Mirror of the Intellect

by Burckhardt, Titus

• ISBN13: 9780887066849
• ISBN10: 0887066844
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-10-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Fons Vitae is dedicated to preserving in print for future generations the extraordinarily important work of Titus Burckhardt, who devoted his life to the exposition of Universal Truth, that wisdom "uncreate" in the realm of metaphysics, cosmology, and sacred art. In addition to Burckhardt's Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Letters of a Sufi Master, and Moorish Culture in Spain, Fons Vitae is honored to add to the series Sacred Art, East and West, Mystical Astrology according to lbn 'Arabi, and Mirror of the Intellect.An eminent Swiss metaphysician and scholar of oriental languages, Titus Burckhardt (1908-1984) devoted his life to the timeless and universal wisdom present in Sufism, Vedanta, Taoism, Platonism, and the other great esoteric and sapiential traditions. Though an art historian like his great uncle, the renowned Jacob Burckhardt, his main interest was the spiritual use and meaning to be found in Eastern and Western art and architecture, and the expression of the sacred in the livesof saints.This is a virtually complete collection of Burckhardt's essays, originally published throughout his long life in a variety of German and French journals. Their range is tremendous -- from sacred cosmology and modern science through Christianity and Islam to symbolism and mythology. The chief virtue of the collection is precisely its comprehensiveness; both quantitatively and qualitatively it is extremely rich.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Titus Burckhardt: An Outline of his Life and Works

Traditional Cosmology & The Modern World

The Cosmological Perspective

Traditional Cosmology and Modern Science

Cosmologia Perennis

Modern Physics

Traditional Symbolism and Modern Empiricism

Evolutionism

Modern Psychology

'Riding the Tiger'

Christian Themes

The Seven Liberal Arts and the West Door of Chartres Cathedral

Because Dante is Right

Contra Teilhard de Chardin

The Heavenly Jerusalem and the Paradise of Vaikuntha

Two Examples of Christian Symbolism

The Theological Message of Russian Icons

Symbolism and Mythology

The Symbolism of the Mirror

The Symbolism of Water

Insight into Alchemy

The Symbolism of Chess

The Sacred Mask

The Return of Ulysses

The Sun Dance

Islamic Themes

The Traditional Sciences in Fez

The Prayer of Ibn Mashîsh

Concerning the 'Barzakh'

Commentary on the Divine Names by Imam Ghazâlî

The Role of the Fine Arts in Moslem Education

Perennial Values in Islamic Art

The Void in Islamic Art

The Impact of the Arabic Language on the Visual Arts of Islam

Envoi

A Letter on Spiritual Method

Appendix

Bibliography of Titus Burckhardt

Index

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