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- Hello,
Does anyone know if Evola met Frithjof Schuon or if they had any
correspondence? I'm asking because one quotes the other (I don't
remember which one, but I think that it is Evola who quotes Schuon,
I'll tell you if I find it). It would be surprising that they never
communicated because even if their views were different on many points
(for exemple on race), they both critisized the modern world in the
name of Tradition.
European Salutations
Antoine D. (France)
ps: Does anyone know where we can find the poem "la parole obscure du
paysage intérieur" and the book "Méditations du haut des cimes" (in
french) ? - Hello,
Evola quoted Schuon in various books, of which 'Riding the Tiger', to
illustrate and support, on one hand, his criticism of Renaissance, on
the other hand the fact that the Semitic concept of 'sin' is unknown to
Hindus, and 'L'Arco e la clava', in three different articles of this
book, the first about 'The Concept of Initiation', the second
about 'Negroised America', the third about 'Subliminal influences
and "intelligent stupidity"', using, in the title of the latter, one of
Schuon's favourite oxymora. On the other hand, Schuon never quoted or
even alluded to Evola's work, not even in 'Castes and races'. They
never met. They never had a correspondance.
They both criticised the modern world, their respective diagnosis was
rather similar, but it remains to see whether they agreed with each
other on the cause of this crisis, at least on the material plane. As a
matter of fact, as is quite well-known, Schuon, who wasn't exactly born
a warrior, agreed with Guénon to say that it was essentially due to a
revolt of the Kshatriya against the Brahmana. Now, it is interesting to
note that Schuon's views on Guénon 'personal equation' was closely akin
to Evola's.
Thompkins&Cariou
P.s.: "La parole obscure du paysage intérieur", republished a few years
ago by Fondazione Evola, is still available, and so is
still "Méditations du haut des cimes" http://www.alapage.com/mx/?
tp=L&type=1&fulltext=Julius%20Evola&donnee_appel=GOOGL
--- In evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, "wotanfolk" <wotanfolk@h...>
wrote:> Hello,
points
>
> Does anyone know if Evola met Frithjof Schuon or if they had any
> correspondence? I'm asking because one quotes the other (I don't
> remember which one, but I think that it is Evola who quotes Schuon,
> I'll tell you if I find it). It would be surprising that they never
> communicated because even if their views were different on many
- Hello again,
Our mistake: 'Méditations du haut des cimes' appears to be "épuisé",
both on alapage.com and on abebooks.com, which still had a few copies
of it left a few months ago.
Thompkins&Cariou In addition to at least one piece of correspondence, which was posted here recently, Schuon mentions Evola (and, again, displays an incomprehension of him) in an interview:
‘J. B. : Do you think that a "recovery" has already begun on the side, and that this "recovery" may have its origin in the West, as Julius Evola, for example, has suggested?
F. S. : One does not see any sign of an actual "recovery"; Evola places the kshatriya above the brahmana, he confuses the role of the East for that of the West and chooses Mussolini!’
(‘A Face of Eternal Wisdom: An interview with Frithjof Schuon by Jean Biès’, 26 July 1967, trans. Patrick Laude, Sophia, IV.2, 1998.)
---In evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, <evola_as_he_is@...> wrote :. . . On the other hand, Schuon never quoted or even alluded to Evola's work, not even in 'Castes and races'. They never met. They never had a correspondance.
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