The
Aurelian
School

Through Night, Unto Dawn

Mission: To save the world through a free, holistic education rooted in beauty - of the heart, mind, body, soul.

Vision: To manifest through education a healthy, sustainable future for man and nature alike, guiding diverse yet interrelated communities out of a materialistic night unto a more beautiful dawn.

Aurelia, Defined

  • Our Name

    Aurelia is a derivation of the Latin word meaning “golden,” referring to the belief that a more equitable era will emerge after our Dark Night of materialistic inequality. Thus, its internal motto: per noctem, ad auroram; or, “through night, unto dawn.”

  • Our Symbol

    Aurelia takes as its symbol all Western origins: a Catholic Cross, wreathed by Greek laurels, supported by pillars of the Trifunctional Hypothesis, whose three social classes unite to represent the necessity for individuals to sacrifice for society’s future.

  • Our Vision

    Aurelia is inspired by Catholic social teachings, and thus seeks a future tied to land, family, and God through a change in the guiding principle of society, from “do as thou wilt” to salus populi suprema lex; or, “the health of the people is the supreme law”.

Hints of Aurelia

From Solzhenitsyn’s Nobel Lecture in 1972:

“Dostoevsky once let drop an enigmatic remark: ‘Beauty will save the world.’ What is this? For a long time it seemed to me simply a phrase. How could this be possible? When in the bloodthirsty process of history did beauty ever save anyone, and from what?

“But a true work of art carries its verification within itself…if the all too obvious and the overly straight sprouts of Truth and Goodness have been crushed, cut down, or not permitted to grow, then perhaps the whimsical, unpredictable, and ever surprising shoots of Beauty will force their way through and soar up…fulfilling the task of all three.

“Could not then art and literature in a very real way offer succor to the modern world?”

The Aurelian Way

Beauty as Education

  • Reject Mass Schooling

    The global, one-size-fits-all model rooted in 20th Century industry; seeks mass production of laborers through passive, rote instruction in classes meant to teach students how to pass standardized tests and maintain bureaucracies

  • Adopt Holistic Learning

    Aurelia’s model, rooted in 21st Century innovation; seeks human fulfillment through personalized studies of classical texts, hands-on skills development, and communal projects meant to teach students how to lead a healthy life

A World Worth Knowing

The Pillars of Holistic Learning

  • I: Accessible Texts

    To better the world, one must understand the world. As such, Aurelia offers the texts necessary for a new generation to learn of their past, that they might better understand how to write their future.

    Explore our FREE classics library:

    CANON

  • II: Skill Development

    Worldwide infrastructure is aging beyond repair and must be replaced. The skills to do so are no longer taught in classrooms, but Aurelia seeks to recover these for a new generation to build a better future.

    Explore our FREE training regiment:

    CULTURE

  • III: Personalized Education

    Opposed to the degrading one-size-fits-all model of mass schooling, Aurelia offers a curriculum for learners to progress at their own pace in the subjects which most interest them.

    Explore our FREE K-12 lessons plans:

    CURRICULUM

  • IV: Natural Stewardship

    To learn, one must not only study but act; thus, Aurelia seeks to create centers in which students can use their hands to manage and conserve natural resources in an age of urbanized pollution.

    Explore our Conservation goals:

    CONSERVATION