0:53 Forms of Warlike Heroism 2:10 Caste Explanation for Decline 6:59 The Four Phases of War 8:33 The Sacrality of War 11:07 Meaning of the Crusades 13:27 Greater and Lesser War 15:07 The Metaphysics of War (Evola's Reading of the Gita) 19:44 Army Vision of the World 22:41 Race and War 25:11 The Two Heroisms 27:47 Race and War 2
Just got done reading Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian & I can't help but note the similarities between Judge Holden's philosophy & Julius Evola's spiritual valuation of war.
Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes alone. The purpose of this video is neither to promote nor refute the theories contained in the book but rather to examine them from a strictly philosophical perspective. This video is a response to a patron’s request to add this discussion to the School of Forbidden Texts. Remember, you can join us there for as little as just two dollars per month - the link to my Patreon is in the video description.
Dude, I don't understand how you get this level of output. It's some really good quality too. How do you divide your time for ordinary life while you have time for this content? I'm guessing not getting bogged down by "society" and the stereotypical obligations of "adulthood" like a desk job or whatever eliminates a lot of potential hurdles to reading and recording lectures. I'm only guessing because my retired dad is at his farm and he gets a lot done apparently compared to before. Personally, can't quite comprehend it.
Thanks. Not having to work a formal job is a big part of it- in retrospect, it was a blessing in disguise that my visa to India didn't allow me to work, cuz it forced me to find ways to be productive outside of working for someone else. Another big thing is quitting social media - it's truly scary how many hours Twitter or FB can steal from one's life, and with the most useless content too! Another thing was dropping out of the clickbait I mean "news" industry. I systematically unfollowed every news/political channel on RUclips. I'm not really satisfied still - I think there are other changes I can make to try to be more productive. I think starting in January, I'll only turn on the laptop every other day etc. for example. At any rate, thanks a lot for watching and for the comment.
DUDE! this talk is so upliftting any time i listen to it!! i feel like i have a PHD in philosophy after watching your videos!! keep the great work going!
@@chadahaagphilosophychannel7329 You considering reading Baudrillard’s “Simulacra and Simulation” or perhaps Edward Bernays’ “Propaganda” as compared to Ellul’s “Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes”?
Interesting that Evola notes a Communist world revolution as the fourth phase in the decline of war, when in reality this fourth phase must really be understood as the economic wars fought by the US in the middle east after the fall of the soviet union. As Fukuyama points out, the fall of the soviet union signaled the final retreat of any ideological motives from global warfare. All global warfare fought after this point is done so for pure economic means only. If any notion of a nauralistic nationalist homeland remains in the minds of the combatants of these wars, it does so merely as an atavism.
@0 forged dude. Ideological interests 'characteristic of communist revolutions' are in no way driving global warfare today. It's *all* about money and oil and other resources.
@@loscopihues2343 yh I obviously realise that. My point was just how reality interestingly forked in a different direction than the one Evola had in mind for it. There never was a global war for communism, not even in Evola's day. Communism never really escaped the confines of a single nation to become truly multinational.
@0 forged except that the US's 'pursuit' of these ideological ends is based purely on economic utility. The US would much rather lend support to a monarchical or authoritarian foreign political regime if it meant disposing of a democratic or communist foreign regime that threatened their own economic / oil interests. Does the 1953 Iran coup mean nothing to you? Look how they massacred my boy, Mossadegh! One of the favourite past-times of the CIA is lending help to coups that oust democratic/communist foreign leaders who work against American economic interests. The US has no substantive interest in democracy - it's all propaganda.
Thanks a lot for the work you did with this book, I appreciate it. As for India, I knew from the first day I stepped foot in South Asia that I'd never be able to stay in the USA again.
@@chadahaagphilosophychannel7329 I had precisely the same reaction, even though I ended up in Eastern Europe eventually. Thanks for your work as well, your videos are very thorough and thought-provoking and I will experience your books soon as well.
@@jackdarby2168 Why are you even on this channel if you don't care for 'extreme reactionary political thinkers' (minus the fact that the subjects Evola has written about typified the human condition only up until the Modern era, not at all extreme) when it's Chad's bit to examine 'Forbidden Texts.' You just sound like a coward.
@@jackdarby2168 there’s no use in preconceived labelling to dismiss thinkers - that’s no better than refusing to read Frankfurt school CritTheory because it’s “cultural Marxist subversion”
Not my favourite Evola work - I prefer his esoteric work over the political - but still very insightful, I would recommend it, although I am more on Guénon's side on the prominence of the Bhramin over the Kshatryia
Have you read his books on Tantra and Meditation on the Peaks?The second is about mountaineering as a spiritual path.I am thinking about buying both.I am fascinated by the East,specially the Himalayan region. Its mountains,lakes,plateaus,wildlife, people,culture,monasteries with beautiful paintings and sculptures. Also love eastern art,specially indian,nepalese,tibetan,bhutanese, japanese,cambodian and thai
@@noahdanielg He was not an expert on Hinduism, he did not possess a thorough knowledge of it like the scholarly pandits and brahmins in India. Evola was not fluent in Sanskrit, he read what was available at the time in Europe on the subject, which was little.
@@noahdanielg I see you have a Buddhist picture on your profile. I love Buddhist art, both Theravada and Mahayana. Thangka paintings,sculptures in stone,metals, wood and butter, sand mandalas, monastery architecture. I also really like Hindu sculptures and temples, in the Vaishnava and Shaivite traditions.
![Metaphysics of War by Julius Evola [Audiobook]](/img/1.gif)
0:53 Forms of Warlike Heroism
2:10 Caste Explanation for Decline
6:59 The Four Phases of War
8:33 The Sacrality of War
11:07 Meaning of the Crusades
13:27 Greater and Lesser War
15:07 The Metaphysics of War (Evola's Reading of the Gita)
19:44 Army Vision of the World
22:41 Race and War
25:11 The Two Heroisms
27:47 Race and War 2
Just got done reading Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian & I can't help but note the similarities between Judge Holden's philosophy & Julius Evola's spiritual valuation of war.
Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes alone. The purpose of this video is neither to promote nor refute the theories contained in the book but rather to examine them from a strictly philosophical perspective. This video is a response to a patron’s request to add this discussion to the School of Forbidden Texts. Remember, you can join us there for as little as just two dollars per month - the link to my Patreon is in the video description.
Dude, I don't understand how you get this level of output. It's some really good quality too. How do you divide your time for ordinary life while you have time for this content? I'm guessing not getting bogged down by "society" and the stereotypical obligations of "adulthood" like a desk job or whatever eliminates a lot of potential hurdles to reading and recording lectures. I'm only guessing because my retired dad is at his farm and he gets a lot done apparently compared to before. Personally, can't quite comprehend it.
Thanks. Not having to work a formal job is a big part of it- in retrospect, it was a blessing in disguise that my visa to India didn't allow me to work, cuz it forced me to find ways to be productive outside of working for someone else. Another big thing is quitting social media - it's truly scary how many hours Twitter or FB can steal from one's life, and with the most useless content too! Another thing was dropping out of the clickbait I mean "news" industry. I systematically unfollowed every news/political channel on RUclips. I'm not really satisfied still - I think there are other changes I can make to try to be more productive. I think starting in January, I'll only turn on the laptop every other day etc. for example. At any rate, thanks a lot for watching and for the comment.
DUDE! this talk is so upliftting any time i listen to it!! i feel like i have a PHD in philosophy after watching your videos!! keep the great work going!
Thanks a lot for watching
You do such a great job of summarizing Evola!
Thanks a lot
@@chadahaagphilosophychannel7329
You considering reading Baudrillard’s “Simulacra and Simulation” or perhaps Edward Bernays’ “Propaganda” as compared to Ellul’s “Propaganda: The Formation of Men’s Attitudes”?
Interesting that Evola notes a Communist world revolution as the fourth phase in the decline of war, when in reality this fourth phase must really be understood as the economic wars fought by the US in the middle east after the fall of the soviet union. As Fukuyama points out, the fall of the soviet union signaled the final retreat of any ideological motives from global warfare. All global warfare fought after this point is done so for pure economic means only. If any notion of a nauralistic nationalist homeland remains in the minds of the combatants of these wars, it does so merely as an atavism.
Tbf in evola's times the soviet union was still alive and growing in power
@0 forged dude. Ideological interests 'characteristic of communist revolutions' are in no way driving global warfare today. It's *all* about money and oil and other resources.
@@loscopihues2343 yh I obviously realise that. My point was just how reality interestingly forked in a different direction than the one Evola had in mind for it. There never was a global war for communism, not even in Evola's day. Communism never really escaped the confines of a single nation to become truly multinational.
@0 forged except that the US's 'pursuit' of these ideological ends is based purely on economic utility. The US would much rather lend support to a monarchical or authoritarian foreign political regime if it meant disposing of a democratic or communist foreign regime that threatened their own economic / oil interests. Does the 1953 Iran coup mean nothing to you? Look how they massacred my boy, Mossadegh! One of the favourite past-times of the CIA is lending help to coups that oust democratic/communist foreign leaders who work against American economic interests. The US has no substantive interest in democracy - it's all propaganda.
Thanks for helping to make a book I worked on better-known. I hope you're finding India as useful as I did.
Thanks a lot for the work you did with this book, I appreciate it. As for India, I knew from the first day I stepped foot in South Asia that I'd never be able to stay in the USA again.
@@chadahaagphilosophychannel7329 I had precisely the same reaction, even though I ended up in Eastern Europe eventually. Thanks for your work as well, your videos are very thorough and thought-provoking and I will experience your books soon as well.
@@jbmorgan thanks a lot.
Would you say this book is comprehensible for average mind? I'd like to dig deeper into subject.
Yeah Evola is pretty accessible
@@jackdarby2168 Why are you even on this channel if you don't care for 'extreme reactionary political thinkers' (minus the fact that the subjects Evola has written about typified the human condition only up until the Modern era, not at all extreme) when it's Chad's bit to examine 'Forbidden Texts.' You just sound like a coward.
@@jackdarby2168 there’s no use in preconceived labelling to dismiss thinkers - that’s no better than refusing to read Frankfurt school CritTheory because it’s “cultural Marxist subversion”
@@jackdarby2168
Wow you got me good?
Cringe response nevertheless, baby coward.
I’m enjoying Evola.
Great stuff!
Not my favourite Evola work - I prefer his esoteric work over the political - but still very insightful, I would recommend it, although I am more on Guénon's side on the prominence of the Bhramin over the Kshatryia
Have you read his books on Tantra and Meditation on the Peaks?The second is about mountaineering as a spiritual path.I am thinking about buying both.I am fascinated by the East,specially the Himalayan region. Its mountains,lakes,plateaus,wildlife, people,culture,monasteries with beautiful paintings and sculptures. Also love eastern art,specially indian,nepalese,tibetan,bhutanese, japanese,cambodian and thai
@@fernandogomes2472 His book on Tantra, “The Yoga of Power” I have read, it’s very good. It makes me wish he wrote more on Hinduism than he did.
@@noahdanielg
He was not an expert on Hinduism, he did not possess a thorough knowledge of it like the scholarly pandits and brahmins in India. Evola was not fluent in Sanskrit, he read what was available at the time in Europe on the subject, which was little.
@@noahdanielg
I see you have a Buddhist picture on your profile. I love Buddhist art, both Theravada and Mahayana. Thangka paintings,sculptures in stone,metals, wood and butter, sand mandalas, monastery architecture. I also really like Hindu sculptures and temples, in the Vaishnava and Shaivite traditions.
This was very good
Good stuff here!!!!
Thanks
@@chadahaagphilosophychannel7329 Yes of course, good content of substance and value I subscribed!
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it's a weird juxtaposition when you go right from evolva's words to like whining about SJWs, it's cringe dude very jarring
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