Magus Turris

  Magister ab Kaos VISIONES APOCALYPSIS (english version)

  Throughout 2025, a singular cultural phenomenon began to manifest. In various corners of the globe, self-published, staple-bound booklets appeared, bearing the title Exposition of the Signs of the Times and signed under the mysterious pseudonym Anonymous of the Tower . This phenomenon persisted into early 2026, and every indication suggests it is something destined to endure. These brochures have been discovered primarily in libraries, universities, and public spaces hosting cultural events. The booklet contains poems structured in rhyming couplets, possessing a prophetic and apocalyptic flavor , as hinted by the evangelical resonance of the title. The fact that these pamphlets have surfaced in disparate locations suggests an organized group disseminating a message that readers are invited to decipher. The cover depicts the Tower of Babel , a choice that naturally invites conspiracy theories. Expressions such as "Brothers of the three points" further fuel speculati...

  Tolstoy: The Genius of War and Peace and the Moralist "Mess" Post- Anna Karenina ___________________________________ Leo Tolstoy is a writer whose greatness needs no introduction. The human condition is painted with extraordinary depth and power in War and Peace (1867). Contrary to what our contemporary image of Tolstoy might suggest, War and Peace is not a pacifist manifesto at all. The idle Russian bourgeoisie, immersed in balls, philosophical discussions, and socialites, is incapable of perceiving the gravity of the Napoleonic invasion; only the defeat and the horror of Austerlitz awaken the protagonists' humanity, allowing them to understand the meaning of existence (both individual and collective) in a Russia threatened by destruction. It is in this confrontation with necessity that Tolstoy is a genius: Napoleon is not an imaginary tyrant, but a man of flesh and blood; Russia is not a mere stage, it is life, it is the motherland. War is not a game, it i...

  WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH The masterpiece of dystopian literature, George Orwell's 1984, is the landmark text of the fantasy-political genre. Written in 1948, that novel foresaw many of the socio-political characteristics of advanced modernity, but how much of Orwell's gloomy predictions have actually come true, and in what ways has power implemented its aims of control over citizens? Orwell took his cue from the great dictatorships of the 20th century of which he was a keen observer. The 'Big Brother' regime can be likened to Nazi-fascism in its warmongering aspects, its militarisation of society and its pursuit of a public enemy: the figure of the 'traitor' Goldstein is deliberately modelled by Orwell on the Jewish stereotype as it was characterised in extreme right-wing propaganda. However, it is undeniable that the system described in the novel is much closer to Soviet totalitarianism. The characteristics of socia...

Female acquiescence to submission is one of the most intriguing elements of the male/female relationship. This factor of romantic alchemy can manifest with various nuances and modalities, reaching as far as erotic fantasies of sexual dominance. Western culture itself debuts with the story of a master/slave relationship: Achilles and Briseis. In more recent times, women themselves have been able to describe this aspect of the couple's relationship, producing a 20th-century masterpiece like Pauline Réage’s Story of O , as well as a major pop success like E.L. James’s Fifty Shades of Grey . Even the Fantasy genre found an original interpreter of this narrative vein in John Norman, the American author who created the Gor saga. John Norman is actually the pseudonym used by John Frederick Lange Jr., who was a professor of philosophy at several American universities and who, alongside his academic career, developed successful lines of both fiction and non-fiction writing. The...

  After the chaotic feminist experiments of the 21st century, men overthrew the feminized society and restored patriarchal authority, reclaiming the leading role for which males are naturally destined. The stroke of genius used by the patriarchal regime to gain control over the female gender was a simple yet extremely functional idea: banning female footwear. Women must walk barefoot: always, without exception, there are no excuses! This means limited mobility and vulnerability but above all, symbolically, for women to walk barefoot is a sign of humility and submission. In this condition, women spontaneously internalize the observance of patriarchal discipline. Although women are happy to have returned to their natural roles of caring for the home and family, occasional episodes of disobedience regarding the female barefoot rule do occur. The authorities are concerned; the climate of harmony and serenity established by the patriarchal regime might be a mere facade. For what mysteri...