About the Author

Julius Evola (1898-1974) was Italy's foremost traditionalist philosopher, as well as a metaphysician, social thinker, and activist. Evola was an authority on the world's esoteric traditions and one of the greatest critics of modernity. Arktos has previously published The Path of Cinnabar, Metaphysics of War, Fascism Viewed from the Right, Notes on the Third Reich, A Traditionalist Confronts Fascism, A Handbook for Right-Wing Youth, Recognitions, The Bow and the Club, and The Myth of the Blood.