UltimaThule:JuliusEvolaandHermanWirth

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UltimaThule:JuliusEvolaandHermanWirth
UltimaThule.JuliusEvolaeHermanWirthInappendice:Hyperboreadi ClaudioMuttiArthurBranwenQuadernidelVeltro13,00 Inthisshortmonograph,ArthurBranwenshowstheinfluenceof HermanWirthonthethoughtofJuliusEvolaandclarifieshowEvolaadapted WirthsideasontheoriginsofWesterncivilisation.HermanWirth(1885 1981)wasborninHolland,becomingaGermancitizenin1910.Heheaded uptheAhnenerbefromitsfoundingin1935until1937. Wirthsmasterpiece,titledDerAufgangdeMenshheit: UntersuchungenzurGeschichtederReligion,SymbolikundSchriftder atlantishnordischenRasse(TheAscentofMankind:Investigationsonthe HistoryoftheReligion,Symbols,andWritingsoftheAtlanticNordicRace), appearedin1928.AsfarasIknow,ithasneverbeentranslatedintoEnglish, andcopiesintheusedbookmarketrunaround500.Evoladevotesan entirechapterinIlmitodelsangue(MS)(TheMythofBlood)toWirthsideas. Thefollowingpassage,quotedinfullinBranwensbook,summarizesEvolasopinionofWirth. Wirthsthesismustbeconsideredasaboldsurpriseattack,whoseprofounddirectiveimpulseis tofollowextrascientificintuitions,whicharethenjustifiedthroughverylaboriousphilological, anthropogeological,mythological,andsymbolicmethodsButasthecontingentbalancingand discontinuityoficefloesinawinterstreamsaynothingagainstthecontinuityofthecurrentthat transportedthem,sothateverythingscientificallyinexact,arbitrary,fantasticandunsystematicwhichis foundinWirthsworkmustnothidethestrengthofthemyththatanimatesanddirectsthewhole,its deepestsignificanceanditscharacterofnecessityvisvistheproblemsindicated. TheArcticregionwouldthereforebetheoriginalhomelandoftheprimordialNordicrace. Oncethefreezecameabout,thepreNordicraceastheonlywaytosafetymovedawayfromtheices inaSouthwarddirectiontowardtheAtlantic.AtthispointWirthacceptedthehypothesisoftheexistence ofAtlantisandbelievedthatthecentreofcivilisationandoftheNordicracewasfoundinAtlantis,which thenspreadbeyondtherebothtotheEasttowardtheEuropeancoast,andtotheWesttowardthe Americancoast. WirthclaimedtoreconstructnotonlythehistoryoftheNordicAtlanticrace,butmoreoverits religion.Itwouldhavebeenasuperior,monotheisticreligion,distinctfromtheanimismanddemonism oftheAfricanandAsiaticnatives,withoutdogmas,ofagreatpurityandpotentiallyuniversalThe primordialreligionof15,000BCEwouldhavebeensolarandcompenetratedwiththesenseofa universallawofeternalreturn,ofdeathandrebirthSoWirthspeaksofaprimordialNordic monotheismandofacosmicNordicChristianitythatwouldthereforedatebacktothousandsofyears beforeChrist. www.gornahoor.net Page1

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EvolatracestheoriginsoftheHyperboreantheorynottoWirth,buttoLudwigWilserwhose bookOriginsandPrehistoryoftheArianswaspublishedin1899.Inthatwork,theNordistmyth appearedforthefirsttimeinadecisiveforminGermanscience.ItisnotexOrientelux,butratherthe lightfromtheNorth.TherethethemeofThulecomesup,thelegendarypolarisland,originary homelandofthewhiterace. WirthsinfluenceonEvolaisbothinhisconclusionsalthoughEvoladiffersfromWirthin fundamentalwaysaswellasinhismethods.ThisinfluenceismostobviousinRevoltagainstthe ModernWorld(RAMM)andintheGermaneditionofPaganImperialism.Obviously,Wirths methodologyoftheanalysisofmyths,symbols,sagas,andlegendsisfamiliartoanyreaderofRAMM. WirthsclaimthattheNordicraceoriginatedinthePolarRegions(Hyperborea)andwastheseat ofanadvancedcivilisationhadthemostimportancetoEvola.EvolathenadaptedsomeofWirths conclusionstofitintohisTraditionalworldview.Forexample,EvolarejectedWirthsthesisofaMother Earthalunarconception,andpostulatedinsteadaprimordialsolartradition.Nevertheless,Evolas acceptanceofWirthsNordicArctichypothesisobligatedhimtoreformulatethedoctrinalbasesofthe Romantradition.IntheoriginalItalianeditionofPaganismoPagano,EvolaspokeofaMediterranean tradition.However,afterWirth,themuchrevisedGermaneditionofPaganismoPaganospokeinstead ofaNordictraditionandclaimedthattheGreekandRomancivilisationswereessentiallythecreations oftheNordicrace. Evolaalsofittheschemeintothetraditionalages,nowinthekaliyuga.ThisrelativisedRoman history,whichthenlostitsuniquenessandwasjustoneofthemanifestationsofNordiccivilisation. Branwenconcludes,EvolasnewuniversalvisioninterpretedthehistoryofRomeandeventhatof Europeitselfasanimportantepisode,butoneofsomanyofhumanbecomingandcyclicdevelopment. EvolahimselfconcludeshischapteronWirthfromMSwiththesewords: theperiodprecedingliberalismandscientismwascharacterizedbythreefundamental ideas: 1. Theequalityofthehumanrace 2. NordicbarbarianismandtheoriginofeverycivilisationfromtheEast 3. TheHebraicoriginofmonotheism Wirthstruckdownoroverthrewthoseideaswiththesethree:: 1. Humanityisdifferentiatedintodistinctraces 2. CivilisationdidnotcomefromtheEast,butfromtheNorth 3. ItwastheNordicswhowouldhaveknownahighermonotheisticreligionwellbefore theHebrews EvolabeganthechapterinMSwiththisparagraph: www.gornahoor.net Page2

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OswaldMenghin,rectoroftheUniversityofVienna,wrote:Morethananyotherdisciplinethe scienceofprehistoryhasbeenbrought,andfurthermoreshouldbebrought,tothecentreofthespiritual battleofourtime.IdontbelieveIammistakeninassertingthatgeneralprehistorywillbethescience thatwillguidethenextgeneration.Inrecentyears,inmanycircles,therehasbeenasignificantimpulse ofreturntotheorigins.Theoriginshereappearunderaspecial,spirituallight.Itwillbeshownthatin primordialtimes,meaningsandsymbolsstillsurvivedinapurestate,andthenwerelost,obfuscated,or altered.Prehistoricresearch,broughtfromalevelofdisanimatedscientificarchaeologicalor anthropologicalpositivismtoalevelofspiritualsynthesis,promisesthereforetoopennewhorizonsfor thetruehistoryofcivilisation.

The human race is not moved by metaphysical truth, but by the force of myth, particularly the myth of origins. InthethreegenerationssinceWirthsbookwaspublished,thebattleoverthe

prehistoryofmancontinues,althoughother,allegedlymorescientific,theoriesholdthespotlight.Yet others,underthebannerofRadicalTraditionalismorothersuchmovements,stillrespondtothat impulseofreturntoorigins.Whoevercontrolsthenarrativeofprehistorycontrolsthepresent.

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