All sources agree : Evola came back to Italy at the end of 1948. The
original source is a letter from him to Girolamo Comi, published in
1987 by Fondazione J. Evola.
Enthusiasms faded in "the generation that didn't make it in time to
lose the war" just as they faded in what can objectively called the
"the generation that lost it without fighting", that is, the following
one.
--- In evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, "phrasena" <phrasena@...> wrote:
>
> Well, if you want to know the story of Evola's return to his home
> City Rome, the reading of Clemente Graziani's book of rememberances
> would be a good tip. Graziani tells us about a short stay in jail
> together with Gianfranceschi and Rauti, where they discovered
> Evola's books in the prison's library. Immediately after having left
> the cells of the well-known old Maria Coeli prison, they tried to
> meet the Master, who was still cured in Bologne.
>
> The story has deeply enchanted me, when I read him some years ago,
> especially because it is a charming testimony of a genuine youth
> faith, of an actual thirst of wholeness and sincere veneration,
> inviting to direct initiative without any lost of time. A virtue
> that has disappeared among today's youngsters.
>
> But are you sure that it was as late as 1948? I would say that it
> was earlier, after the three had been released as British Prisoners
> of War ? Could you check please ?
>
> --- In evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, "evola_as_he_is"
> <evola_as_he_is@> wrote:
>