Seraphim Rose (who reposed in 1982), before he became an Orthodox priest-monk, when he was still simply Eugene Rose, developed an historical outline explaining the rise of the demonic Revolution all over the world. The outline consisted of four stages and was included as a chapter in his little but profound book, Nihilism: The Root of the Revolution of the Modern Age. The four stages begin with liberalism and then run through realism, vitalism, and nihilism.

Liberalism is a society’s indifference to Truth, to Christ; realism is the rejection of higher, spiritual truths in favor of those that can be ascertained only through the physical senses, natural science, and the like. Vitalism is a reaction against the sterility of realism, an attempt to imbue human life once again with some level of tradition and spirituality. It is likewise very much focused on energy, power, movement, adventure, the heroic, newness, and on the subjective experience of individuals to determine what is true and right for themselves. https://orthodoxreflections.com/praxis-nation-tech-bros-discover-vitalism/