Volume 1

On The Pertinence of Philosophy

This essay originally appeared in Volume 1 of the print edition of Sacred Web in July 1998. "Wisdom uncreate, the same now as it ever was, and the same to be for evermore." —St. Augustine, Confessions, ix.10. "Primordial and present Witness."—Prakāśânanda, Siddhântamuktâvali, 44. I....

Tradition and Modernity by Frithjof Schuon

In the face of perils of the modern world, we ask ourselves: What must we do? ... If one's aim is to save mankind, one must first know what it means to be a man; if one wishes to defend the spirit, one must know what is spirit.