The past century has witnessed an erosion of earlier cultural values as well as a blurring of the distinctive characteristics of the world’s traditional civilizations, giving rise to philosophic and moral relativism, multiculturalism, and dangerous fundamentalist reactions. As early as the 1920s, the French metaphysician Ren� Gu�non (1886–1951) had diagnosed these tendencies and presented what he believed to be the only possible reconciliation of the legitimate (although apparently conflicting) demands of outward religious forms, “exoterisms,” with their essential core, “esoterism.” His works are characterized by a foundational critique of the modern world coupled with a call for intellectual reform; a renewed examination of metaphysics, the traditional sciences, and symbolism with special reference to the ultimate unanimity of all spiritual traditions; and finally, a call to the work of spiritual realization.

The present volume, first published in 1958 by Gu�non’s friend,and collaborator Paul Chacornac, whose bookstore, journal (first called Le Voile d’Isis, later changed to �tudes Traditionnelles), and publishing venture were so instrumental in furthering Gu�non’s work, was the first full-length biography of this extraordinary man to appear, and has served as the foundation for the many later biographies that have appeared in French, as well as the lone biography in English, Ren� Gu�non and the Future of the West, by Robin Waterfield.

“Gu�non established the language of sacred metaphysics with a rigor, breadth, and intrinsic certainty that compel recognition as a standard of comparison for the twentieth century.” —Jean Borella

“Gu�non gave proof of a universality of understanding that for centuries had had no parallel in the Western world.” —Frithjof Schuon

“It was Gu�non who taught me to seek and love the truth above all else, and to be unsatisfied with anything else.” —Fr Seraphim Rose

“Encountering Gu�non’s work is akin to being struck by lightning: a dazzling initiation into a hitherto unknown way of seeing reality that reclaims the original integrity of the human condition.” —Samuel Bendeck Sotillos

“Gu�non’s mixture of arcane learning, metaphysics, and scathing cultural commentary is a continent in itself, untouched by the polluted tides of modernity.” —Jocelyn Godwin

“Gu�non was an unsurpassed master of the science of symbolism.” —Martin Lings

“Gu�non reaffirmed the values that constitute the only sound basis for living a life with dignity and purpose, or forming of a civilization worthy of the name.” —Philip Sherrard

“Gu�non was one of the greatest prophets of our time, whose voice is even more important today than when he was alive.” —Huston Smith

“No modern European writer was more significant than Ren� Gu�non, who expounded the universal metaphysical tradition that is the indispensable basis for any civilization deserving to be so called.” —A. K. Coomaraswamy

“Gu�non’s works are such potent metaphysical attacks on the downward drift of Western civilization as to make all other contemporary critiques seem half-hearted by comparison.” —Jacob Needleman

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Ren� Gu�non (1886-1951) is undoubtedly one of the luminaries of the twentieth century, whose critique of the modern world has stood fast against the shifting sands of recent philosophies. His oeuvre of 26 volumes is providential for the modern seeker: pointing ceaselessly to the perennial wisdom found in past cultures ranging from the Shamanistic to the Indian and Chinese, the Hellenic and Judaic, the Christian and Islamic, and including also Alchemy, Hermeticism, and other esoteric currents, at the same time it directs the reader to the deepest level of religious praxis, emphasizing the need for affiliation with a revealed tradition even while acknowledging the final identity of all spiritual paths as they approach the summit of spiritual realization. The present volume, first published in 1958 by Gu�non's friend and collaborator Paul Chacornac, whose bookstore, journal (first called Le Voile d'Isis, later changed to �tudes Traditionnelles), and publishing venture-�ditions Traditionnelles-were so instrumental in furthering Gu�non's work, was the first full-length biography of this extraordinary man to appear, and has served as the foundation for the many later biographies that have appeared in French, as well as the lone biography in English, Ren� Gu�non and the Future of the West, by Robin Waterfield. Its translation and publication in conjunction with The Collected Works of Ren� Gu�non represents an important step in the effort to bring Gu�non's oeuvre before a wider public.

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