Fundamental Symbols: The Universal Language of Sacred Science
By René Guénon
Published: 1962
A work exploring the universal language of sacred science and the metaphysical principles underlying traditional symbolism, emphasizing how all manifested things reflect divine essences through a system of universal correspondences.
Chapters
Ch. 1
Contents
Ch. 2
Introduction
Ch. 3
Editor's Foreword
Ch. 4
_Traditional Symbolism and Some of Its General Applications_
Ch. 5
I § The Reform of the Modern Mentality
Ch. 6
2 § Spirit and Intellect
Ch. 7
3 § The Eternal Ideas
Ch. 8
4 § Word and Symbol
Ch. 9
5 § The Sacred Heart and the Legend of the Holy Grail
Ch. 10
ADDENDUM
Ch. 11
6 § The Holy Grail
Ch. 12
7 § Tradition and the Unconscious
Ch. 13
8 § The Science of Letters ('Ilm al-huruf)
Ch. 14
9 § The Language of the Birds
Ch. 15
Symbols of the Centre and of the World
Ch. 16
10 § The Idea of the Centre in the Traditions of Antiquity
Ch. 17
II § Symbolic Flowers
Ch. 18
12 § The Triple Precinct of the Druids
Ch. 19
14 § The Land of the Sun
Ch. 20
15 § The Zodiac and the Cardinal Points
Ch. 21
16 § The Tetraktys and the Square of Four
Ch. 22
17 § A Hieroglyph of the Pole
Ch. 23
18 § The Black Heads
Ch. 24
19 § The Letter G and the Swastika
Ch. 25
Symbols of Cyclic Manifestation
Ch. 26
20 § Some Aspects of the Symbolism of Janus
Ch. 27
21 § The Hieroglyph of Cancer
Ch. 28
22 § Seth
Ch. 29
23 § On the Significance of Carnivals
Ch. 30
24 § Some Aspects of the Symbolism of the Fish
Ch. 31
25 § The Mysteries of the Letter Nūn
Ch. 32
26 § The Wild Boar and the Bear
Ch. 33
_Some Symbolic Weapons_
Ch. 34
27 § Thunderbolts
Ch. 35
28 § Symbolic Weapons
Ch. 36
SOME SYMBOLIC WEAPONS
Ch. 37
29 § The Sword of Islam (Sayf al-Islām)
Ch. 38
30 § The Symbolism of Horns
Ch. 39
_The Symbolism of the Forms of the Cosmos_
Ch. 40
31 § The Cave and the Labyrinth
Ch. 41
32 § The Heart and the Cave
Ch. 42
33 § The Mountain and the Cave
Ch. 43
34 § The Heart and the World Egg
Ch. 44
35 § The Cave and the World Egg
Ch. 45
36 § The Exit from the Cave
Ch. 46
37 § The Solstitial Gates
Ch. 47
38 § The Symbolism of the Zodiac Among the Pythagoreans
Ch. 48
39 § The Solstitial Symbolism of Janus
Ch. 49
40 § Concerning the Two Saint Johns
Ch. 50
The Symbolism of Building
Ch. 51
41 § The Symbolism of the Dome
Ch. 52
42 § The Dome and the Wheel
Ch. 53
43 § The Narrow Gate
Ch. 54
44 § The Octagon
Ch. 55
45 § The Cornerstone
Ch. 56
46 § 'Lapsit exillis'
Ch. 57
47 § Al-Arkān
Ch. 58
48 § Gathering What Is Scattered
Ch. 59
49 § The Black and the White
Ch. 60
50 § Black Stone and Cubic Stone
Ch. 61
51 § Brute Stone, Hewn Stone
Ch. 62
Axial Symbolism and Symbolism of Passage
Ch. 63
§ Symbols of Analogy
Ch. 64
53 § The World Tree
Ch. 65
54 § The Tree and the Vajra
Ch. 66
55 § The Tree of Life and the Draught of Immortality
Ch. 67
56 § The Symbolism of the Ladder
Ch. 68
57 § The Eye of the Needle
Ch. 69
58 § Traversing the Waters
Ch. 70
59 § The Seven Rays and the Rainbow
Ch. 71
60 § Janua Cæli
Ch. 72
61 § Kāla-mukha
Ch. 73
62 § Light and Rain
Ch. 74
64 § The Roots of Plants
Ch. 75
65 § The Symbolism of the Bridge
Ch. 76
66 § The Bridge and the Rainbow
Ch. 77
67 § The Chain of Union
Ch. 78
68 § Frameworks and Labyrinths
Ch. 79
69 § The 'Sign of Four'
Ch. 80
70 § Bonds and Knots
Ch. 81
The Symbolism of the Heart
Ch. 82
71 § The Radiating Heart and the Flaming Heart
Ch. 83
72 § Heart and Brain
Ch. 84
73 § The All-Seeing Eye
Ch. 85
74 § The Mustard Seed
Ch. 86
75 § The Ether in the Heart
Ch. 87
76 § The Divine City
Ch. 88
List of Original Sources
Ch. 89
Chapter
Ch. 90
Books by René Guénon
Ch. 91