make up the majority of his corpus), we are missing out on the cosmic insights of Klages’ magnum opus, The Spirit as Adversary of the Soul, a massive, 1,400-some page tome.
An AI translation of the work exists, but for obvious ideological reasons, we refuse to engage with it at this time. Thus, we would really like to find someone willing and able to start chipping away at admittedly difficult challenge of translating this major work.
This would be an entirely voluntary effort on your part(s). That is, at least until we can garner enough interest in the project to raise funds, we win the lottery, or some other windfall bestows us with money. Actually, we’d be willing to sacrifice a paltry amount of our limited savings for the completion of this venture. We are quite aware, however, that the meager sum we could reasonably afford would not cover the costs of formal translation services. Therefore, there is a partial promise of payment, but it is not enough for you to reasonably treat this as a paying job.
If you are interested or have questions, please email networking@technologicalcollapse.org.