The Golden One - May 18, 2026


Julius Evola – Which Books To Start With？

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Julius Evola is one of the most famous Italian aristocrat, philosopher, writer, and philosopher. He was a man of many talents, but one of his greatest gifts was his ability to bring people together through his teachings. In this episode, I discuss why you should not begin with "Ride the Tiger" or "Revolt Against the Modern World" and why you shouldn't start with it at all.

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00:00:00.000 right we're back Julius Evola's top guy Agartha's number one ranked Julius
00:00:15.300 Evola enjoyer I'm checking in from my library here in Shambhala and if you pay
00:00:22.080 close attention you will see that my bookshelf is looking a bit disarrayed
00:00:27.300 And that's because I have all of my, well, not all, but many of my Julius Evola books in front of me here on my desk.
00:00:35.060 So we're going to get into the topic at hand, which is where to begin and where to not begin with our esteemed Baron Julius Evola.
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00:01:26.240 Now, that being said, let us get on to Julius Evola.
00:01:31.440 Where to not begin is where we can actually start.
00:01:34.960 Do not begin with this book.
00:01:36.720 Do not begin with Ride the Tiger.
00:01:39.620 It has the coolest title, Ride the Tiger, and the teaching itself is quite profound indeed.
00:01:45.040 But the rest of the book is, in my humble opinion, not super interesting and not a good starting place for Eunice Evola.
00:01:53.980 So this is something you can read later on when you become a connoisseur of the teachings of Evola.
00:02:00.620 So I read this the first time in 2016.
00:02:03.620 I didn't understand anything of it, so I was sort of dismayed.
00:02:09.360 I had hoped for more, but then I returned to it several years later.
00:02:13.320 I think it was in 2022, something like that.
00:02:16.120 I read it, I understood more of it, but I also understood then that this is not the best place to start.
00:02:21.760 So, yes, save this for later. There are also better books of Evola.
00:02:26.960 Now, moving on to another book, which you should not start with.
00:02:32.000 And this is his Magnum Opus, Revolt Against the Modern World.
00:02:35.740 So this is maybe his most famous one, the masterpiece, so to speak, probably the thickest one as well.
00:02:43.320 Now, I would not start with this. This is something you can read later on.
00:02:48.460 You have the same teachings. So, many of his teachings, you see them in most of his books, but then in different contexts.
00:02:56.120 So, when you read this, if you've read a few different books before reading this, it will be easier to sort of digest and absorb the knowledge therein.
00:03:05.360 So, I would not recommend starting with this. It's a good book, but not the best place to start.
00:03:11.180 So then, on to the question at hand, where to actually start with Evola?
00:03:16.760 Now, to respond to this question, we need to first and foremost acknowledge the following.
00:03:21.400 This is only my own take, it's only my own humble opinion, so feel free to disagree here if you want.
00:03:28.180 But I don't read Julius Evola for his political commentary.
00:03:32.340 I think you have better authors for that, and especially nowadays we have a completely different political scenario. 0.97
00:03:39.960 So you might have guys, they refer to Evola and they say, you know, politics is bread and games for the plebs and everything like that.
00:03:47.720 But this is not applicable today. 0.81
00:03:51.080 Politics is a tug of war between our side and their side.
00:03:54.460 It's about taking a few steps in a better direction.
00:03:57.340 If you stand outside of politics, you're quitting, you're tapping out.
00:04:01.280 You say, I don't want this anymore and you leave, walk over.
00:04:04.640 You let your enemies win.
00:04:06.180 So, to use Julius Evola as a cope, to not have to engage in politics, it's cowardice, simply put.
00:04:13.200 You know, you need to engage politically or metapolitically.
00:04:16.420 There is absolutely no way around it.
00:04:18.540 Same thing, he has some strange other views which are very outdated, which we should not, you know, take to heart today.
00:04:25.820 So, I believe it's in The Bow and the Club.
00:04:28.140 He says that boxing is a vulgar sport, which, for an Italian aristocrat many decades ago,
00:04:34.640 sure, it might seem that way, but today we sort of need boxing because we live in Gotham City,
00:04:39.900 so we really don't have any option. So you should not read Evola and, you know, misunderstand his
00:04:46.100 teachings. So on a personal note, I read Evola mainly for his esoteric commentary, his commentary
00:04:51.600 on the human soul and the spirit, different kinds of people. So I don't read him for his political
00:04:57.920 views because I think those are outdated and not really applicable to the situation we have today.
00:05:05.020 So, anyway, where to begin? I've rambled on for a long time now without actually getting to the question at hand.
00:05:13.340 So, there are a few different starting points.
00:05:16.160 You could, if you're more interested in the magical stuff, you have these three books.
00:05:21.520 So, Introduction to Magic. Really nice books here as well.
00:05:26.120 It's not only from him, there are other authors as well, but I would recommend this if you're interested in magic, which I am.
00:05:33.280 Now, with magic, we don't mean fantasy magic, we mean the influencing reality with our will.
00:05:40.980 So that is what we mean here.
00:05:42.200 So, you know, supernatural experiences, metaphysical speculations, meditations upon the occult, stuff like that.
00:05:50.360 So that can be a good starting point.
00:05:53.200 Now, if you're not primarily interested in magic, you have a good starting point in metaphysics of war.
00:05:59.200 So this is a good starting point if you're interested in things like Jihad, Holy War, the Crusades, and the pagan conception of war.
00:06:10.000 So I've talked about this before, that the Crusades were more a Christian aesthetic, for sure, with the direction and the aesthetics of having crosses on.
00:06:18.460 But if you dig a bit deeper, it is a pagan conception of war with Holy War.
00:06:23.480 So you do something in the temporal world, and that also echoes in the metaphysical realm.
00:06:30.180 So you conquer the outside world, and you also conquer yourself.
00:06:34.120 So if that sounds interesting, I would recommend this.
00:06:36.680 It's quite short also, so it's something you can get through in a reasonable time frame.
00:06:42.840 So this can be a good starting point, metaphysics of war.
00:06:46.160 Also, if you're interested in the religious attitudes,
00:06:49.800 pagan imperialism, one of his earlier works, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Perhaps if you're
00:06:55.580 active on X, you see many Euro-federalists, imperialists, pan-European imperialists,
00:07:02.300 pagan pan-European imperialists, such as myself. So this can be a good starting point here.
00:07:08.680 Also, his critique of Christianity. He grew up as a Catholic, but then he turned to paganism
00:07:15.220 because he thought it was more ideal for his worldview.
00:07:19.960 So that can be a good starting point also,
00:07:22.060 especially then if you're more interested in the religious teachings of Julius Evola.
00:07:27.420 Another good starting point, Metaphysics of Power.
00:07:30.600 It's a collection of essays, and many of them are very interesting indeed.
00:07:34.360 So in this book, for example, he talks about his teaching on the race of body,
00:07:39.580 the race of soul, the race of spirit,
00:07:41.340 which is a very useful teaching to analyze human nature.
00:07:47.080 I have a podcast episode, by the way, that you can access if you're subscribed to The Greatest Podcast,
00:07:53.640 dedicated to the teachings of Julius Evola, so I talk more about it there if you are interested.
00:07:59.680 Perhaps I'll make a new episode. It was a few years ago since I made it, so maybe I'll make an updated one.
00:08:05.260 But anyway, this is a good starting point, so a bit more social commentary,
00:08:08.640 commentary on human nature and stuff like that so bordering a bit on the political which I'm not
00:08:14.000 you know which is not super interesting but but these essays they're good and interesting so I
00:08:19.280 can definitely recommend this as a good starting point so metaphysics of power now another good
00:08:24.640 starting point meditations on the peaks it's a collection of essays Julius Evola was an enthusiast
00:08:30.840 of mountaineering so yeah he talks about the the physical and metaphysical dimensions of
00:08:38.300 mountain climbing so you can translate it into you know whichever physical activity i've talked
00:08:44.160 about this a lot in terms of the gym and mma that it also has um you know you're not only getting
00:08:49.820 jacked you're not only getting better at fighting but you're also evolving spiritually when you
00:08:54.400 engage in these activities for julius evola different time different zeitgeist he didn't
00:08:59.280 live in gotham city um so for him that quest was mountaineering so what i do in the gym or mma
00:09:05.980 he did on trips to the mountains. But yeah, definitely accessible as well. Very short book,
00:09:13.380 so you can read it in a reasonable time frame. So I can definitely recommend this either as a
00:09:19.600 starting point or as, you know, just a good book. Then last but not least, perhaps one of his most
00:09:25.440 interesting books, Eros and the Mysteries of Love, The Metaphysics of Sex. This is extremely good to
00:09:31.440 understand the, not only about, you know, the relationship between men and women, but also to
00:09:37.400 understand the, it's probably the best critique I've seen of Freud and the more, shall we call
00:09:44.780 them, degenerate proponents of human nature. So Evola, he proposes that intercourse between a man
00:09:53.420 and a woman, it's a way to connect to the divine. You become one with each other, you become one
00:10:00.220 with God, that's why you do it. Not only because of an animalistic urge to procreate. I'm not saying
00:10:07.860 that that doesn't exist. Of course it does. You have your sexual impulses and drive to procreate,
00:10:13.620 but there is also something more to it, which I believe, in my humble opinion, Ulysse Evolai makes
00:10:19.280 a perfect case for in this fine book. So if you want a more beautiful view of human nature, I would
00:10:26.660 say not only about you know sexual dynamics but also about human nature the
00:10:31.760 relationship between humans this is a very good book also about the role of
00:10:36.380 men and women in society so very interesting very good an alternative
00:10:42.560 view of sexuality since all of us we have grown up with a more Darwinian view
00:10:48.280 or a Freudian view of this matters so anyway those were my top picks where to
00:10:55.040 begin with Julius Evola, one of those books, I would say at least. You can of course comment in
00:11:00.740 the comment section as well if you have any thoughts on the matter. But I will also say
00:11:06.500 the following, that if you do get into reading Evola, subsequent books you read will be easier
00:11:10.800 to understand. So you sort of need to learn how to read him in a way so you understand the
00:11:17.100 references and the perspectives and everything like that. So if you think it's hard to read in
00:11:22.060 the beginning, do know that the coming books of him you read, they will be easier to understand
00:11:28.000 because you've sort of warmed up your mind to it. So anyway, do also read. Of course, I need to
00:11:34.000 say this. If I may be so bold, you need to read Dauntless and Demigod Mentality to optimize your
00:11:40.840 levels of wisdom. So read those first and then you embark upon a Julius Evola journey. So anyway,
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