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Urban, Hugh B
Magia Sexualis, 10/2006Book Chapter
This chapter explores the appropriation of both Tantra and sexual magic by the more extreme right-wing intellectuals of the twentieth century, specifically by Italian fascist Julius Evola. It looks closely Evola's early life and writings in the context of fascism and other movements in early-twentieth-century Europe and shows that Evola found in Tantra and magic the most powerful solution to the ills of modern Western civilization. The chapter suggests that, like Aleister Crowley, P. B. Randolph, and Theodor Reuss, Evola closely linked Tantra and a spiritual vision of sexuality to an ideal of liberation and freedom.
