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>>19198862

>>19130787
I read this in public transit, how based am I?

This is a very very good book. The knowledge and synthesis of countless ancient civilisations/traditions on its own is impressive enough and makes this worth reading, but then how he uses these things to demolish the modern world and Marxism makes this book a must read. He is also just a very good writer in general. I wish I'd read this sooner.

Even if you don't believe in spirituality, this book is still worth reading, so you understand how all normal civilisations existed and how totally abnormal our current civilisation is. He is explicit about the spiritual aspects of the "World of Tradition" which I'm sure many modern people would find absurd, but still very interesting. Particularly the concepts of warrior initiation and the "Lesser and Greater Holy War" leading to immortality (Valhalla is one example).

Please discuss this book here, I would like to know what others (who have read it) thought.

>>19108063
Oui

One of Evola's criticisms of National Socialism is that it does not separate its citizens by the race of their spirit, aka their caste, as was seen in some other Indo-Eurpean civilizations like the Romans and Hindus.

I think this criticism comes from a misunderstanding of nordic culture and the differences between it and the aforementioned cultures. In both the Romans and Hindus there existed a mixed population which can be mostly simply explained by shades of skin color determining where you ended up in the caste system and the obvious implications of this.

But in Nordic culture there is less evidence of a system like this existing and I think one of the reasons for this was that every man was a warrior and thus there was some sort of equal standing among men, aside from the obvious heroic leaders and the spiritual class. This, combined with the ethnically homogenous populations of the Nordic countries, dissolved the need for a caste system as seen in the Romans and Hindus.

Thus, this particular critique of National Socialism made by Evola is invalid and represents a misunderstanding of true Nordic culture.

This because i feel like im a part of the slave caste and i shouldnt have access to this information

Just started reading this. What am I in for?

is this actually worth reading or just random right wing rambling?

Is Evola worth a read?