Definition of Islamic esotericism (at-taçawwuf) by René Guénon, illustrated by yours truly.
Excerpts from the articles:
- "L'ésotérisme islamique" (published in Les Cahiers du Sud, 1947) :
www.index-rene-guenon.org/Acce...
- "L'écorce et le noyau" (published inLe Voile d'Isis, march 1931) :
www.index-rene-guenon.org/Acce...
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"...] Initiatic restoration in the Western mode seems to me quite improbable, and even more and more so, as you say; in fact, I have never counted on it much, but naturally I could not show it too much in my books, if only so as not to seem to dismiss "a priori" the most favorable possibility. To make up for it, there is no other way than to resort to another traditional form, and the Islamic form is the only one that lends itself to doing something in Europe itself, which reduces the difficulties to a minimum [...]"
René Guénon - Letter to L. C., Cairo, June 27th, 1936
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