Symbols of Sacred ScienceSophia Perennis, 2004 - 456 頁 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, Symboic Weapons, Axial Symbolism and the Symbolsim 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. |
內容
The Reform of the Modern Mentality | 1 |
Word and Symbol | 7 |
The Sacred Heart and the Legend of the Holy Grail | 12 |
The Holy Grail | 23 |
Tradition and the Unconscious | 38 |
The Science of Letters Ilm alḥurüf | 46 |
The Language of the Birds | 50 |
SYMBOLS OF THE CENTER AND OF THE WORLD | 55 |
The Symbolism of the Dome | 245 |
The Dome and The Wheel | 251 |
The Octagon | 260 |
The Cornerstone | 264 |
Lapsit exillis | 279 |
AlArkän | 284 |
Gathering What is Scatterred | 288 |
The Black and The White | 293 |
The Idea of the Center in the Traditions of Antiquity | 57 |
Symbolic Flowers | 68 |
The Triple Precinct of the Druids | 73 |
The Guardians of the Holy Land | 79 |
The Land of the Sun | 89 |
The Zodiac and the Cardinal Points | 96 |
The Tetraktys and the Square of Four | 101 |
THE SYMBOLISM OF BUILDING | 105 |
A Hieroglyph of the Pole | 106 |
The Black Heads | 110 |
The Letter G and the Swastika | 113 |
SYMBOLS OF CYCLIC MANIFESTATION | 119 |
Some Aspects of the Symbolism of Janus | 120 |
The Hieroglyph of Cancer | 128 |
Seth | 134 |
The Significance of Carnivals | 140 |
Some Aspects of the Symbolism of the Fish | 145 |
The Mysteries of the Letter Nun | 151 |
The Wild Boar and the Bear | 157 |
SOME SYMBOLIC WEAPONS | 165 |
Thunderbolts | 167 |
Symbolic Weapons | 173 |
The Sword of Islam Sayf alIslam | 179 |
The Symbolism of Horns | 185 |
The Cave and the Labyrinth | 193 |
The Heart and the Cave | 202 |
The Mountain and the Cave | 207 |
The Heart and the World Egg | 211 |
The Cave and the World Egg | 215 |
The Exit from the Cave | 219 |
The Solstitial Gates | 223 |
The Symbolism of the Zodiac Among the Pythagoreans | 229 |
The Solstitial Symbolism of Janus | 235 |
Concerning the Two Saint Johns | 239 |
Black Stone and Cubic Stone | 296 |
Black Stone Hewn Stone | 300 |
AXIAL SYMBOLISM AND SYMBOLISM OF PASSAGE | 305 |
Symbols of Analogy | 307 |
The World Tree | 312 |
The Tree and The Vajra | 317 |
The Tree of Life and The Draught of Immortality | 320 |
The Symbolism of the Ladder | 324 |
The Eye of the Needle | 328 |
Crossing the Waters | 331 |
The Seven Rays and The Rainbow | 334 |
Janua Cœli | 340 |
Kālamukha | 345 |
Light and Rain | 350 |
The Chain of the Worlds | 355 |
The Roots of Plants | 365 |
The Symbolism of the Bridge | 370 |
The Bridge and The Rainbow | 374 |
The Chain of Union | 379 |
Frameworks and Labyrinths | 382 |
Sign of Four | 387 |
Bonds and Knots | 392 |
THE SYMBOLISM OF THE HEART | 397 |
Radiating Heart and Flaming Heart | 399 |
Heart and Brain | 405 |
The Emblem of the SacredHeart in an American Secret Society | 415 |
The AllSeeing Eye | 422 |
The Mustard Seed | 426 |
The Ether in the Heart | 435 |
The Divine City | 443 |
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