Ernst Jünger - A selection from "Die Schere"
186: That the ancient and Faustian worlds are conceived as the "Occident"[Abendland] makes both geographical and historical sense, but it is also numinous. One temple rests on the foundations of the other, is built anew from its stones. Perhaps there was already a grave or a statue, which was venerated, before there were buildings.
Figures that recur …
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