Titus Burckhardt

Spiritual attainment has frequently been described as a transformation whereby a human's leaden, dull nature is returned to its golden state. This wonderfully insightful volume introduces some of the metaphors useful for establishing attitudes required for the soul's advancement: trust, confidence, hope, and detachment. It is a reminder that when any substance or entity undergoes dissolution, it must eventually be resolved or re-crystalized in a new, possibly higher and more noble form.

Science of the Cosmos, Science of the Soul

Alchemy

Description of the themes of the great doorways and rose windows covers virtually the whole Christian story.

Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral

Islam Sanati Dil ve Anlam

Shaikh A. Ad-Darqawi

Muḥammad al-ʻArbī ibn Aḥmad Darqāwī

This book contains spiritual techniques taken from letters of Shaykh ad-Darqawi. Almost all these letters are concerned with the method and the operative aspects of the Way and are considered among the most direct instructions given on Sufic method to be found in all Sufi literature.

Letters of a Sufi Master

This work aims to provide the underlying spiritual principles, from the point of view of the Sufi master. It may complement anyone's personal library or collection of works on astrology.

Mystical Astrology According to Ibn 'Arabi

Pris dans son sens strict, l'ésotérisme désigne la partie la plus , "intérieure" d'une religion, le domaine où s'organise sa recherche du secret de la réalité, de l'homme et du divin. L'ésotérisme musulman trouve sa source dans le Coran même, où la dualité d'Allah, Dieu apparent et caché, autorise la voie mystique. Comme la kabbale juive, le soufisme relève de cette quête de l'Absolu. Cœur spirituel de l'islam, il est le , "noyau" essentiel transmis dès l'origine pour fonder et vivifier le reste de l'édifice musulman. Avec Hallaj, Al-Ghazâli, Attar ou Ibn'Arabi, le soufisme a donné à la civilisation islamique certains de ses plus fascinants représentants que ce soit en terme de philosophie, de poésie ou surtout d'accomplissement humain. Bravant la diversité des croyances, le soufisme développe une vision universaliste des religions, fondée sur l'amour, et œuvre comme un passeur culturel et spirituel entre Orient et Occident. Introduction à l'étude de la doctrine soufie, l'ouvrage de Titus Burckhardt entend contribuer aux efforts de ceux qui, dans le monde moderne, cherchent à comprendre les vérités permanentes et universelles dont toute doctrine sacrée est un mode d'expression.

Introduction aux doctrines ésotériques de l'Islam

The text and illustrations of this unique book come together to provide an insight into how the life of a people can be transformed at every level by a religious tradition. Though focusing on the city of Fez, this work gives a profound insight into the sacred roots that nourish Islamic culture and civilisation.

Fez, City of Islam

Defining the meaning and spiritual use of sacred art through its symbolic content and dependence on metaphysical principles, this work is wide in scope, covering Hindu, Buddhist, Christian, Islamic, and Taoist art.

Its Principles and Methods

Sacred Art in East and West

An Introduction to Sufism

This text provides a study of the art of the world's great religions: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam and Taoism. It illustrates the unanimity of traditional forms and symbols and explains how sacred art can be identified by style and method.

The Universality of Sacred Art

Art of Islam, Language and Meaning

William Stoddart

An introduction to the thought of one of the greatest perennialist authors of the twentieth century.

Reflections on Sacred Art, Faiths, and Civilizations

The Essential Titus Burckhardt

Charles Musès

Fons Vitae is devoted to making available works from the world's great spiritual traditions which could be of true use to a person of any faith seeking Wholeness or Holiness. Literally translated from Latin as "the fountain of life", fons vitae refers to the Knowledge which flows out to mankind from the Divine Source. Although Fons Vitae was established in 1997, its efforts are a continuation of publishing begun in Cambridge, England in 1979 as Quinta Essentia (focused on symbolism, the arts, and universal spirituality) and the Islamic Texts Society (whose aim is to translate important work in the Islamic tradition, especially Sufism). Our wish is to bring out books which are exquisitely produced and impeccable in scholarship, which could be used with confidence by both the university professor in classes and by the person interested in the eternal verities, with no compromise to a recent soft focus on spirituality. A person seeking the realm of the sacred must have authentic and reliable traditional sources to find the sustenance required for his or her own path and inspiration. Our work has been so beautifully crafted that we won the 1991 and 1993 Best Produced and Designed Book Award in Great Britain. Works from Fons Vitae often become focal points for events -- Merton and Sufism: The Untold Story precipitated a congress at the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine College, Louisville, Kentucky. His Holiness the Dalai Lama requested Islam in Tibet and The Ornaments of Lhasa be brought into being. Cairo: 1001 Years of Islamic Art and Architecture and Islam: A Pictorial Essay have been prominent in the film festival of the Middle East Studies Association annualconference. Complete collection of Burckhardt's essays shows how the symbolist perspective cultivated by the Sufis offers insights into Islamic art as well as Russian icons, the Odyssey, chess, and the Sun Dance of the American Indians.

Essays on Traditional Science and Sacred Art

Mirror of the Intellect

"This masterpiece by Titus Burkhardt examines the essence of Islamic mysticism, or Sufism, presenting its central doctrines and methods to a Western audience in a highly intelligible form. This edition contains a new foreword by William C. Chittick and an extensive glossary/index."--BOOK JACKET.

Introduction to Sufi Doctrine

This illustrated work takes the reader on a pilgrimage through the history of Christian art, focusing upon its architecture, iconography, illumination, and the arts and crafts guilds, but always returning to the fundamental genius of Christianity, which gave meaning to the art.

Illustrated

The Foundations of Christian Art

Unique study of the spirit and artistic fluorescence of the 800 years of Moorish dominance.

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