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| The Essential René Guénon |
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Comparative Religion
Eastern Religion
Esoterism
Guénon, René
Symbolism
Tradition
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Price: $24.95
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ISBN: 978-1-933316-57-4
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Book Size: 6 × 9
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# of Pages: 312
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Language: English
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Summary
René Guénon (1886-1951) was one of the founders of the Perennialist/Traditionalist school of comparative religious thought. In a time of unquestioning belief in the dogmas of progress and evolution, Guénon issued a devastating critique of the modern world. A pioneering philosopher, he also provided the intellectual keys for a reclamation of the West’s spiritual riches through an exposition of the Eastern metaphysical doctrines. This anthology of his essential writings is divided into four parts: 1. The Modern World; 2. The Metaphysical World; 3. The Hindu World; and 4. The Traditional World.
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René Guénon (1886-1951) was one of the founders of the Perennialist/Traditionalist school of comparative religious thought. In a time of unquestioning belief in the dogmas of progress and evolution, Guénon issued a devastating critique of the modern world. A pioneering philosopher, he also provided the intellectual keys for a reclamation of the West’s spiritual riches through an exposition of the Eastern metaphysical doctrines. This anthology of his essential writings is divided into four parts: 1. The Modern World; 2. The Metaphysical World; 3. The Hindu World; and 4. The Traditional World.
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René Guénon (1886-1951) was a French metaphysician, writer, and editor who was largely responsible for laying the metaphysical groundwork for the Traditionalist or Perennialist school of thought in the early twentieth century. Guénon remains influential today for his writings on the intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of the modern world, on symbolism, on spiritual esoterism and initiation, and on the universal truths that manifest themselves in various forms in the world’s religious traditions.
A selection of René Guénon's most important and representative writings has been collected in the book The Essential René Guénon: Metaphysics, Tradition and the Crisis of Modernity, edited by author and editor John Herlihy. To see a list of the many essays from René Guénon that have appeared in World Wisdom books, click here.
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Martin Lings (1909-2005) was a leading member of the “Traditionalist” or “Perennialist” school and an acclaimed author, editor, translator, scholar, Arabist, and poet whose work centers on the relationship between God and man through religious doctrine, scripture, symbolism, literature, and art. He was an accomplished metaphysician and essayist who often turned to the world’s great spiritual traditions for examples, though he is probably best known for his writings on Islam and its esoteric tradition, Sufism.
Dr. Lings co-edited The Underlying Religion (2007) with Clinton Minnar. This book is a survey of central perennialist ideas and authors. Dr Lings contributed the following essays to various World Wisdom books:
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“The Essential René Guénon brings together the broad and illuminating spectrum of Guénon’s corpus in a single volume like no other anthology currently available, which could very well realign the collective nucleus of sapiential wisdom to truly and integrally shift the predominant paradigm. Paradoxically, the more the current dissolution of what appears as the—‘eleventh hour’—gains way, the evermore relevant and indispensable Guénon’s work is. It is with our hope that this recent anthology will provide an antidotal remedy to the ‘intellectual myopia’ of the times in order to reaffirm the sophia perennis—‘multiple paths all leading to the same end.’”
—From a review by Samuel Bendeck Sotillos in the journal Parabola
“This remarkable selection of excerpts is an excellent and surprisingly comprehensive introduction to the life and work of René Guénon. For someone who had read Guénon before it is a great way to reintroduce yourself with the wide range of his works. To someone new to the unique vision Guénon offers, this is a great way to get acquainted with the Primordial wisdom.”
—From a review in Living Traditions Magazine
“In a time of unquestioning belief in the dogmas of progress and evolution, [Guénon] issued a devastating critique of the modern world. A pioneering philosopher, he provided the intellectual keys for a reclamation of the West’s spiritual riches through an exposition of the Eastern metaphysical doctrines.”
—Watkins Review
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Preface by John Herlihy
Introduction by Martin Lings
Part 1: The Modern World
1. The Dark Age
2. Sacred and Profane Science
3. A Material Civilization
4. Introduction to The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times
5. Quality and Quantity
6. The Postulates of Rationalism
7. The End of a World
8. Civilization and Progress
Part 2: The Metaphysical World
9. Eastern Metaphysics
10. What is Meant by Tradition?
11. Essential Characteristics of Metaphysics
12. Metaphysical Realization
13. Sanātana Dharma
14. Some Remarks on the Doctrine of Cosmic Cycles
15. Foundation of the Theory of the Multiple States
16. The Realization of the Being through Knowledge
Part 3: The Hindu World
17. On the Exact Meaning of the Word “Hindu”
18. Perpetuity of the Veda
19. The Law of Manu
20. Principles Governing the Institution of Caste
21. Yoga
22. General Remarks on the Vedānta
23. The Vital Center of the Human Being: Seat of Brahma
24. The Degrees of Individual Manifestation
25. Buddhi or the Higher Intellect
26. Final Deliverance
Part 4: The Traditional World
27. Kabbalah
28. The Symbolism of the Grail
29. Islamic Esoterism
30. Taoism and Confucianism
31. Rite and Symbol
32. The Symbolism of Weaving
33. The Sword of Islam
34. The Heart and the Cave
35. Initiatic Affiliation
36. True and False Spiritual Teachers
Conclusion to Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines
Appendix 1: Biography of René Guénon
Appendix 2: The Works of René Guénon
List of Sources
Biographical Notes
Index
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| The Introduction from The Essential René Guénon | The Essential René Guénon: Metaphysics, Tradition and the Crisis of Modernity | Lings, Martin | | Guénon, René |
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| The Preface from The Essential René Guénon | The Essential René Guénon: Metaphysics, Tradition and the Crisis of Modernity | Herlihy, John | | Guénon, René |
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| Kabbalah | The Essential René Guénon: Metaphysics, Tradition and the Crisis of Modernity | Guénon, René | | Comparative Religion, Esoterism, Judaism, Tradition |
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| Essential Characteristics of Metaphysics | The Essential René Guénon: Metaphysics, Tradition and the Crisis of Modernity | Guénon, René | | Comparative Religion, Metaphysics, Perennial Philosophy |
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| What is Meant by Tradition | The Essential René Guénon: Metaphysics, Tradition and the Crisis of Modernity | Guénon, René | | Comparative Religion, Modernism, Perennial Philosophy, Tradition |
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