The Mask and Face of Contemporary Spiritualism:
Mask and Face gives to the reader a good idea of what Evola is like as a thinker and writer (critical, fair, and well-oriented), though even this work can be a bit daunting and assumes that the reader is already familiar with key aspects of anything from Enlightenment philosophy, Roman Catholicism, and Psychoanalysis, as well as the finer points of Nietzschean thought as well as various eastern philosophies and doctrines.
Despite the title, a good deal of what is said in the book is very relevant, especially if you have spiritual interests, and in some ways can be thought of, as the translator's introduction says "This book was Evola’s own stepping back, his own preparation for his own leap — his leap against Modernity, his casting himself, in all his formidable force and power against the modern theme..." It is, in a word, the spiritual pre-requisite to Evolas work.
Mask and Face gives to the reader a good idea of what Evola is like as a thinker and writer (critical, fair, and well-oriented), though even this work can be a bit daunting and assumes that the reader is already familiar with key aspects of anything from Enlightenment philosophy, Roman Catholicism, and Psychoanalysis, as well as the finer points of Nietzschean thought as well as various eastern philosophies and doctrines.
Despite the title, a good deal of what is said in the book is very relevant, especially if you have spiritual interests, and in some ways can be thought of, as the translator's introduction says "This book was Evola’s own stepping back, his own preparation for his own leap — his leap against Modernity, his casting himself, in all his formidable force and power against the modern theme..." It is, in a word, the spiritual pre-requisite to Evolas work.