Insights into Christian Esotericism
In Insights into Christian Esotericism, René Guénon unveils the hidden, initiatic dimension of Christianity—often obscured by centuries of dogmatic and exoteric interpretation. Drawing on traditional symbolism, sacred texts, and metaphysical principles, Guénon reveals that beneath Christianity’s outer forms lies a profound esoteric current, fully in harmony with the great initiatic traditions of the world.
With clarity and depth, Guénon examines key Christian symbols, doctrines, and rites, illuminating their inner meanings and their role in the spiritual journey of the soul. He challenges the assumption that Christianity is solely exoteric, arguing instead that its original essence was—and remains—esoterically grounded and universally resonant.
A vital contribution to the rediscovery of Christianity’s sacred core, Insights into Christian Esotericism is an indispensable guide for those seeking a deeper, more unified understanding of Christian doctrine within the framework of perennial wisdom.
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REVIEW QUOTES:
“Apart from the style of writing, which has aged badly and whose lightness is not the primary quality, this work (like all those of the author) contains a mine of doors and walkways towards the esoteric understanding of what surrounds us and here what seems to us to be Christianity.
We are far from the Da Vinci Code of course, but what Guénon once again wrote here is more like a revelation than a mere glimpse.
Initiation, grail, Dante nothing escapes the master’s analytical eye for our greatest reflection.” – gcj’s Reviews – Amazon.com
“Some later essays by Guenon, mostly in the form of longer book reviews. The first sections are more stuff on Dante and Fedli d’Amore, specifically responding to a text published at the time on the topic- these were fairly interesting for us, though mostly in the way that Guenon reiterated his more characteristic points in responding to the text he is critiquing. The later portions were on the grail legends, and these were of more interest to us- probably the best statements on the Holy Grail topic that Guenon wrote, perhaps more comprehensive than those in Symbols of Sacred Science.” – no.stache.nietzsche’s Reviews – Goodreads
- Format: Epub
- Pages : 228
- ISBN : 9782487364301
Additional information
| Epub | $10.99 |
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| Paper | Soon |
