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Prophet for a dark age : a companion to the works of René Guénon

Rene Guenon is a major figure for anyone who recognises a need to rediscover the spiritual roots from which Western society has become so comprehensively alienated. Immersing himself in the search for spiritual truth, he chose Islam as the vehicle for his spiritual life.
Print Book, English, 2008
Sussex Academic Press, Brighton [England], 2008
xxix, 345 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
9781845192518, 1845192516
154715112
The primordial tradition
Religion
Esoteric religion
Theology
God
Miscellaneous religious concepts
The Oriental traditions
The Hindu tradition
Buddhism
The Chinese traditions
The monotheistic religions
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
The spiritual journey
The integral being and its multiple states
Aspects of Western society
Historical
Initiatory organizations originating in the Middle Ages
Freemasonry
Modernity
The humanities
Art
Architecture
Language and the "phonic" arts
Psychology
The faculties
Psychoanalysis
Philosophy, logic, and metaphysics
Mathematics and geometry
Symbolism and symbols
Axis symbolism
Centre symbolism
Symbols derived from natural phenomena
Symbols from the human sphere