In this chapter entitled “Nordic-Western
Migrations”, Evola introduces a fundamental theme of his doctrine of race,
viz., that the primordial origin of the Aryan race is in the Arctic region, or Hyperborea.
From there, its centre moved to the Nordic-Atlantic region. This occurred in
some distant prehistoric time; since then, Hyperborea has become uninhabitably
cold and the Nordic-Atlantic centre destroyed following an oceanic cataclysm,
Evola makes clear that this
Hyperborean race cannot be identified exclusively with any Nordic or Germanic
race of today. In particular, the civilizations of ancient India, Persia, Greece, and Rome – peoples existing
before anyone knew of “Germans” -- can trace their origins to the
Hyperborean race. Evola claims there were two different migrations:
1)A horizontal one, from the West through the Mediterranean, Crete, Egypt
2)A diagonal one, from Ireland to India
The properly Nordic-Germanic
peoples are much more recent. These groups – the last to leave the Arctic
regions, not as exposed to hybridisation as the others, were therefore
biologically “more in order”. Due to the harsh climatic conditions,
they developed stronger character traits and virile relationships cemented with
fidelity and honour. However, spiritually their descendants underwent a decline,
the solar consciousness degenerating into folklore, sagas, and popular
superstitions.
Therefore, to recover the
spiritual traditions of the Aryans, it is necessary to go beyond the Germanic
to the civilisations of ancient India, Persia, Grece, and Rome.
Evola makes perfectly clear
that no current peoples can make sole claim to the nobility of the Aryan
heritage. A forrtiori, the Italians, as much so as the Germans, can lay equal claim
to that same spirit. This understanding of racial origins entails a commitment
to the appropriate racial policy.
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