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--- In evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, "evola_as_he_is"
<evola_as_he_is@...> wrote:
>
>
> The first Italian translation of Milarepa's 'The Demon of the
Snow -
> The Song of Joy - the Song of the Essence of Things', based on B.
> Laufer's ('Milarepa', 1922), is found in 'Introduzione alla
magia' -
> it was published again later in 'Meditation on the Peaks' as 'A
> Mystic of the Tibetan Mountains'. In that passage of his work,
> Milarepa tells his disciples the story of his long stay in the
> mountains, how he resisted the fury of the elements, the wind and
the
> frost, defeating the demons hidden under the mask of snow.
>
> 'By the tempest and the frost, Evola notes in his commentary, a
demon
> tried to defeat the ascete. "The world is full of demons", the
Greeks
> said, and, here, it could also be said : "There is an infinite
number
> of demons of perception" [the term 'demon' is to be undesrtood in
its
> original meaning here, as explained in message 32]. Spirits fight
> spirits, even when, knowing ourselves only as a body, we think we
> fight bodies, and among bodies, in material vicissitudes".
>
> Those terrors are thus most likely to be the manifestations of the
> reactions to various borderline experiences along any initiatory
> path. In the writings of Ur and Krur, according to the various
> commentaries and to the various essays, the reader is repeatedly
> warned in a precise manner against the dangers involved in most of
> the spiritual exercises proposed and described by the various
members
> of that group. One essay deals more particularly with
> them : 'L'etnologia e i "pericoli dell'anima"'.
>

This 'L'etnologia e i "pericoli dell'anima", (The ethnology and
the "dangers of the spirit"?) is it published anywhere in English or
could you by any chance briefly explain the contents?

I like the take on the etymology of the term "demon". As meyrink
alludes to the "world of ghosts" as that opened to the awakened
initiate could be that similar to the "demons of perception" as you
put it?

I have both 'Meditation on the Peaks' and `Introduction to magic' as
published by inner traditions. In the latter there is not much to
recognise in terms of warning besides the turmoil of "crossing the
waters" or the "shuddering waters" without guidance. Although I must
say my copy of the book repeats chapter XI while omitting XII
(including Negri's Adventures and misadventures in magic and various
commentaries), and unfortunately is too late to return it. Again it
would have been decent to get details on the specific terrors
involved although this is unlikely to ever have been disclosed.











Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:26 am

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As Godwin wrote in his foreword to "Men among the ruins" : "...Soon after this, Evola plunged into a particularly esoteric form of occultism, again not of the...
fitzknob Offline Send Email Feb 14, 2006
3:11 pm

The first Italian translation of Milarepa's 'The Demon of the Snow - The Song of Joy - the Song of the Essence of Things', based on B. Laufer's ('Milarepa',...
evola_as_he_is Offline Send Email Feb 15, 2006
10:31 am

... Snow - ... magia' - ... the ... demon ... Greeks ... number ... its ... members ... This 'L'etnologia e i "pericoli dell'anima", (The ethnology and the...
fitzknob Offline Send Email Feb 20, 2006
9:26 am

'L'etnologia e i 'pericoli dell'anima"' is a critical review of 'Il mondo magico' by E. De Martino. De Martino is trained as an ethnologist and, besides, he...
evola_as_he_is Offline Send Email Feb 22, 2006
5:12 pm

Thanks for your take on that, it does clear up a few things. As for the Golden Bough (great that its been fully published online) I can see how Evola was...
fitzknob Offline Send Email Feb 27, 2006
4:00 pm

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