We have given free rein to Guenon’s critique of Evola which, as far as it goes, is justified. Now we can turn the tables and explore what Evola found lacking in Guenon, specifically, the two issues of “Guenonian Scholasticism” and “Bureaucratic Initiation”. The mutual critiques are of different orders, but … Continue reading
Category Archives: Julius Evola
Letters from Guenon to Evola (VIII)
According to what you explained to me this time, it seems that you consider the words “possible” and “real” in the sense of “non-manifested” and “manifested”; if that were so, one could say that it is merely a question of terminology and that, in spite of this expressive difference, we are basically in agreement on the point in question. However, such a use of the words “possible” and “real”, in a sense much different from how we use it, does not seem to be acceptable, because the non-manifested is not only just as real, but even more real than the manifested. Continue reading
Orientations: Point 6
⇐ 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
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
Orientations: Point 5
⇐ 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
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
Orientations: Point 4
⇐ Point 3 Point 5 ⇒ Here a new vision is put before our eyes. The regression of castes must be walked back up, but in today’s undifferentiated world, one’s caste is unclear. New spirits will awaken, but not from the expected places. This has nothing to do with economic classes. … 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
Orientations: Point 3
⇐ Point 2 Point 4 ⇒ First of all, what is that “legionary spirit” and where is the evidence for it today? That spirit has nothing to do with hot-headedness, emotional outbursts, or partisanship. Rather, it is characterized by an iron will, a sense of order, rationality, mental sobriety, the ability … Continue reading