Although we have addressed the issue about the relationship between the spiritual authority and temporal power over and over, we may as well address it again with the hope and expectation that future commentators will offer more than links to other web sites. Evola’s words will be marked by a … Continue reading →

When reason alone fails to achieve justice, is dueling a legitimate way to reach a resolution? Dante answers, “Yes”. Continue reading →

In old Europe human life received its ideal content from the Catholic faith, on the one hand, and from knightly feudalism on the other ~ Vladimir Solovyov. Continue reading →

A person desires not only material existence, which is provided by economic society, and not only lawful existence, which is given to him by political society, but he desires as well an absolute existence, one that is complete and eternal. Continue reading →

The fool does more harm by his ignorance than the wicked man by his wickedness. ~ Al-Ghazali It is time for a recap what has been accomplished thus far in our project to determine the lineament of the Western Tradition, which we claim is as real and as important as … Continue reading →

The citizen had no freedom of religion; either he participated in the religion of the city or he was banished. The hierarchy of family, tribe and city introduced the idea of a wider and wider influence of the gods, but the knowledge of the one god had been lost. Philosophers … Continue reading →

The fundamental attitude of the Courtier was to do everything with a type of style and grace done with a certain nonchalance that made the difficult seem effortless. Castiglione coined a new word for this: Sprezzatura. Continue reading →

About a spy who receives a “burn notice”, that is, he is excommunicated, in the original sense of the world, from his spiritual community without explanation. He is thrown into the world and left without any identity, assets, or resources, basically turned into an outlaw. Continue reading →

The direction in which we may find awakening and liberation, the direction of initiation, is vertical and has nothing to do with the course of history. ~ Julius Evola Spirituality in the Modern World I spent some time tonight, actually too much time, checking out on Amazon various books on … Continue reading →

Evola continues his critique by pointing out that the goal should be to transcend Christianity by integrating it into something more comprehensive that incorporates the essential elements of the genuine antique paganism. This is actually analogous to the Catholic position as described by Fr. Heinrich Denifle: The Catholic Church is … Continue reading →