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 è cosa indifferente che un corpo abbia una
forma anziché un'altra : non è per caso e non è priva di
conseguenza". However, the original is : "Non è cosa indifferente che
un corpo abbia una forma anziché un'altra : non è cosa casuale e
priva di sue conseguenze" : "It is not a matter of indifference that
a body has this shape rather than that one: it is not a fortuitous
thing and without consequences". By using the plural, Evola intends
to be as concrete as possible. As stressed in the foreword to that
essential work, "it does not include abstract expositions which would
be used as bases of a generic 'education' and information, nor
considerations designed to give more depth to the doctrine, but
rather it aims to clarify the ideas - we may say the 'key ideas' -
needed in order for the educator to carry out, with respect to
racism, his true task. Simple notions, but clear and suffused with
suggestive force, able to act on the souls of the young people rather
than on their intellects, so as to promote a certain formation of
their will and a certain orientation of their best vocations". As for
the "doctrinal and critical examination of the fundamentals of
racism, biological, philosophical or spiritual", it was carried out
in 'Sintesi di dottrina della razza', in which Evola points out that,
in times like these, quite often, the race of the body does not
correspond perfectly to the race of the soul or/and to the race of
the spirit in a given individual. On this basis, it is tempting to
make Evola say what he never said, that is to say, that an Aryan soul
may be found in a non-Aryan body. Those who have read with
attention 'Sintesi di dottrina della razza' and are familiar with the
traditional teachings on cyclic involution should see why such
possibility is most improbable, both in theory and in concrete terms.
If we are not mistaken, some racially aware groups of people have
already begun to withdraw from the wider society to create their own
communities in the United States. In Europe, it is, so to speak, to
be feared that such communities will not have time to form in their
respective countries, and that the few racially conscious West-
Europeans left will soon have to withdraw to European countries where
it is still possible to walk in the street without having to see non-
Whites at every corner. As a matter of fact, the infra-human invasion
of West-European countries by non-Whites, an infra-human invasion
which has been blessed by the infra-human political schemers who are
supposed to be in charge of what's left of those countries and which
has been infra-humanly organised by the infra-human individuals who
have enabled them to come into office, is only starting. All dykes
are broken.
--- In
evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, "Tony Ciopa"
<hyperborean@b...> wrote:
>
> 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 familiar with his other works which may expand upon these
ideas. (That's
> a situation I plan to rectify over the next few months.)
>
>
>
> You may have noticed that I took the liberty to retranslate the
passage a
> bit - the original text on page 31 has "nervous" where I have put
> "energetic". I would have translated "thin" as "lean". I doubt
Evola was
> recommending the "skinny, nervous" type of guy as the ideal. "Lean
and
> energetic" makes more sense here. I would also bet that the word
translated
> as "slim" is "snello", not "magro". My grandmother used to complain
that I
> was too thin (magro), as she filled my plate with another serving
of pasta!
>
>
>
> Perhaps the moderator would be so kind as to give us the original
text -
> including the word translated as "straight". I suspect "erect"
would be a
> better translation.
>
>
>
> So now: a "lean, tall, energetic, erect" body - that sound much
more Aryan
> to me. Sorry, no way can I make it "short and fat", but at least we
are not
> ruling out the mesomorph.
>
>
>
> As to why? Evola explains: "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." `[my rewording].
>
>
>
> I don't know which wording you are referring to - Evola's point is
that the
> race of the spirit and soul is expressed through the body.
>
>
>
> Don't forget, too, that Evola is expressing the ideal, and ideal
that many
> of us may be far from due to the factors mentioned (cross-breeding,
> hybridisation), so that the inner unity of an individual may be
lost. There
> is a life's task involved: to develop our introspective and
intuitive
> faculties, to be able to discern those spiritual and soulish
factors that
> constitute our interiority. This requires concentration, but the
end result
> may be to achieve a more unified sense of spirit and soul. If we
dig back
> far enough, we may be able to find that primordial Aryan spirit
within.
>
>
>
> As for the nation, Evola's purpose is writing this tract was to
outline a
> racial education for young people, so they would be able to
recreate a purer
> race over time. Of course, such an education is out of the question
anywhere
> in the Western world anymore. I suspect that we will begin to see
racially
> aware groups of people begin to withdraw from the wider society to
create
> their own communities.
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
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[mailto:
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> On Behalf Of Savitar Devi
> Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 2:45 PM
> To:
evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [evola_as_he_is] Elements of Racial Education -- Chap 9
>
>
>
> 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 man of less physical stature is smaller in spirit? The
use of
> the word slim seems especially odd, as it would preclude anyone of
muscular
> stature as well as those amongst use whom are more 'padded'.
>
>
>
> This wording actually seems to imply the opposite - that there is a
> connection between the body and spirit.
>
> Tony Ciopa <hyperborean@b...> wrote:
>
>
>
> 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 the world as an object of
attack and
> conquest
>
>
>
> Body: A face which reflects by determined and daring features this
inner
> experience. A slim, tall, energetic, straight body.
>
>
>
> Spirit: The calm domination of the spirit over the soul and the
body.
>
>
>
> Overall: a man of one piece, unified and coherent.
>
>
>
> Of course, this rules out self-promoters who change their religious
and
> political affiliations as often as a snake sheds its skin. And
naturalists
> who believe the spirit arises from the body, rather than the body
being the
> expression of the spirit.
>
>
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>
> Three heavens there are; two Savitar's, adjacent:
>
> In Yama's world is one, home of heroes.
>
> As on a linch-pin, firm, rest things immortal:
>
> He who hath known it, let him here declare it.
>
>
>
> - Rig Veda I.35 (Griffith)
>