We recommend to serious students of traditional studies that they
obtain the publications of René Guénon and other expositors of
traditional doctrine. Many of these books can be located and ordered
from this page, including:
The Crisis of
the Modern World (1927; reprinted 1999 by Indica
Books, Varanasi) 142 pp. "In Crisis of the Modern
World, published for the first time in 1927, Guénon writes a
relentless and radical criticism of the modern world, revealing its
shallowness and its spiritual destitution when confronted with the
traditional civilizations." Excellent introduction to Guenon. Highly
recommended. Published by Indica Books, Varanasi.
The Great
Triad was first published in French in 1946 and
was the last of the author's books to appear in his lifetime.
"The Great Triad is centred on Taoism while being
characteristically rich in illuminating cross-references to other
traditions, for the ternary in question -- Heaven, Earth and Man --
is an inescapable feature of all spirituality. Seldom have the
multiple levels of significance of a single symbol been expounded in
such profound and meaningful details so as to reveal that, when
properly assimilated, the triad symbol possesses the possibility of
support for inner realisation." (New Delhi: Munshiram Manoharlal
Publishers, 1994) pp. 171. Can be ordered from Indica Books.
Introduction
to the Study of Hindu Doctrines, Outstanding work.
Order reprints from Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi, or inquire from
Indica Books.
Man and His
Becoming According to Vedanta Another 'must read'
book of Guénon. Order reprints from Munshiram Manoharlal, New Delhi
or inquire from Indica Books.