The Royal Art of Magic: 10 Forbidden Truths About Power Title: The Magical Path: Power, Initiation, and the Regal Tradition Tags: #Tradition #Magic #Initiation #Power #Evola 1. Magic as Superior Science – True magic transcends vulgar occultism, aligning with the ars regia—the royal art of spiritual dominion. It is not mere psychic manipulation but a path to primordial reintegration. 2. Spiritual Virility – The magus embodies spiritual masculinity: dominance, sovereignty, and detachment. Unlike passive mysticism, magic demands active mastery over forces, both inner and outer. 3. Power Attracts the Centered – Power seeks the initiate who has become an immovable axis—not the one who craves it. Desire for power scatters it; impassibility magnetizes it. 4. Dangers of the Powers – Powers are perilous. If the initiate’s inner resolve wavers, they consume him. Mastery requires unbroken tension—like a pillar unmoved by torrents. 5. Rejection of Powers is Absurd – Powers are intrinsic to the initiate’s metaphysical state, like nirvana. One does not "renounce" them—they are the chrism of his being. 6. The Misunderstood Magus – The profane imagines a magus as an ordinary man with added "powers." In truth, the magus is a different order of being—his desires and interests are transfigured. 7. Magic vs. Technology – Modern technology mimics low magic: automatic, externalized effects. True magic is causal evidence, an emanation of the initiate’s unified being. 8. The Heroic and Regal Path – Magic aligns with the warrior-initiate tradition, not priestly contemplation. The "hero" (Hesiod’s demi-god) reclaims the divine state through action. 9. The Trial of Active Identity – Some traditions (e.g., Islamic esotericism, the Bhagavad Gita) teach that mastery over action is the test—transcending ecstatic passivity for sovereign manifestation. 10. Beyond Good and Evil – The adept’s actions stem from the invariable middle—neither "good" nor "evil," but from the cent