UR Group
UR GROUP INTRODUCTION
I am currently engaged in studying the essays written by members of the UR Group, an Italian Magical Order that existed in late 1930’s Rome (with branches in the provincial Italian countryside) The writings of this order are now highly sought after, and esteemed within the European community. The members, which we now know included Julius Evola, Arturo Rheghini, Giulio Parese, and Ercole Quadreli, to name a few, all wrote in pseudo-names, keeping with the ancient tradition of veiling one’s ego, since what was taught was larger than any one person, being the domain of ancient knowledge that belongs to all initiates. I include poignant excerpts from the introduction here for those who are interested.
- Werbinox
There are times in certain peoples lives when they feel that all their certainties are wavering, all their lights dimming, all the voices of their passions and affection falling silent, including everything that enlivens and moves their being. Thus, being led back to his own center, the individual confronts the problem of all problems: What am I?
Then, in almost every case, he begins to see that everything he does, not only in his ordinary life but also in the domain of higher values, only acts as a distraction, creating the illusion of a “purpose” and a “reason”, or something that allows him to go on living. Daily routines, moral codes, faiths and philosophies, intoxication of the senses, and even disciplines appear to have been created or pursued by people in order to hide from their inner darkness, to escape the anguish of the vast fundamental solitude and to elude the problem of the Self.
In some cases, such a crisis can have a fatal outcome. In other cases, one reacts and shakes it off. The impulse of animal energy that does not want to die reasserts itself, inhibits that which has been briefly intuited thru such experiences, and makes one believe that it was just a nightmare, a momentary weakness of the mind. Then, new adjustments are made in order to return to “reality”.
Then there are the evaders. Being unable to grasp it as a whole, they turn the existential problem into a mere “philosophical problem”. And the game resumes. A new “truth” and a new “system” arise; they claim to see the light shining in the darkness, thus refueling the will to go on. Another equivalent solution is the reliance on traditional structures and dogmatic forms of authority.
However, there are those who can hold their ground. Something new and irrevocable has occurred in their lives. They are determined to break out of the circle that has trapped them. They abandon all faiths and renounce all hopes. They intend to dissipate the fog and to blaze a trail. What they seek is self-knowledge of Being within themselves. For them, there is no turning back.
Such people yearn for the direct vision of reality….a complete Awakening…This knowledge presupposes a change of state….a change of one’s consciousness.
To transform oneself – this is the necessary preliminary to a higher consciousness. Such knowledge does not know “problems”, but only “tasks” and “realizations”.
The mutation of one’s deepest structure is the only thing that matters. This knowledge, which is at the same time wisdom and power, is essentially non-human; it can be achieved by following a way that presupposes the active and effective overcoming of the human condition….this science has nothing to do with external things and phenomenon, but focuses on the deepest energies of human interiority, and proceeds experimentally…
The human brain has already given all it has to offer. Now what matters is to make the whole human body into an instrument of consciousness, which, by overcoming the limitation of the individual, must penetrate those vital layers where the dark and deep energies of a higher Self are at work, until the entrance of the path leading to the “closed palace of the King” is found again.
…it is necessary to establish a rhythm; in other words, to present a concept periodically and rhythmically to one’s consciousness, which then grasps it willingly, and not only as a thought but also as a feeling….a new condition will then arise: what was at first a mere concept will eventually become the presence of a force, and a state of liberation will be reached, on which a new life may be built….
I am currently engaged in studying the essays written by members of the UR Group, an Italian Magical Order that existed in late 1930’s Rome (with branches in the provincial Italian countryside) The writings of this order are now highly sought after, and esteemed within the European community. The members, which we now know included Julius Evola, Arturo Rheghini, Giulio Parese, and Ercole Quadreli, to name a few, all wrote in pseudo-names, keeping with the ancient tradition of veiling one’s ego, since what was taught was larger than any one person, being the domain of ancient knowledge that belongs to all initiates. I include poignant excerpts from the introduction here for those who are interested.
- Werbinox
There are times in certain peoples lives when they feel that all their certainties are wavering, all their lights dimming, all the voices of their passions and affection falling silent, including everything that enlivens and moves their being. Thus, being led back to his own center, the individual confronts the problem of all problems: What am I?
Then, in almost every case, he begins to see that everything he does, not only in his ordinary life but also in the domain of higher values, only acts as a distraction, creating the illusion of a “purpose” and a “reason”, or something that allows him to go on living. Daily routines, moral codes, faiths and philosophies, intoxication of the senses, and even disciplines appear to have been created or pursued by people in order to hide from their inner darkness, to escape the anguish of the vast fundamental solitude and to elude the problem of the Self.
In some cases, such a crisis can have a fatal outcome. In other cases, one reacts and shakes it off. The impulse of animal energy that does not want to die reasserts itself, inhibits that which has been briefly intuited thru such experiences, and makes one believe that it was just a nightmare, a momentary weakness of the mind. Then, new adjustments are made in order to return to “reality”.
Then there are the evaders. Being unable to grasp it as a whole, they turn the existential problem into a mere “philosophical problem”. And the game resumes. A new “truth” and a new “system” arise; they claim to see the light shining in the darkness, thus refueling the will to go on. Another equivalent solution is the reliance on traditional structures and dogmatic forms of authority.
However, there are those who can hold their ground. Something new and irrevocable has occurred in their lives. They are determined to break out of the circle that has trapped them. They abandon all faiths and renounce all hopes. They intend to dissipate the fog and to blaze a trail. What they seek is self-knowledge of Being within themselves. For them, there is no turning back.
Such people yearn for the direct vision of reality….a complete Awakening…This knowledge presupposes a change of state….a change of one’s consciousness.
To transform oneself – this is the necessary preliminary to a higher consciousness. Such knowledge does not know “problems”, but only “tasks” and “realizations”.
The mutation of one’s deepest structure is the only thing that matters. This knowledge, which is at the same time wisdom and power, is essentially non-human; it can be achieved by following a way that presupposes the active and effective overcoming of the human condition….this science has nothing to do with external things and phenomenon, but focuses on the deepest energies of human interiority, and proceeds experimentally…
The human brain has already given all it has to offer. Now what matters is to make the whole human body into an instrument of consciousness, which, by overcoming the limitation of the individual, must penetrate those vital layers where the dark and deep energies of a higher Self are at work, until the entrance of the path leading to the “closed palace of the King” is found again.
…it is necessary to establish a rhythm; in other words, to present a concept periodically and rhythmically to one’s consciousness, which then grasps it willingly, and not only as a thought but also as a feeling….a new condition will then arise: what was at first a mere concept will eventually become the presence of a force, and a state of liberation will be reached, on which a new life may be built….
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