René Guénon and the heart of the Grail

Simon Wilson

René Guénon and the heart of the Grail

Simon Wilson

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

This article examines the French esoteric scholar René Guénon's concepts of tradition, the Centre and the primordial state, and the symbols which he argues body them forth. In particular it discusses the symbolism of the heart and the Grail in Guénon's work. It uses a close reading of the earliest Grail romances to develop a critique of Guénon, and in particular of his concept of tradition and his attitude towards Christianity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	146-167
Journal	Temenos Academy Review
Volume	18
Publication status	Published - 25 Oct 2015

Keywords

Guénon; perennialism; symbolism; Grail; Christianity

Access to Document

Guenon Grail published.pdfFinal published version, 530 KB

Cite this

@article{1436629d083c46529dd90eee52e9b11e,

title = "Ren{\'e} Gu{\'e}non and the heart of the Grail",

abstract = "This article examines the French esoteric scholar Ren{\'e} Gu{\'e}non's concepts of tradition, the Centre and the primordial state, and the symbols which he argues body them forth. In particular it discusses the symbolism of the heart and the Grail in Gu{\'e}non's work. It uses a close reading of the earliest Grail romances to develop a critique of Gu{\'e}non, and in particular of his concept of tradition and his attitude towards Christianity.",

keywords = "Gu{\'e}non; perennialism; symbolism; Grail; Christianity",

author = "Simon Wilson",

year = "2015",

month = oct,

day = "25",

language = "English",

volume = "18",

pages = "146--167",

journal = "Temenos Academy Review",

publisher = "Temenos Academy",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - René Guénon and the heart of the Grail

AU - Wilson, Simon

PY - 2015/10/25

Y1 - 2015/10/25

N2 - This article examines the French esoteric scholar René Guénon's concepts of tradition, the Centre and the primordial state, and the symbols which he argues body them forth. In particular it discusses the symbolism of the heart and the Grail in Guénon's work. It uses a close reading of the earliest Grail romances to develop a critique of Guénon, and in particular of his concept of tradition and his attitude towards Christianity.

AB - This article examines the French esoteric scholar René Guénon's concepts of tradition, the Centre and the primordial state, and the symbols which he argues body them forth. In particular it discusses the symbolism of the heart and the Grail in Guénon's work. It uses a close reading of the earliest Grail romances to develop a critique of Guénon, and in particular of his concept of tradition and his attitude towards Christianity.

KW - Guénon; perennialism; symbolism; Grail; Christianity

M3 - Article

VL - 18

SP - 146

EP - 167

JO - Temenos Academy Review

JF - Temenos Academy Review

ER -

René Guénon and the heart of the Grail

Abstract

Keywords

Access to Document

Fingerprint

Cite this