|
Showing 1 - 25 of
36 matches in All Departments
|
The Life of the Virgin Mary - Ancestors, Essenes, Parents, Conception, Birth, Temple Life, Wedding, Annunciation, Visitation, Shepherds, Three Kings, Egypt, Last Years, Death, Assumption, Mystical Virgin (Hardcover)
Anne Catherine Emmerich, James Richard Wetmore
|
R878
Discovery Miles 8 780
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
Especially since the Renaissance, some in Western Christendom have
suspected that the deeper dimension of their tradition has somehow
been lost, and have therefore sought to discover, or create, an
'esoteric' or 'initiatic' Christianity. In the middle of the
nineteenth century two scholars, Gabriele Rossetti and Eugne Aroux,
pointed to certain esoteric meanings in the work of Dante
Alighieri, notably The Divine Comedy. Partly based on their
scholarship, Gunon in 1925 published The Esoterism of Dante. From
the theses of Rosetti and Aroux, Gunon retains only those elements
that prove the existence of such hidden meanings; but he also makes
clear that esoterism is not 'heresy' and that a doctrine reserved
for an elite can be superimposed on the teaching given the faithful
without standing in opposition to it. One of Ren Gunon's lifelong
quests was to discover, or revive, the esoteric, initiatory
dimension of the Christian tradition. In the present volume, along
with its companion volume Insights into Christian Esoterism (which
includes the separate study Saint Bernard), Gunon undertakes to
establish that the three parts of The Divine Comedy represent the
stages of initiatic realization, exploring the parallels between
the symbolism of the Commedia and that of Freemasonry,
Rosicrucianism, and Christian Hermeticism, and illustrating Dante's
knowledge of traditional sciences unknown to the moderns: the
sciences of numbers, of cosmic cycles, and of sacred astrology. In
these works Gunon also touches on the all-important question of
medieval esoterism and discusses the role of sacred languages and
the principle of initiation in the Christian tradition, as well as
such esoteric Christian themes and organizations as the Holy Grail,
the Guardians of the Holy Land, the Sacred Heart, the Fedeli
d'Amore and the 'Courts of Love', and the Secret Language of Dante.
In addition to Dante, various other paths toward a possible
Christian esoterism have been explored by many investigators-the
legend of the Holy Grail, the Knights Templars, the tradition of
Courtly Love, Freemasonry, Rosicrucianism, and Christian
Hermeticism-and Gunon deals with all of these in the present volume
as well as his Insights into Christian Esoterism. In the latter,
one chapter in particular, 'Christianity and Initiation', will be
of special interest with regard to the history of the
Traditionalist School. When first published as an article, it gave
rise to some controversy because Gunon here reaffirmed his denial
of the efficacy of the Christian sacraments as rites of initiation,
a point of divergence between the teachings of Gunon and those of
other key perennialist thinkers. Both The Esoterism of Dante and
Insights into Christian Esoterism will be of inestimable value to
all who are struggling to come to terms with the fullness of the
Christian tradition.
In the unfolding of a true spiritual mission upon the Earth, the
great teachers of humanity work together. An example of this
working together to fulfill a spiritual mission for humanity is
presented to us in this book. It is a matter in this work of a
collaboration between two great spiritual teachers of humanity in
the twentieth century: Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) and Valentin
Tomberg (1900-1973). Rudolf Steiner's life work culminated in the
'baptismal event' for the Second Coming of Christ expressed in the
Foundation Stone of Love and clothed in the words of the Foundation
Stone meditation. Valentin Tomberg, after his spiritual awakening
in 1932, entered into the Mystery of Christ's Second Coming. His
Studies on the Foundation Stone Meditation, published in critical
years of world history (1936-1939), were written just a few years
after his spiritual awakening. They penetrate into the Mystery of
Christ's Second Coming by offering the reader access from within to
the Foundation Stone meditation given to humanity by Christ through
Rudolf Steiner. Every sentence of these studies - born of living
experience undergone by Valentin Tomberg - leads the reader into
the sublime mystery of the spirit awakening of humanity through
Christ in our time. Understood as a manual for enlightenment, to be
worked with meditatively over and over again, this work is one of
the great treasures of humanity's spiritual literature - a
priceless jewel for every spiritual seeker in our time.
Critique of the modern world from the point of view of traditional
metaphysics, with special reference to the Oriental doctrine of
cosmic cycles.
|
The Life of the Virgin Mary - Ancestors, Essenes, Parents, Conception, Birth, Temple Life, Wedding, Annunciation, Visitation, Shepherds, Three Kings, Egypt, Death, Assumption, Mystical Virgin (Paperback)
Anne Catherine Emmerich, James Richard Wetmore
|
R627
Discovery Miles 6 270
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
|
|