Fundamental Symbols Author:Guénon, René flying-horse Buraq -- before returning

flying-horse Buraq -- before returning to Mecca

The breadth of Arabic literature produced by Arab writers from pre-Islamic times to the contemporary period reveals a world of thought and feeling largely unseen and unheard in the English-speaking world

and remains its truest advocate in modern times

In the final section

it is the seat of the soul

Fundamental Symbols Author:Guénon, René flying-horse Buraq -- before returningIn this work, probably the most significant in a modern Western language concerning symbolism, Gunon deals with the metaphysical and cosmological meaning of symbols drawn from traditions as far apart as the Greek and the Buddhist, the Druid, and the Islamic.