 Light
on Ancient Worlds
By Frithjof Schuon, Translated from the French
Pub Date: 1984
Publisher: World Wisdom Books
Binding: Paper, 256pp.
ISBN: 0941532038
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The triumph of materialism that characterizes Western civilization
has exacted as its price a corresponding downfall of spiritual and
intellectual truth: technology casts its manufactured light on the ruins
of mankind's ancient heritages and transmitted wisdom. We inhabit a
wasteland of ignorance when it comes to essential human values.
But precisely it is the very darkness of this spiritual void which draws
down an adequate response to the situation, for "nature abhors a
vacuum." The world may pass by blindly, but the Truth has
nevertheless struck home for those who have eyes to see, in the vast
witness over the past some fifty years given in the works of Frithjof
Schuon. Schuon casts a light on mankind's ancient heritages and
transmitted wisdom through his impressive and precise handling of
complex theological and metaphysical problems. His genius lies in the
way he applies universal principles to the relevant domains of metaphysics,
theology, cosmology, anthropology, and the arts and cultures of our
world in general. To read and understand this book is to gain an ordered
world view for our times, and for all times, for the message is
integral, universal, and pertinent to both our present life and final
ends
CONTENTS
 | The Ancient Worlds in Perspective
| In the Wake of the Fall
| Dialogue Between Hellenists and Christians
| The Shamanism of the Red Indians
| Maya
| Reflections on Naivety
| Man in the Universe
| The Universality of Monasticism and its Relevance in the Modern
World
| Religio Perennis |
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