Arturo Reghini
Arturo Reghini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 November 1878 |
| Died | 1 July 1946 (aged 67) |
| Nationality | Italian |
Arturo Reghini (12 November 1878 – 1 July 1946) was an Italian mathematician, philosopher and esotericist.
Biography
Reghini edited the journals Atanór (1924) and Ignis (1925) devoted to initiate studies, covering topics such as Pythagoreanism, yoga, Hebrew Cabalism and the Freemasonry of Alessandro Cagliostro. A circle of esotericists formed around these journals and adopted the name Gruppo di Ur. The group's members included Julius Evola and the anthroposophists Giovanni Colazza and Giovanni Antonio Colonna di Cesarò. From 1927 to 1928 the group published the monthly journal UR.[1] Reghini fell out with Evola and the Ur group in 1928; a major reason was Reghini's support for Freemasonry, which was not in line with the direction the journal had taken. Reghini left the editorial board and UR was discontinued. It was briefly replaced in 1929 by a journal named Krur, without Reghini's involvement.[2]
Reghini was opposed to Christianity, which he associated with modernity and egalitarianism, and sought to establish a form of modern Paganism he called "magia colta", "cultured magic", which he drew from Hermeticism and Platonism.[2] A critic of democracy and an advocate for the ancient Roman aristocracy, Reghini welcomed the rise of Italian Fascism, which he associated with the ancient world. He wrote in Atanór in 1924 that he had anticipated the emergence of such a regime in Italy 15 years prior.[1]
Legacy
Reghini was an important influence on Evola during the years 1924 to 1930. He introduced Evola to the major texts on alchemy, which became the basis for Evola's book The Hermetic Tradition (1931).[1] It was also through Reghini that Evola met René Guénon, whose Traditionalism would have a profound impact on his thinking.[2] Reghini's journals and the works of the Ur group has influenced the development of Italic-Roman neopaganism and Roman Polytheistic Reconstructionism.[3]
Bibliography
- Le parole sacre e di passo dei primi tre gradi ed il massimo mistero massonico, Atanor, Rome, 1922.
- Per la restituzione della geometria pitagorica (1935); new edition Il Basilisco, Genoa, 1988, which also includes I numeri sacri nella tradizione pitagorica; new title Numeri sacri e geometria pitagorica.
- Il fascio littorio, ovvero il simbolismo duodecimale e il fascio etrusco (1935); new edition Il Basilisco, Genoa, 1980.
- Dei Numeri pitagorici (Libri sette) (1940) – Prologo – Associazione culturale Ignis, 2004.
- Dei Numeri Pitagorici (Libri sette) – Parte Prima – Volume Primo – Dell'equazione indeterminata di secondo grado con due incognite – Archè/pizeta, 2006.
- Dei Numeri Pitagorici (Libri sette) – Parte Prima – Volume Secondo – Delle soluzioni primitive dell'equazione di tipo Pell x2 − Dy2 = B e del loro numero – Archè/pizeta, 2012.
- Dizionario Filologico, ("Associazione culturale Ignis"), 2008.
- Cagliostro, ("Associazione culturale Ignis"), 2007.
- Considerazioni sul Rituale dell'apprendista libero muratore, Phoenix, Genoa, 1978.
- Paganesimo, Pitagorismo, Massoneria, Mantinea, Furnari (Messina), 1986.
- Per la restituzione della Massoneria Pitagorica Italiana, introduction by Vinicio Serino, Raffaelli Editore, Rimini, 2005, ISBN 88-89642-01-7
- La Tradizione Pitagorica Massonica, Fratelli Melita Editori, Genoa, 1988, ISBN 88-403-9155-X
- Trascendenza di Spazio e Tempo, "Mondo Occulto", Napoli, 1926, reprint Libreria Ed. ASEQ 2010.
Selected translations with introductions and annotations:
- De occulta philosophia by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (Alberto Fidi, Milan, 1926; two volumes); reprinted by Edizioni Mediterranee and I Dioscuri, Genoa, 1988.
- Le Roi du Monde by René Guénon (Alberto Fidi editore, Milan, 1927).
References
- ^ a b c Goodrick-Clarke, Nicholas (2003). Black Sun: Aryan Cults, Esoteric Nazism, and the Politics of Identity. pp. 55–56.
- ^ a b c Furlong, Paul (2011). Social and Political Thought of Julius Evola. p. 5.
- ^ Marré, Davide (2008). "Tradizione Romana". In Marré, Davide (ed.). L'Essenza del Neopaganesimo (in Italian). Milan: Circolo dei Trivi. p. 35.
Further reading
- Giudice, Chrstian (14 October 2016). Occultism and Traditionalism: Arturo Reghini and the Antimodern Reaction in Early Twentieth-Century Italy (PhD). University of Gothenburg. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
