The American Minervan

Tag: neo-classicism

  • Aegean Origins and History of the Fasces: Minoan Crete to Revolutionary Republicanism

    Aegean Origins and History of the Fasces: Minoan Crete to Revolutionary Republicanism

    INTRODUCTION The fasces did not emerge fully formed in Rome and has its roots in prehistoric traditions. Few symbols encapsulate the ideals of unity, authority, and disciplined governance as profoundly as the fasces. In the American psyche, the fasces became tied to Italian Fascism, Adolf Hitler and the hellish drama of World War II. Symbols…

  • Julius Evola on ‘Modern Occultism’ and Theosophists

    Julius Evola on ‘Modern Occultism’ and Theosophists

    Evola explains his early influences, and later preference for traditionalism. “On the whole, however, I always preserved my independence, frequently even voicing my lack of regard for modern ‘occultism’. Modern occultist currents certainly played a useful, if limited, role in my case, the role they generally play in the contemporary world: that of providing an…