Initiatic Eroticism And Other Occult Writings from La Flèche

by Naglowska, Maria de; Traxler, Donald

• ISBN13: 9781594774799
• ISBN10: 159477479X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-09-02
• Publisher: Inner Traditions

Summary

The first English translation of articles from Maria de Naglowska’s newspaper, La Flèche

• Introduces Naglowska’s advanced occult teachings on the Third Term of the Trinity and the spiritually transformative power of sex

• Includes two never-before-published essays by Julius Evola

• Contains the complete collection of articles from all 20 issues, from October 1930 to January 1935

From October 1930 to January 1935, Maria de Naglowska--Russian mystic, esoteric high priestess, and self-styled “Satanic Woman” of 1930s Paris--published 20 issues of her newspaper, La Flèche, which she sold on the streets of Montparnasse and by mail-order subscription. Bought by many now famous people, including André Breton and other Surrealists, the newspaper served as an introduction to Naglowska’s revolutionary religious system called the Third Term of the Trinity, which considered the Holy Spirit of Christianity to be feminine and taught the importance of sex for the upliftment of humanity.

Available for the first time in English, this complete anthology of articles from all 20 issues of La Flèche includes an introduction and notes by translator Donald Traxler, who contextualizes Naglowska’s life and teachings within the larger occult systems of the time, such as Julius Evola’s Group of Ur. He explains how most of the articles were written by Naglowska herself, often under pseudonyms because of the controversial nature of her ideas. In addition to writings on sacred sexuality and religious philosophy, this collection includes essays on feminism and on other esoteric thinkers, such as René Guénon and Krishnamurti, as well as two never-before-published essays by Julius Evola on the magic of creation, the special power of symbols, and the march of progress and materialism.

Author Biography

Maria de Naglowska (1883-1936) was a Russian occultist, mystic, and founder of the Brotherhood of the Golden Arrow, whose conferences in Paris in the 1930s were attended by many now famous avant-garde and notorious writers and artists, such as Julius Evola, Man Ray, and André Breton. The author of The Light of Sex, she is also known for her translation of P. B. Randolph’s Magia Sexualis, the classic occult text that has survived only through her translation. Donald Traxler is both a translator and student of the occult.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Organ of Magical Action by Donald Traxler

Part I
The Book of Life

1   The Trinity and the Triangle
2   Satan, the Son, the Woman
3   The Mother, the Virgin, the Lover
4   Hell and Those Punished
5   The Third Temple

Part II
Other Religious and Philosophical Writings

6   White Masses, Black Masses, Golden Masses
7   The Two Riverbanks
8   To Become a Magus
9   The Kabbalah
10   The Commandments of the Third Term of the Trinity
11   The Golden Mass of the Sabbath
12   After a Long Silence
13   The Doctrine of the Third Term of the Trinity
14   The Polarization of the Sexes and the Hell of Modern Morals
15   Pharaonic and Phallic Truths in Randolph
16   The Extinguished Torch
17   The Initiatic Courser and the Fearless Horseman
18   The Individual Soul—Does It Exist?
19   The Cardinal Mysteries and the Golden Mass
20   The Great Deliverance
21   The Magic Square
22   The Priestesses of the Future
23   A Magical Séance
24   Thou Shalt Not Kill
25   Our Magnetic Strongholds
26   The Dark Era Comes to an End
27   Let Us March toward the Light
28   Where Is Salvation?
29   The Key of Saint Peter
30   Masculine Satanism, Feminine Satanism
31   Open Letter to Pius XI
32   Saving Discipline
33   Initiatic Eroticism

Part III
Social Questions

34   Our Social Thesis
35   Is Bolshevism Compatible with the Doctrine of the Third Term of the Trinity?
36   The New Feminism

Part IV
Relations with Others

37   Against Krishnamurti
38   Magia Sexualis and La Flèche
39   P. B. Randolph
40   “The Dawn” . . . What a Child!
41   My Spiritual Chief
42   Sappho, More Than Sappho!
43   “The Spiritual Treason of Freemasonry” Committed by J. Marquès-Rivière
44   Freemasonry and Catholicism
45   To Mr. Guénon: We Take Up Your Challenge!
46   The “Polaires”

Part V
Creative Works

47   Poems
48   Horiese and Felix
49   The Cry of Man
50   The Temptation of Pity
51   The Love of the Priestess

Part VI
Contributions of Julius Evola to La Flèche

52   Occidentalism
53   The Magic of Creation

Notes

Bibliography

Index