Revolt Against the Modern World

408 Pages·1995·3.13 MB·English

by  Julius Evola

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Other Books by Julius Evola
Eros and the Mysteries of Love (1983)
The Yoga of Power (1992)
The Hermetic Tradition (1995)
The Doctrine of Awakening (1995)
Men Among the Ruins (2002)
Ride the Tiger (2003)
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Translated from the Italian
by Guido Stucco

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Evola, Julius, 1898-1974.
[Rivolta contra il mondo moderno. English]
Revolt against the modern world : politics, religion and social order of the
Kali Yuga / Julius E vola : translated from the Italian by Guido Stucco,
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-89281-506 -X
1. History—Philosophy. I. Title.
D16.8.E8513 1995
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To the
1st Battaglione Carabinieri Paracadutisti “Tuscania” :
Caesarem Vehis!
To the
new counter-culture of the West; the “alt right” :
Hail Kek!

Contents
A Short Introduction to Julius Evola ix
Translator’s Preface xxiii
Foreword xxviii
Part One

The World of Tradition

1. The Beginning 3

2. Regality 7

3. Polar Symbolism; the Lord of Peace and Justice 16

4. The Law, the State, the Empire 21

5. The Mystery of the Rite 29

6. On the Primordial Nature of the Patriciate 35

7. Spiritual Virility 42

8. The Two Paths in the Afterlife 47

9. Life and Death of Civilizations 54
10. Initiation and Consecration 60

11. On the Hierarchical Relationship Between Royalty and Priesthood 68

12. Universality and Centralism 73

13. The Soul of Chivalry 79

14. The Doctrine of the Castes 89

15. Professional Associations and the Arts; Slavery 101

16. Bipartition of the Traditional Spirit; Asceticism 111

17. The Greater and the Lesser Holy War 116

18. Games and Victory 129

19. Space, Time, the Earth 143

20. Man and Woman 157
21. The Decline of Superior Races 167

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Part Two

Genesis and Face of the Modern World
Introduction 175
22. The Doctrine of the Four Ages 177
23. The Golden Age 184
24. The Pole and the Hyperborean Region 188
25. The Northern-Atlantic Cycle 195
26. North and South 203
27. The Civilization of the Mother 211
28. The Cycles of Decadence and the Heroic Cycle 218
29. Tradition and Antitradition 230
30. The Heroic-Uranian Western Cycle 253
31. Syncope of the Western Tradition 278
32. The Revival of the Empire and the Ghibelline Middle Ages 287
33. Decline of the Medieval World and the Birth of Nations 302
34. Unrealism and Individualism 312
35. The Regression of the Castes 327
36. Nationalism and Collectivism 338
37. The End of the Cycle 345
Conclusion 358
Appendix: On the Dark Age 367

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A Short Introduction to

Julius Evola
1
H. T. Hansen

ulius Evola (1898-1974) is still relatively unknown to the English-speaking world,
even in the traditional circles surrounding René Guénon, of whom he was his
leading Italian representative. The major reason for this is that until recently little of
J Eros and
Evola’s work had been translated into English. This situation is being remedied by
the Mysteries f Love: Th Metaphysics of Sex
Ehud Sperling, president of Inner Traditions International. In addition to
The Yoga of Power,
o e published in 1983, Inner Traditions
The Hermetic Tradition Revolt Against the
has also brought out two of Evola’s most important books, on
Modern World r
Tantrism, and , on alchemy. Following
The Doctrine of Awakening
, Inner Traditions will also republish Evola’s masterful wo k on Bud-
2 Gnosis
dhist asceticism, .
Evola received some recent attention in magazine, where Robin

Waterfield attempted to present a well-balanced view of him, which drew immedi-
3
ate protest. Evola’s known sympathies for Italian Fascism and National Socialism
Theosophical History
1. A version of this article, translated by E. E. Rehmus, first appeared in 5 (January
1994): 11-22, and is reprinted here with the kind permission of the editor.
Dr. Hansen, a native of Austria, studied law and received his Ph.D, in 1970. After working in the export
trade, he has, since 1989, been exclusively engaged in writing book introductions and translating works in
esotericism and philosophy. He is also a partner in the Ansata Verlag in Interlaken, Switzerland, one of the
foremost publishers of the esoteric in the German-speaking world. Apropos this article. Dr. Hansen knew
TJuhleiu sY oEgvao lao fp eProswonera:l lTy aanntdra h, aSsh aalksoti ,d eavnodt etdh em Saencyr eyte awrs yt,o researching Evola’s life and writings. The
Hermetic Tradition: Symbols nd Teachings of the Royal Art,
2. a trans. Guido Stucco (Rochester, Vt., 1992);
The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery According t theEarliestBuddhist Texts
a trans. E. E. Rehmus (Rochester, Vt., 1995);

o , trans.
Gnosis
H. E. Musson (1951; reprint, Rochester, Vt., 1995).
3. “Baron Julius Evola and the Hermetic Tradition,” 14, (winter 1990): 12-17.
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