For those with no hobbies, violence and war (and politics) are antidotes to ennui. It reminds me of Julius Evola's "Metaphysics of War." Our Traditionalist friend had some great thoughts on mysticism, but I guess it wasn't enough. He should have taken up fencing.
I hadn't heard of this writer until now, and looking at his book I wouldn't really want to engage with it. It's quite possible to get into the metaphysics of war, and even put it in a mystical gnostic light like McCarthy does in Blood Meridian, but once it's framed in racially exclusive terms like Evola does, you know it's never going to be of any value.
In many ways he sounds like the protagonist's friend in Il Conformista who starts waffling about "the Prussian aspect of Il Duce", and is of course shown as blind.
Ultra traditionalists are always a puzzle for me - I always think they're just LARPing. If they were really serious about living in a monarchical theocratical society, they'd do like Mishima and commit seppuku rather than live in our 'decadent' world.
But somehow there they always are, droning on about the purity of the pre-modern world while scarfing down the yummy treats at dinner parties. Where are the Templars and Hospitallers then? Gone to order freshly made brioche and truffle oil at the trattoria.
For those with no hobbies, violence and war (and politics) are antidotes to ennui. It reminds me of Julius Evola's "Metaphysics of War." Our Traditionalist friend had some great thoughts on mysticism, but I guess it wasn't enough. He should have taken up fencing.
I hadn't heard of this writer until now, and looking at his book I wouldn't really want to engage with it. It's quite possible to get into the metaphysics of war, and even put it in a mystical gnostic light like McCarthy does in Blood Meridian, but once it's framed in racially exclusive terms like Evola does, you know it's never going to be of any value.
In many ways he sounds like the protagonist's friend in Il Conformista who starts waffling about "the Prussian aspect of Il Duce", and is of course shown as blind.
Ultra traditionalists are always a puzzle for me - I always think they're just LARPing. If they were really serious about living in a monarchical theocratical society, they'd do like Mishima and commit seppuku rather than live in our 'decadent' world.
But somehow there they always are, droning on about the purity of the pre-modern world while scarfing down the yummy treats at dinner parties. Where are the Templars and Hospitallers then? Gone to order freshly made brioche and truffle oil at the trattoria.
They are an enigma, or yeah: LARPers. Poseurs, even. Wanting to harken back to a 'pure' culture that never really existed.