Touchstones of the Spirit: Essays on Religion, Tradition & Modernity

by Harry Oldmeadow

Book Overview

This book explores three themes: the timeless messages of traditional Religion; the modern obscuration of this perennial Wisdom; and the spiritual encounter between East and West. Topics include the Australian Aborigines, the Bodhisattva in Buddhism, and key Perennialist figures such as Frithjof Schuon, Ananda Coomaraswamy, and Huston Smith. Characterizing modernism as "a spiritual disease which is spreading like a plague across the globe," Oldmeadow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1936597039
• ISBN13: 9781936597031
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: World Wisdom Books
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"