“Mishima battles with the enigmatic force field between words as conveyors of morals and spiritual values and their equally seductive power to entertain. This process being very much extended to and in the public persona of Mishima himself. In this strange mix between aspiration, body building, and a romanticized death wish, Sun & Steel is like an intellectual tornado of both a highly refined (wish for) control and a desperation to overcome weakness in order to meet the inevitable on one’s own terms. It is a way of cheating death, yes, but only by tricking it ahead of time through one’s own design.”
From the chapter “Tangible Evanescence” in my forthcoming book Occulture – The unseen forces that drive culture forward (Inner Traditions , March 2018, available on pre-order HERE!
