Granna Bytes: Yes, I Am Aurelian

Anna von Reitz

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Anna reflects on her family history and the Stoic values that she sees as central to her identity. She describes resilience, clear judgement and independence from status or money as qualities that have sustained her work through adversity. Her account of an Aurelian lineage provides the setting for a personal reflection on purpose and responsibility. The emphasis is on how a philosophical tradition can shape everyday conduct and the determination to continue serving a wider community.

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Anna connects her account of family history with a longstanding Stoic tradition.
She values steadiness, discernment and independence from material incentives.
She explains how those values support her continuing public work.

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By Anna Von Reitz

There is a 2,500 year known history of my family affirming that we are Stoics, man and maiden, throne and crone, century upon century and even today. So?

We were Stoics before there was a word to describe our philosophy.

Why are people worldwide reacting as if they had stepped on a grave and discovered what was not completely obvious?

Of course, I am still standing. Why wouldn't I be?

Death and destruction, age and obsessions, thieves, slander and every kind of dishonesty, witchcraft and spell-binding, cruel separations, seductions, wounds never bound up and left to bleed, poverty, betrayal, breach of trust, corruption....

All this and more has been thrown against me and mine from the cradle onward.

We built Rome and ruled it as the Five Good Emperors. And now you see me as a woman.

The serpent, the crown, and the three stars have risen.

I am the same as I have always been. There is no cause to stop or think deeply about my face as a Sigma. It is what it is. And I am what I am.

My character is not disturbed. My mind is not deceived. My values are not seduced. My intuition is not thrown off course. My heart is not subject to the deceptions of pride. The delusions of money have no effect on me. The setbacks of life don't lead me to despair.

Our family was never lost. It was merely "lost" to history, lost to the ferment and violence and silliness and separateness and delusions that have overtaken mankind.

That's why our family disappeared. That's why dozens upon dozens of other ancient families of good repute and vast experience simply turned their backs and ducked behind the most convenient architectural feature.

Just like the Belle Chers. And the Saint Germains. Ancient families. Ancient kingdoms. Even ancient empires. All lying asleep in our DNA, and in our deep memories.

See the stars in my hands, the curve of my lips? Do I have something better to do with my life, than listen to bankers make excuses for their disgusting avarice?

Yes, I do. Instead, I am standing here with you.

The historians and genealogists thought the Aurelians died out in the ruins of the Western Roman Empire, so this "discovery" is quite a shock -- to them. It's no news to us.

Issued by:

Anna Maria Riezinger -- Fiduciary

The United States of America

In care of: Box 520994

Big Lake, Alaska 99652

October 9th 2026

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