>The Fifth Empire is not a mere territorial empire. It is a spiritual and linguistic body which spreads throughout the entire world. It represents the ultimate form of fusion between material (science, reason, intellectual speculation) and spiritual knowledge: the occult, mystical speculation and Kabbalism. It is the pinnacle of all the work undertaken by the previous empires (according to old principle of the translatio imperii), which are the following under Pessoa's point of view:
>First Empire - Ancient Greece, all knowledge and experience extracted from the ancient empires; >Second Empire - Roman Empire, expansion of the First Empire's culture and knowledge; >Third Empire - Christianity, fusion between the First and the Second Empires, with the absorption of several eastern elements (such as Judaism) - the Christian Moral; >Fourth Empire - Europe, spreading throughout the entire world the outcome of the previous empires and the Anglo-Saxon hegemony, its culture and the English-speaking world as a result of the British Empire - the English individualism.[1]
>The Fifth Empire, led by "the hidden one" (O Encoberto in the poem, an allusion to Sebastianism), will unite the entire world spiritually and culturally, led by the Portuguese Nation.
Interesting post OP but we all know Portugal is a forgotten backwater these days.
Blake Sullivan
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Julian Gray
>Portugal >Brazil >Angola >Mozambique
truly the apex of humanity
Michael Rogers
t. Alberto Barbossa
Isaac Lee
So... We'll be kangz?
Camden Turner
SOOOOOOOOOON
Asher Cox
>The Fifth Empire, led by "the hidden one" (O Encoberto in the poem, an allusion to Sebastianism)
Angel Smith
Sic transit gloria mundi, but seems never translated through portugal.
Kayden Flores
If India can be a superpower, so does Portugal.
Andrew Ward
Yeah very funny. But memes appart, the only true empire appointed by God Himself to spread the Gospel is the Spanish Empire.
Rule, Hispania!
Ethan Hughes
heh.... nice empire kiddo
*teleports behind you*
how about THIS!!
Justin Thompson
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Jaxon Ross
Where's it all now tho
Joseph Allen
up your mum's arse
Jaxon Gonzalez
Delete this. It's nothing but the delusion of a drunk poet.
Christian Morales
But but... Britain! you are the mum of the U.S.A.!
Nicholas Wilson
It's ok bro.
POO
Brody Edwards
F
Cameron Gutierrez
>Myth stemming right out of the Doctrine of 5 (or 4) Ages >Greco-Roman tradition (Hesiodus' 4 Ages and the 5th- Age of Heroes- gold, silver, steel, iron with the Fifth returning man to a special restauration of primordial tradition, the gold) >Hindu Tradition (satyâ-yuga) >Hellenic tradition (4 Ages symbolized by materials gold, silver, steel and iron) >Iranian tradition (4 Ages symbolized by materials gold, silver, steel and iron) >Literally a legend of Tradition spoken of throughout the ages of mankind and particularly persistent throughout Portuguese culture (Bandarra, António Vieira, Fernando Pessoa) >Book of Daniel 2 (Shinning statue made of materials gold, silver, steel, iron and clay) >Aztecs and the 5 Suns (or 5 solar cycles) >Bandarra- 5 Ages symbolized by materials gold, silver, iron and clay >António Vieira- 5 physical territorial Empires of man symbolized by materials gold, silver, iron and clay >Evola- Doctrine of 4 Ages & the Men Among Ruins
>Pessoa- Last Human Empire, the Fifth, of Portuguese origin, of cultural and spiritual characteristics, "brought by those who bear the scarlet templar cross upon their chest", lead by O Encoberto.
>It's nothing but the delusion of a drunk poet.
Adrian Nelson
They sure pay their tariffs and taxes! Youre in EU just because,right?
Its sad to see a briton in such state of denial
Kevin King
Angola and Mozambique were probably fine before they got independence.
