Julius Evola has been reestablishing his relationship with Mircel Eliade after the war and his own health and legal problems. It is clear that Evola has been keeping up with Eliade’s published works. Knowing Eliade’s true interests and background, Evola questions Eliade’s failure to quote Rene Guenon, and, by implication, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Correspondence
Letters from Guenon to Guido de Giorgio (VIII)
This letter was written by Rene Guenon to Guido de Giorgio shortly after the death of Guenon’s wife. After some personal reflections, Guenon returns to some of the common themes in earlier letters: the Sufis in Tunisia, the Ashtavakra Gita, and, of course, some gossip about Julius Evola. We see … Continue reading
Letters from Evola to Eliade (III)
This letter was written at the end of 1951, the year of Guenon’s death. It is clear that the several letters between Evola and Guenon in the preceding months had changed little in the disagreements between them. At the beginning of the letter, Evola is referring to Eliade’s response to … Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Guido de Giorgio (VII)
A few quick points about this letter. Masson-Oursel was mentioned in Letter III. Now he makes an about-face and severely criticizes Guenon. Guenon’s response is instructive; try to understand it. Guenon and de Giorgio clearly have a wide range of interests. The topic of Virgil is interesting, as Guenon indicates … Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Guido de Giorgio (VI)
This letter was written shortly after Guido de Giorgio‘s visit to Rene Guenon in Blois. Curiously, the sniping against the young Evola continues. Notice that Guenon treats de Giorgio as a peer while in his letters to Evola, he is always lecturing. Guenon indicates he and de Giorgio are totally … Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Guido de Giorgio (V)
In this letter from Rene Guenon to Guido de Giorgio, we learn: Guenon was ignorant of Buddhism, specifically Vajrayana. Initiation is connected to the Kali Yuga. Dante‘s symbolism is equivalent to Eastern symbolism. This explains some observations: Westerners who don’t understand Dante are unlikely to understand Eastern religions. Modern scholars … Continue reading
Letters from Evola to Eliade (I)
Julius Evola first met the young Mircea Eliade during a trip to Bucharest to meet Corneliu Codreanu. Evola refers to that meeting decades later in his spiritual autobiography, the Cinnabar Path. By that time, Eliade had become a widely respected historian of religions in the West and kept his early … Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Guido de Giorgio (III)
Looking back from 1949 to 1927, I wonder about some things. De Giorgio and Guenon often complain about health problems. In this case, there is no implication that De Giorgio’s illness is the result of sorcery. Actually, Guenon brings up that topic only after having relocated to Cairo. Something was … Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Evola (X)
Guenon explains more about impeccability Guenon expands on the powers of sorcerers and that no one is safe from their spells Guenon offers opinions on Thomas Palamidessi, Carl Jung, Meher Baba, the Golden Dawn, and Aleister Crowley 29 October 1949 Cairo, Egypt I received your letter of 4 September about … Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Evola (IX)
Main points: The two correspondents agree to disagree about Masonry Guenon gets a little snarky about the possible and the real Guenon considers Inayat Khan to be absurd Guenon teaches Evola about Islam, including role of Melchissedek, the coming Imam, and the meaning of infallibility and impeccability Guenon had high … Continue reading