The Fall of Spirituality

The Corruption of Tradition in the Modern World

By: Julius Evola

Narrated by: Michael Moynihan

• Examines newer spiritual “systems” of the modern era, from spiritism and theosophy, to parapsychic research and anthroposophism, to psychoanalysis and the Church of Satan

• Compares these newer spiritual “systems” to the traditional spiritual path of the ancients and exposes the misunderstandings, misinterpretations, and occult dangers lurking in their practices

• Also examines important modern figures such as Nietzsche, Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, Dostoevsky, Freud, Jung, Gurdjieff, Krishnamurti, and Anton LaVey

Written two years before his most prominent book Revolt Against the Modern World, Julius Evola’s The Fall of Spirituality was originally published in Italian as Maschera e volto dello spiritualismo contemporaneo (The Mask and Face of Contemporary Spiritualism). In it, the Baron critiques the spiritual schools, cults, philosophies, and mystical teachers of the 20th century--from spiritism and theosophy, to parapsychic research and anthroposophism, to psychoanalysis and the Church of Satan--comparing these newer spiritual “systems” to the traditional spiritual path of the ancients and exposing the misunderstandings, misinterpretations, and occult dangers lurking in their practices.

Examining important modern figures such as Nietzsche, Aleister Crowley, Rudolf Steiner, Dostoevsky, Freud, Jung, Gurdjieff, Krishnamurti, and Anton LaVey, the author contends that their aspirations to power are limited to a focus on concerns of the mundane world. They are thereby blind to the existence of a supernatural reality that offers individuals transmutation from the fallen human personality into a semigod-like status--a status attainable only by those who can master the rigors demanded of initiates on the traditionalist path.

Offering an essential guidebook for serious spiritual seekers looking for a more profound metaphysical discipline than those of the spiritual schools of the modern era, Evola also provides contrasting insights from the age-old path of initiation and high magic.

Critic reviews

“Anyone seeking a literary initiation into the world of deep thought and practices can do no better than to start with Evola.”

“Evola . . . had a clarity of mind and a gift for explaining tremendously diffcult concepts in nonacademic language.”

“One of the most diffcult and ambiguous figures in modern esotericism.”

Evola exposing the fraud of modern “spirituality”

Only someone like Evola, can expose the dangers and illusions of contemporary spirituality and mysticism. Unfortunatly the fraternal mystic traditions and initiatic rites they safeguarded are a thing of the past and have all but gone extinct in our modern fallen age, so we must take the knowledge imparted to us by men like Evola and safeguard it dearly. Once the Julius Evola’s of the word are forgotten, we are truly lost.

great Evola book

I really enjoyed it. full of interesting insights. you will certainly never look at Freud and Jung the same