Initiation & Spiritual Realization
By René Guénon
Published: 1952
A collection of writings by René Guénon that explores the metaphysical nature of initiation, spiritual development, and the traditional rites associated with religious realization.
Chapters
Ch. 1
CONTENTS
Ch. 2
EDITORIAL NOTE
Ch. 3
THE WORKS OF RENÉ GUÉNON
Ch. 4
FOREWORD
Ch. 5
AGAINST POPULARIZATION
Ch. 6
2 METAPHYSICS AND DIALECTIC
Ch. 7
THE MALADY OF ANGUISH
Ch. 8
CUSTOM VERSUS TRADITION
Ch. 9
INITIATIC AFFILIATION
Ch. 10
SPIRITUAL INFLUENCES AND 'EGREGORES'
Ch. 11
THE NECESSITY OF TRADITIONAL EXOTERISM
Ch. 12
SALVATION AND DELIVERANCE
Ch. 13
RITUAL AND MORAL POINTS OF VIEW
Ch. 14
THE 'GLORIFICATION OF WORK'
Ch. 15
THE SACRED AND THE PROFANE
Ch. 16
CONVERSIONS
Ch. 17
CEREMONIALISM AND ESTHETICISM
Ch. 18
RECENT CONFUSIONS
Ch. 19
'INTELLECTUAL PRIDE'
Ch. 20
DIRECT CONTEMPLATION AND REFLECTED CONTEMPLATION
Ch. 21
DOCTRINE AND METHOD
Ch. 22
THE THREE WAYS AND THE INITIATIC FORMS
Ch. 23
ASCESIS AND ASCETICISM
Ch. 24
GURU AND UPAGURU
Ch. 25
TRUE AND FALSE SPIRITUAL TEACHERS
Ch. 26
INNATE WISDOM AND ACQUIRED WISDOM
Ch. 27
COLLECTIVE INITIATIC WORK AND SPIRITUAL 'PRESENCE'
Ch. 28
THE ROLE OF THE GURU
Ch. 29
ON THE INITIATIC DEGREES
Ch. 30
AGAINST QUIETISM
Ch. 31
APPARENT MADNESS AND HIDDEN WISDOM
Ch. 32
THE 'POPULAR' MASK
Ch. 33
THE MEETING OF EXTREMES
Ch. 34
IS THE SPIRIT IN THE BODY OR THE BODY IN THE SPIRIT?
Ch. 35
THE TWO NIGHTS
Ch. 36
ASCENDING AND DESCENDING REALIZATION
Ch. 37