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Language:
English
ISBN: 8186569928
Publisher:
Indica Books
Edition: 2010
Time
of Expedition: immediate
Size:
225 X
145 mm.
cover: Hardcover
Pages:
242
Availibility:
Available
Summary:
An eminent Swiss metaphysician and scholar of oriental languages, Titus Burckhardt (1908-1984) devoted his life to the timeless and universal wisdom present in sufism, Vedanta, Taoism, Platonism and the other great esoteric and sapiential traditions. His book Sacred Art in East and West appeared in German and in French.
Description:
Its scope is wide, covering Hindu, Christian, Islamic, Buddhist and Far-Eastern sacred art, and the author succeeds in a remarkable way in conveying the distinctive qualities characteristic of each, while at the same time emphasizing their unity of principle.
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