The Great Triad - Tapa dura

This book offers a first English translation of one of Rene Guenon's most important works. Guenon, a 20th-century thinker who challenged the declining intellectual and spiritual values of the modern world, was also known for his concise expositions of Eastern doctrines. In this book Guenon attempts to interpret the manifold aspects of the ternary "heaven, earth and man", drawing mainly on Far-Eastern sources. This study aims to demonstrate the metaphysical, cosmological and spiritual perspectives underlying the "Triad" symbol which, when properly assimilated, possesses the possibility of functioning as an initiatory means of support for inner realization.