Introduction to Magic, Volume II

A controversial philosopher and critic of modern Western civilization, Julius Evola (1898-1974) is considered one of the foremost authorities on the world’s esoteric traditions. He wrote widely on Eastern religions, alchemy, sexuality, politics, and mythology and published many books, including Revolt Against the Modern World.

“The formulas that Evola transmits, and the complex listing of the causes and effects that accompany them, seem to me so important, not only for spiritual life but for the use of all the faculties, that I know of no human condition that they cannot improve, whether in the case of the man of action, of the writer, or simply the person in the toils of life.”

• Foreword: The “Magical” Gruppo di UR in Its Historical and Esoteric Context by Hans Thomas Hakl Introduction to the Second Volume PART 1I.1 PYTHAGORAS • The Golden Verses I.2 ARVO AND EA • The Esoteric Doctrine of the “Centers” in a Christian Mystic1 I.3 ABRAXA • Ritual Magic PART II II.1 Instructions for Magical Chains Individual Instructions for Preparation First Instructions for the Chain Instructions for a Later Phase II.2 IAGLA • Subterranean Logic II.3 PIETRO NEGRI • On the Western Tradition 1. Devaluation of the Pagan Tradition 2. East, West, and Christianity 3. The Initiatic Tradition in the West 4. The Roman Tradition 5. Roman Initiatic Wisdom 6. The Legend of Saturnus 7. Etymology of Saturn 8. Addenda 9. Agricultural Symbolism in Rome PART III III.1 HAVISMAT • Tradition and Realization III.2 OSO • A Solar Will III.3 PIETRO NEGRI • The Secret Language of the Fedeli d’Amore III.4 ABRAXA • Solutions of Rhythm and Liberation III.5 LUCE • Opus Magicum: The Diaphanous Body PART IV IV.1 ARVO • Vitalizing the “Signs” and “Grips” IV.2 EA • Initiatic Consciousness beyond the Grave IV.3 Various Commentaries The Magic, The Master, The Song PART VV.1 IAGLA • On the “Corrosive Waters” V.2 ARVO • Ethnology and the “Perils of the Soul” V.3 On the Art of the Hermetic Philosophers V.4 Various Commentaries Desire in Magic -- Meaning of the Ritual -- Feeling and Realization -- Anticipations of Physical Alchemy -- On Shamanic Initiation PART VI VI.1 Experiences: The “Double” and Solar Consciousness VI.2 EA • On the Metaphysics of Pain and Illness VI.3 LEO • Notes for the Animation of the “Centers” VI.4 ARVO • Kirillov and Initiation PART VII VII.1 HAVISMAT • Notes on Ascesis and on Anti-Europe VII.2 MILAREPA • Excerpts from the Life of Milarepa The Demon of the Snows -- The Song of Joy -- The Song of the Essence of Things VII.3 ARVO • The Magic of Effigies PART VIII VIII.1 EA • Esotericism and Morality VIII.2 NILIUS • Medicine and Poison VIII.3 Turba Philosophorum: The Assembly of the Wise VIII.4 Various Commentaries Corporealizing Consciousness -- On “Mortification” -- On Power PART IX IX.1 ABRAXA • The Magic of Creation IX.2 PIETRO NEGRI • On the Opposition Contingent on Spiritual Development IX.3 Some Effects of Magical Discipline: The “Dissociation of the Mixed” PART X X.1 The Contrast between Positive Science and Magic: Positions and Solutions X.2 ABRAXA • The Magic of Conjunctions X.3 OTAKAR BŘEZINA • Perspectives X.4 Various Commentaries Prodigies and Former Times -- Sexual Magic PART XI XI.1 BRENO • Notes on Occult Morphology and Spiritual Corporeality XI.2 ZAM • A Pagan Magical Spell XI.3 ARVO • On the Hyperborean Tradition XI.4 The Golden Flower of the Great One XI.5 Various Commentaries Woman and Initiation -- Ex Oriente lux Index