--- In evola_as_he_is@yahoogroups.com, "evola_as_he_is"
<evola_as_he_is@y...> wrote:
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> This is the explanation given by Evola : "here, an idea which has
> filled, in special conditions, the subconscious of the mother as
> a 'complex' has had a formative influence on birth, even years
> after".
Are there any writings By Evola (preferably in English) where he
elaborates on what he means by a 'complex' in this regard?
I am still having some trouble trying to understand how he perceived
a white couple giving birth to a coloured child due to an 'idea,'
which has 'filled the subconscious of the mother.' Particularly
given his stance against Lamarckian style theories. "The racist idea
of heredity...allows us to understand racism as an explicit
refutation of the Lamarckian and, in part, Marxist theory of the
influence of the environment" (Elements p.17). Although, no doubt,
Evola thought 'telegenesis' was not some form of Lamarckianism. If
so, can anyway explain in what sense 'ideas' presumably altering the
genetics of a female's ovaries is not Lamarckian?
Evola does then go on to state that 'environmental' factors can
influence the 'phenotype,' ie "the outer and contingent manner of
manifestation...of certain hereditary and racial tendencies" (ibid).
Does this then imply that Evola saw skin colour in this regard, as
a 'contingent manner of manifestation'?
Thank you for the examples of past thinkers who held similar ideas.
Most interesting.