Esoterism
as Principle and As Way
By: Frithjof Schuon, Translated from the French by William Stoddart
Pub Date: 1990
Publisher: Perennial Books
Binding: Paper, 240pp.
ISBN: 0900588233
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"The prerogative of the human state is
objectivity; the essential content of which is the Absolute. There is no
knowledge without objectivity of the intelligence; there is no freedom
without objectivity of the will; and there is no nobility without
objectivity of the soul . . . Esoterism seeks to realize pure and direct
objectvity; this is its raison d'etre."
These are the opening words of a work in which the author explains why
esoterism is both possible and necessary. It is the intellectual principle
capable of explaining the formal contradictions of the various
orthodox religions as well as the errors of materialistic and
deconstructionist modern thought. In addition, esoterism is the way by
which man may realize his connection with absolute Truth or Reality,
despite the confusions and obstacles with which technological
civilization and its philosophy seek to obscure our vision and weaken
our resolve. In the author's words, "Just as rationalism can remove
faith, so esoterism can restore it."
Esoterism
as Principle and As Way
