Light on the Ancient Worlds (Library of Traditional Wisdom)
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Light on the Ancient Worlds (Library of Traditional Wisdom)
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ISBN: 9780941532037
Authors:
Frithjof Schuon
Publisher: World Wisdom Books
Date of Publication: 1984-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Topics:
Spirituality
Goodreads rating: 3.9
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Description
The triumph of materialism that characterizes Western civilization has exacted as its price a corresponding downfall of spiritual and intellectual technology casts its manufactured light on the ruins of mankind's ancient heritages and transmitted wisdom. We inhabit a wasteland of ignorance when it comes to essential human values. But precisely it is the very darkness of this spiritual void which draws down an adequate response to the situation, for "nature abhors a vacuum." The world may pass by blindly, but the Truth has nevertheless struck home for those who have eyes to see, in the vast witness over the past some fifty years given in the works of Frithjof Schuon. Schuon casts a light on mankind's ancient heritages and transmitted wisdom through his impressive and precise handling of complextheological and metaphysical problems. His genius lies in the way he applies universal principles to the relevant domains of metphysics, theology, cosmology, anthropology, and the arts and cultures of our world in general. To read and understand this book is to gain an ordered world view for our times, and for all times, for the message is integral, universal, and pertinent to both our present lifeand final ends. Now required reading at The College of New Jeresey
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