24.09.09
Booknotes: Against The Modern World
MBFM comment.
mybrainisafleamarket said,
23.09.09 at 5:44 pm · (wiggle, squirm blush)
Well, I appreciate the compliment, but all I did was read Mark Sedgwick’s book, Against the Modern World, and keep it handy on the bookshelf next to my computer.
Danielou sounded like a familiar name, I knew he had some kind of tie to Rene Guenon, because I had read Sedgwick. So, all I needed to do was reach for the book and quote the necessary passages.I recommend all interested persons purchase a copy. It has just been reissued in paperback and if you go to http://www.bookfinder.com, you can do some comparison shopping.
The book is a pleasure to read and even the footnotes are terrific.
You are correct: I am going to get the book, even though I read it quite a while ago (with a library copy).
mybrainisafleamarket said,
25.09.09 at 8:53 am
http://www.bookfinder.com
The book lover’s best friend.
You must have a terrific library that they had a copy of Sedgwick’s book available. Good on ya..and your library, too.
Sedgwick also has a website and a blog.
http://www.traditionalists.org/
And one person’s review of Against the Modern World
http://pages.prodigy.net/aesir/atmw.htm
A google search on the Schuon mess:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&ei=V9i8SpfzBdCulAeQ77m_DQ&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=koslow+schuon&spell=1
A website containing (among many other things) writings on Traditionalism and Spiritual Fascism. I may have already supplied these citations, so forgive my redundancy.
http://www.naturesrights.com/knowledgemythindex.asp
(He cites the Trimondi’s as a resource. Am not sure they are at all reliable. So, caveat lector)
http://traditionalistblog.blogspot.com/
nemo said,
26.09.09 at 11:12 am
Just a note/reminder: comments with many links go into spam box, and have to wait for my clearing them for posting.
Good comment!
nemo said,
26.09.09 at 11:13 am
The library in question was the Midtown Libray (NYPL) in Manhattan, a superb ‘minilibrary’. But the Sedgewick book disappeared after a few months.
The Gurdjieff Con » Bookfacts on Against The Modern World said,
26.09.09 at 11:16 am
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