The historiography of the Right needs to be presented in two parts. Evola has written about one of them, specifically, the need to understand historical and current events as manifestations of the degeneration of caste. The other, and more important, is to show how a spiritual elite was able to … Continue reading
Tradition and German Philosophy
It may be hard to accept that the physical world is the creation of my “I”, but if we restrict ourselves to the social world, it gains much more credibility. Specifically, it reveals itself in the modern idea that our social world is a construct. Continue reading
Historiography of the Right
This essay by Julius Evola was originally published in the journal “Roma” on 7 August 1973 under the title “Storiografia di Destra”. In developing some considerations on the European meaning that can be attributed to Donoso Cortes, the Spanish thinker and an interesting type of the political man, who developed … Continue reading
Principle IV: Authority (Its Exercise)
From Chapter II, “Principles”, L’Autorité, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. The property of power resembles other properties; it results from work, from work done and “done well”. Totally naked force can be applied for good and for evil, for construction, for destruction. When it did the good, when … Continue reading
Day of the Dead and Signs of Life
Satan always makes his snares alluring and appealing. However, being such a trickster, he always leaves his calling card behind: a big turd right in the middle. Men carefully walk around it to “get to the good stuff”. Continue reading
All Soul’s Day 2012
Remember your ancestors. Around the second of November, I would like to avoid naming here the living, or rather to be concerned with them only insofar as they themselves are concerned with men who had already departed from life. A melancholy memory is not a simple dream, and nothing deep … Continue reading
Halloween Quiz
While you are waiting for your candy, test your knowledge of Tradition: Turn your monitor upside down to see answers.
Authority and Legitimacy
the problem is not the leaders who deceive the people, but rather the people who let themselves be deceived (personal communication) We have presented three works by Ananda Coomaraswamy, Charles Maurras, and Julius Evola on the themes of the elite and the source and legitimacy of their authority. Remember the … Continue reading
To Be of the Right
The positions of a Right are necessarily anti-corporate, anti-plebeian, and aristocratic; thus their positive counterpart will see value in the affirmation of the ideal of a well-structured, organic, hierarchical State, directed from a principle of authority. Continue reading
Principle IV: Authority (Its Conditions)
The Conditions of True Authority: the Education of the Leaders From Chapter II, “Principles”, L’Autorité, of Mes Idées Politique, by Charles Maurras. The development of what is called modern civilization tends increasingly favour material forces over moral forces. If we rely on it in order to achieve social justice or … Continue reading