/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.19938289]

Okay /lit/. I am a big fan of Evola, but I find his work so difficult to read. It requires a serious amount of concentration on my part to follow what he is saying. I don't think I'm a complete brainlet but I find it difficult to track his writing at times, it seems like he rambles or goes on tangents, or has points within points.

Is it just difficult to translate Italian to English? Does it just require a higher reading level than I have or is he just an obtuse and arguably poor writer?

[Anonymous No.19938597]

>>19938289
First just have a general understanding of how myths and symbols can carry layers of meaning.

From there, an easy introduction to Evola is perhaps "Metaphysics of War" or perhaps "Mediations on the Mountain".

From there, go to "The Mystery of The Grail"

He's not particularly hard to understand, however he can be hard to follow when he's referencing extremely esoteric non-western references. But I find if you read the right works, he typically avoids such things.

[Anonymous No.19938878]

>>19938289
>The Mystery of The Grail
i never read that bppk,is there a true knightly iniciatic tradition? or is evola using these arthurian symbols as examples of higher traditional symbols?

[Anonymous No.19938891]

>>19938289
>or is he just an obtuse and arguably poor writer?
It's my firm belief that people can have good ideas but never manage to write them well. Likewise, people can write well but never have any good ideas.

[Anonymous No.19939323]

>>19938289
He's an extremely good writer and you should get better at reading if his writing style troubles you. The italian to english might be a little awkward at times though.

[Anonymous No.19939324]

>>19938289
The translations are probably by illiterate chuds

[Anonymous No.19939388]

>>19938289
how are you a big fan of him if you have trouble reading him...

[Anonymous No.19939394]

Evola is my favorite LGQBT+ supporting author

[Anonymous No.19939494]

>>19939388
OP is a lying tranny trying to run ops on lit. See>>19939394

[Anonymous No.19939514]

>>19938289
Read Guenon first and Evola becomes a cakewalk. Indulgent, even. Like getting wanked off.

[Anonymous No.19939713]

That quote honestly sounds like the exact same thing a communist would say (and by communist I do mean exactly that, i.e. ML, not the demsoc berniebro types).

[Anonymous No.19939734]

Evola essentially copied Guenon but made it shit through his misunderstandings.
You're wasting your time, OP. You're reading cringe when you could be reading the most based man in history.

[Anonymous No.19939821]

>>19939494
Why are they like this?

[Anonymous No.19939833]

>>19939734
He is the most extreme anti-communist possible.

>>19939734
Does Evola offend you or something?

[Anonymous No.19939972]

>>19938878
yes, it's true, but he also treats how that symbolism connects to earlier traditions.

>>19939394
if you so much as read that chapter of eros you'd realize that he is totally opposed to the lgbt movement. his view is based on the affirming the metaphysical existence of the male and female principle, while the other is on rejecting it and promoting androgyny.

>>19939713
you sound like a boomer cuckservative

[Anonymous No.19940045]

>>19938289
Evola bros...

[Anonymous No.19940090]

>>19940045
fake and gay

[Anonymous No.19940663]

>>19940045
>>19939394
This is not real. Picrel has posted this as a psyop.

[Anonymous No.19940726]

>>19938289
He and Guenon made an effort to be a very easy read given their elitism. They also criticized modern aestheticism and sentimentality so I’d imagine they’d were trying to sound as austere as possible.

[Anonymous No.19940739]

He and Guenon made no effort to be a very easy read given their elitism. They also criticized modern aestheticism and sentimentality so I’d imagine they were trying to sound as austere as possible.