Nov 01, 1996 julius evola, also known as baron giulio cesare andrea evola, was an italian philosopher, esotericist, occultist, author, artist, poet, political activist, soldier. Julius evola radical traditionalist philosphy and metaphysics. Im just curious if theres anyone here thats familiar with him and what they think about his analysis where he puts early buddhism as actually a warrior tradition, in contrast to the moralistic humanism he believes it later degenerated into. Pdf tantric traditions in the spiritual teaching of guru jara. Inner traditions has published his eros and the mysteries of love. A sicilian philosopher, occultist, political writer and spiritualist, julius evola was one of the major advocates of traditionalism, a philosophy which replaced individual or collective motivation with an appeal toward an eternal order which included natural selection.
Author of eros and the mysteries of love, julius evola 1898 1974 was a controversial renegade scholar, philosopher, and social thinker. Basandosi sui testi originali lautore espone il tantrismo nei suoi diversi aspetti, con uninterpretazione dei vari insegnamenti e dei vari simboli, facendo accostamenti interessanti anche con dottrine magiche. He demonstrates how the unique character of the tradition has enabled it to influence much of the western world and its many paths. The yoga of power puts to shame those modern writers who have degraded tantra to a subject for new age sex manuals. Agehananda bharati, mircea eliade, julius evola, carl jung, giuseppe tucci and heinrich zimmer. Hatha yoga pradipika, gheranda samhita, shiva samhita a.
Pancatattva, il rituale segreto julius evola pdf da juliusevola. Nel buddhismo tantrico in asia orientale, richard k. Le perle del tantra i testi classici dello yoga tantrico. Yoga, may well he said to be that portion of the heritage of indian wisdomnay, of the wisdom of the east as a wholethat is most familiar to western europeans and to. Tantra, shakti and the secret way by julius evola 19921201 on. This book also are now the only source that compares the hindu and ocidental spiritual traditions and show interesting points of coincidence. Home biography writings traditionalism links about. Foucaults pendulum 1988 has garnered a cult following for its wild yet accurate portrayal of all things esoteric. Buy or rent the hermetic tradition as an etextbook and get instant access. The first part covers the theories and doctrines of primitive buddhism, and the second half delves into practical techniques for the disciple. During his trial in 1951, evola denied being a fascist and instead referred to himself as a superfascist. Le yoga tantrique sa metaphysique, ses pratiques julius.
The first part of the book deals in evolas views regarding many original terms and concepts found in the foundation of buddhism. They were both born in cinisi, a small town and municipality in the province of palermo in the northwestern coast of sicily. In questo libro evola espone al lettore una corrente indu, il tantrismo, che, diffusosi a partire dal iv secolo d. Tantra, shakti, and the secret way evola, julius on. Julius evola s guide to theravada buddhism, the doctrine of awakening, is divided into two sections. Julius evola published his eros and the mysteries of love. Julius evola the doctrine of awakening adornments of the king. With vitalsource, you can save up to compared to print.
A controversial philosopher and critic of modern western civilization, julius evola 18981974 wrote widely on eastern religions, alchemy, sexuality, politics, and mythology. Baron giulio cesare andrea evola, known to the englishspeaking world as julius evola 18981974, was an italian political philosopher. Is anyone here familiar with julius evola and his analysis of. But many thinkers of a similar sort date the slide at other times. Drawing from original texts on selfmastery, evola discusses two h. He seems not to have read evolas books in any language, called the metaphysics of sex evolas only book translated into english and concluded that evolas esotericism appears to be well outside of the main currents of western tradition. Mediterranee pancatattva, nel tantrismo induista e civaita, il nome del cosidetto rituale segreto riservato ai vra. Julius evola e tommaso palamidessi con una lettera inedita. Julius evola chose to distance completely from active political engagement. Jan 03, 2015 putting these topics aside, we can find evola as a man highly and deeply fascinated by the ancient asian systems of socalled spiritual development. These essays, originally written by evola during the 1930s and 40s, deal with war from a spiritual and heroic perspective.
Greg johnson, forthcoming from countercurrents in the summer of 20. Giulio cesare evola was born in rome to vincenzo evola, born 4 may 1854, and concetta mangiapane, born 15 august 1865. Julius evola the yoga of power adornments of the king. The main characteristics of tantra include the joining of the absolute feminine and dynamic creative powers of the universe, the goddess of. On the dark age from revolt against the modern world. Oct 17, 2014 evola dates the decline of modernity from, in a sense, the end of the middle ages and the beginning of the renaissance. Julius evola e tommaso palamidessi con una lettera inedita di julius evola. He argued that one should stay firm and ready to intervene when the tiger is tired of running. His philosophy is considered one of the most radically and consistently antiegalitarian, antiliberal, antidemocratic, and antipopular systems in the 20 th century, and as such, he is often considered an. Dal punto di vista teor ico, palamidessi segue da vicino evola su tre punti.
Soon evola will be an immovable object in the field of serious esotericism in the englishspeaking world, as he already is for readers of italian, french, and german. Julius evola, also known as baron giulio cesare andrea evola, was an italian philosopher, esotericist, occultist, author, artist, poet, political activist, soldier. In reference to what i previously said concerning what ancient traditions called the dark age kali yuga, i will now describe some of the features of this age found in an ancient hindu text, the visnu purana. Evola draws from original texts to describe methods of selfmastery, including the awakening of the serpent power, initiatory sexual magic, and evoking the mantras of power. Tommaso palamidessi project gutenberg selfpublishing. The meaning and origin of the tantras from the yoga of power by julius evola in the first few centuries of the christian era, and in a more marked way around the fifth century a. Pdf in this text, i discuss some traditional approaches to tantra, focusing on the spiritual. Evola was admired by the italian fascist leader benito mussolini.
Tommaso palamidessi pisa, february 16, 1915 rome, april 29, 1983 was an italian esotericist. Julius evola, spiritual virility in buddhism counter. Tantra denotes the esoteric traditions of hinduism and buddhism that codeveloped most likely. Author of eros and the mysteries of love, julius evola 1898 1974 was a controversial. Julius evola 1961 survival manual for the aristocrats of the soul julius evola 1969 the metaphysics of sex eros and the mysteries of love julius evola aleister crowley julius evola meditation on the peaks julius evola the yoga of power julis evola and the ur group 1929 introduction to magic rituals and practical techniques for. The yoga of power when italy, following the outbreak of world war i, declared war against its former allies germany and austriahungary, evola, who did not appreciate this betrayal, wrote a bold article in a roman newspaper suggesting that italys participation in the war should not have been dictated by nationalistic, democratic, or. However, he did not exclude the possibility of action in the future. The collaboration that julius evola sought out at the end of the 1920s with the most. Tantra, shakti and the secret way by julius evola 19921201. The metaphysics of sex, the yoga of power, the hermetic tradition, revolt against the modern world, the mystery of the grail and ride the tiger. The idea of a primordial wisdom leading directly from the egyptian hermes. The sexual aesthetics and metaphysics of julius evola by keith preston of the various manifestations of the egalitarian cultural revolution that has transpired in the western world over the past half century, none have been quite so enduring or become so deeply rooted in the culture of modern society as the socalled sexual revolution. Evolas a catholic and once asked about his religious particularism he said, im a catholic pagan, which is a deeply truthful remark, dialectically. Precociously attracted by astrology, parapsychology and yoga tantric doctrines, he was led by his manifold interests in the field of the occult and by his intense spiritual pursuit to build up an original form of esoteric christianity, which he called archeosophy.
Pdf julius evolathe yoga of power kai niewerth academia. Tantra has been labelled as the yoga of ecstasy, driven by senseless ritualistic libertinism. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Author of eros and the mysteries of love, julius evola 1898 1974 was a. Julius evola 4,415 words it is the fate of almost all religions to become, so to say, denatured. Le terme sanskrit tantra pour revenir a lui evoque le symbo lisme du.
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