AXIS mundi and the Society of Sulfur present:
"HP Lovecraft, G. Meyrink & A. Machen: BEYOND THE REAL"
with Andrea Scarabelli, Marco Maculotti, Roberto Cecchetti
Interview by Mattia Mazzeo
21 May 2020, 21 pm - 30 pm
Videoconference on Facebook
DESCRIPTION:
“Beyond the real”: The dimension of the fantastic has always existed. In ancient times, through the use of myths, sagas, legends and cosmogonies, human beings shaped their beliefs and motivated their actions. Today the fantastic continues to permeate life and the collective unconscious of man, expressing itself with certainly different means but always capable of magnetizing our inner compasses. Lovecraft, Machen, Meyrink, Smith and Tolkien are five paradigmatic authors of this genre, presented here in all their literary and philosophical dignity.
HP LOVECRAFT: he was in all probability the most influential writer of fantastic literature of the twentieth century, for his ability to imbue his literature with the horror of a cosmic inspiration. In the famous tales of the "Cthulhu Cycle" the anthropocentrism on which the modern world is founded is annihilated by the realization that, in the abyss of time, unspeakable and alien entities, the "Great Ancients", preceded us on our planet , and that their near future return from cosmic space will mark the beginning of a "new dark age" for humanity.
SPEAKER:
MARCO MACULOTTI: born in Cremona, graduated in Milan, founder and director of AXISmundi, online magazine of traditional studies, anthropology of the sacred, history of religions, folklore, esotericism, literature of the fantastic.
Gustav Meyrink: pseudonym of Gustav Meyer, was the son of Baron Karl von Varbüler and actress Maria Meyer. He was born in Vienna in the late nineteenth century, precisely on January 19, 1868. While he was about to commit suicide in 1891 he was saved by an occult coincidence that marked the beginning of a sort of conversion. From under the door of his study someone had passed a booklet of occult sciences, so he laid down his weapon and his curiosity towards that booklet did not limit itself to snatching him from imminent death, but gave him a new life. He decided to devote himself to writing after closing the bank he owned. This rebirth led him on the paths of esotericism, because those who experience the thrill of synchronicity and meaningful connections are destined to seek them for a lifetime. He dealt with this and other researches with his works: The Golem (1915), The Green Face (1917), The Walpurgis Night (1918), The White Dominican (1922), The Angel of the West Window (1927). He died in Stanberg, near Munich, on December 4, 1932.
SPEAKER:
Roberto Cecchetti (Fiesole 1984) is a doctor of philosophy and psychology, a philosopher analyst (Sabof) and a professor of philosophy at the Erich Fromm School of Psychotherapy in Prato-Padova. He attended the Philo School in Milan, in the belief that philosophy should go back to being a life practice and a healing tool. He has published “Beyond the Real” (GOG 2020), “The rhythm of desire. From Jung to philosophical practices. " (Mimesis 2019), his autobiography: The metrics of appearance (2017). He collaborates with several magazines including: “Critical Journal of the History of Ideas”, “Antàres. Anti-modern perspectives "," Intellectual Dissident "," AXIS mundi "
Arthur Machen: Known as a novelist of horror, the fantastic and the supernatural, who went down in history as the author of the masterpieces The Great God Pan and The Three Imposters, Arthur Machen never hid his interests in the fields of the occult, folklore and myth. A member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, he bewitched generations of readers by composing stories and novels "on the edge of reality", in which the doors of our three-dimensional world open to other unknown horizons, facing horrors dating back to a forgotten past but always in about to return to our present, disrupting it.
SPEAKER:
Andrea Scarabelli he collaborated with the Chair of History of Philosophy I (Unimi) and the Roman School of Political Philosophy. Deputy secretary of the J. Evola Foundation, he directs the blog Attuali e Inattuali (ilGiornale.it) and the column Mornings of the magicians in «Storia in Rete». He has edited works by Gustav Meyrink, Julius Evola, René Guénon, Aleksandr Dugin and Jacques Bergier. For Edizioni Bietti he directs the magazine «Antarès» and the series «l'Archeometro». Essays by him have appeared in various publications and in various collective volumes.
