Julius Evola outlines two categories of spiritual action: The Bow, and the Club.
The Bow:
A weapon of precision, the bow is a tool of orientation, of aims and of goals. It is a method of attack characterized by rectification. Examples may be Mask and Face of Contemporary Spirituality and Eros and the Mysteries of Sex.
The Club:
A weapon of destruction, the club is a tool of brutality, of demolishing and of a 'virile barbarism'. It is a method of strengthening and hardening ourselves whilst weakening and demolishing the modern world. Examples may be Orientations and Recognitions.
These two methods of spiritual action represent a two pronged attack on modernity. An attack from above and from below.
The bow to strike from a distance, the bludgeon, to destroy at close range.
The Bow:
A weapon of precision, the bow is a tool of orientation, of aims and of goals. It is a method of attack characterized by rectification. Examples may be Mask and Face of Contemporary Spirituality and Eros and the Mysteries of Sex.
The Club:
A weapon of destruction, the club is a tool of brutality, of demolishing and of a 'virile barbarism'. It is a method of strengthening and hardening ourselves whilst weakening and demolishing the modern world. Examples may be Orientations and Recognitions.
These two methods of spiritual action represent a two pronged attack on modernity. An attack from above and from below.
The bow to strike from a distance, the bludgeon, to destroy at close range.