/lit/ - Literature

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>Evola's critique is that Guenon elevates Contemplation above Action (which Guenon does state in his books), and this is due to Guenon's personal bias
Evola shows that the Gita not only offers different paths, but even points to passages in it that show Krishna's preference for Karma Yoga over Bhakti/Jnana
IIRC Evola had a differing opinion on the priest caste, he termed it lunar and matriarchal. Evola technically admits the supremacy of "Non-discursive" Knowledge and pure intellectuality even if they differed on the exterior implementations. For a guy who apparently didn't like the whole bookish approach, you know the often quoted (by people with questionable motives) "the blood of heroes is closer to God than the ink of scholars and prayers of the pious," it is ironic considering Evola produced one of the most autistic, rigorous and lengthy books on phenomenology and magical idealism. In truth Evola imo was definitely Brahmin caliber, his writing style was and the sheer volume of reading and scholarship evident is definitely up there!
He also had critiqued monasticism, in that case the differences between them where on the exterior plane.
>Granted, Contemplation vs Action isn't quite the same as Karma vs Bhakti vs Jnana, but still a decent point by Evola.
The three Karma Bhakti Jnana all have "Highest aspects," however it differs is in the inferior levels, whether it is done with or without an object. Ultimately in the actual sense where Metaphysical Realization is concerned they are all inseparable in the sense of all united by the Knowledge/Intelligence/Nondual principle (without an Object). I recommend Sadhu Om (Path of Sri Ramana) for writings on the Bhakti approach and about how its reconcilable with the Jnana approach. Also the sort of Karma Yoga Krishna talks about is definitely the higher aspect (without an object). Desireless Action is actually just Contemplation reworded, so it's just a terminological dispute not really anything else. However there is Dualistic Bhakti/Karma.

By the way Dago I was rereading a bit of Guenon and I remember you talking about Height being "elite," but actually apparently the "true elite," according to Guenon take on the most average bodies, so like a 5"10' average in all respects, in otherwords those people who can just walk in a crowd unnoticed, these people are actually the "superior" amongst us.

Tending towards the extremes actually indicates a disequilibrium and inner insuffiency according to G. Just some food for thought, the Romanian guy was like 6'6" and ended up rejecting G on a psychological basis.

All that autism we had here about attacking G's character, and finding out such details by scouring his letters to find some sort of info to serve as a psychological stimulus reminds me of this situation here. (The link below) Also God rest Cologero it's been over a year since his passing his blog has been so helpful.
https://www.erwinhessle.com/blog/?p=508#more-508