I’m afraid it is difficult to defend oneself in a “heresy”
trial given the asymmetric nature of this forum, even if the charges are rather
absurd.
The issue is whether the Middle Ages could be considered an “Aryan”
civilisation … this should have been a matter for intelligent discussion.
I posted a paragraph from the German edition of “Imperialismo
Pagano” that indicated the answer is “yes”. In “Sintesi
di dottrina della razza”, Evola repeats this judgment when he writes
about “the great Aryan civilisations of the Orient, to ancient Rome, to
the Germano-Roman Middle Ages.” (p 29) Evola is aware about the dominant role
of the Catholic church at that time; he claims that the Church, though a mixed
bag, still managed to retain certain Roman pagan elements. To notice this is
not to claim that Christianity is co-extensive with or identical to the pagan
tradition described by Evola.
The link to an interview of Evola provided by the moderator, in an
apparent attempt to refute Evola with his own words, does just the opposite. In
his answer to the question about the role of Christianity in European history, Evola
remarks: “the greatest miracle of Christianity is its success in
asserting itself among the peoples of Europe.” Although a “miracle”
is not a satisfying explanation, it is certainly superior to the vast
conspiracy proposed by the moderator. However, in a subordinate clause Evola
comes closer to a more likely explanation: “even taking into account the
decadence into which numerous traditions of these peoples had fallen.” That
is precisely the point I also made.
Evola claims that goes on to say: “Catholicism would be
inconceivable without its various ‘Roman’ aspects.” These
are: “the great orders of chivalry, Thomism, certain mystical teachings
of a high order (Meister Eckhart), the spirit of the Crusades, etc.”
These important aspects of the Middle Ages are true European values that the Catholic
church managed to restore. It is true that the church today no longer
holds those values, but neither does post-Christian Europe.
If any third party can show how I’ve distorted Evola’s
ideas in any way, I will retract.
From:
evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com [mailto:evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of evola_as_he_is
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 10:18 AM
To: evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [evola_as_he_is] 'Heathen Imperialism'
A few days ago, to show unquestionably that the
content of a post
(1093) on Evola's views on Christianity was aberrant and that this
post only showed that the one who posted it has never read Evola
seriously and only selects passages of his work which, taken out of
the context, may remotely fit with his own Christian traditionalist
world-view, we posted this excerpt of 'Imperialismo pagano' :
"Christianity is at the root of the evil that has corrupted the West.
This is the truth, and it does not admit uncertainty.
(...) Christianity first infected the race of blonde Germanic
barbarians, (...)
The identification of our tradition with either the Christian or
Catholic tradition is the most absurd of errors."
(excerpt from 'Imperialismo pagano', Atanor, Todi-Roma 1928 -
http://www.centrostudilaruna.it/evolamedtrad.html
; the original,
'Tradizione Mediterranea contro tradizione cristiana', can be found
here : http://www.politicaonline.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5349574)