One must live as one thinks, under pain of sooner or later thinking as one lives. ~ Paul Bourget In The Individual and the becoming of the World, Evola describes certain spiritual “attitudes”, a concept that will be developed and expanded in his later works as “spiritual types” and then … Continue reading
Metaphysical Mutations
Metaphysical mutations – that is to say radical, global transformations in the values to which the majority subscribe – are rare in the history of humanity. The rise of Christianity might be cited as an example. Once a metaphysical mutation has arisen, it tends to move inexorably toward its logical … Continue reading
Karma in(is) Action
We can only live with the consequences of our actions in a world that is quick and firm in punishing our transgressions but slow and fickle about rewarding our better moments.
Karma and Reincarnation
When you speak of your memory of the future, you’re probably thinking of transmigration or reincarnation. Maybe you think I can help you fulfill your desinty. But the idea of reincarnation isn’t mentioned anywhere in the old texts. Rather it emerged from the detritus of the Flood and is linked … Continue reading
The Prisoner: Free for All
When I first watched the television series, The Prisoner, I assumed it was a warning against the dehumanizing and massification methods of the Western liberal “democracies”. When I recently saw it again, it dawned on me that it is actually a blueprint for the world to come. Do you remember … Continue reading
The Test
Although Evola always writes in a discursive style, he advises us that it is only the rishis, the seers, the clairvoyants who can fully understand. In many ways, Miguel Serrano picks up on some of Evola’s themes, though from the perspective of a clairvoyant rather than a metaphysician. In the … Continue reading
Aquinas on Trade with Foreigners
For the country which needs considerable imports for its support must tolerate continuous intercourse with foreigners … who, having been brought up under different laws and customs, behave in many way differently from the inhabitants of the country, so that these latter are spurred on to act similarly, and social … Continue reading
Man’s Curious Idiosyncrasy
It is one of man’s curious idiosyncrasies to create difficulties for the pleasure of resolving them. The mysteries that surround him on all sides are not sufficient for him; he still rejects clear ideas and reduces everything to a problem by some inexplicable twist of pride, which makes him regard … Continue reading
Orientations: The Religious Question
The nature of man is to be a cognitive, religious and sociable animal. All experience teaches us this; and, to my knowledge, nothing has contradicted this experience. ~ Joseph de Maistre, Study of Sovereignty Evola regarded Joseph de Maistre as standing on the same side of the barricade as himself. … Continue reading
Naturalism and Interwar Germany
Both movements suffered from a confusion of Traditional elements with ideals from the Enlightenment. Insofar as they were dominated by materialism, economic concerns, and scientism, they lacked a transcendent — and hence, Traditional — perspective. Continue reading