Walter F. Otto: Die Götter der Griechen: Apollon

Apollon ist der griechischste aller Götter. Wenn der griechische Geist in der Olympischen Religion seine erste Ausprägung gefunden hat, so ist es Apollon, dessen Gestalt ihn am deutlichsten offenbart. Wiewohl der dionysische Enthusiasmus einmal eine bedeutende Macht gewesen ist, so kann doch kein Zweifel sein, daß es die Bestimmung des Griechentums war, diese und alle Maßlosigkeit zu überwinden, und daß seine großen Repräsentanten sich mit ganzer Entschiedenheit zum apollinischen Geist und Wesen bekannt haben. Dionysisches Wesen will den Rausch, also die Nähe; apollinisches dagegen will Klarheit und Gestalt, also Distanz. Dieses Wort drückt...

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Julius Evola: Excerpts from book 'Ride the Tiger'

[...] When bland patriotism turned into radical nationalistic forms, the regressive character of such tendencies and the contribution from the emergence of the mass-man in the modern world became clearly evident. For the essence of nationalistic ideology is to hold homeland and nation as supreme values, conceiving them as mystical entities almost with a life of their own and having an absolute claim on the individual; whereas, in reality, they are only dissociated and formless realities, by way of their negation of any true hierarchical principle, and of any symbol or warrant of a transcendent authority. In general, the foundation of political...

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Horváth Róbert: A szentség érzékelése (videó)

Horváth Róbert előadása a szentségről Rudolf Otto szentséggel kapcsolatos műve, az abban található kritériumok és a tradicionális létszemlélet alapján....

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René Guénon: The Sword of Islam / Az Iszlám kardja / Sayf al-Islām

"Short of being blended by certain prejudices, it is easy to understand that this must be so, for in the social domain, war, as long as it is directed against those who create disorder and aims at bringing them back to order, constitutes a legitimate function, which is fundamentally but one aspect of the function of 'justice' understood in its fullest meaning. However, this is only the most outward aspect of things, and thus the least essential. From the traditional point of view, what gives all its validity to warfare thus understood, is that it symbolizes the struggle man must carry on against the enemies he bears within himself, that...

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László András: Hamvas Béla és a tradicionalitás

Ebben az évben volt Hamvas Béla születésének a centenáriuma: 1897. március 23-án született. Mindenfelé megemlékezések vannak róla. Fontosnak tartjuk, hogy ezen alkalomból mi is megemlékezzünk róla, tisztázva a tradícióhoz és a Tradicionalitáshoz kötődő viszonyát életművében.  Hamvast 1948-tól 1968-ig, tehát haláláig teljes mértékben ignorálták, vagyis kikapcsolták Magyarország szellemi életéből. Ebben az időszakban egyetlen tanulmánya jelent meg, (1963-ban) „Az egzisztencializmus után” címmel egy folyóiratban. Előtte és utána nem jelenhetett meg tőle semmi. Tulajdonképpen 1985-1986-ban oldódott fel a Hamvassal szembeni tilalom,...

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Frithjof Schuon: The Contradiction of Relativism

Relativism reduces every element of absoluteness to relativity while making a completely illogical exception in favor of this reduction itself. Fundamentally it consists in propounding the claim that there is no truth as if this were truth or in declaring it to be absolutely true that there is nothing but the relatively true; one might just as well say that there is no language or write that there is no writing. In short, every idea is reduced to a relativity of some sort, whether psychological, historical, or social; but the assertion nullifies itself by the fact that it too presents itself as a psychological, historical, or social relativity....

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Julius Evola: A True Empire: Form and Presuppositions of a United Europe

In order to head toward a united Europe, the first step should consist of a concerted exit of all European nations from the United Nations, which is an illegitimate, promiscuous, and hypocritical association. Another obvious imperative should be to become emancipated in every aspect and in equal measure from both the United States and the USSR. […] […] Here I will only hint at what concerns the form and the spiritual and doctrinal presuppositions of a united Europe. […] The only genuine solution must have an organic character; the primary element should be a shaping force from within and from above, proper to an idea and a common tradition....

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