Revolt Against the Modern World By Julius Evola Original Italian Edition 1934 Revised 1951, 1970 Inner Traditions International 1995 (Translation by Guido Stucco) 375 Pages, $29.95 ISBN 0-89281-506-X

Summary & Notes on the Author Traditional Spirituality State, Kingship, Empire Castes and Traditional Economics Traditional Time and Space Historical Decay A Mythological World History Degenerate Religions The Decline of Antiquity Church versus Empire The Post-Medieval Collapse The End of this World A Critique and Anathema

The End of this World In the ancient myths, the Aryan people first defeat the Dark Ones without the Law. They corral Gog and Magog, for a season. Eventually, however, those forces will break out and flood the Aryan lands, but will be defeated by a universal ruler. So say the stories. The real future, however, can only be the creation of an act of will. Europe needs a return to tradition. However, the secret elites who might be interested in such a project cannot bring it about. For a renaissance, there must be a conducive environment. Flaws in Europe's religious tradition, added to political opportunism, preclude such an environment arising. There is no way to avoid falling all the way to the bottom of the cycle. Little or nothing will survive into a future age, which must be almost wholly a new creation. There are possibilities for a minority, however. There are those in the world who are “wide awake,” who constitute the “perennial fire.” These few are occultly bound to each other. They must help those who seek liberation. There must be “watchers,” who will bear uncompromising witness to tradition. They must “ride the tiger,” accelerating the end of the cycle by turning the modern world against itself. Evola also asserts, though not in this context, that victories are first won in the spirit, and only later manifest themselves in the world of becoming. This is likely to be an important point for any adept trying to manipulate history at the end of the age. Regarding “Manu's” race that is preserved through the Dark Age, Evola quotes the Visnu Purana: “When the practices taught by the Vedas and the institutions of the law shall have nearly ceased, and the close of the Kali Age shall be nigh, a fragment of that divine being who exists in his own spiritual nature in the character of Brahma…shall descend to earth…He shall then reestablish righteousness upon earth, and the minds of those who live at the end of the Kali Age shall be awakened, and shall be as pellucid as crystal. The men who are thus changed by virtue of that peculiar time shall be as the seeds of [new] human beings and shall give birth to an age that shall follow the laws of the Krita Age, or age of purity….” The stock from whom the divine principle will be born will come, as you might expect, from Shambhala Next

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