This is part 4 of 5 of an essay originally published by EA, or Julius Evola, under the title “Esoterismo e Mistica Cristiana” from the third volume of Introduction to Magic. Here he discusses the gifts of the Holy Spirit, the tollhouses after death and the many correspondences between early … Continue reading →

This is part 3 of 5 of an essay originally published by EA, or Julius Evola, under the title “Esoterismo e Mistica Cristiana” from the third volume of Introduction to Magic. In this section he deals with the sacramental life and how it could be interpreted as initiation. ⇐ Part … Continue reading →

Let me affirm that divine union is a work which can be accomplished only by the strong and constant resolution of those who desire it; that there is no other means to this end but the persevering use of a pure will, aided by the works and practice of every virtue, fertilized by prayer, that divine grace may come to help our weakness and lead us to the term of our regeneration. ~ Louis-Claude de Saint-Martin Continue reading →

This essay was originally published by EA, or Julius Evola, under the title “Esoterismo e Mistica Cristiana” from the third volume of Introduzione alla Magia. Obviously, Evola was quite interested in the topic since the essay runs to 20 pages and he was quite familiar with the secondary literature. The … Continue reading →

Rene Guenon is one of the few writers of our time whose work is really of importance … he stands for the primacy of pure metaphysics over all other forms of knowledge Continue reading →

by Ananda K Coomsraswamy The myth is not my own, I had it from my mother. ~ Euripedes, fr. 488 There is, perhaps, no subject that has been more extensively investigated and more prejudicially misunderstood by the modern scientist than that of folklore. By “folklore” we mean that whole and … Continue reading →

Janacek’s famous opera, The_Makropulos_Affair centers around the discovery of a secret elixir which can actually grant the brewer immortality. Continue reading →

The world is mediocre, limp, without force. And madness and despair are a force. And force is a crime in the eyes of the fools, the weak and the silly who rule the roost. You are mediocre. Continue reading →

An early review of two books by Fabre d’Olivet, translated into English, was published in New York Tribune, 7 Aug 1921. Besides his monumental hermeneutical study of the history of the Borean race, Fabre d’Olivet wrote an interpretation of the Golden Verses of Pythagoras. Born some 800 years after Akhnaton, … Continue reading →

Socrates asks: “How can you determine whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake Continue reading →