Title: The sword of gnosis: metaphysics, cosmology, tradition, symbolism;
Authors: Needleman, Jacob; Schuon, Frithjof, 1907-1998
Publisher: Penguin Books
Year: 1974
Subjects: Religion
Contents: No activity without truth / Frithjof Schuon -- Oriental Metaphysics / Rene Guenon -- Catholic church in crisis / Marco Pallis -- Veil of the temple / Marco Pallis -- Spiritual function of civilization / Abu Bakr Siraj Ad-Din -- Signs of the times / Martin Lings -- Cosmology and modern science / Titus Burckhardt -- Discovering the interior life / Marco Pallis -- Remarks on the enigma of the Koan / Frithjof Schuon -- Who is man / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- Seven deadly sins in the light of the symbolism of number / Martin Lings -- Is there a problem of evil / Marco Pallis -- Living one's Karma / Marco Pallis -- Is there room for Grace in Buddhism / Marco Pallis -- Language of the birds / Rene Guenon -- Perennial values in Islamic art / Titus Burckhardt -- Arab or Islamic art / Titus Burckhardt -- Influence of Sufism on traditional Persian Music / Seyyed Hossein Nasr -- On the margin of liturgical improvisations / Frithjof Schuon -- Keys to the Bible / Frithjof Schuon -- Meaning of the temple / Leo Schaya -- Rites and symbols / Rene Guenon -- Hermes / Rene Guenon -- Sword of the Spirit / D. M. Deed -- Old Lithuanian songs / Martin Lings -- Understanding and believing / Frithjof Schuon -- Human Margin / Frithjof Schuon -- Studies in comparative religion: Index