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>>11096776
>the Muslim tendency of slavishly worshiping their guru
Uh, I don't think that's common at all among Muslims, you probably just know some niche group and are generalizing based on that experience. I know both ordinary Muslims and Muslims associated with sufi tariqa's and they aren't like that. Hindus, for example LITERALLY worship their gurus (pic related), but assuming they take that guru for a symbol and don't worship him in too vulgar a sense I guess you could say it's legitimate within the context of that tradition (still rubs me the wrong way though).
>People who studied with Nasr are often the biggest sycophants
Probably true lol, athough I respect Nasr greatly.
>post-Kantian philosophy
Why should anyone in particular care for the latest trends in specialized subbranches of European philosophy. I personally can't see any relevance in that, for me as a Muslim. Not everyone is going to be interested in your pet favorite philosophy.
>Meeting Trads in real life can really take the mystique out of all those hours reading Guenon by candlelight.
Sorry about your experience with "Trads". I consider myself a traditionalist, but I don't know any others in real life. Most of the people I know are just "ordinary believers" (don't mean to sound snobbish). Almost every day between prayer times I sit with a group of old Bengali men and drink chai tea, most of them hardky speak English. I'm not locked up in some traditionalisy ivory tower, and I don't think Guenon ever was either. Schuon may have started a trend of cliquishness.