INTRODUCTION
"An irreligious time which coincides exactly with the idea of a world-city is a time of decline. True. But we have not chosen this time. We cannot help it if we are born as men of the early winter of Civilisation. Everything depends on our seeing our own position, our destiny, clearly, on our realising that though we may lie to ourselves about it we cannot evade it." "We are born into this time and must bravely follow the path to the destined end. There is no other way. Our duty is to hold on to the last position, without hope, without rescue, like that Roman soldier whose bones were found in front of a door in Pompeii, who, during the eruption of Vesuvius, died at his post because they forgot to relieve him. That is greatness. That is what it means to be a thoroughbred. The honorable end is the one thing that can not be taken from a man." (Oswald Spengler, The Decline of the West)
"The only thing that matters today is the activity of those who can ‘ride the wave’ and remain firm in their principles, unmoved by any concessions and indifferent to the fevers, the convulsions, the superstitions, and the prostitutions that characterize modern generations. The only thing that matters is the silent endurance of a few, whose impassible presence as ‘stone guests’ helps to create new relationships, new distances, new values, and helps to construct a pole that, although it will certainly not prevent this world inhabited by the distracted and restless from being what it is, will still help to transmit to someone the sensation of the truth – a sensation that could become for them the principle of a liberating crisis." (Julius Evola)
"The possibilities still available in the last times concern only a minority and may be distinguished as follows. Besides the great ‘currents’ of the world there are still individuals who are rooted in terra firma. Generally speaking, they are unknown people who shun the spotlight of modern popularity and culture. They live on spiritual heights; they do not belong to this world…by virtue of these people, Tradition is present despite all; the flame burns invisibly and something still connects the world to the superworld…There are an increasing number of individuals who experience a confused yet real need for liberation, though they do not know in the name of what. To orient these people…to lead them to see the truth and sharpen their will to join the ranks of the first type of people is what can still be done…this is the only justification for tangible action that can be carried out by men of Tradition living in the modern world, in a milieu with which they have no connection. In order for the abovementioned to be successful it is necessary to have ‘watchers’ at hand who will bear witness to the values of Tradition in ever more uncompromising and firm ways, as the antitraditional forces grow in strength." (Julius Evola)
"The possibilities still available in the last times concern only a minority and may be distinguished as follows. Besides the great ‘currents’ of the world there are still individuals who are rooted in terra firma. Generally speaking, they are unknown people who shun the spotlight of modern popularity and culture. They live on spiritual heights; they do not belong to this world…by virtue of these people, Tradition is present despite all; the flame burns invisibly and something still connects the world to the superworld…There are an increasing number of individuals who experience a confused yet real need for liberation, though they do not know in the name of what. To orient these people…to lead them to see the truth and sharpen their will to join the ranks of the first type of people is what can still be done…this is the only justification for tangible action that can be carried out by men of Tradition living in the modern world, in a milieu with which they have no connection. In order for the abovementioned to be successful it is necessary to have ‘watchers’ at hand who will bear witness to the values of Tradition in ever more uncompromising and firm ways, as the antitraditional forces grow in strength." (Julius Evola)
