[evola_as_he_is] Elements of Racial Education -- Chap 11
In this chapter, “The
Problem of Spiritual Races”, we reach the core of Evola’s project.
As previously mentioned, race
manifests itself not only in body and soul, but also in spirit. This
manifestation takes the form of “world views”, and, therefore,
political action may be seen as the struggle over world views. Evola indicates
that neither political discourse nor new myths are sufficient in this struggle.
The development of a science of
the race of the spirit cannot be confined to the contemporary world because it
is only a distant reflection of the primordial spirit. The modern spirit of
universalism is based on rational and empirical knowledge, which, in principle,
is available to any man regardless of his race or vocation. Obviously, racial
awareness is the opposite of any such universalism.
Therefore, Evola indicates that
attention must be turned to the pre-modern and traditional civilizations, their
symbols, and primordial myths. Having done this, one can attempt to discern the
various influences in modern civilisations, revealing themselves as “faint
echoes” from the past.
Evola next defines a typology
of the races of the spirit (the details of which are not included in this
summary). These are:
1)Solar (or Olympian) race
2)Telluric (or chthonic) race
3)Lunar (or Demetrian) race
4)Titanic race
5)Amazonian race
6)Aphrodisian race
7)Heroic race
Evola claims that an
understanding of this racial typology will create a new understanding of
history. The study of civilisations will be seen to be the interplay of these
world views, as they reveal themselves both collectively and individually, both
synchronically and diachronically. Another aspect of the science of spiritual
races is its relationship to the races of the soul and of the body.
Evola concludes with an appeal
for the young to develop an interest in this study. However, as far as I know,
it has not developed more than the sketches provided by Evola in his various
writings.
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