The Essential Titus Burckhardt: Reflections on Sacred Art, Faiths, and Civilizations (Perennial Philosophy)

Cover
 About the Author and this Book
 The Library of Perennial Philosophy
 Cover Reference
 The Essential Titus Burckhardt
 Copyright Page
 Table of Content
 Illustrations in Color
 Black-and-white illustrations in the text
 Epigraph
 Preface
 Photograph of Titus Burckhardt
 Photograph of Titus Burckhardt and Frithjof Schuon
 Foreword
 Introduction: Titus Burckhardt and the Perennialist School
 1. Some Fundamental Doctrines and Principles
 How to Approach Medieval and Oriental Civilizations
 Knowledge and Love in Sufism
 Metaphysics and Virtue in Sufism
 2. Traditional and Modern Science. The Perspective of Traditional CosmologyTraditional Symbolism and Modern Empiricism
 The Theory of Evolution
 Contra Teilhard de Chardin
 Modern Psychology
 Islamic Science
 The Cosmology of the Arab Philosophers
 3. Sacred Art as the Expression of Religious Truth
 The Universality of Sacred Art
 Hindu Art
 Buddhist Art
 Taoist Art
 Christian Art
 Islamic Art
 4. History, the Governance of Men and Nations, and the Modern World
 The Nature of Kingship
 The Law of Hierarchy and the Four Social Stations
 Chess as a Symbol of Rulership
 St. Catherine of Siena and the City of the Soul. What is Conservatism?\"Riding the Tiger\"
 The Irruption of the Modern World as it Affected Morocco
 5. Alchemy
 Insight into Alchemy
 The Witness of an African Goldsmith
 \"Nature can Overcome Nature\"
 The Story of Nicolas Flamel and his Wife Perrenelle
 6. Aspects of the Spiritual Life
 The Spiritual Life: Christian
 The Spiritual Life: Islamic
 The Spiritual Life: Hindu
 The Sun Dance and the Sacred Pipe
 7. Evocations of Traditional Moroccan Life
 Return to Fez
 Ito\'s Cave
 The Fools of God
 The Comb-maker
 The Life of the Nomad
 Biographical Notes
 Bibliography of Titus Burckhardt. Books in GermanArticles in German
 Books in French
 Articles in French
 Translations from Arabic into French
 Books in English
 Articles in English
 Translations from Arabic into French and then into English
 Books in Italian
 Articles in Italian
 Translations from Arabic into French and then into Italian
 Books in Spanish
 Articles in Spanish
 Index
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