num_pages: 224
description: Provides comprehensive coverage of the key concepts employed by GuÃ?non; interprets the less familiar terms from Sanskrit, Hebrew and Arabic; and gives GuÃ?nonÃ­s original sources, with footnotes to clarify terms. Graham Rooth is the translator of the bestselling The Light of Zen in the West, incorporating The Supreme Doctrine and The Realization of the Self, by Hubert Benoit. RenÃ? GuÃ?non is a major figure for anyone who recognizes a need to rediscover the spiritual roots from which Western society has become so comprehensively alienated. Immersing himself in the search for spiritual truth, he chose Islam as the vehicle for his spiritual life. Settling in Egypt, he clarified and deepened our understanding of the teachings of traditional metaphysics, his central message being that there is at the source of all humanityÃ­s traditions a Ã«Primordial TraditionÃ­ Ã± a Universal Metaphysics which sets out the principles which underlie this Tradition. The truths it embodies are universal and unchanging, and form part of a unified body of higher level knowledge which transcends the multiplicity of religious dogmas and philosophical systems that abound in Western society. He wrote about the need to transcend the formal and emotional aspect of religion in order to prepare ourselves for an understanding of Ã«pure metaphysicsÃ­. He explained how traditional societies achieved this, exploring the symbols used, in order to help individuals forward to levels of understanding which are otherwise inaccessible to minds blinkered by the limitations of the currently prevailing Western approach to existence and its meaning
language: English
title: The Rene Guenon Dictionary
titlecomplete: The Rene Guenon Dictionary
publisher: Sussex Academic Pr