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Gurdjieff : In the Light of Tradition

15 reviews
Whitall N. Perry

Perennial Books Ltd, 1978

Wonderful work, but not for beginners
I must admit, it's taken me several tries to work my way through this. Guenon's use of quotes and semicolons to extend the length of phrases ranks here at an all time high. Many sentences here stretch for half a page. That said, I'm convinced that may be the fault of the translator, as not all of Guenon's works are quite so bad in that regard. Regardless, I won't dwell much in this short ...

A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom

1 review
Whitall N Perry

Allen and Unwin, 1971

Spiritual and Metaphysical Insight - in themes and texts
This book might well have been be re-named 'An Anthology of the Spiritual Life.' In brilliantly classified excerpts, chosen out of the immense total of man's spiritual heritage, skillfully arranged so as to throw into relief each other's truth -- and their common truth -- as an evocation from their very contrast, the book is creating a synthesis of mutual corroboration. In the ...

A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom: An Encyclopedia of Humankind's Spiritual Truth (Wisdom Foundation series)

4 reviews
Whitall N. Perry

Fons Vitae, 2000

The Magnum Opus of Spiritual Wisdom
This is it!!! The big book of the spiritual wisdom of the ages. From all the great wisdom traditions, east and west, this is the most comprehensive anthology I've ever seen. All the major themes of mankind's search for The Real are treated. From creation to sacrifice to magic to illusion to reality to visions to suffering, death, metanoia, prayer, grace, ecstacy, truth, union, the esoteric, the ...

Gurdjieff in the Light of Tradition

3 reviews
Whitall N. Perry

Sophia Perennis, 2002

Best Book Against Gurdjieff
Although most of the information contained in this actually older book is not "new", the approach the author takes should be pointed out and applauded; warning the would-be explorer in the Gurdjieff Universe that not all is benign there. Mr. Perry uses his solid grounding in Orthodox Religious belief to smash many of the claims to legitimacy made by Gurdjieff cultists. The intention of this book ...

Challenges to a Secular Society
Whitall N. Perry

Foundation for Traditional, 1996

This work contains a critical analysis from the traditional point of view of a number of currents and issues permeating the modern world and questions posed by modernism. The author sheds light, drawn from the perennial wisdom of the great traditions, upon such contentious and difficult problems as reincarnation and the true significance of astrology as well as provides an evaluation in the light of that wisdom of much that passes for mysticism ...

The Spiritual Ascent: A Compendium of the World's Wisdom

1 review
Whitall N. Perry

Fons Vitae, 2008

Another edition of "A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom"
This is an excellent anthology; unfortunately, the seller does not mention the fact that it is a renamed new edition of "A Treasury of Traditional Wisdom." Oh well, I will give it away as a gift to some deserving person...