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The Philosophy of History and Politics
Ulick Varange
(
Francis Parker Yockey
)
I
MPERIUM
Much has been said already about this unique and disturbing book, but this much is reasonably
certain: A thousand times more is yet to be said.
Imperium
is the first sequel the literary world knows to Spengler’s monumental
The Decline of the
West
.
In fact, the author of
Imperium
does more than even Spengler attempted— he defines and creates the
pathology of Culture
in all of its infinitely urgent importance, including the discipline of
Cultural
Vitalism
.
Imperium
rejects the Nineteenth Century: the parched fossils of its thought— Marx, Freud and the
scientific-technical world outlook; its exhausted political nostrums— the pluralistic state, liberalism,
democracy, communism, internationalism; all of which fail to satisfy the organically vital realities of
politics.
Imperium
presents unique and almost esoteric political, social and historical definitions and
explanations which shall become more widely known— indeed, commonly understood— if our West
survives.
Imperium
is probably the first book to advocate European unification— to dogmatically predict it— in
terms other than the crassly materialistic.
Imperium
is the first comprehensive and profoundly constructive alternative to the Marxist-liberal
degeneracy surrounding us.
Imperium
is the creation of a man who believed in his Destiny— and in this book— so thoroughly
that he became a martyr to it.
Imperium
is written with a dramatic style and flair for expression seldom encountered even in novels.
Yet rising above all else is the simple fact that in
Imperium
a creative genius has given the world
something new: A fourth dimension of intellect and a new concept of spirituality.
Imperium
heralds the
dawn of a new day of Faith.
Among all books, therefore,
Imperium
has a distinct status. Hardly a man alive will agree with all it
contains, yet will not find his personal horizons extended by the reading of it.
The original two volumes are here combined, unabridged, into one, with a brilliant Introduction by Dr.
Revilo P. Oliver.
To the hero of the Second World War
“Was mich nicht umbricht, macht mich stärker.”
- N
IETZSCHE
Introduction
Dimly, I could make out the form of this man— this strange and lonely man— through the thick wire
netting. Inwardly, I cursed these heavy screens that prevented our confrontation. For even though our
mutual host was the San Francisco County Jail, and even though the man upon whom I was calling was
locked in equality with petty thieves and criminals, I knew that I was in the presence of a great force, and
I could feel History standing aside me.
Yesterday, the headlines had exploded their sensational discovery. “M
YSTERY
M
AN
W
ITH
T
HREE
P
ASSPORTS
J
AILED
H
ERE
,” they screamed. A man of mystery— of wickedness— had been captured. A
man given to dark deeds and— much worse— forbidden thoughts, too, the journalists squealed. A man
who had roamed the earth on mysterious missions and who was found to be so dangerous that his bail was
set at $50,000— a figure ten or twenty times the normal bail for passport fraud. The excitement of the
newspapers and the mystery of it all seemed to indicate that this desperado was an international gangster,
or a top communist agent.
At least, this is what the papers hinted. But I know now that it erred in many ways, this “free press” of
ours.
I know now that the only real crime of Francis Parker Yockey was to write a book, and for this he had to
die.
…
It is always impossible, of course, to come to grips with the essence of greatness. There are the known
facts of a great life, but facts are dead and almost mute when we seek the essential reality of a creative
personality. But let us review some of the facts we know of a life which is at once significant, fascinating
and tragic.
Francis Parker Yockey was born in Chicago in 1917. He attended American universities, taking a B.A.
degree in 1938 and, three years later, a degree in law from Notre Dame, where he was graduated
cum
laude
.
From earliest childhood, Yockey was recognized for his prodigious abilities, and resented for them by
many. History may reveal that the combination of originality and high intelligence in rare individuals is
essential for human progress, but we mortals find these qualities more admired in biographies than in
classmates, friends and underlings.
Yockey was a concert-level pianist; he was a gifted writer. He studied languages and became a linguist.
As a lawyer, he never lost a case. He had an extraordinary grasp of the world of finance— and this is
surprising, for we learn that in his philosophy economics is relegated to a relatively unimportant position.
And it is as the Philosopher that Yockey reached the summit; it is this for which he will be remembered;
he was a man of incredible vision. Even so, his personality was spiced by the precious gift of a sense of
humor.
Like the great majority of Americans, Yockey opposed American intervention in the Second World
War. Nevertheless, he joined the army and served until 1942 when he received a medical discharge
(honorable). The next few years were spent in the practice of law, first in Illinois and subsequently in
Detroit, where he was appointed Assistant County Attorney for Wayne County, Michigan.
In 1946, Yockey was offered a job with the war crimes tribunal and went to Europe. He was assigned
to Wiesbaden, where the “second string” Nazis were lined up for trial and punishment. The Europe of
1946 was a war-ravaged continent, not the prosperous land we know today. Viewing the carnage, and
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seeing with his own eyes the visible effects of the unspeakable Morgenthau Plan which had as its purpose
the starvation of 30 million Germans, and which was being put into effect at that time, he no doubt found
ample reinforcement for his conviction that American involvement in the war had been a ghastly mistake.
And feeling the might of the sinister power in the East, he might well have wondered whose interests
were being served by such a “victory.”
As Senator Robert A. Taft and many other responsible and thinking men of the day who had the
courage to state their convictions, Yockey concluded that the entire procedure of the “war crimes trials”
was serving the interests—
and was meant to serve the interests
— of international communism. The use
of torture, doctored evidence and
ex-post-facto
law before a court which was judge, jury, prosecutor and
defense were merely part of the preposterous juridical aspects. Of even more importance was the
reversion to barbarism which was inherent in the spectacle— a reversion so pointedly explored later by
Britisher F. J. P. Veale in
Advance to Barbarism
.
For eleven months, Yockey’s duty in Wiesbaden was to prepare reports on the various cases. Having a
long view of history, he tried to do an objective job. Finally, in Washington, someone complained, and
his superior called him on the carpet. “We don’t want this type of report,” he was told. “This has entirely
the wrong slant. You’ll have to rewrite these reports to conform with the official viewpoint.”
Yockey felt that the time had come to take a stand, even if it meant to break with conformity and plunge
into the lonely waters of social ostracism. “I am a lawyer, not a journalist,” he said, “you’ll have to write
your own propaganda”; and he quit on the spot.
After Wiesbaden, he returned to America for five months. But following this taste of
weltpolitik
he was
unable to settle down. He could not ignore an insistent feeling that he must immolate himself in the
flames of controversy. And this conviction so destroyed his peace of mind that he knew he had no choice.
It was late 1947 when Yockey returned to Europe. He sought out a quiet inn at Brittas Bay, Ireland.
Isolated, he struggled to begin. Finally, he started to write, and in six months— working entirely without
notes— Francis Parker Yockey completed
Imperium
.
The formidable task of publishing it was the next step. Here, also, Yockey ran into serious problems,
for no publisher would touch the book, it being too “controversial.” Hungry publishers of our advanced
day know that any pile of trash, filth, sex, sadism, perversion and sickness will sell when wrapped
between two gaudy covers and called a book, but under no circumstances may they allow readers to come
into contact with a serious work unless it contains the standard obeisances to the catchwords of equality,
democracy and universal brotherhood.
Finally, however, Yockey was able to secure the necessary financing, and production began.
The first edition of
Imperium
was issued in two volumes. Volume I has 405 pages and three chapters.
Volume II has 280 pages and also three chapters. Both were published in 1948 in the name of Westropa
Press. Volume I was printed by C. A. Brooks & Co., Ltd. and Volume II by Jones & Dale— both of
London. Both volumes measure 5 x 7
1
/
4
inches in dimensions and have a red dust jacket with the title in
black script on a white held. The cover of Volume I is tan and that of Volume II is black.
It is known that 1,000 copies of Volume I, but only 200 copies of Volume II, were finished. The
discrepancy in quantity and the change in printers point to the difficulty in financing the job. Copies of
the first edition are, of course, virtually unobtainable today.
The rarest combination in man is that of the philosopher and man of action. When Yockey tried his
hand at political organization he proved that he was no exception to the rule— or was it that the times
then were too out of joint with the future for a constructive movement to be started? Organizing the
European Liberation Front in 1949, he and friends issued a manifesto called
The Proclamation of London
.
But outside of getting beaten up in Hyde Park, nothing much happened. And here again he encountered
the old trouble. Even among the forward-looking intellectuals and individualists who were his co-
workers, his brilliance shone through. He was resented, and the effort soon collapsed.
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