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Insights into Islamic Esoterism and
Taoism
by René Guénon
This small volume brings together a number of Guénon’s early articles
relating to Sufism (tasawwuf), or Islamic esoterism. A later article,
‘Islamic Esoterism’, has also been included, since it articulates so
well 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, Guénon 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
further insights into Islamic cosmology.
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Insights into
Islamic Esoterism and Taoism
The Crisis of the
Modern World
The Reign of
Quantity and the Signs of the Times
Traditional Forms and
Cosmic Cycles
René Guénon and
the Future of the West - The Life and Writings of a 20th-Century Metaphysician
The Metaphysical
Principles of the Infinitesimal Calculus
Insights into
Christian Esoterism
The Esoterism of Dante
East and West
The Multiple States
of the Being
Studies in
Freemasonry and the Compagnonnage
The Great Triad
Introduction to the
Study of the Hindu Doctrines
The King of the World
Man and His Becoming
According to the Vedanta
Miscellanea
Perspectives on
Initiation
Symbols of Sacred
Science
Spiritual
Authority and Temporal Power
The Spiritist
Fallacy
Initiation and
Spiritual Realization
Studies in Hinduism
The Symbolism of the
Cross
Theosophy: History
of a Pseudo-Religion
René Guénon (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.
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