/lit/ - Literature

>>20600073
Shared by Layla Guenon, Rene Guenon's daughter:

"When René Guénon was in his youth, he walked alone into a forest near Blois, at a time when he was close to completing high school. The rain began to fall, and he slipped into a hole so deep he couldn't get out. The rain intensified, making the walls of the ditch slippery, and impossible for him to escape. The night was growing dark. His calls for help were lost. Then suddenly a hand appeared, seized him firmly, and lifted him out of the hole. Before he could find the helper, the mysterious person disappeared (but he noticed the unique features of the helper's hand). Years later, when he was over forty years old, he was in Cairo meeting Sheikh Salâma Râdî for the first time. When he saw him, he trembled and exclaimed (when he saw his hand): ′That is him, that is him!"–– grateful for the hand that rescued him in his youth. ′′

Image: Shaikh Salama al-Radi

>>18442887
Why am I not surprised that the anti-guenonfag doesn't know how sufi tariqas work? Yes, Guenon was initiated by Ivan Agueli but he was NOT his Shaykh. Agueli's initiation which passed to Guenon was from Elish El-Kebir, who was a very important Shaykh at that time and had connections with many europeans, he was also a mason. So he is Guenon's Shaykh, to whom Guenon dedicated his book "The Symbolism of the Cross". Also, Guenon had acces to many translation made by Valsan of Ibn Arabi works, and he probably also read him in original, there are more than 50 arabic books in his home library so there must be some Ibn Arabi. Guenon also knew Shaykh Salama Radi(pic related) and he participated in dhikr invocations with him(also knew him from a vision back in France but I am not going to talk about that now). I hope that this is the last time when I will see you repeating this stuff, if not, it means that you are a troll and I will simply ignore you.