The Essential Titus Burckhardt: Reflections on Sacred Art, Faiths, and Civilizations (Perennial Philosophy)
"Burckhardt has always been a[n] inspiration...His... modesty and natural reticence hid his great stature as...[a] man of wisdom." --Keith Critchlow, author of Islamic Patterns: An Analytical and Cosmological Approach"Burckhardt looks at Islam and Christianity with the eyes of a scholar who combines...spiritual insight with...love of...Truth." --Annemarie Schimmel, Harvard University, author of Mystical Dimensions of Islam"The Essential Titus Burckhardt is a veritable theophany. Wherever you open the pages...[it] breathes all that is sacred." --Sir John Tavener, composer, and author of The Music of Silence: A Composer's Testament"This book is a spiritual and intellectual journey that...brings together the wisdom of the major religious traditions." --Rama P. Coomaraswamy, M.D., F.A.C.S., author of The Destruction of the Christian Tradition"This distillation of [Titus Burckhardt's] life's work is a precious memento." --Huston Smith, author of The World's Religions and Why Religion Matters