What we call a normal civilization is one that is based on principles, in the true sense of this word. Continue reading
Category Archives: Rene Guenon
Letters from Guenon to Evola (VII)
every “true man” has realized all the possibilities of the human state, but each one following a way that is congenial to him and thanks to which he differentiates himself from the others. Moreover, if it were not so, how could there be a place here, in our world, also for other beings that have not reached this level? The same thing can also be applied, at another level, for the “transcendent man” or the jivan mukta; but then it is a matter of the totality of the possibilities of all the states. Continue reading
Guenon/Evola Letter 7 Introduction
The correspondence between Rene Guenon and Julius Evola was broken after 1934 and resumed in 1948, where there was a regular and frequent correspondence between them. Letters 3 through 6 and the first several paragraphs of Letter 7 were concerned primarily with topics only of interest to authors: books in … Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Evola (II)
The Truth is too high to receive the least insult. It is unfortunate that we don’t have Evola’s letter to Guenon, although we can surmise what it contained. We see in this dialog, that Guenon is always the master. We have to agree with Guenon that Evola misunderstands certain principles … Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Evola (I)
I have to tell you how little I was able to understand at all the interest that you showed in the reading of my books. Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Guido de Giorgio (II)
It is clear here that we speak of the East and the West as two ideal types which, if they belong to the general character of the two cultures, cannot belong to their details. Continue reading
Guenon and Islam
Guenon’s conversion and relationship to Islam, from the man himself. Continue reading
Letters from Guenon to Guido de Giorgio (I)
This is the first of Rene Guenon‘s letters to Guido de Giorgio . It shows how things were done prior to Internet blogs and e-mail. The letters were written in French; Guenon was not fluent enough in Italian to write in that language. The criticism of Evola is pretty severe, … Continue reading
Guenon on the Young Evola
Although Evola translated and promoted Guenon’s works in Italy, Guenon had some reservations about Evola’s approach. Unfortunately, because of that association, certain political views have been attributed to Guenon that he never personally held. Continue reading
From Crisis to Revolt
I don’t know if the following review by Rene Guenon of Revolt against the Modern World has been published anywhere, but it is worth including here for the issues it raises. Like Ananda Coomaraswamy, Guenon’s primary objection is also the emphasis of regality over the sacerdotal caste. Those who would … Continue reading