Perennial philosphy

Martin Lings

Thre is no traditional doctrine which does not teach that this world is a world of symbols…. Symbolism…

What are the provisions that require the initiation of the poet, of the lover of nature? A long,…

This essay explores the Perennial Philosophy, which – prior to the scientific revolution – sustained and nourished a…

The whole is much more than its parts, and can not be understood by analysis, but by synthesis;…

For the sage, each star, each flower, metaphysically proves the Infinite. This dethronement of Nature, or this scission…

Neither science nor modern technology represent a cultural invariant: they are neither neutral nor universal, and therefore they…

Flowers have been admired, loved and cultivated for thousands of years, but it was not until a century…

A remarkably comprehensive exposition and analysis of humanity’s pursuit of knowledge, from the sophia perennis viewpoint, which proposes…

The author argues that the misuse of science and subsequent progress are the essential causes of the spread…

This document describes the general principles on which the traditional religious vision of the natural world and humankind’s…