Hy folks, I´m new here and I´m very surprised by the level of yours contributions. I haven´t been able to read all the material I´ve download, but I would like to make you a question. Have you analysed Jünger´s woks in terms of fear? My believe is fear ( the idea and also the experience) is very important to understand Jünger´s thought. Not only fear but fight against fear. You only have to read the first lines of Die Zwille " Every morning fear ..." to realize how important is fear in his work.In the first chapter of Afrikanische Spiele we can also read something like this " my own fear is my stongest enemy". His Journals and essays are plenty of allusions, specially fear of death. In Der Waldgang#13( a book I consider essential to understand his thought) we read " Fear is one of symptomes of our time", and in #14( a chapter of extraordinary importance) EJ continues talking about fear . Obviously, EJ is talking about an inner fair, a fear that born in our soul. As Günter said in his last contribution, EJ talks to the initiated, a fear that is known by initiated, by people who has the intuition of nihilism and has experienced the borders of Reality. On the other hand, in the same #14, EJ says " It´s important to know that it´s impossible to anhilitate fear" ( I´m sorry but my translation is very bad). My point is the victory against fear could be the new inner freedom that EJ always talk about.It would be the end of our own path, and here linking with yours lasts mails DIE SCHERE#20 " The end [of a path] is always possible, everywhere ..."We´re walking with our freedom, and we´ll be free when we realize that freedom is in us, whith us, when we could achieve the victory against fear. That point is the end of the path, and the beginning of joy. I think we will misunderstand his work if we don´t take in consideration the fear. Well, I´m sorry for my english, but I do my best. Hope I´ll improve with your help, Best Regards from Mallorca, Dani
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