Roman upheavals, Asiatic cults and the end of the first Romanity. Since we nailed down the truly valuable and, for many, the illuminative, aspect of De Francisci’s new work in these terms, let’s allow ourselves to make some other points. First of all, in regard to origins: It is true … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2012
The Spirit of Roman Civilization (III)
Political power, spiritual authority, divine law, sin, divination, totalitarianism and freedom in Ancient Rome. In the order of the structural element, there is a specific element in the “civilization” of Rome, i.e., a hierarchy, in which the preeminence is reserved to political values: everything is assumed and organized in the … Continue reading
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The Spirit of Roman Civilization (II)
It is a unitary and organic construction which, by being such, even permeates the political field, i.e., it also presupposes a political organization as the realizer and promoter of the fundamental values resting on the base of the organization itself. And in this special point, we see the contrast between … Continue reading
The Spirit of Roman Civilization
With this article from the December 1940 issue of La Vita Italiana, Evola takes up the idea of Romanity, and its continuity beyond the Roman Empire itself. While different from the mystical vision of Guido de Giorgio, based on Dante, it is equally spiritual. Following a conception of Spengler, the … Continue reading
When the King Enjoys His Own Again
When Cromwell presided over the Puritanification (and therefore, the ultimate modernization) of England, the common people were not necessarily fooled as to what the end result would be. For them, it was mainly about the lack of charity and feasting, yet the beginning of the song makes clear that they … Continue reading
Men of Destiny
Remembering oneself, discovering the true will, following one’s Dharma, can all be summarized by the ancient call to know thyself. This is what defies every attempt to define or limit Tradition. It is not a question of reading the next book, knowing about Etruscan fertility goddesses, or adopting the very … Continue reading
The idea of pre-existence
To continue the translation of ‘Classical and Romantic ethics’, we present the next two segments. In the first, Julius Evola describes how Catholicism recapitulates within itself the choice between Tradition and modernity. In the second, he provides a succinct summary of the Traditional path. Evola writes: The central view of … Continue reading
Geocentrism and the Center of the Universe
The gross state, or earth element, is dominated by blind, deterministic forces. Instead of being the field where a man can work out his karmic influences, it instead proves to be a privation, where his undeveloped will is weak and unable to manipulate and control those forces. Only by intense work on developing his True Will can he hope to progress. Continue reading
The Mystery of Birth Explained
man’s Essence as who he is in himself, his Spirit, his karma (what he carries into the world) and his dharma (his task or destiny in the world). His Existence, then, is the meeting of this Essence interacting with the horizontal forces at the proper time and space suitable to him, by the Law of Elective Affinity. Continue reading