RE: [evola_as_he_is] Elements of Racial Education -- Chap 12
The title of Chapter 12 is “Races
and Origins” in which Evola points out the importance of the study of
origins and prehistory.
But first, he must dispose of
the two common prejudices which obscure the proper study of origins.
1)The evolutionist prejudice
2)The prejudice that everything originated in the East
Evola defines the evolutionist
prejudice as the belief that humanity originated in a beast-like condition,
then gradually became civilized. Opposed to this is the principle that “peoples
of a high spiritual level, but which subsequently lost their racial purity,
existed already in prehistoric times”. Of course, they were not “civilized”
in the modern sense (technology, empirical science, forms of political organisation.)
However, they had a “spiritual vision of the world” based on real
contacts with “forces of a super-human nature”. Once again, and
this cannot be emphasized enough, this “vision was not ‘thought’,
but experienced, made real in traditions, expressed and developed in symbols,
rites and myths.”
Evola also emphasizes this
point: “it is necessary to stand firmly against Darwinism”. He
denies that modern man evolved from apes or even Neanderthal man for that
matter. The reason for this is the metaphysical principle: “the superior
does not derive from the inferior.” He furthermore claims that “in
the mystery of our blood, in the most remote depths of our being, we bear the heredity
of primordial times.” Yet this “heredity is not one of brutality …
and wild instincts” (pace
Freud). On the contrary it is a “heritage of light”.
The second prejudice, expressed
in the formula “Ex Oriente Lux” (light comes out of the East), is
the idea that civilisation originated in the Eastern Mediterranean or Western Asia. Evola denies this and
asserts: “The origin of the highest civilisation of the white race and,
in general, of the Indo-European races is not Eastern, but Western, and
Nordic-Western.”
Everybody knows the hermetic transposition of body, soul and spirit was sulphur-salt-mercury, while in the Olympian hierarchy are the three divine brothers,...
The title of Chapter 12 is "Races and Origins" in which Evola points out the importance of the study of origins and prehistory. But first, he must dispose of...
I do not know how much reliable, but here is an evolian solstice thought on 'ex oriente lux': S. H. Nasr refers that when he met Evola in Rome and asked about...
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Evola clarifies "the Problem of "Latinity" in this chapter. He takes pains to dispel the idea of "Latinity" as applied to Italy at that time. The Latin myth is...
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This is the full passage: "In the Middle Ages, as is well known, the Church tried hard to resuscitate the supranational symbol by combining with it the ideas...
I see: it depends on the quibbles in translating. Since the verb "to produce" is not present in the original, I read better the sentence this way: "combining...
First, Evola is not used to being 'allusive', especially in his political or racial works. Second, the Italian 'ingegnarsi' is the precise equivalent to the...
In chapter 16, "The Type of our Super-Race", Evola goes into some detail regarding the characteristics of the Roman-Aryan man, which is the 'super-race' from...
This may seem overly pedantic, but why does Evola feel it necessary to ascribe a set of given physical attributes to the 'man of race'? Does this mean that a...
Before going back over your question, just a hint at your remark on "muscular stature" with respect to race : the ancient Chinese called the original race,...
Does that relate to the Indian theory of matter being made manifest by the gradual manifestation of matter via the principle of Tamas? If it refers to beings...
This booklet contains the barest outline of Evola's ideas on race. Since I had never been particularly interested in that topic until I read this, I am not...
Agreed. "Evola's point is that the race of the spirit and soul is expressed through the body", and that's precisely what was to be pointed out in this respect,...
This is the Italian dictionary definition of slanciato: part. pass. di slanciare ¶ agg. alto e snello (detto sia di persona sia di struttura architettonica): ...
The Italian for "It is not a matter of indifference that a body has this shape rather than that one: it is not by chance and without consequence" would be "Non...
... In the preface "Julius Evola's Political Endeavours" to the English Edition of 'Men Among the Ruins', H.T. Hansen writes: In light of all of Evola's...
Unfortunately, you are not the only one who cannot verify if that quotation is accurate : 'Scienza, razza et scientismo' is found in an anthology of writings...
Firstly, I will admit that I have absolutely no knowledge of Evola's teachings of race, so please hold that in mind when reading my reply. ... This is what I...
You didn't need to admit that you have absolutely no knowledge of Evola's teachings of race. A review of 'The Elements of Racial Education', which, 65 years or...
in evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com ... This means simply that the races are too mixed up today. Anyway, the observations of Evola have always a qualitative...
Hello, In this chapter of 'The Elements of Racial Education', Evola refers implicitly to the demographic battle launched by Mussolini at the beginning of the...
Hello, Evola speaks of "racial elites", while Guénon speaks of "spiritual elites", or, more precisely, for reasons which he had the occasion to explain and...