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Julius Evola on Christianity: "Superstition that brutalizes souls" - this was the judgement by which paganism, through the words of Rutilius Namatianus, stigmatized the emerging Christian belief. But today, anyone who, having overcome the bias of obscure acquiescence spanning two millennia, looks at things with a cold and calm eye would reach the same conclusion. Indeed, Christianity represents one of the most colossal bluffs in the history of world culture; and it is with sincere astonishment that we observe the persistent and tenacious blindness regarding it even today. The universal, albeit formal and uncritical, acceptance and passive tolerance of this sad fact; the carelessness, the good faith, and, more than anything, the seriousness with which its doctrine is still considered - not only among women but also in university lectures and books on philosophy and the history of religions that aspire to be scientific; the inexcusable presumption of making it the reference point and symbol of the West without even discussing it- not to mention the audacity of those who insist on exalting it as the highest synthesis of spiritual values. All this leaves us stunned, convinced, like few other phenomena, of the dark power of the irrational over the souls and minds of men. In the preceding sections, we have considered Christianity mainly concerning the social and cultural structure of Europe. Now we declare that only from this perspective has Christianity been the root of something new, expressing a force - negative though it may be - that must be reckoned with and whose mortal danger regarding the destinies of the West must be felt. From a purely spiritual point of view, Christianity, however, does not exist. That is: We maintain that from this perspective, what is good in Christianity can also be found elsewhere, often in purer form; and what is original in Christianity, special to anything else, constitutes a non-value, something irreducibly inferior to other possible, and already existing spiritual attitudes." Pagan Imperialism; Section V: Pagan Values and Christian Values - 1928 Tagging some people for comments and critiques. Please share and discuss. Thank you.