Arturo Reghini
Arturo Reghini | |
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Born | 12 November 1878 Florence, Italy |
Died | 1 July 1946 Budrio, Italy | (aged 67)
Nationality | Italian |
Arturo Reghini (12 November 1878 – 1 July 1946) was an Italian mathematician, philosopher and esotericist.
Biography
Arturo Reghini was born in Florence on 12 November 1878.[1] In 1898, he became a member of the Theosophical Society for which he founded a section in Rome. In 1903, he published in Palermo the first books of the editorial series named Biblioteca Teosofica (Theosophical Library) and later Biblioteca filosofica). In the same year, he was initiated in the Memphis' rite, a Masonic spiritual path that is derived by the ancient Egyptians and in Italy is uniquely practised in Palermo. In 1907, he was admitted to the regular
In 1907, Amedeo Rocco Armentano introduced Reghini to the knowledge of the Pythagoreanism. In 1912, Reghini was in directorate of the Italian Freemasonry (in Italian: Supremo Consiglio Universale of the Rito filosofico italiano[3]) from which he resigned in 1940 with a strongly negative judgement about the national brotherhood.[4]
In 1921, he was initiated to the 33rd and highest degree of the Scottish Rite. Then he was elected as effective member of the Supremo Consiglio d'Italia of which he became the Great Commendor and the General Secretary. In 1925, Reghini signed the internal decree No 245 related to its termination. [5] On May 19, the Italian Parliament had approved the law of reform for the freedom of association, banning the masonic lodges out of the country.
Reghini edited the journals Atanór (1924) and Ignis (1925) devoted to initiate studies, covering topics such as
Reghini was opposed to Christianity, which he associated with
Reghini died in Budrio on 1 July 1946.[1]
Legacy
Reghini was an important influence on Evola during the years 1924 to 1930. He introduced Evola to the major texts on
See also
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
- ^ ISBN 978-90-04-15231-1.
- ^ Dedication to the "new brother Arturo Reghini, your G Papini". Cited in: Raffaele K. Salinari (17 January 2020). "Arturo Reghini, pitagorico".
- ^ Rito filosofico italiano
- ^ Aniceto Del Massa, Pagine esoteriche, La Finestra, Trento, 2001, p. 46-47.
- ^ Luigi Sessa, I Sovrani Grandi Commendatori e breve storia del Supremo Consiglio d'Italia del Rito scozzese antico ed accettato Palazzo Giustiniani dal 1805 ad oggi , Ed. Bastogi, Foggia, 2004, p. 11
- ^ 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, Christian (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.