Rene Guenon Essential Readings

[Anonymous No.19507295]

Where do I start with him /lit/?

[Anonymous No.19507323]

>>19507295
Intro to hindoo doctrines and crisis of the modern world

[Anonymous No.19507336]

>>19507295

[Anonymous No.19507342]

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[Anonymous No.19507438]

>>19507295

[Anonymous No.19507446]

>>19507295
>>19507438
You may start from Crisis though

[Anonymous No.19508637]

>>19507342
Definitely this if you have no prior knowledge of traditionalism or mythology
Else
>>19507336 or >>19507342
Really I think his works can be broke down into three categories: Hinduism & Advaita, critique of modernity, and symbolism. It really depends on your interest.
I would say East & West -> Crisis of the Modern World -> The Reign of Quantity & The Sign of the Times are his most important works and are about modernity. After that Introduction to Study in Hindu Doctrines (first half gives a good understanding of his beliefs as a whole) -> Studies in Hinduism -> Man and his Becoming are the second most important and are about Hinduism.
Then for symbolism things get a bit crazy and I think Symbols of Sacred Science -> King of the World are the most important there. And everything else in between, although I wouldn't consider them 'essential'

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>>19508637
i meant or >>19507438

[Anonymous No.19509488]

Is this Guénon?

[Anonymous No.19509761]

Did Guénon have any thoughts or writings on Sikhism ?

[Golf Rumors No.19509784]

[Anonymous No.19509816]

>>19507295
>Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines
>Man and His Becoming According to the Vedanta
>The Symbolism of the Cross
>The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times
>The Multiple States of the Being
These five books contains the core of Guenon's metaphysics. Honorable mentions are his two books on initiation. The rest are supplementary but still interesting.

[Anonymous No.19509908]

>>19507295
Amusing how rightoid chuds post about Guenon but fail to mention he converted to Islam and lived in Egypt. Islam is the true metaphysical faith.

[Anonymous No.19509913]

>>19509908
Guenon fans obviously know he converted to islam and dont have a problem with the religion(at the least the Sufi mystic sect he was in). /pol/ have been making pro Islam memes for years anyway, remember "Islam is right about women" or the recent Taliban stuff. You are basically attacking an imaginary person

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>>19509908
So? What's your point?

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>>19509908
>Islam is the true metaphysical faith
Guenon converted because Sufism was the most accessible esoteric tradition he could join, not because he preferred Islam over any other religion. He actually didn't. Islam by itself is just as bad as Christianity, Sufism is not accepted as Islam by the majority of muslims.

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>>19507336
I'm fairly certain this book tends to put a bad taste in the mouths of people who haven't read anything of his before. Due to its generality it necessarily appears imprecise, especially because there are few positive forms of reference in it (which are in his other writings).

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>>19509908
who do you work for ?

[Anonymous No.19511002]

>>19510805
This except Islam isn't bad, christcuck

[Anonymous No.19511009]

>>19510805
>Sufism is not accepted as Islam by the majority of muslims.
Other Islamic schools to the one they're in aren't accepted as Islam but the majority of Muslims

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>>19509908
Guenon never put Islam over other religions, he wasn't a chud fundamentalist like the average muslim

[Anonymous No.19512297]

>>19507438
This chart is not well made.
Hindu doctrine is a great place to start.
Man and his becoming is not optional, it is Guenons major work.
Symbolism of the cross is not a Christian esoteric work, it is a pure metaphysics book, also not optional.
Multiple states of being is not optional either.
MBATV, SOTC, MSOB, are the core metaphysics books after ISHD as an introduction.

East and West, Crisis, and Reign of Quantity is the critiques of modernity set. Very important, Reign is up there with the metaphysics books.

Symbols Sacred Science, and the two books on Initiation are also important.

[« Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ » !!bGBGaUpA8kS No.19512344]

>>19507295
There is no essential reading for Gunon

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>>19512344
What an embarrassing post you've made.

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>>19509908
Also pic rel

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>>19509816
This is correct.
Although, should include symbols of sacred science.

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>>19512344
shut up bitch

[Anonymous No.19513916]

you will never be a brahmin

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>>19509488
>Riding the Tiger
Based.

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>>19509784
you still have some way to go