UR Group (Evola)

Domain XIV · Western esoteric, divinatory & new spiritual movements · Arturo Reghini, Julius Evola · 1927 · Italy

What it is

What it was. The UR Group (Gruppo di UR) was a circle of Italian esotericists who worked together from 1927 to 1929 and issued the monthly journals Ur (1927–28) and Krur (1929). Its publisher's description names its prime movers as Arturo Reghini (1878–1946), a Pythagorean mathematician and reviver…

Format

• End of operative life. In a 1971 letter to Hakl, Evola said the group's operative existence ended in the late 1920s and urged "caution" about a German edition.
• Editions. Italian collected edition 1971 (an earlier 1955 edition is reported); German translation by Hakl, vol. 1 1985, vol. 2 1997; English: vol. I 2001 (Introduction to Magic: Rituals and Practical Techniques for the Magus), vol. II 2019 (The Path of Initiatic Wisdom), vol. III reported 2021.…

Evidence status, as the guide reports it

• Core idea of change (the group's own, attributed). Transformation of consciousness through disciplined concentration, contemplation and ritual work, individually and in coordinated "chains" of practitioners, was held to produce an initiatic, sovereign self. These are the group's claims; they lie…

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Does it involve any substance, plant preparation, remedy or supplement? Has your doctor or prescriber been told, especially about any medication you take?
• Is it a group, retreat or community? How do they respond if someone wants to leave or raises a concern?
• How do you and the practitioner understand what is happening, in spiritual or cultural terms? Is that a source of comfort, worry, or both?
• Does it use a device, heat, cold, water or a physical procedure? Has a medical professional checked that it is safe for you?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• family coercion that pushes the person further into the online space; a family member's own safety.
• the client recruiting you to their view or testing your politics; your own avoidance of difficult content.
• the client generating alternatives themselves (working); "no one else understands" thinking that deepens isolation.
• rupture and feelings of betrayal (see section 5); escalation of grievance; disengagement from therapy at the point of greatest risk.
• derealisation, panic, intrusive imagery, grandiosity, isolation from non-practitioners, a teacher or group discouraging outside help.

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.