Introduction to Magic, Volume III

JULIUS EVOLA was one of the foremost authorities on the world’s esoteric traditions. His other works available in English include The Hermetic Tradition, The Yoga of Power, Revolt Against the Modern World, Eros and the Mysteries of Love, The Doctrine of Awakening, The Mystery of the Grail, Meditations on the Peaks, and Men Among the Ruins.

“Those who look to Julius Evola’s work for guidance have often wondered what practices Evola himself used to get in contact with Tradition. The answer lies in Introduction to Magic, which represents the records left behind by the UR Group, the mysterious occult order that was the medium through which Evola first experienced the reality of Tradition and grasped its essence. Many of the themes and concepts which were to recur in Evola’s later work are already present in these documents. The great importance Evola attached to these volumes is attested by the belief of Evola’s biographer that the original manuscripts were the only belongings he took with him when he was forced to flee Rome in 1944. The fact that this work is finally available in its entirety to Anglophone readers, masterfully translated by Joscelyn Godwin, is therefore a great service to genuine spiritual seekers everywhere.”

• Introduction to the Third Volume PART II.1 Paths of the Western SpiritI.2 ABRAXA • The Cloud and the Stone I.3 BRENO • Modern Initiation and Eastern Initiation I.4 HAVISMAT • The Zone of ShadowI.5 EA • Poetry and Initiatic Realization PART IIII.1 EA • Aristocracy and the Initiatic IdealII.2 BŘEZINA • Canticle of the Fire II.3 ARVO • About an “Arithmetical Oracle” and the Backstage of Consciousness II.4 AROM • Experiences: The Crown of LightII.5 GERHARD DORN • Clavis Philosophiae Chemisticae (The Key of Alchemical Philosophy) Edited by Tikaipôs II.6 Various Commentaries Difficulties of Belief He Who “Saw” the Gods Men and Gods PART III III.1 EA • The Legend of the Grail and the “Mystery” of the EmpireIII.2 HAVISMAT • The Instant and EternityIII.3 ABRAXA • Communications III.4 PICO DELLA MIRANDOLA • The Dignity of ManIII.5 Commentaries PART IV IV.1 APRO • The Cycles of ConsciousnessIV.2 TAURULUS • ExperiencesIV.3 EA • What Is “Metaphysical Reality”? IV.4 IAGLA • On the “Law of Beings”IV.5 Various Commentaries PART V V.1 PLOTINUS • Maxims of Pagan Wisdom V.2 LEO • Human Rhythms and Cosmic Rhythms V.3 Experiences of a Chain V.4 EA • On the Limits of Initiatic “Regularity” PART VI VI.1 C. S. NARAYANA SWAMI AIYAR • Transmutation of Man and Metals VI.2 EA • On the Symbolism of the YearVI.3 ABRAXA • The Magic of Victory VI.4 ARVO • The “Origin of Species,” According to Esotericism VII.1 Various Commentaries More on Survival • On Pacts, Fear, and More VII.2 EA • On the “Sacred” in the Roman Tradition VII.3 Liberation of the Faculties PART VIII VIII.1 Starting Magic, According to Giuliano Kremmerz VIII.2 RUD • First Ascent VIII.3 ABRAXA • Knowledge of the Sacrificial ActVIII.4 Various Commentaries On Sacrifice PART IX IX.1 SIRIO • Noise IX.2 PAUL MASSON-OURSEL • On the Role of Magic in Hindu Speculation IX.3 EA • Esotericism and Christian Mysticism IX.4 GIC • From “The Song of Time and the Seed”IX.5 Metapsychology and Magical PhenomenaIX.6 LEO • The “Plumed Serpent” PART X X.1 AGARDA • Remarks on Action in the Passions X.2 SAGITTARIO • AwakeningX.3 ARVO • The “Primitives” and Magical Science X.4 AGNOSTUS • Two Hyperborean Symbols X.5 GALLUS • Experiences among the Arabs X.6 Various Commentaries PART XI XI.1 MAXIMUS • Notes on “Detachment” XI.2 The Ascetic, Fire, Rock, Space • From the Milindapañha XI.3 EA • Spiritual Authority and Temporal PowerXI.4 About Drugs XI.5 Various Commentaries Seeing Without Wanting to See Ways to the “Void” PART XII XII.1 EKATLOS • The “Great Sign”:On Stage and in the Wings XII.2 EA • Esotericism, the Unconscious, Psychoanalysis XII.3 ANAGARIKA GOVINDA • The Double Mask XII.4 Magical Perspectives, According to Aleister Crowley XII.5 Envoi Index