Un gentilhomme ne se moque pas de la religion des autres. ~ Cologero Let satirists then laugh their fill at human affairs, let theologians rail, and let misanthropes praise to their utmost the life of untutored rusticity, let them heap contempt on men and praises on beasts; when all is … Continue reading
Category Archives: Julius Evola
Race and the Myth of the Origins of Rome II
In regards to Romulus, the myth contains a faith and a spiritual certainty: it is the meaning of a reality that, freed from the person and symbol, was not once, but will always be, and will always be present, in its greatness beyond history, the race that knows how to recall the “mystery”. Continue reading
Race and the Myth of the Origins of Rome I
In our day all of that is fantasy or superstition for many “serious” persons and many “critical” minds. The “facts” are the only things that count for them. The mythical traditions of the ancients have no value, or they have it only insofar as it is supposed that, here and there, they are confused reflections of real events. Continue reading
Myths, Symbols, and Lies
We live in a world ruled by lies. Lying and stealing are the dominant elements of human character whatever the race, creed or caste. Whoever says that this is not true simply tells another lie. Man lies because in a world ruled by lies it is not possible for him to do otherwise. Continue reading
Esoteric Anthropology
So the first task is to begin observing and transcending the misconceptions of the first stage. A temporary “I” develops that integrates the three lower centers. This is still a transitional, or psychological, state, often represented as the lower Ego. Continue reading
Nietzsche and Being
The problem of the forgetting of Being cannot be resolved philosophically or scientifically, but only spiritually and metaphysically. We started Gornahoor first of all as an exploration in the recovery of Tradition in the West. Since Tradition is the opposite of modernity, this led to an attempt to forge a … Continue reading
Nature’s Lessons on Interior Friction
Cologero has beautifully highlighted the central paradox of “he who wishes to rise” or “the aspirant”: It is clear in fact that if persuasion sharpens itself to a pure, unrelated sufficiencyy—i.e., to a statey—rather than to sufficiency as denial of an insufficiency—i.e. to an act, to a relationy—the antithesis certainly … Continue reading
Hermann Keyserling – Part 2
This is the second and final installment of Julius Evola‘s commentary on Hermann Keyserling from Saggi sull’Idealismo Magico. Evola refers to Keyserling’s “brilliant interpretation of the function of meaning, according to which understanding is removed from the rational and peripheral plane and compenetrated with the principle of deep self-realization and … Continue reading
Hermann Keyserling – Part 1
The key to Keyserling’s views is the phenomenon of understanding. It is essentially a point of spontaneity, freedom, and interiority. Continue reading
Magical Idealism in a Larger Whole
The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities. ~ Sophocles Since one aspect of building a system is to integrate a lesser one into a larger whole, what follows are some possible wholes that will accept what is profitable in magical idealism, while … Continue reading