LoginInsights into Islamic Esoterism and Taoism (Collected Works of Rene Guenon)
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This small volume brings together a number of Guénon's early articles relating to Sufism (tasawwuf), or Islamic esoterism. A later article, 'Islamic Esoterism', has also been included, since it articulates so well the particularities of initiation in Islam by defining the fundamental elements of tasawwuf: shari'ah, tariqah, haqiqah. The first constitutes the necessary fundamental exoteric basis; the second, the Way and its means; the third, the goal or final result. In the other chapters, Guénon expresses with his usual synthetic clarity what tawhid and faqr are, and gives examples of traditional sciences, relating angelology
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Manufacturer: Sophia Perennis
Release date: 22 May 2004
ISBN-10 : 090058825X | ISBN-13: 9780900588259
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