Myth and esotericism: perennialism in Guénon and Evola

Abstract

Analyzing the status of the myth in the perennialist discourse means providing the raison d'etre and the profound historical-cultural functions of this current of thought. Even before a "world view", perennialism can in fact be considered a specific "vision of history", which at the same time turns out to be an elaborate operation of mythopoiesis applied to the whole of western civilization ...