The symbolism of the cross. Genon R.

The book includes the most important works from the vast heritage of the French philosopher-traditionalist Rene Genon (1886-1951). In the “Symbolism of the Cross”, which examines the main symbols of “sacred science” used in various civilizational, religious and mythological systems, the author shows the inexhaustible wealth of the meanings of this ancient ideogram. The work of the "king of the world" reveals the secrets of the hierarchy of spiritual power and its sacred center. In the “Notes on Initiation”, Genon leads the reader to the idea of ​​initiation as experiencing in experience to true knowledge, qualitatively superior to any knowledge of a purely rational order.

Translations of the “Symbols of the Cross” and “Notice on Initiation” are performed by the leading researcher at the History Department of INION RAS T.M. Fadeeva.

a new, previously not published translation of the study of the “king of the world” was prepared by the famous Chinese, writer and philosopher B.B. Vinogrodsky.

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