Tag: Revolt against the Modern World
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The Inferior States of the Being
At the death of the body an ordinary person loses his personality, which was an illusory thing even while that person was alive. The person is then reduced to a shadow.
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Outline/Summary for Evola’s Revolt
Housekeeping note: Logres is the pen name of M. Smallwood, and I appreciate the fellowship and camaraderie of all those here, and at Gnosis group; I thank you all, and also our host. What follows is an outline of the foreword to Revolt against the Modern World, an executive summary, Evola’s own review, and a…
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Involution and Evolution
Negative Capability is when a man is capable of being in uncertainties, mysteries, doubts, without any irritable reaching after fact and reason.
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Eliade on Evola’s Revolt
Evola is ignored by specialists because he goes beyond their mental schemes. He is inaccessible to dilettantes, because he has recourse to a truly prodigious erudition, and at the same time does not make any concession to the presentation of his ideas.
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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 take Evola’s position seem to…
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Coomaraswamy on Evola’s Revolt
This book constitutes a remarkable presentation and exposition of Traditional doctrine and could well serve as an introductory text for the student of anthropology and as a guide for Indology, especially for anyone who is interested in Hindu mythology
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Defending the Defensible
We have often made the point that the analog of Spiritual Unity in the world is Harmony, not identity of opinion. Just as there are six different Orthodox schools in Hinduism, seemingly at odds with each other, there are, and should be, different schools of thought in the West, which, despite that, are all reflective…