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This book provides the historical background and description of Buddhism in Tibet, clarifying the uniqueness of Tibetan Buddhism.
A controversial philosopher and critic of modern Western civilization, Julius Evola (1898-1974) writes about the mystical and spiritual expression of sexual love. This in-depth study explores the sexual rites of sacred traditions, and shows how religion, mysticism, folklore, and mythology all contain erotic forms in which the deep potentialities of human beings are recognized.
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This important survey of alchemical symbols and doctrines sets forth the mysterious worldview and teachings of the practitioners of the "royal art." One of the leading exponents of the Hermetic tradition, Julius Evola demonstrates the singularity of subject matter that lies behind the words of all adepts in all ages, showing how alchemy--often misunderstood as primitive chemistry or a mere template for the Jungian process of "individuation"--is nothing less than a universal secret science of human and natural transformation. First published in 1931 in Italian. This is the first English translation. Draws from a host of sources in the Western esoteric tradition--works on theurgy, magic, and gnosticism from neoplatonic, Arab, and medieval sources.
Questo libro è di fondamentale importanza per la comprensione del pensiero filosofico dell’autrice che si è formata durante l’adolescenza sulle opere del filosofo Julius Evola, suo centrale punto di riferimento. Francesca Cianfarini crede che i libri di questo pensatore vadano letti ispirandosi al filosofo greco Socrate, umilmente, sapendo di non sapere. È importante per capirne il contenuto conoscere la storia d’Italia e dell’Europa, precristiana e cristiana, anche se sono numerosi i riferimenti all’Oriente. Evola è un rilevante pensatore politico reazionario, ma indica soprattutto una via interiore e l’interpretazione della donna e della sessualità è un caposaldo della sua visione del mondo. Leggere il “Barone nero”, così veniva chiamato, significa aprirsi al Mistero e alla poesia; seguirne le orme, non essere omologati andando controcorrente.
In a probing analysis of the oldest Buddhist texts, Julius Evola places the doctrine of liberation in its original context. The early teachings, he suggests, offer the foremost example of an active spirituality that is opposed to the more passive, modern forms of theistic religions. This sophisticated, highly readable analysis of the theory and practice of Buddhist asceticism, first published in Italian in 1943 , elucidates the central truths of the eightfold path and clears away the later accretions of Buddhist doctrine. Evola describes the techniques for conscious liberation from the world of maya and for achieving the state of transcendence beyond dualistic thinking. Most surprisingly, he argues that the widespread belief in reincarnation is not an original Buddhist tenet. Evola presents actual practices of concentration and visualization, and places them in the larger metaphysical context of the Buddhist model of mind and universe. The Doctrine of the Awakening is a provocative study of the teachings of the Buddha by one of Europe's most stimulating thinkers.