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This is a thread for discussing how a gifted polymath arose to retroactively refute nearly all of western thought and elucidate the fundamental problems of our times, and the works of adjacent thinkers. Like a lighthouse beacon, René Guénon's (pbuh) writings shine as a veritable fountain of truth and wisdom in these dark times.

All of Guénon's (pbuh) books free here

https://archive.org/details/reneguenon

article of the day: The Bugbear of Literacy by AK Coomaraswamy

http://www.worldwisdom.com/public/viewpdf/default.aspx?article-title=The_Bugbear_of_Literacy_by_Ananda_Coomaraswamy.pdf

text of the day: Ellam Ondre (All is One)

http://ramana-maharshi.weebly.com/uploads/2/4/7/2/24723372/ellam_ondre_all_is_one.pdf

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where do I find a qt muslim wife like Guénon had

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DUDE ALL IS ONE CAN YOU FEEL IT IM SO AWARE

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>>15040625

You can find one here brother, may Allah (swt) always guide you in the straight path

https://www.muslima.com/

>> No.15040865

>>15040608
holy based... I will begin to read this article and the text immediately

>> No.15040923

Why did he go for Sufism instead of Irfan?

>> No.15040983

>>15040923
That's a good question, I don't know. He was initiated into the Sunni Shadhili Tariq by Ivan Aguéli sometime in the 1910's, some years before he adopted the outward practices of Islam, so it may have been because his first personal contact with Islamic teachings happened to be Sunni.

>> No.15040990

what book first?

>> No.15041079

>>15040990
His first book 'Intro to Hindu Doctrines', its the first one that pops up when you click on the archive.org link

>> No.15041106

>>15041079
based… thank you brother

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read this image before reading guenon

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>>15041125
>Advaita
holy based...

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>>15040608
truly he was too good for this world...

>> No.15041397

>>15040608
What was his favourite kind of pizza, brothers? New York, Chicago or Neapolitan?

>> No.15041655

>>15041397
only vegetarian or chicken pizza. no pork or beef

>> No.15041848

>>15040608
bump

>> No.15042032

Can I get a proper initiation here?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_Order_of_Moai

>> No.15042066

>>15042032
No brother, they make a mockery of the very concept of tradition and initiation

>> No.15042728

Under Guenon thought, can traditions be resurrected or are they gone for good once the last person with the power to initiate dies?

>> No.15042734

refuted by simone weil

>> No.15042802

>>15042728
>or are they gone for good once the last person with the power to initiate dies?
I've haven't read all of him, but in one of his books or essays he write about how if the chain of initation is broken there can be very special circumstances that allow for it to continue, I don't know if he gives this example but let's say for example a Sufi master appearing in someone's dream. I again have not read this exact essay of his but as far as I understand, from what I've seen of other people talking about it he meant that this phenomena could prevent an end to an already existent tradition and not that we could use it to revive Egyptian teachings or Neoplatonism after they have both been dead for over a thousand years.

>> No.15044183

don't die on me