East & West · Comparative Studies in Pursuit of Tradition

East West collects eighteen

essays and reviews in East-West comparative philosophy and religion written by

Julius Evola for the journal East

West. Evola covers an astonishing array of traditions, including Hinduism,

Buddhism, Zen, Tantrism, Yoga, Vedanta, Taoism, Stoicism, and Existentialism;

such thinkers as René Guénon, Ernst Jünger, Mircea Eliade, Sri Aurobindo, Meister Eckhart, F. W. J. Schelling, Martin

Heidegger, Carl Jaspers, and C. G. Jung; and such topics as suicide,

psychology, sexual magic, and the

Egyptian and Tibetan Books of the Dead. Evola’s goal is not simply to identify

superficial doctrinal parallels between Eastern and Western traditions, but to

use these comparisons to uncover their common root, the one Tradition that underlies

the many traditions, which is the central focus of his work.

About the Author

Julius Evola, 1898–1974, was an

Italian philosopher and esotericist who became one of the major exponents of

the Traditionalist school of René Guénon and an enduring influence on the New

Right.  His books include Revolt Against the Modern World (1934), Heathen

Imperialism (1928), The Hermetic Tradition (1931), The

Mystery of the Grail (1937), The Doctrine of Awakening (1943), The

Yoga of Power (1949), Men Among the Ruins: Post-War Reflections of a

Radical Traditionalist (1953), The Metaphysics of Sex (1958),

and Ride the Tiger (1961).

About the Editors

Greg Johnson, Ph.D. is the author

of Confessions of a Reluctant Hater

(Counter-Currents, 2010; second ed., 2016), New

Right vs. Old Right (Counter-Currents, 2013), Truth, Justice, a Nice White Country (Counter-Currents,

2015), and In Defense of Prejudice

(Counter-Currents, 2017).

Collin Cleary, Ph.D. is the author

of Summoning the Gods: Essays on Paganism

in a God-Forsaken World (Counter-Currents, 2011) and What is a Rune? Other Essays (Counter-Currents, 2015).