Title: Reclaiming the Divine Self: A Path to Liberation
Tags: #Evola #Traditionalism #SpiritualDevelopment #SelfRealization #Esotericism

1. Reject the Illusory Self: The first step on the Way is to discard the limited, habitual self-image. True self-awareness transcends space, time, and power, aligning with the inner imagination of the “I.”
   
2. Reclaim Inner Reality: Modern man diminishes himself, trapped in self-imposed limitations. He must awaken to his true nature, shedding the chains of thought and action that confine him to a lesser existence.
   
3. Transcend the Medusan Gaze: Man petrifies the world around him, reducing nature to laws and hypotheses. He must break free from this reductive view and restore the living, dynamic essence of the universe.
   
4. Man as Cosmic Center: The human being is the axis of the universe. A shift in his consciousness holds more weight than the material cosmos. His body’s limits are illusory; his essence extends into the cosmic expanse.
   
5. Liberate the Petrified World: Man must free his surroundings from their frozen state, recognizing the conscious energies within earth, water, air, and fire. These forces are extensions of his own divine substance.
   
6. Embrace the Mystery: Beyond beauty, man must intuit the hidden reality of things. The unknown must be affirmed and felt, for it is the source of true power and creativity.
   
7. Rhythmic Contemplation: Spiritual development requires a rhythmic, periodic engagement with esoteric concepts. These must be felt, not just understood, to penetrate the subconscious and transform the self.
   
8. Cultivate Greatness and Power: Contemplation of one’s being and the world generates a sense of grandeur. This feeling must be retained and internalized, becoming a force that liberates and elevates.
   
9. Integration of Vision: The new vision of reality must flow into the subconscious, gradually becoming a lived experience. What begins as a concept evolves into a palpable force, marking the dawn of liberation.
   
10. Break the Shell of Limitation: Daily life forms a restrictive shell around the individual. To progress, this barrier must be shattered, allowing the new, liberated self to emerge and build a life aligned with the divine.

The first step for a man seeking the Way is to reject the habitual image he holds of himself. He can only begin to say “I” when this word aligns with the inner vision of self-awareness, free from the constraints of space, time, or power.

Man must reclaim the sense of his true reality. Currently, he diminishes himself, feeling smaller and more limited than he truly is. Every thought and action adds another bar to his prison, another veil over his vision, and another denial of his power. He confines himself to the limits of his body and binds himself to the earth, like an eagle choosing to crawl as a snake, ignoring its wings.

Man not only ignores and distorts himself but also reenacts the myth of Medusa, turning everything around him into stone. He measures nature with weights and rules, reducing life to petty laws and explaining mysteries with trivial hypotheses. He freezes the universe into a static unity, placing himself timidly at its periphery, as if he were an insignificant accident, devoid of power or hope.

Yet, man is the center of the universe. The vast material masses of the cosmos pale in significance compared to the slightest shift in his consciousness. The limits of his body are an illusion; he does not merely rest on the earth but extends through it into cosmic space. When he moves his thoughts or actions, the world moves with him; countless forces converge in a creative gesture, and his daily acts are but faint echoes of the divine energy flowing toward him.

Thus, he must free his surroundings from their petrification. Before understanding, he must imagine conscious energies in the earth, water, air, and fire, recognizing that natural forces are extensions of his own substance. It is not the earth that gives life to the plant, but the forces within the plant that draw life from the earth. Beyond the beauty of things, he must sense their mystery—an obscure yet intuited reality. The unknown must be boldly affirmed and felt in its full power.

A special attitude is essential for this perspective, as with any esoteric path. What matters is to initiate a rhythm: presenting a concept periodically and rhythmically to consciousness, so it is grasped not just as a thought but as a feeling. Contemplating one’s being and the world in this way generates a sense of greatness and power, which must be retained and deeply internalized.

Through this, a relationship of realization with this new vision will form, first flowing into the subconscious and then gradually integrating into feeling. A new condition will emerge: what was once a mere concept will become the presence of a force, leading to a state of liberation upon which a new life can be built.

All inner development exercises will fail unless one breaks the shell of limitation formed by daily life, which persists in the subconscious even after a shift in perspective.

Metaphysical part:

According to the alchemical Taoism, the condition for immortality is the actual construction of a subtle form to replace the gross body, achieved through a process of sublimation that returns the body to its “ethereal” state, the source from which all things emanate. This involves extracting and concentrating the immortal and nonhuman elements that form the foundation of ordinary life. In this tradition, as in Western Hermeticism, which similarly opposes mystical tendencies, immortality is tied to the concept of “condensation” or “coagulation.” It is not a matter of simply turning a light on or off but rather a return of the self to a state of individualization.

It is worth emphasizing the positive aspect of physical regeneration in these traditions. A modern Hindu alchemist, Narayāna-Swami, articulates this clearly, noting that the same teachings often underlie the symbols of ancient Western Hermetic literature. He describes the life force that, phase by phase, evolves the physical and psychic organization of man, much like a plant growing from a seed. This power, once fully developed, underlies every function and pattern of the organism. The goal of Hindu alchemy is to infuse consciousness into this vital force, integrating it fully, and then to retrace and reawaken all phases of development, achieving a creative connection with the completed form of one’s body. This regenerated state allows the individual to directly engage with the innermost source of corporeal life—the force behind the heartbeat, breath, and higher physiological functions.

When this transmutation is complete, it signifies a shift from mere physical transformation to a change in functional essence. The regenerated individual’s relationship with their body is fundamentally altered, marking a new existential condition. As Jacob Boehme suggests, when the ego is merely attached to the body, it is as if the body generates and shapes the ego, which then rises and falls with the organism. However, when the center of the body is rooted in the life force—the generative and sustaining power behind the body—the dynamic changes entirely. This life force transcends the body it animates, capable of moving from one form to another like a flame jumping between logs. Those dominated by this force, which exists beyond ordinary consciousness, remain largely unaffected by bodily dissolution or death. Death does not touch them, just as the capacity for speech is not lost when words are left unspoken or interrupted, remaining ever-present and ready to be expressed.