A while back, I asked you guys to send in any questions you had pertaining to the first 5 episodes of our Revolt Against the Modern World series. I have chosen 10 questions that were either asked frequently or that I felt could benefit from further …
A while back, I asked you guys to send in any questions you had pertaining to the first 5 episodes of our Revolt Against the Modern World series. I have chosen 10 questions that were either asked frequently or that I felt could benefit from further explanation.
Here are the time stamps for the questions:
0:53 - "I think it would be helpful if you could delve into the meaning and content of metaphysics and what line of thought Traditionalism follows because I think it is a term that many people associate with spirituality and it is not necessarily limited to that."
2:13 - "How is Evola any different from New Age philosophy? I struggle to get past the woo-woo…"
6:20 - "Is it not fanciful to believe that there is a metaphysical world without evidence of such? How can one prove the existence of the metaphysical world? It is only the physical world that is empirically provable and therefore the only reality that exists. Prove me wrong."
8:15 - "Was Evola anti-Catholic?"
9:43 - "For those who struggle with the esoteric, what value can they find in Evola’s teachings?"
11:19 - "Does Evola have a definition of the afterlife and of the notion of a soul?"
12:41 - "From Episode 2, can you explain more about what you mean about “attaching our ego self to materialistic identifiers” and why that is a hindrance? I think it was around the 7 minute mark."
17:14 - "Throughout human history, so many nations have suffered under tyrannical king. Why would you ever want to advocate for the monarchy when it has proved so disastrous?"
20:07 - Julius Evola, and his mentor, René Guénon, both wrote about hierarchical class/caste systems in several of their respective works, though they differed in their belief in which of the castes should be considered worthy of holding leadership positions. Evola believed soldiers should lead society whilst Guenon followed the more orthodox thought of it being the priests. Which do you believe was the correct interpretation of the two and why?
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