Mirror of the Intellect

by Burckhardt, Titus; Stoddart, William

• ISBN13: 9780946621088
• ISBN10: 094662108X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1987-01-01
• Publisher: Islamic Texts Society

Table of Contents

Introduction Titus Burckhardt: An Outline of his Life and Works	3	(10)
I. TRADITIONAL COSMOLOGY & THE MODERN WORLD
The Cosmological Perspective	13	(55)
Traditional Cosmology and Modern Science
Cosmologia Perennis	17	(9)
Modern Physics	26	(4)
Traditional Symbolism and Modern Empiricism	30	(2)
Evolutionism	32	(13)
Modern Psychology	45	(23)
`Riding the Tiger'	68	(9)
II CHRISTIAN THEMES
The Seven Liberal Arts and the West Door of Chartres Cathedral	77	(5)
Because Dante is Right	82	(16)
Contra Teilhard de Chardin	98	(4)
The Heavenly Jerusalem and the Paradise of Vaikuntha	102	(8)
Two Examples of Christian Symbolism	110	(2)
The Theological Message of Russian Icons	112	(5)
III SYMBOLISM AND MYTHOLOGY
The Symbolism of the Mirror	117	(7)
The Symbolism of Water	124	(8)
Insight into Alchemy	132	(10)
The Symbolism of Chess	142	(7)
The Sacred Mask	149	(7)
The Return of Ulysses	156	(8)
The Sun Dance	164	(9)
IV ISLAMIC THEMES
The Traditional Sciences in Fez	173	(10)
The Prayer of Ibn Mashish	183	(10)
Concerning the 'Barzakh'	193	(7)
Commentary on the Divine Names	200	(10)
Imam Ghazali
The Role of the Fine Arts in Moslem Education	210	(9)
Perennial Values in Islamic Art	219	(12)
The Void in Islamic Art	231	(5)
The Impact of the Arabic Language on the Visual Arts of Islam	236	(15)
V ENVOI
A Letter on Spiritual Method	251
APPENDIX
Bibliography of Titus Burckhardt	255	(8)
Index	263