How would you define the essence of Evolas philosophy of history?
In this his notions are similar to those he held regarding religion. Evola is not primarily interested in history as such. He is concerned with the contact to the immutable, eternal centre of Being. History is the process of ongoing separation from this pole. History comes into the world and is accelerated by three factors. The most important is the decadence of those who should be the guardians of contact with immutable Being. They fail to fulfil their mission when they concentrate on the exoteric view, instead of inner realisation or initiation. On the other hand, there are those who are the enemies of the existing order because they are outsiders due to their alien origin or because their natural gifts are in the field of materialist economy (which is forcibly restricted in traditional societies). So these groups of people are “suppressed” and are the ferment of revolution. Both processes — decadence and revolution — culminate when a traditional initiatory society can be turned up
