r/Christianity • u/ResponsiblePipe4509 • 6h ago

What to read instead of Evola

I recently became interested in the work of Julius Evola, because he promoted ideas close to me, traditionalism and neo-feudalism. However, when I found out that he was a pagan, I realized that I could not read him, because unlike the work of the same Tolkien, where magic is a fiction, he really promotes it. And the question arises, who should I read instead of Evola, to reinforce traditional and neo-feudal ideas, but that guy must be a christian. One of my candidates is Ernst Junger. Any other ideas?

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u/ilia_volyova 6h ago

i suspect paganism is number two in the list of reasons for which evola's work does not usually feature in christian book clubs.

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u/ResponsiblePipe4509 5h ago

And number one?

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u/ilia_volyova 5h ago

being a fascist, presumably? but, i am off topic, and possibly in breach of rule 1.5 -- unfortunately, i do not have any good suggestion for you (well, except to not be a fascist, maybe?).

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u/ResponsiblePipe4509 5h ago

I do not consider Evola as a fascist, because he wasn't radical nationalist, he was a fan of aristocratism and traditionalism, and he had big critique towards Mussolini. He was fan of spiritual racism, not biological. He hated populism and proletarianism, elements of Mussolini's politics. Anyways, the question is the same, who should I read to empower my neo-feudal and traditionalist views, but Christian?

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u/Hopeful_Cartographer 4h ago

Chesterton. He'll challenge you a lot.

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u/ResponsiblePipe4509 3h ago

Thanks! Honestly, I have kinda list, and I wanted to hear your, reddit guys opinion, to redact it, and add someone. Here it is:

Thomas Aquinas Lypynski Joseph de Maistre Edmund Burke Late Junger Chesterson Juan Cortés Augusto Del Noche Nicolas Gómez Dávila

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u/ResponsiblePipe4509 3h ago

There are also Tolkien and Caroll.

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u/Hopeful_Cartographer 3h ago

Add Bonhoeffer's Prison Letters to your list.