Hola Gary and all the list members! Well "kshatriya" is the name for the warrior caste in India, for example if you read the "Mahabarata" you can see this archetype in the figure of Arjuna. But you should know that this "spiritual caste" is not only "indian" but it belongs to all the traditional civilizations. George Dumezil (the well known french anthropologist) made a deep research on this issue in his book "Myth and Epopey". The study of "traditional civilizations" lead us to focus on what is called "Traditional Thought" or Philosophia Perennis" which is the reflection on the sources of religion and the sacred societies. So this is a particular school of thought that try to explain the reasons of contemporary spiritual crisis produced by the withdrawal (that make modern men) from the spiritual and universal source. But "integral traditionalism" it is not only a matter contemplation but also of ACTION, this is when the archetype of kshatriya emerges! Baron Julius Evola (1898-1974) was one of the most important "metapolitical thinkers" (traditional thinker) of all times and he wrote on different topics from Budism to the Holy Grial and from Tantra Yoga to Alchemy , he also translated into italian Oswald Spengler¨s Untergang des Abendlandes and Otto Weininger´s Sex und Charakter and he wrote a long essay on Jünger´s Der Arbeiter. But his most important book was "Calcacare la tigre" (Riding the Tiger) perhaps - together with Rene Guenon¨s Crisis of the modern world- the strongest and deepest attack to modernity and the bourgeoise spirit made by the warrior "geist". PD: There are some other "integral thinkers" like Fritjon Shuon, Titus Burckhardt, Ananda Coomaraswamy, Leo Schaya although there are some differences amog them Best wishes Eduardo >eduardo hernando wrote: >> >> Dear Gary! I did not know about this new bookstore on line so I thank you >> for your hint.. >> And I want to add that it was really very rude what Andreas wrote to you! >> Here is another hint for all the jungerites "Kshatriyas" : >> http://welcome.to/kshatriya >> >> Saludos desde la tierra de los Inkas!! >> Eduardo Hernando >******************************* >Dear Eduardo, > >Thanks for the tip. I looked at the site, but it's big. Could you tell >us in just a few words what Kshatriyas is and who is Julius Evola? I've >never heard of either. > >GK > >
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