René Guénon (November 15, 1886 – January 7, 1951), also known as Shaykh `Abd al-Wahid Yahya, was a French author and intellectual who remains an influential figure in the domain of metaphysics, having written on topics ranging from metaphysics, "sacred science" and traditional studies to symbolism and initiation.
In his writings, he proposes either "to expose directly some aspects of Eastern metaphysical doctrines", these doctrines being defined by him as of "universal character", or "to adapt these same doctrines for Western readers while keeping strictly faithful to their spirit"; he only endorsed the act of "handing down" these Eastern doctrines, while reiterating their "non-personal character".
He wrote and published in French and his works have been translated into more than twenty languages.
René Guénon was born in Blois, a city in central France approximately 100 miles (~ 160 km) from Paris. Guénon, like most Frenchmen of the time, was born into a Roman Catholic family. Little is known of his family, although it appears that his father was an architect. By 1904, Guénon was living as a student in Paris, where his studies focused on mathematics and philosophy. He was known as a brilliant student, notably in mathematics, in spite of his poor health.
The Crisis is the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and was founded in 1910 by W. E. B. Du Bois (editor), Oswald Garrison Villard, J. Max Barber, Charles Edward Russell, Kelly Miller, W.S. Braithwaite, M. D. Maclean.
The original title of the journal was The Crisis: A Record of The Darker Races. From 1997 to 2003, it appeared as The New Crisis: The Magazine of Opportunities and Ideas, but the title has since reverted to The Crisis. The title derives from the poem "The Present Crisis" by James Russell Lowell. Published monthly, by 1920 its circulation had reached 100,000 copies. Du Bois proclaimed his intentions in his first editorial:
Predominantly a current-affairs journal, The Crisis also included poems, reviews, and essays on culture and history. Du Bois' initial position as editor was in line with the NAACP's liberal programme of social reform and racial equality, but by the 1930s Du Bois was advocating a form of black separatism. This led to disputes between Du Bois and the NAACP resulting in his resignation as editor in 1934. He was replaced by Roy Wilkins.
The Foundations were a British soul band, active from 1967 to 1970. The group, made up of West Indians, White British, and a Sri Lankan, are best known for their two biggest hits, "Baby Now That I've Found You" (a Number One hit in the UK Singles Chart and Canada, and subsequently Top 10 in the US), written by Tony Macaulay and John MacLeod; and "Build Me Up Buttercup" (a number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 1 in Canada), co-written by Macaulay with Mike d'Abo, at the time the lead vocalist with Manfred Mann. The group was the first multi-racial group to have a number 1 hit in the UK in the 1960s.
The Foundations are notable for being one of the few label acts to successfully imitate what became known as the Motown Sound. In terms of line-up and musical style, they anticipated the sound of the more successful Hot Chocolate. They were in a similar musical vein as Love Affair, who also topped the UK charts in 1968 with their version of Robert Knight's "Everlasting Love". The Foundations signed to Pye, at the time one of only four big UK record companies (the others being EMI with its HMV, Columbia Records, and Parlophone labels; Decca; and Philips who also owned Fontana).
Frithjof Schuon (June 18, 1907 – May 5, 1998) was a native of Switzerland born to German parents in Basel, Switzerland. He is known as a philosopher, metaphysician and author of numerous books on religion and spirituality.
Schuon is recognized as an authority on philosophy, spirituality and religion, an exponent of the Religio Perennis, and one of the chief representatives of the Perennialist School. Though he was not officially affiliated with the academic world, his writings have been noticed in scholarly and philosophical journals, and by scholars of comparative religion and spirituality. Criticism of the relativism of the modern academic world is one of the main aspects of Schuon's teachings. In his teachings, Schuon expresses his faith in an absolute principle, God, who governs the universe and to whom our souls would return after death. For Schuon the great revelations are the link between this absolute principle—God—and mankind. He wrote the main bulk of his metaphysical teachings in French. In the later years of his life Schuon composed some volumes of poetry in his mother tongue, German. His articles in French were collected in about twenty titles in French which were later translated into English as well as many other languages. The main subjects of his prose as well as his poetic compositions are spirituality and various essential realms of man's life journey from his Creator back to Him.
Séminaire René Guénon 1 Introduction
René Guénon - Les méfaits de la psychanalyse
René Guénon - The Crisis of the Modern World
The Foundations of René Guénon's Thought
La crise du monde moderne, si René Guénon avait raison ?
René Guénon, une politique de l'esprit - Radio Courtoisie
Frithjof Schuon and René Guénon
Érik Sablé - René Guénon, le visage de l'éternité
René Guénon - L' illusion de la "vie ordinaire"
Implications of Guénon's Teachings
RENE GUENON - TIEMPO CICLICO Y TRADICION- 1/3
Spazio 3 puntata 31, Esoterismo, Divina commedia e René Guenon, ne parliamo con Enrico Esposito
LLP - La métaphysique orientale (René Guenon)
LLP René Guénon symbolique Franc Maçonnerie
Séminaire René Guénon 1 Introduction
René Guénon - Les méfaits de la psychanalyse
René Guénon - The Crisis of the Modern World
The Foundations of René Guénon's Thought
La crise du monde moderne, si René Guénon avait raison ?
René Guénon, une politique de l'esprit - Radio Courtoisie
Frithjof Schuon and René Guénon
Érik Sablé - René Guénon, le visage de l'éternité
René Guénon - L' illusion de la "vie ordinaire"
Implications of Guénon's Teachings
RENE GUENON - TIEMPO CICLICO Y TRADICION- 1/3
Spazio 3 puntata 31, Esoterismo, Divina commedia e René Guenon, ne parliamo con Enrico Esposito
LLP - La métaphysique orientale (René Guenon)
LLP René Guénon symbolique Franc Maçonnerie
René Guénon - Aperçus sur l'ésotérisme islamique et le Taoïsme - 1/13
René Guénon - La crise du monde moderne - 1/10
El Rey del Mundo. (Agartha). René Guénon (audiolibro)
René Guénon, un soufi d'occident 1/3 - (l'intervention)
René Guénon, prophète de l'apocalypse ?
Rene Guenon - Democracy Has No Dignity
Atlántida e Hiperbórea. René Guenon
Morris rant - DPRK and Rene Guenon
Le docteur libre-penseur Salim Laïbi offense René Guénon et l'Eglise catholique
Interview with Jean-Louis Michon: René Guénon and Martin Lings
Interview with Martin Lings: "Foundations of Guénon's Thought" (clip 1)
Interview with Martin Lings: "Foundations of Guénon's Thought" (clip 2)
Tiempo cíclico y tradición - Rene Guenon - Mircea Eliade
Kemi Seba:"La Tradition, (René Guénon, Cheikh Anta Diop) face au mondialisme
René Guénon - La crise du monde moderne - 5/10
René Guénon - La crise du monde moderne - 6/10
René Guénon - de l'antitradition à la contre - tradition
René Guénon - Life and Work
El simbolismo tradicional y algunas de sus aplicaciones generales. René Guenon
RENE GUENON- TIEMPO CICLICO Y TRADICION- 2/3
AtTassawuf et le Sheykh AbdalWâhid Yahyâ René Guénon
René Guénon
Mosquée René GUÉNON: "L'Homme de la réforme et ses qualités" cheikh Abdessalam SOUIKI
René Guénon - Solidification du monde