Tag: Introduction to Magic
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Magical Perspectives
“Now concerning the first Foundation of thy Mind I will say somewhat. Thou shalt study with Diligence in the mathematics, because thereby shall be revealed unto thee the Laws of thine own Reason and the Limitations thereof.” (Evola studied engineering and Guenon, mathematics.)
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The Alma Dancer
Alma Dancer Woman is not a “thing”, but an animal, which is worse: she is becoming a marionette, since that is what man liked. The aversion for woman, with that sacred fixation of “value”, is a modern obsession that proves the weakness of European man as ascetic and as warrior. The two attitudes that man…
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Ascesis and Anti-Europe
This is authored by Havismat (Guido De Giorgio), from Volume 2 of Introduction to Magic. We see more of the paradoxical style of his writing. He reveals some personal details about his time in Tunisia and his experience with Sufis. See Short Note on Woman in East and West for an interesting note that was…
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The Esoteric Origin of the Species (III)
This is the conclusion of essay originally which appeared in the Introduction to Magic, volume 3. The Diagram discussed is by Edgar Dacqué. He was a German paleontologist who was a devout Lutheran, a Theosophist, and was involved with the OTO. In this conclusion, Avro explains how man arises from the collective. He makes use…
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The Esoteric Origin of the Species (II)
This essay originally appeared in the Introduction to Magic, volume 3. This is the second of multiple parts. It was published under the name “Avro”, which I believe to be Julius Evola. ⇐ Part 1 Part 3 ⇒ Moving from primitive man to the anthropoid and the ape, and presuming the jumps are surmountable, which therefore…
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The Esoteric Origin of the Species
This essay originally appeared in the Introduction to Magic, volume 3. This is the first of multiple parts. It was published under the name “Avro”, which I believe to be Julius Evola. Part 2 ⇒ The reader will not fail to notice that in one particular point among others, the esoteric teachings have a distinctly…
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Plotinus: The Peak of Pagan Wisdom
BE, ENDURE, become a CENTER. Through “ascesis”, through “purification”, through what Plotinus himself will now make explicit. You have heard of “solar way”. This is its secret. Separated from those with disordered need, yearning soul, and confused look — more ‘non-being’ than ‘being’ — they are attracted to the invisible worlds.