Remembering in a world of forgetting: thoughts on tradition and postmodernism
Bloomington, Ind
World Wisdom
The library of perennial philosophyThe library of perennial philosophy
Includes bibliographical references )p. 141-143( and indexes
by William Stoddart; edited by Mateus Soares de Azevedo and Alberto Vasconcellos Queiroz
Forgetting : decline or what we have forgotten -- Progress or the Kali-Yuga? -- Meaning behind the absurd -- Traditional and modern civilization -- Ideological obstacles to the spiritual life -- Religious and ethnic conflict -- The flaws of the evolutionist hypothesis -- The flaws of democracy -- Remembering )theory( : truth or what we have to know -- What is religion? -- What is orthodoxy? -- What is the intellect? -- Frithjof Schuon and the perennialist school -- The masculine and the feminine -- The role of culture in education -- Remembering )practice( : spirituality or what we have to do -- What is mysticism? -- The role of obedience in spirituality -- Spirituality in Islam : aspects of Islamic esoterism -- Spirituality in Christianity : a visit to Mount Athos -- Spirituality in Hinduism : a visit to the Jagadguru -- Spirituality in Buddhism : the meaning of Tantra