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Some of World Wisdom's illustrated books:

In recent years, World Wisdom has produced a number of beautiful, informative, and inspiring illustrated books. This website now includes a listing of our illustrated books. These books feature:

A focus upon the message of beauty as a reflection of the Truth in the sacred arts and crafts of the world's religious traditions
Rich photos and illustrations (a number of books are illustrated on every page)
Over two dozen titles, including images from a wide range of spiritual paths
Eleven award-winning books (with a total of 24 awards between them)
Prices starting at $14.95

To see the list of our illustrated books, click here. On that page, you can hold your mouse pointer over a "pop-up details" symbol for a summary of a book, or click on a cover or a title for full information.

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Library of Perennial Philosophy

World Wisdom's Library of Perennial Philosophy is dedicated to the exposition of the timeless Truth underlying the diverse religions. This Truth, often referred to as the Sophia Perennis (perennial Wisdom), finds its expression in the revealed Scriptures as well as the writings of the great sages and the artistic creations of the traditional worlds. The Perennial Philosophy—and its fundamental idea of the Religion of the Heart (read more)—provides the intellectual principles capable of explaining both the formal contradictions and the underlying unity of the great religions.

FILM CLIPS

Two More Video Clips from
the Sacred Web Conference:
"Tradition in the Modern World"

We have now posted five video clips from the Sacred Web Conference in September, 2006, which featured some of the most important living authors on the Perennial Philosophy, Comparative Religion, and Traditionalism. (For more information on the DVD of the presentations, click here.) These are the clips which are available so far on this web site (the newest are first):

Prof. Harry Oldmeadow speaks on "Tradition Betrayed: The False Prophets of Modernism," surveying the "pseudo-mythologies" of Darwin, Marx, Freud, and Nietzsche (click here to view).
Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr presents "The Recovery of the Sacred: Tradition and Perennialism in the Contemporary World, clearly explaining many fundamental ideas regarding Tradition and Modernism (click here to view).
Dr. Reza Shah-Kazemi covers "Traditional Action in the Contemporary World," addressing age-old questions regarding contemplation (and prayer) and worldly action (click here to view).
Dr. William Chittick discusses how Tradition, in this case primarily Confucian and Islamic, views the critical process of learning (click here to view).
Conference convener Ali Lakhani gives introductory remarks and explains the Traditionalist or Perennialist worldview (click here to view).

Clicking on one of the clips above will take you to our Library of Film Clips, with your selected video loaded in the player. Just click on the large play button in the middle of the player screen to play the clip. To see all available clips, make a selection in the "Subject" or "Interviews With" drop-down lists, click on the "Sort" button, then look through the summaries of the available clips in the respective areas just below the player.

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