Toward Ecosophy

JMG,

It is fashionable to compare the US to Romans. But, recently, after a bit of reading and listening on Byzantium, I noticed lots of similarities between Russia-USSR and Eastern Romans.

• Both rely heavily on a strong man being in charge of a sluggish but extremely powerful bureaucracy
• Both have a kind of "walking meat-grinder" approach to war
• Orthodoxy has a very important role in propaganda and ethos
• both are autocratic, but you can be "elected" to the top if the right people support you (as opposed to monarchy and democracy)
• red and gold flag of USSR ))

I must confess it is a very vague feeling of kinship.

The question I would like to ask you is

• Are there books on the group souls you would recommend?
• You mentioned prophecies about a new civilisation on Volga in this century. By theosophists, if I recall correctly. Where can one read more about that, without plunging 100% into Madam Blavatsky?

Also, from here in Ukraine it does feel like some ancient barbarian stuff is being invoked. Runes, chants, rumored sacrifices, etc.

Thanks, Andriy B