Fundamental Symbols

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ISBN: 9781870196116 | 1870196112
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 1/1/1995

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In this work, probably the most significant in a modern Western language concerning symbolism, Gueacute;non deals with the metaphysical and cosmological meaning of symbols drawn from traditions as far apart as the Greek and the Buddhist, the Druid, and the Islamic.

Introduction
Editor's Foreword
Traditional Symbolism and Some of Its General Applications
The Reform of the Modern Mentality	p. 3
Spirit and Intellect	p. 7
The Eternal Ideas	p. 10
Word and Symbol	p. 13
The Sacred Heart and the Legend of the Holy Grail	p. 17
The Holy Grail	p. 24
Tradition and the Unconscious	p. 30
The Science of Letters ('Ilm al-huruf)	p. 34
The Language of the Birds	p. 39
Symbols of the Centre and of the World
The Idea of the Centre in the Traditions of Antiquity	p. 45
Symbolic Flowers	p. 54
The Triple Enclosure of the Druids	p. 55
The Guardians of the Holy Land	p. 59
The Land of the Sun	p. 67
The Zodiac and the Cardinal Points	p. 71
The Tetraktys and the Square of Four	p. 74
A Hieroglyph of the Pole	p. 78
The Black Heads	p. 80
The Letter G and the Swastika	p. 82
Symbols of Cyclic Manifestation
Some Aspects of the Symbolism of Janus	p. 89
The Hieroglyph of Cancer	p. 94
Seth	p. 98
On the Significance of Carnivals	p. 101
Some Aspects of the Symbolism of the Fish	p. 105
The Mysteries of the Letter Nun	p. 109
The Wild Boar and the Bear	p. 113
Some Symbolic Weapons
Thunderbolts	p. 121
Symbolic Weapons	p. 124
The Sword of Islam (Sayf al-Islam)	p. 128
The Symbolism of Horns	p. 131
The Symbolism of the Forms of the Cosmos
The Cave and the Labyrinth	p. 139
The Heart and the Cave	p. 145
The Mountain and the Cave	p. 148
The Heart and the World Egg	p. 151
The Cave and the World Egg	p. 153
The Exit from the Cave	p. 156
The Solstitial Gates	p. 159
The Symbolism of the Zodiac Among the Pythagoreans	p. 162
The Solstitial Symbolism of Janus	p. 166
Concerning the Two Saint Johns	p. 168
The Symbolism of Building
The Symbolism of the Dome	p. 175
The Dome and the Wheel	p. 179
The Narrow Gate	p. 182
The Octagon	p. 184
The Cornerstone	p. 187
'Lapsit exillis'	p. 198
Al-Arkan	p. 201
Gathering What Is Scattered	p. 204
The Black and the White	p. 207
Black Stone and Cubic Stone	p. 209
Brute Stone, Hewn Stone	p. 212
Axial Symbolism and Symbolism of Passage
Symbols of Analogy	p. 217
The World Tree	p. 220
The Tree and the Vajra	p. 224
The Tree of Life and the Draught of Immortality	p. 225
The Symbolism of the Ladder	p. 228
The Eye of the Needle	p. 231
Traversing the Waters	p. 233
The Seven Rays and the Rainbow	p. 235
Janua Coeli	p. 239
Kala-mukha	p. 242
Light and Rain	p. 245
The Chain of the Worlds	p. 249
The Roots of Plants	p. 256
The Symbolism of the Bridge	p. 260
The Bridge and the Rainbow	p. 263
The Chain of Union	p. 266
Frameworks and Labyrinths	p. 268
The 'Sign of Four'	p. 273
Bonds and Knots	p. 276
The Symbolism of the Heart
The Radiating Heart and the Flaming Heart	p. 283
Heart and Brain	p. 287
The All-Seeing Eye	p. 294
The Mustard Seed	p. 296
The Ether in the Heart	p. 302
The Divine City	p. 308
List of Original Sources	p. 313
The Books of Rene Guenon	p. 314
Index	p. 315
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