A collection of some works referenced on this website and in Hobo Nickels.
Their contents are varied and presented for the purposes of enjoyment, reference, & study
Architecture, Artisans & Craftsmen, Design, Iconography, &tc
Christopher Alexander– Anti-modernist architect/architectural theorist, and father of pattern language. Books The Nature of Order, & A Pattern Language
Schemamonk Constantine Cavarnos– professor and prolific author on topics of iconography, aesthetics, Saints, and more. See an interview here
Richard Davies– Wooden churches in Northern Russia
Icons and their Interpretation
St. John of Damascus– On Holy Images
New World Byzantine– Andrew Gould, artisan and designer specializing in traditional buildings and liturgical art
Odd Nerdrum and the Kitsch Movement
Leonid Ouspensky & Vladimir Lossky–The Meaning of Icons
Orthodox Arts Journal– Architecture, iconography, music, & much more
A Reader’s Guide to Orthodox Icons
Wrath of Gnon– traditionalism, sustainability, localism, urbanism
Andrea Zittel– and the Institute of Investigative Living. Home furniture, clothing, food all become the sites of investigation in an ongoing endeavor to better understand human nature and the social construction of needs
Orthodox Publishing & Resources
Death to the World– …to inspire the truth-seeking and soul searching amidst the modern age of nihilism and despair, promoting the ancient principles of the last true rebellion: to be dead to this world and alive to the other world.
A Different Light: Youthful Travelers in Contemporary America
The works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky
St. Herman Press
Writings of St. Isaac the Syrian, aka St. Isaac of Nineveh. Mystic Treatises Issac of Nineveh (published 1922). Listen here, read the Ascetical Homilies here.
Pravoslavie
The writings of Fr. Seraphim Rose
The Symbolic World– Project of Jonathan Pageau et al.
St. Tikhon’s Monastery & Bookstore/Press
The World
The American Sun
Antelope Hill Publishing– We believe in preservation with the printed page whenever possible to ensure independence from state or corporate control. We are willing to take on books that other publishers would consider a reputational risk. We will publish for lost causes, righteous mercenaries, anonymous critics, freedom fighters, revolutionaries, and exiles.
Nicolás Gómez Dávila– Reactionary political philosopher. The Authentic Reactionary (the archive); El Reaccionario Auténtico, (the article)
A Christian Understanding of Homosexuality
The Imaginative Conservative
Ernst Jünger– Storm of Steel (note: get the 1929 translation)
Theodore Kaczynski– Industrial Society and Its Future
Jerry Mander– Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television (PDF)
The works of Cormac McCarthy
Mosfilm– Russian cinema masterpieces
All of the Movie Night category
Mystery Grove Publishing
Old European Culture
Dan Hitchens- Orwell & Contraception (archive)
Owen Cyclops– illustration & esoterica
Passage Publishing
Patient Zero and the Early Days of HIV/AIDS
Max Picard– The World of Silence (PDF). Also on the Archive
Terror House Magazine– Terror House’s mission is to publish outsider literary fiction, literary nonfiction, and cultural criticism/analysis…works that are too edgy, unusual, or honest to be released elsewhere.
Supplies & Essentials
Assembly Line– Beautiful minimalist sewing patterns
Burning Bush Coffee
Fabrics Store– Where I source most of the linen for my clothing; also, free patterns
St. Paisius Monastery Prayer Ropes
Peppermint Magazine– Simple sewing patterns, available for small donation
Survival, Evasion, Resistance, & Escape
Judith Lewis Herman– Trauma & Recovery (PDF)
Trapped in the Mirror
When the Unspeakable Happens– Sex abuse and the Church (archive)
Why Does He Do That? (PDF)