Astrology is a topic we will return to – suffice to say that the planets feature quite prominently in the book. Magic, as we have discussed elsewhere, can be seen as mental techniques.
Evola, as a seeker of Tradition and spiritual ascent, seeks to present the teachings of hermetic mystics throughout the centuries from this perspective.Īlchemy, in this view, is placed together with other hermetic disciplines – magic and astrology, for example. the classic ‘turn lead into gold’ type of alchemy that may be familiar to some). Evola’s View of Hermeticism and AlchemyĮvola approaches hermeticism and alchemy (he sees them as one) in a spiritual fashion – which means that he is not interested in the material aspects of alchemy (i.e. The book is still Evolian in its nature, so the style will be familiar if you have read Evola before. Whereas Introduction to Magic contains more of Evola’s (and his companions’) thoughts on matters of magic and metaphysics, The Hermetic Tradition draws more heavily upon the teachings of older mystics and alchemists (who will be presented further down). After reading the three volumes of Introduction to Magic (reviews here and here) by Evola and the UR Group, I decided to continue on the same esoteric path by reading The Hermetic Tradition.
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