Forwarded from PhilosophiCat
Top 3 reasons you struggle to understand Evola
1. You don’t have a background in the esoteric. You will lose more than half of the meaning of his content if you don’t understand the symbolic value of it. There is some built-in gatekeeping here.
2. You can’t get out of the mindset of linear time. Much of Evola deals with the supra-historical and attempting to pin that down to timeline rooted in historicity will confuse and frustrate you. A metaphysical and cyclical view of history is required.
3. You lack imagination. Evola deals with the realm of myth, which is very real and true, but is also ineffable. Myth takes form in the imagination. It’s not easily reduced to discursive thought and attempting to pin it down with concrete language usually means missing the mark.
1. You don’t have a background in the esoteric. You will lose more than half of the meaning of his content if you don’t understand the symbolic value of it. There is some built-in gatekeeping here.
2. You can’t get out of the mindset of linear time. Much of Evola deals with the supra-historical and attempting to pin that down to timeline rooted in historicity will confuse and frustrate you. A metaphysical and cyclical view of history is required.
3. You lack imagination. Evola deals with the realm of myth, which is very real and true, but is also ineffable. Myth takes form in the imagination. It’s not easily reduced to discursive thought and attempting to pin it down with concrete language usually means missing the mark.