caveat: Guenon’s traditionalism is slanted in favor of abrahamic religion and, though having its value, should be read with discernment to sort out the confusion of Abrahamism/magianism. For criticism of Guenon see ‘Against Traditionalism’ and ‘Criticism of Rene Guenon’
Rene Guenon, the ‘traditionalist’ freemason’s perspective on ‘sacred science’.
“In Symbols of Sacred Science, Guénon, a master of precise, even ‘mathematical’ metaphysical exposition, reveals himself as a consummate exegete of myth and symbolism as well, superior in many ways to Mircea Eliade, and comparable perhaps only to his respected friend Ananda K. Coomaraswamy. This extraordinary text unveils the cosmological meanings of root symbols organized under such general headings as: The Center of the World, Cyclic Manifestation, Symbolic Weapons, Axial Symbolism and the Symbolism of Passage, The Symbolism of Building, and The Symbolism of the Heart. Far more than a simple catalogue of myths and symbols from many traditions, Symbols of the Sacred Science lays the foundation for a universal esoteric symbology. In this work, Guénon demonstrates the fundamental unity-across all cultures and ages-of the images with which the Absolute clothes itself in its cosmic self-revelation.”
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