Joshua van Asakinda is First of the Zenshida’i, and faithful to Buddho-Taoism. He holds a master’s degree from American Military University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Pittsburgh, where he studied psychology and philosophy. Long ago, he traveled the world in search of himself. Now he is a writer, among other things. But the thirst for self-realization remains, and so he looks forward to whatever may be waiting for him upon the Way.

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I have tried in vain to reveal myself, or to pin myself down as either this or that, or to pigeon-hole my work, or even to find a way to convey the meaning of any of it in simplistic terms. And so I have abandoned the endeavor: I love the written word with a passion, and so I will let my work speak for itself, come whatever may. For it reveals my spirit far better than I ever could. What else is art but that, after all? It is the will- it is even the need- to express what cannot be expressed...

But one thing I know: I am obsessed with all things pertaining to the way of the warrior. And I always have been, since I was a very small boy playing in the snow by myself while staring up at the sky. In fact, that brief dream of being a warrior- of manhood and freedom- is the first dream I remember, and it will no doubt be the last thing I ever dream. We all need a thing to chase in this world, and that is mine.

This pursuit has led me all over the world: to China, Denmark, Italy, Spain, India, Indonesia, and elsewhere. My mission- if I have a mission- is always the same: to fill my life with the spirit of the warrior. And what is that, exactly? Merely the willingness to live with mastery, and without thought of death. ​So my work runs the gamut, but it all pertains to my particular fascination with the heroic, whether poetry or fantasy, science fiction or cultural criticism, philosophy or psychology. The same spirit- the spirit of the warrior- runs through all of it.
The history of humanity has been nothing if not the history of the spirit of the warrior. And the study of this history has led to my formulation of Tradition, and of Virilis. These two complementary discoveries form the heart of my philosophy: Tradition is the quintessentially heroic worldview underlying all of human history while Virilis is a clarion call for revitalizing that Tradition. For more on the spirit of the warrior, please see the following links:
Thus far, my writing works include Slay the Maiden; Oracle: Ninety Days to a New Life; Oracle: Nine Rules for a New Spirit; and Profiling the Left, with much more beyond the horizon. For all of this and more, please see the links below:
Joshua van Asakinda
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