As Godwin wrote in his foreword to "Men among the ruins" :
"...Soon after this, Evola plunged into a particularly esoteric form
of occultism, again not of the literary or armchair type, but one that
entailed trials, asceticisms, and a mastery of terrors that most of us
can barely imagine. As a consequence, his character and ideals were
fully formed before he was out of his twenties, and he remained true
to them for the rest of his life."
"..and a mastery of terrors that most of us can barely imagine."
Anyone care to elaborate what these "terrors" may have been? Clues may
be found the "Doctrine of awakening" and "Ride the tiger" but perhaps
some of the more erudite members could hopefully what specific
initiations Evola encountered/mastered?