The Essential Titus Burckhardt: Reflections on Sacred Art, Faiths, and Civilizations

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World Wisdom, Inc, 2003 - 328 pages
An introduction to the thought of one of the greatest perennialist authors of the twentieth century.
 

Contents

Titus Burckhardt and the Perennialist School
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1 Some Fundamental Doctrines and Principles
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How to Approach Medieval and Oriental Civilizations
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Knowledge and Love in Sufism
13
Metaphysics and Virtue in Sufism
16
2 Traditional and Modern Science
21
The Perspective of Traditional Cosmology
23
Traditional Symbolism and Modern Empiricism
26
Hindu
279
The Sun Dance and the Sacred Pipe
284
7 Evocations of Traditional Moroccan Life
291
Return to Fez
293
Itos Cave
299
The Fools of God
303
The Combmaker
306
The Life of the Nomad
308

The Theory of Evolution
28
Contra Teilhard de Chardin
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Modern Psychology
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Islamic Science
65
The Cosmology of the Arab Philosophers
78
3 Sacred Art as the Expression of Religious Truth
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The Universality of Sacred Art
87
Hindu Art
94
Buddhist Art
100
Taoist Art
106
Christian Art
112
Islamic Art
150
4 History the Governance of Men and Nations and the Modern World
159
The Nature of Kingship
161
The Law of Hierarchy and the Four Social Stations
165
Chess as a Symbol of Rulership
168
St Catherine of Siena and the City of the Soul
170
What is Conservatism?
181
Riding the Tiger
187
The Irruption of the Modern World as it Affected Morocco
193
5 Alchemy
203
Insight into Alchemy
205
The Witness of an African Goldsmith
207
Nature can Overcome Nature
209
The Story of Nicolas Flamel and his Wife Perrenelle
221
6 Aspects of the Spiritual Life
229
Christian
231
Islamic
259
Biographical Notes
310
Bibliography of Titus Burckhardt
311
Books in German
312
Articles in German
313
Books in French
314
Translations from Arabic into French
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Articles in English
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Translations from Arabic into French and then into English
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Books in Italian
320
Books in Spanish
321
Index
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