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| Author | Codreanu, Corneliu Zelea |
|---|---|
| Full Title | For My Legionaries |
| Binding | Softcover |
| Publisher | Liberty Bell (2003) |
| Pages | 368 |
| ISBN | 1593640005 |
| Language | English |
| Short Description | This is the autobiography of Corneliu Codreanu, the leader of the Romanian Iron Guard movement. It contains the story of Codreanu's life, as well as the Guard's origins and history from 1919 to 1935, when it was written. The 'Guard' was a revolutionary Romanian Orthodox organization opposed to both capitalism and Communism, which fought for the creation of a traditional state in Romania. Codreanu describes the circumstances which propelled him into Romanian politics, and then details his activities in creating the Iron Guard, in spite of the Romanian government's tireless efforts to suppress it. Codreanu was murdered by the Romanian government in 1938. |
| Praise | In 1938, Julius Evola wrote about Codreanu: 'A special and characteristic aspect of the Romanian legionary movement is that, in its actual construction in the form of "nests", its main preoccupation was to create a new common form of life, connected with strict ethical and religious criteria. The fact that Codreanu had imposed the discipline of the fast two days a week could thus come as a surprise to many people, and it is also interesting to know his thoughts on the power of prayer, thoughts which would seem to be appropriate to a person belonging to a religious order rather than to a political leader: "Prayer is a decisive element of victory. Wars are won by those who have managed to attract from elsewhere, from the skies, the mysterious forces of the invisible world and to secure their support. These mysterious forces are the souls of the dead, the souls of our ancestors, who once were, like us, linked to our clods, to our furrows, who died for the defense of this land and are still linked today to it by the memory of their lives and by us, their sons, their grandsons, their great grandsons. But, above the souls of the dead, there is God. Once these forces are attracted, they are of considerable power, they defend us, they give us courage, will, all the elements necessary to victory and which make us win. They bring in panic and terror among the enemies, paralyse their activity. In the last analysis, victories do not depend only on material preparation, on the material forces of the belligerents, but on their power to secure the support of spiritual forces. The fairness and the morality of actions and the fervent, insistent call for them in the form of rite and collective prayer attract such forces". 'Here is another characteristic passage of Codreanu : "If Christian mysticism and its goal, ecstasy, is the contact of man with God through a leap from human nature to divine nature, national mysticism is nothing other than the contact of man and crowds with the soul of their race through the leap which these forces make from the world of personal and material interests into the outer world of race. Not through the mind, since this anyone can do, but by living with their soul." Another typical aspect of the legionarism of the "Iron Guards" is a sort of ascetic commitment on the part of their leaders: they must refrain from going to dance halls, cinemas or theatres, avoid any display of wealth or even of mere affluence. A special storm force of 10,000 men, which was called after Moza and Marin, two leaders of the "Iron Guards" fallen in Spain, had, for its members, almost as in some ancient orders of chivalry, the clause of celibacy, as long as they belonged to this force: since no mundane or family occupation was to be permitted to diminish their capacity to dedicate themselves at any moment to death.' - Julius Evola, The Tragedy of the Romanian 'Iron Guard'. 'The Tragedy of the Romanian Iron Guard' can be read in its entirety here (external link). |
| Table of Contents | Foreword by D. Gazadru
STEPPING INTO LIFE
In the Dobrina Forest THE STUDENT MOVEMENT
December 10, 1922 THE JEWISH PROBLEM
The number of Jews
A YEAR OF GREAT TRIALS
The Christian Cultural Home JUNE 1925-JUNE 1926
After one year, work resumes THE LEGION OF MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL
The Legion of Michael the Archangel TOWARD THE POPULAR MASSES
The decision to go to the masses DEMOCRACY AGAINST THE NATION
In Parliament THE OFFENSIVE OF CALUMNIES
'Anarchic and terroristic movement' EPILOGUE |
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