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RE: [evola_as_he_is] Elements of Racial Education -- Chap 10

Chapter 10 is titled “The Face of the Various Races”. Evola explains that the broad racial categories of white, black, yellow, red, etc. do not suffice. He then proceeds to more finely divide these categories, particularly the Caucasian race, for which he lists six categories:

 

  1. Nordic
  2. Western or Mediterranean
  3. Philian
  4. Dinaric
  5. Alpine or Eastern
  6. Baltic-Eastern

 

He lists the main characteristics of each group, though more detail is provided in “Il Mito del Sangue”.

There are ethnic categories for the other races, though, here, Evola quickly glosses over them.

Of course, the European peoples are a mixture of these categories, as well as some of the non-white races.

 

These are the characteristics of the race of the body. Evola next deals the races of the soul. For example, the Nordic physical type corresponds to the “race of the active man”. Evola admits this correspondence is not so simple due to the admixture of races.

 

On the practical level one has to learn to grasp the inner element from observation of the outer – this is closer to an intuitive feeling than rational analysis. Thus, there is more than just the physical appearance involved in discerning races. The acts, behaviours, and manner of thinking must also come into play.

 

Evola concludes with the observation that some ethnic mixtures are favorable, while others are not so. Finally, he claims that there is an ultimate origin of these ethnic types, which he labels Aryan.

 

We can point out that the concept that “the outer appearance of a man is the expression of his inner nature”, is hardly unique to Evola. For example, Schopenhauer and Jung held a similar doctrine, even if not so explicitly stated. A major aspect of Gurdjieff’s system is that a man’s inner state is revealed through his posture, gait, mannerisms, physiognomy, etc. However, AFAIK, the latter did not apply it to racial characteristics.

 



Fri Dec 9, 2005 3:46 am

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This is how Evola describes the man of race: Soul: The soul experiences the world the world as something before which it takes a stand actively, which regards...
Tony Ciopa
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Dec 8, 2005
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Chapter 10 is titled "The Face of the Various Races". Evola explains that the broad racial categories of white, black, yellow, red, etc. do not suffice. He...
Tony Ciopa
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Dec 9, 2005
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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...
Tony Ciopa
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Dec 19, 2005
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This chapter holds the key to everything Evola. It is clear that he opposes the Enlightenment ideal that reason and the empirical sciences will create a body...
Tony Ciopa
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Dec 19, 2005
1:54 pm

After scrutinizing the multitude of previous posts on this list, I feel (suprarationally) that I am now reasonably up to date with the progression through the...
savitar_devi Offline Send Email Dec 21, 2005
4:22 pm

Evola refers to the traditional distinction between soul and spirit in countless occasions, and explains it, from 'Revolt against the Modern World' to 'The...
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5:06 pm

This is why it is helpful to have the text ready at hand, rather than to rely on a summary. The race of the soul is "connected to life", that is, the "quality...
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Dec 22, 2005
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Everybody knows the hermetic transposition of body, soul and spirit was sulphur-salt-mercury, while in the Olympian hierarchy are the three divine brothers,...
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Dec 22, 2005
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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...
Tony Ciopa
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Dec 24, 2005
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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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Dec 25, 2005
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Evola certainly did not show the leniency you are displaying towards the current Italian people, since he added that post-war Italy had become the kingdom of...
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8:44 pm

I thank the owner to quote the Evola's reference to pizza and gondolas: now I feel more at home here, but my intention was only to point out the uselessness of...
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Dec 27, 2005
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In several places, Evola explains what he means by "seeing", or direct intuitive knowledge of reality. He opposes this type of knowing to its alternatives: the...
Tony Ciopa
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Dec 30, 2005
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In Hinduism the term for this type of 'sight' (applicable only in a metaphorical sense and not a direct epistemological one) is Darsana. This is the type of...
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Dec 31, 2005
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It would be better to know the thing directly rather than the most precise definition of the thing. ... From: evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com...
Tony Ciopa
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Dec 31, 2005
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In this chapter entitled "Nordic-Western Migrations", Evola introduces a fundamental theme of his doctrine of race, viz., that the primordial origin of the...
Tony Ciopa
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Jan 3, 2006
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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...
Tony Ciopa
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Jan 9, 2006
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Chapter 15 is entitled "Race, Romanity and Italian History". Here, Evola enunciates the principle that "in order to progress form racial theory to practice,...
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Jan 23, 2006
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In <evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com> Tony Ciopa <hyperborean@...> wrote. ... Are you sure on the word Church, or is a lapsus for Ghibellinism?...
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Jan 23, 2006
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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...
Tony Ciopa
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Jan 24, 2006
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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...
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Jan 25, 2006
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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...
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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...
Tony Ciopa
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Jan 27, 2006
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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...
Savitar Devi
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Dec 10, 2005
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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,...
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10:57 am

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...
Savitar Devi
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Dec 11, 2005
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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...
Tony Ciopa
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Dec 10, 2005
4:43 pm

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,...
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This is the Italian dictionary definition of slanciato: part. pass. di slanciare ΒΆ agg. alto e snello (detto sia di persona sia di struttura architettonica): ...
Tony Ciopa
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Dec 10, 2005
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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...
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