I just discovered that Guido De Giorgio‘s essay Short Notes on Ascesis and Anti-Europe is missing a note. Although this section was present in the original Ur journal and even the first collections, it was excluded in all the editions after 1955. I have no idea why. I have a … Continue reading
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Short Notes on Ascesis and Anti-Europe
This is authored by Havismat (Guido De Giorgio), from Volume 2 of Introduction to Magic. We see more of the paradoxical style of his writing. He also reveals some personal details about his time in Tunisia and his experience with Sufis. Regarding expression. There is the traditional one, the doctrinal … Continue reading
The Western Tradition Reviewed
In which we review some prior posts on the western tradition and demonstrate its inner continuity. We also provide some new translations: Julius Evola on the essence of idealism, and Guido De Giorgio on the nature of the priest. We have several times quote Julius Evola’s claim of the three … Continue reading
Warriors (III)
This is the final segment on the role of the Warrior caste in a Traditional Society. Here we see that the point of war is to establish peace. The respective spheres of influence of the priests and warriors are made clear, although caste conflicts can still break out for the … Continue reading
Warriors (II)
It seems to me that Guido De Giorgio and Julius Evola agree on the role of the Warrior caste, with some fundamental disagreements. The first obviously is that Evola fails to understand the relationship of the warrior caste to the priestly class. The second is more difficult to express. Evola … Continue reading
Warriors (I)
This is part I on the role of the Warrior caste in a Traditional Society. Here Guido De Giorgio describes the role of the warrior caste and its relationship to the priestly caste. He then relates that to the Great War and and the Lesser War. In the active life, … Continue reading
Death and Deliverance
This is second and concluding installment of the chapter “La Morte” from Dio e il Poeta by Guido De Giorgio. Here we see De Giorgio moving past salvation to liberation (or deliverance as Guenon translates it). Evola draws upon similar traditional teachings in his distinction between the path of the … Continue reading
Death
This is the chapter “La Morte” from Dio e il Poeta by Guido De Giorgio; this is the first of two parts. The influence of neoplatonism is obvious. De Giorgio has several excellent turns of phrase; I hope I have done them justice. There is an interruption, a withdrawal, a … Continue reading
The Establishment of a Traditional Society: Priests (III)
This is the third and final installment from Guido De Giorgio‘s chapter on the priestly caste from La Tradizione Romana [The Roman Tradition]. He continues the discussion on faith. He points out that when the priesthood deteriorates, it gives rise to priesthood of solitary Ascetics. Although they maintain traditional teachings, … Continue reading
The Establishment of a Traditional Society: Priests (II)
This is the second installment from Guido De Giorgio‘s chapter on the priestly caste from La Tradizione Romana [The Roman Tradition]. He sees the process of the degeneration of the castes as beginning, not from the revolt of the Kshatriya, but rather from the failure of the Priests to fulfill … Continue reading