12 Facts About Arturo Reghini

Arturo Reghini was an Italian mathematician, philosopher and esotericist.

Arturo Reghini was born in Florence on 12 November 1878.

Subsequently, Reghini adhered for a short period to the Martinism of Gerard Encausse and started to report the errors of the lawyer and Grand Master Sacchi about his administration of the Italian Freemasonry, confuting his publications.

In 1912, Arturo Reghini was in directorate of the Italian Freemasonry from which he resigned in 1940 with a strongly negative judgement about the national brotherhood.

In 1925, Arturo Reghini signed the internal decree No 245 related to its termination.

Arturo Reghini edited the journals Atanor and Ignis devoted to initiate studies, covering topics such as Pythagoreanism, yoga, Hebrew Cabalism and the Freemasonry of Alessandro Cagliostro.

Arturo Reghini fell out with Evola and the Ur group in 1928; a major reason was Arturo Reghini's support for Freemasonry, which was not in line with the direction the journal had taken.

Arturo Reghini was opposed to Christianity, which he associated with modernity and egalitarianism, and sought to establish a form of modern Paganism he called "magia colta", "cultured magic", which he drew from Hermeticism and Platonism.

Arturo Reghini wrote in Atanor in 1924 that he had anticipated the emergence of such a regime in Italy 15 years prior.

Arturo Reghini adopted an ironic writing style associated with the anti-clericalism of the era before World War I and the Risorgimento.

Arturo Reghini was an important influence on Evola during the years 1924 to 1930.

Arturo Reghini introduced Evola to the major texts on alchemy, which became the basis for Evola's book The Hermetic Tradition.