⇐ Point 11 With this paragraph, Julius Evola concludes his Orientations. Note that he asks the next generation to take up the torch, but not necessarily to repeat exactly the past. Lessons must be learned and Tradition expressed perhaps in new terms. Fighting old battles may not be helpful in … Continue reading →

⇐ Point 9   Point 11 ⇒ Julius Evola points out the three possible reactions to the modern world, which he regards as fundamentally “bourgeois”. We may dispute that today in that proletarian values seem to predominate in our time. Oppose the bourgeoisie with a “collectivized and materialized humanity,” to which we … Continue reading →

← Point 8 Point 10 → In Point 9, Julius Evola rejects the “solutions” offered by the modern world. First of all, it is not simply a matter of preserving a certain “culture”, which is the superficial, but rather of developing an entire “worldview”, in the heart of man’s being, from … Continue reading →

⇐ Point 6  Point 8 ⇒ Highlights of point 7: The ideal is a virile and organic political unity This unity is fundamentally a spiritual unity The dignity and freedom of the human person is found in an organic society, not in individualized liberalism Evola rejected the Salo Republic because it … Continue reading →

⇐ Point 5   Point 7 ⇒ There are several important issues brought in Point 6. That these are in dispute today is incredible, if, in fact, they are even noticed. Perhaps the professional politicians do know it, but are coy enough not to mention them publicly. The first is the reduction … Continue reading →

⇐ Point 4   Point 6 ⇒ Although the Cold War between the USSR and USA is over, this makes Evola’s insights in this point all the more prescient. As long as communism and the Soviet Union were perceived as external enemies, the USA could sustain internally a certain amount of reaction … Continue reading →