Travis Simpkins

Monday, February 5, 2024

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Thomas Jefferson. Jean-Antoine Houdon. by Travis Simpkins

Thomas Jefferson. 1789. Jean-Antoine Houdon. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. by Travis Simpkins

Sketch of a

Marble Bust of

Thomas Jefferson

1789

Jean-Antoine Houdon

Collection of the

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

by Travis Simpkins

Art of the Americas Wing, MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

For more info, please visit:

mfa.org

Thomas Jefferson. Houdon. by Travis Simpkins. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Sunday, February 4, 2024

The Complete Introduction to Magic. Julius Evola and the UR Group

I was happy to get a package from Inner Traditions in the mail today... "The Complete Introduction to Magic" by Julius Evola and the UR Group.

All three volumes of the occult classic available together as a deluxe boxed set for the first time

Volume I includes translations of rare texts alongside rites, practices, and arcane magical knowledge

Volume II offers studies of mystery traditions throughout history and shares authentic initiatic wisdom and a rigorous selection of initiatory exercises

Volume III explores esoteric practices for individual development and realization of immortal and divine potential, handed down from a primordial tradition

In 1927 Julius Evola and other leading Italian esotericists formed the mysterious UR group. The purpose of this group was to study and practice ancient rituals from the mystery traditions of the world, both East and West. They produced a monthly journal containing techniques for spiritual realization, initiatory exercises, magical rites, accounts of personal experiences, translations of ancient texts, and original essays on the occult. Many years later, in 1971, Evola gathered these essays into three volumes.

Available together as a deluxe boxed set for the first time in English, these volumes present the steps necessary to purify the soul with the light of knowledge and the fire of dedication as well as allowing the reader to be liberated from conventional dogmas—religious, political, scientific, and psychological—and see with the clearer eye of realization.

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