Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 448 pages
- Published by: Penguin Non-Classics November 1, 1988
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0140190597
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0140190595
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Book Dimensions:
7 x 5 x 1 inches
- Weighs: 8 ounces
Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Sword of Gnosis: Metaphysics, Cosmology, Tradition, Symbolism (Paperback)
From back cover: "The central theme of this collection of essays is modern man's crisis of the soul - a criss brought on by our rejection of tradition in favor of technological advancement. Tradition is understood here, not as dry ritual or fossilized belief, but as the transmission without distortion of the universal truths that lie at the heart of all religions. By referring back to primordial tradition, the authors seek to provide a sword with which to cut away the illusions of the present age. With contributions by Frithjof Schuon, Rene Guenon, Marco Pallis, Abu Bakr Siraj Ad-Din, Martin Lings, Titus Burckhardt, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Leo Shaya and D.M. Deed, and now with a new Preface by Jacob Needleman, this volume is widely recognized as a classic.
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