Re: Kshatriyas

[carlos n mancini <cm4@worldnet.att.net>]

I just discovered a mistake Evola's book is "Revolt against the Modern World"
Carlos

carlos n mancini wrote:

> Eduardo:
> Your profile of Evola is correct except that Evola's most important book was
> "Rebelion against the Modern World"
> Evola cited Ernst Juenger extensively in his work and is very likely that both
> men have met. Evola was a member of the exclusive Herrenklub of Berlin in the
> 30's a place familiar to Juenger.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Carlos Mancini
>
> eduardo hernando wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >
> > >