| The Great Triad Contributor(s): Guenon, Rene (Author), Fohr, Henry (Translator), Wetmore, James Richard (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0900588403 ISBN-13: 9780900588402 Publisher: Sophia Perennis et Universalis OUR PRICE: $27.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Taoism (see Also Philosophy - Taoist) |
| Dewey: 299.514 |
| LCCN: 2001005885 |
| Series: Works |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.93 lbs) 180 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Taoism |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The classical Triad of the Chinese tradition is Heaven-Man-Earth. Ren Gu non places this ternary in the context of universal metaphysics by identifying Heaven with Essence and Earth with Substance, the mediator between them being Man, whose cosmic function is to embody spirit (Heaven) while simultaneously spiritualizing matter (Earth). Exploring Chinese cosmology further, Gu non sheds light on such archetypal polarities as Heaven and Earth, Yin and Yang, Solve et Coagula, Celestial and Terrestrial Numbers, the Square and the Compass, the Double Spiral, and the Being and the Environment, while pointing to their synthetic unity in terms of ternaries, such as the Three Worlds, Triple Time, Spiritus, Anima, and Corpus, Sulfur, Mercury and Salt, and God, Man, and Nature. Perhaps more completely than in any other work, Gu non demonstrates in The Great Triad how any integral tradition is both a mirror reflecting universal themes found in all other intact traditions and an entire conceptual cosmos unto itself, unique and incomparable. |