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5.0 AVERAGE
5.0 AVERAGE
emotional
informative
fast-paced
A great man with a great mind.
A beautiful book. By no means is this an introduction to Guenon's philosophy, but it does provide the context in which he wrote about it. It answers my questions, not completely, but satisfactorily, about why he chose to write so much about Vedanta despite being a practicing Muslim who was initiated into the Shadhili Tariqa (order) in his later years. He had a Hindu Guru for an unspecified period, Hindu friends, Hindu Art featuring a Brahmin funeral in his home in France, and a ring which had the AUM symbol. Based on the book, I have made my own judgement that we inwardly believed in Vedantic ideas, as well his own Traditionalist concepts, and practiced Islam exoterically and had a sincere devotion to God. It doesn't speak so much about his religion, in this case. It does however explore his relationships, his wife, his family, his education, his move from France to Egypt, his health problems, his private reclusive nature, and the instability of his material life in regards to constantly running out of money, changing careers, jobs, occult orders and primary and secondary schools. It was a great read and I felt I could relate to literally his whole life story, except his interest in mathematics, I found that incredibly strange. I HATE MATHS. Regardless, amazing book.