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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. This is the only biographical introduction to Guénon currently available in English. Sophia Perennis will soon publish another biography, The Simple Life of René Guénon, written shortly after Guénon's death by his close friend and publisher Paul Chacornac. After a lonely childhood, often interrupted by ill health, Guénon navigated the seductive half-truths of occultism toward a deeper, unified vision offering a way out from the confu
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- Author
- Robin Everard Waterfield
- Publisher
- Sophia Perennis et Universalis
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780900588877
- Category
- nonfiction
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