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Echoes of Perennial Wisdom (Library of Traditional Wisdom)

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This book is a well chosen collection of excerpts from the writings of Frithjof Schuon, the preeminent expostor of the Philosophia Perennis in our times.

Here in these selections you have the heart of the Perennial Philosophy that lies at the core of all legitimate religions and spiritual paths. The translation from the original French is good and flows smoothly and poetically.

Central to all is the realization that the reason that humankind exists is for its individual members to transcend the material world and make connection with God. This is to find the center where heaven and earth meet. Deep contemplative prayer is prescribed as the best path to this center. Indeed, to the centered man, all of life becomes an ongoing prayer, a contemplation of the Divine. Moreover, after one finds the center, one is able to return to the outer world and put its dissonances into perspective, for they are nothing compared to the Absolute. Further, once true connection has been made, the material world becomes transparent and one sees the symbolic meaning and archetypes that are reflected in the mirror of matter.