The Timeless Relevance of Traditional Wisdom (Perennial Philosophy)

More Than Ever, There Is An Urgent Need To Rediscover Timeless And Objective Principles In Order To Confront The Issues Of Our Times. In This Collection Of Thirty Remarkable Essays, Lakhani Summons Us To Rediscover The Sacred Worldview Of Tradition, Governed By Truth, Virtue, And Beauty, As He Addresses Some Of The Most Pressing Issues Today, Including Fundamentalism, Gender And Sexuality, Religious Diversity And Pluralism, Faith And Science, And The Problem Of Evil. What Is Tradition? -- An Introduction To Sacred Web -- The Importance Of Spiritual Literacy -- Pluralism And The Metaphysics Of Morality -- What Thirst Is For -- Of Detachment And Spiritual Courtesy -- Consecrated To The Sublime -- Fundamentalism : A Metaphysical Perspective -- Reclaiming The Center -- Understanding Tradition -- On Faith And Intellect -- Umberto Eco, Fascism, And Tradition -- Towards A Traditional Understanding Of Sexuality -- On Translation -- The Principle Of Verticality -- The Quest For Moral Certainty -- On Cultivating Awareness -- What Is Normal? -- The Problem Of Evil -- The Secular And The Sacred -- Standing Unshakably In The True : A Commentary On The Teachings Of Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) -- A Single Principle : On Faith And Pluralism -- Striving For Wholeness In The Kali Yuga -- The Secularization Of Faith In The Modern World -- Of Longing And Belonging -- Excerpt From The Metaphysics Of Human Governance -- The Metaphysics Of Poetic Expression -- Neither Of The East Nor Of The West : Universality In Islam -- Education In The Light Of Tradition : A Metaphysical Perspective -- Review Of Science Of The Cosmos, Science Of The Soul, By William C. Chittick -- Review Of Conversations With Wendell Berry -- Review Of The Henry Corbin Trilogy / By Tom Cheetham. By M. Ali Lakhani ; Foreword By Reza Shah-kazemi ; Introduction By William Stoddart. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. CONTENTS......Page 6 Dedication and Acknowledgments......Page 8 Foreword......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 1 The Sacred Web Essays......Page 24 What is “Tradition”?......Page 26 An Introduction to Sacred Web......Page 28 The Importance of Spiritual Literacy......Page 31 Pluralism and the Metaphysics of Morality......Page 35 “What Thirst Is For”......Page 38 Of Detachment and Spiritual Courtesy......Page 43 Consecrated to the Sublime......Page 48 “Fundamentalism”: A Metaphysical Perspective......Page 55 Reclaiming the Center......Page 61 Understanding “Tradition”......Page 75 On Faith and Intellect......Page 79 Umberto Eco, Fascism and Tradition......Page 83 Towards a Traditional Understanding of Sexuality......Page 91 On Translation......Page 101 The Principle of Verticality......Page 108 The Quest for Moral Certainty......Page 117 On Cultivating Awareness......Page 123 What is Normal?......Page 131 The Problem of Evil......Page 141 The Secular and the Sacred......Page 148 “Standing Unshakably in the True”:......Page 155 “A Single Principle”: On Faith and Pluralism......Page 166 Striving for “Wholeness” in the......Page 172 The Secularization of Faith in the Modern World......Page 177 Of “Longing” and “Belonging”......Page 183 2 Papers on Metaphysics......Page 188 Excerpt from “The Metaphysics of Human Governance: Imam ‘Ali, Truth and Justice”......Page 190 The Metaphysics of Poetic Expression......Page 199 “Neither of the East nor of the West”: Universality in Islam......Page 254 Education in the Light of Tradition: A Metaphysical Perspective......Page 270 3 Book Reviews......Page 284 Biographical Notes......Page 318 Index......Page 320