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Titus Burckhardt was Swiss and an eminent member of the traditionalist school. He is perhaps best known to the English-speaking public as the author of the following books: Sacred Art in East and West; Siena, City of the Virgin; Moorish Culture in Spain; and Alchemy: Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul. A generation ago, he won much acclaim for producing and publishing the first successful, full-scale facsimiles of the Book of Kells and other ancient manuscripts. In more recent years, he acted as a specialist advisor to UNESCO, with particular reference to the preservation of the unique architectural heritage of Fez, which was then in danger. The present volume is a complete collection of Burckhardts essays, originally published in a variety of German and French journals. They range from modern science in its various forms, through Christianity and Islam, to symbolism and mythology. It is a rich collection. Burckhardt blends an accessible style with a penetrating insight. He interprets the metaphysical, cosmological, and symbolic dimensions of these sacred traditions from the perspective of timeless, spiritual wisdom.

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title Mirror of the Intellect Essays On Traditional Science Sacred Art - photo 1
title:Mirror of the Intellect : Essays On Traditional Science & Sacred Art SUNY Series in Islam
author:Burckhardt, Titus.; Stoddart, William.
publisher:State University of New York Press
isbn10 | asin:0887066836
print isbn13:9780887066832
ebook isbn13:9780585063621
language:English
subjectCosmology, Theology, Symbolism, Mythology, Islam.
publication date:1987
lcc:BD523.B87 1987eb
ddc:113
subject:Cosmology, Theology, Symbolism, Mythology, Islam.
Mirror of the Intellect
ESSAYS ON TRADITIONAL SCIENCE & SACRED ART
BY
TITUS BURCKHARDT
Translated and edited by
William Stoddart
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS First published in the USA by - photo 2
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK PRESS
First published in the USA by State University of New York Press, Albany, 1987
copyright Quinta Essentia 1987
All rights reserved
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without permission.
For information address:
State University of New York Press, State University Plaza
Albany, NY 12246
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Burckhardt, Titus
Mirror of the intellect
(SUNY Series in Islam)
Posthumous collection of writings composed
mainly of articles originally published in a variety of
French and German periodicals.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Cosmology. 2. Theology. 3. Symbolism.
4. Mythology. 5. Islam. I. Stoddart, William.
II. Title. III. Series
BD523.B87Picture 31987Picture 4113Picture 587-10103
ISBN 0-88706-683-6
ISBN 0-88706-684-4 (pbk.)
Printed in the United Kingdom
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Now do I see that never can our Intellect be sated, unless that Truth do shine upon it.
Dante
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Beauty is the splendour of the Truth.
Plato
CONTENTS
Introduction
Titus Burckhardt: An Outline of his Life and Works
3
I Traditional Cosmology & The Modern World
1. The Cosmological Perspective
13
2. Traditional Cosmology and Modern Science
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(I) Cosmologia Perennis
17
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(II) Modern Physics
26
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(III) Traditional Symbolism and Modern Empiricism
30
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(IV) Evolutionism
32
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(V) Modern Psychology
45
3. 'Riding the Tiger'
68
II Christian Themes
4. The Seven Liberal Arts and the West Door of Chartres Cathedral
77
5. Because Dante is Right
82
6. Contra Teilhard de Chardin
98
7. The Heavenly Jerusalem and the Paradise of Vaikuntha
102
8. Two Examples of Christian Symbolism
110
9. The Theological Message of Russian Icons
112
III Symbolism and Mythology
10. The Symbolism of the Mirror
117
11. The Symbolism of Water
124
12. Insight into Alchemy
132
13. The Symbolism of Chess
142
14. The Sacred Mask
149
15. The Return of Ulysses
156
16. The Sun Dance
164
IV Islamic Themes
17. The Traditional Sciences in Fez
173
18. The Prayer of Ibn Mashsh
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