Evola articulates the close relationship between the physical rigors of mountain climbing and the ascent of the initiate toward self-transcendence. Julius Evola, a leading exponent of esoteric thought, was also an ardent mountain climber who personally scaled the peaks of the Tyrols, Alps, and Dolomites. For Evola the physical conquest of a mountain, with all the courage, self-transcendence and mental lucidity that it entails, becomes an inseparable and complementary part of spiritual awakening. It is no coincidence that many ancient cultures chose mountains as the abodes of their gods...
Evola articulates the close relationship between the physical rigors of mountain climbing and the ascent of the initiate toward self-transcendence.
In the early 1700s, Ippolito Desideri, a Jesuit theologian from Pistoia, Italy, traveled to Tibet and lived there for five years. During the time he spent in Lhasa he became acquainted with the language, philosophy and customs of his hosts and authored four books in Tibetan in which he argued against some fine points of the Buddhist Madhyamika philosophy, and introduced the basic tenets of theism to his readers.
In the early 1700s, Ippolito Desideri, a Jesuit theologian from Pistoia, Italy, traveled to Tibet and lived there for five years. During the time he s...
