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New Post 10/25/2009 8:00 PM
  Conservationist
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Good introductions to Traditional/Perennial thought 
I came up with only a few:

* The Perennial Philosophy, by Aldous Huxley
* The Republic, Plato
* Meditations, Marcus Aurelius
* The Fourfold Root, Arthur Schopenhauer

and of course the original

* The Bhagavad-Gita

Any others? I think anyone attempting the above should have read Will Durant's "The Story of Philosophy"

:)
 
New Post 10/25/2009 8:53 PM
  gwendolyntoynton
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Introductory Reading 
I have some introductory material to recommend:

*Rene Guenon - Crisis of the Modern World
(to followed naturally by its 'sequel'
*Julius Evola - Revolt Against the Modern World
*Huston Smith - Forgotten Truth: The Primordial Tradition (probably more suitable as an introduction than the previous two titles as it is intended to more of a 'mainstream work')
....and...
*Frithjof Schuon - Gnosis: Divine Wisdom
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New Post 6/3/2010 4:46 PM
  piecraft
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Re: Introductory Reading 
My addition are two of Manly P. Hall's compendiums:

'The Secret Teachings of All Ages'

and

'Lectures of Ancient Philosophy—An Introduction to the Study and Application of Rational Procedure'

http://www.manlyphall.org/
In Obscurum Reperio Veritas.
 
New Post 6/3/2010 8:19 PM
  wendytoynton
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Re: Introductory Reading 
Ah, the one author I haven't read. Periodically people keep telling me I *should* however so I will take this as sign, order a copy today and return to discuss this ; )

Once again, I have been forced to profress my ignorance of Manly P. Hall......: )
 
New Post 7/6/2010 5:09 AM
  chrsstms5
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Re: Introductory Reading 
Hi,

Secret Teachings is an amazing compendium, he took around 9 years (full time) of research to write this book. The bibliography is massive! That is what started me out, after rejecting christianity. I read it in 1992.

Chrys Henderson
 
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