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Ride the Tiger

A Survival Manual for the Aristocrats of the Soul

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Ride the Tiger

By: Julius Evola, Joscelyn Godwin - translator, Constance Fontana - translator
Narrated by: Andy Rick
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About this listen

 Julius Evola’s final major work, which examines the prototype of the human being who can give absolute meaning to his or her life in a world of dissolution

• Presents a powerful criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our modern age

• Reveals how to transform destructive processes into inner liberation

The organizations and institutions that, in a traditional civilization and society, would have allowed an individual to realize himself completely, to defend the principal values he recognizes as his own, and to structure his life in a clear and unambiguous way, no longer exist in the contemporary world. Everything that has come to predominate in the modern world is the direct antithesis of the world of Tradition, in which a society is ruled by principles that transcend the merely human and transitory.

Ride the Tiger presents an implacable criticism of the idols, structures, theories, and illusions of our dissolute age examined in the light of the inner teachings of indestructible Tradition. Evola identifies the type of human capable of “riding the tiger,” who may transform destructive processes into inner liberation. He offers hope for those who wish to reembrace Traditionalism. Metaphysics Philosophy Political Science Politics & Government Social Classes & Economic Disparity Sociology

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Critic reviews

“Evola is one of the most interesting minds of the [world] war generation.”
"One of the most difficult and ambiguous figures in modern esotericism."
"Evola looks beyond man-made systems to the eternal principles in creation and human society. The truth, as he sees it, is so totally at odds with the present way of thinking that is shocks the modern mind."
"It is one of Evola's greatest merits that he combines a prodigious wealth of erudite detail with the gift of isolating from their local conditioning ideas or disciplines that are of value to us."
"Evola rises above the usual dichotomies of left and right, liberal and conservative, challenging us to reconnect our lives and our institutions to the timeless spiritual standard that guided our ancestors."
"Ride the Tiger offers a practical view of how to be truly awakened in a dark age."
". . . this is an important work for an intellectual history of the twentieth century. . ."
“A dazzling and interesting, but very dangerous author . . .”
"Simply put, Evola shows, unintentionally but with passion, why European Tradition may not be able to match East Asia in riding the tiger in today's world. It lacks a spirituality for today's mundane world, tempered by the harsh realism of Daoism and the practical disciplines of Confucianism."
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Far too much mispronunciation (« bourgeois » as « boojwah », « stoicism » as « stoysism », « leben » as « lieben », « furtively » becomes « fruitively », « sui generis » becomes « swee jeneree »…). It really is hopeless and gives the impression that the reader has a nice voice but not much culture. Even the name « Rimbaud » is wrong. Evola wouldn’t have made those mistakes and they do the text a disservice.

Useful to have this also as an audiobook

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I've attempted to read the hardcopy of this before, but was unfortunately sidetracked and lost interested. But I decided to start this up again and I wish I'd read it sooner!

Interesting

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This isn't a book you can just dive into without significant understanding of several branches of Eastern and Western philosophy and some education in music/art etc. However, if you're willing to put in the time, it's a very rewarding read.

Essential reading.

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I crave more of this interesting character, I'm going to read the physical book and more

a good introduction to Evola

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Superb analysis and critique of the culture of our time from a view afforded by being deeply familiar with the universal cultural values, thus allowing for the distancing required to have a clear view based on some standart and foundation.

Superb analysis and critique of our culture

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