The new victories of the maternal principle over the revelation of purely spiritual paternity show how hard it has been for men, at all times and amid the most varied religious constellations, to overcome the inertia of material nature and to achieve the highest calling, the sublimation of earthly existence … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2015
Impulse and Instinct: The Earth Race
Prior to the lunar or Demetrian cultural stage and the patriarchal, or solar, cultural stage, J J Bachofen identified, through the study of ancient myths, and even earlier stage which he called “hetaerism”. Julius Evola gives the name “Telluric Race” in the Sintesi to the guiding spirit of that age. … Continue reading
Esoteric Platonism
He was awaiting the city with foundations whose architect and demiurge is the God. ~ Hebrews 10:11 God bears in the intelligible world to reason and its objects the same relation which the sun bears in the visible world to sight and its objects. ~ Plato, Republic Besides Stoicism, Platonism … Continue reading
Shadows and Reflections: The Lunar Race
Julius Evola begins the topic of the Lunar Races with The Demetrian Race. First, let’s clarify Evola’s method and its relationship to Mother Right by J J Bachofen. Bachofen’s book is a diachronic study of various cultures over time: their origin and evolution. Each one is guided by a different … Continue reading
Esoteric Stoicism
Do not go outside, go back into yourself: the truth dwells in the inner man. ~ St. Augustine Three factors go into creative misreading. Place it in a larger context Draw out its logical conclusions Extract a deeper meaning In this post, we will see how the key concepts of … Continue reading