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Insights into Islamic Esoterism & Taoism (Paperback)
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Insights into Islamic Esoterism & Taoism (Paperback)
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Loot Price R438
Discovery Miles 4 380
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Rene Guenon (1886-1951) is undoubtedly one of the luminaries of the
twentieth century, whose critique of the modern world has stood
fast against the shifting sands of recent philosophies. His oeuvre
of 26 volumes is providential for the modern seeker: pointing
ceaselessly to the perennial wisdom found in past cultures ranging
from the Shamanistic to the Indian and Chinese, the Hellenic and
Judaic, the Christian and Islamic, and including also Alchemy,
Hermeticism, and other esoteric currents, at the same time it
directs the reader to the deepest level of religious praxis,
emphasizing the need for affiliation with a revealed tradition even
while acknowledging the final identity of all spiritual paths as
they approach the summit of spiritual realization. This small
volume brings together a number of Guenon's early articles relating
to Sufism (tasawwuf), or Islamic esoterism. The later article
'Islamic Esoterism' has also been included, since it so well
articulates the particularities of initiation in Islam by defining
the fundamental elements of tasawwuf: shari'ah, tariqah, haqiqah.
The first constitutes the necessary fundamental exoteric basis; the
second, the Way and its means; the third, the goal or final result.
In the other chapters, Guenon expresses with his usual synthetic
clarity what tawhid and faqr are, and gives examples of traditional
sciences, relating angelology to the Arabic alphabet, and chirology
to the science of letters ('ilm al-huruf). A number of book and
article reviews give interesting insights into traditional
orthodoxy. The Collected Works of Rene Guenon brings together the
writings of one of the greatest prophets of our time, whose voice
is even more important today than when he was alive. Huston Smith,
author of The World's Religions, etc.
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