Perspectives on Initiation
By René Guénon
Published: N/A
A foundational work by René Guénon exploring the theory, conditions, and nature of spiritual initiation from a traditionalist metaphysical perspective.
Chapters
Ch. 1
CONTENTS
Ch. 2
EDITORIAL NOTE
Ch. 3
THE WORKS OF RENÉ GUÉNON
Ch. 4
PREFACE
Ch. 5
1 THE INITIATIC & MYSTICAL PATHS
Ch. 6
MAGIC & MYSTICISM
Ch. 7
VARIOUS ERRORS CONCERNING INITIATION
Ch. 8
4 CONDITIONS FOR INITIATION
Ch. 9
5 INITIATIC REGULARITY
Ch. 10
SYNTHESIS & SYNCRETISM
Ch. 11
7 AGAINST MIXING TRADITIONAL FORMS
Ch. 12
8 INITIATIC TRANSMISSION
Ch. 13
TRADITION & TRANSMISSION
Ch. 14
10 INITIATIC CENTERS
Ch. 15
INITIATIC ORGANIZATIONS & RELIGIOUS SECTS
Ch. 16
INITIATIC ORGANIZATIONS & SECRET SOCIETIES
Ch. 17
13 THE INITIATIC SECRET
Ch. 18
INITIATIC QUALIFICATIONS
Ch. 19
15 INITIATIC RITES
Ch. 20
RITE & SYMBOL
Ch. 21
17 MYTHS, MYSTERIES, & SYMBOLS
Ch. 22
SYMBOLISM & PHILOSOPHY
Ch. 23
19 RITES & CEREMONIES
Ch. 24
CEREMONIAL MAGIC
Ch. 25
21 PSYCHIC ‘POWERS’
Ch. 26
### THE REJECTION OF 'POWERS'
Ch. 27
### 23 SACRAMENTS & INITIATIC RITES
Ch. 28
### 24 PRAYER & INCANTATION
Ch. 29
25 INITIATIC TRIALS
Ch. 30
### 26 INITIATIC DEATH
Ch. 31
### Chapter 27: Profane & Initiatic Names
Ch. 32
### THE SYMBOLISM OF THE THEATER
Ch. 33
### 'OPERATIVE' & 'SPECULATIVE'
Ch. 34
### Effective & Virtual Initiation
Ch. 35
### 31 INITIATIC TEACHING
Ch. 36
### THE LIMITS OF THE MENTAL
Ch. 37
### 33. INITIATIC KNOWLEDGE & PROFANE 'CULTURE'
Ch. 38
### ACADEMIC MENTALITY & PSEUDO-INITIATION
Ch. 39
### INITIATION & 'PASSIVITY'
Ch. 40
### 36. INITIATION & 'SERVICE'
Ch. 41
### 37 The Gift of Tongues
Ch. 42
### ROSE-CROSS & ROSICRUCIANS SINCE
Ch. 43
### THE GREATER & LESSER MYSTERIES
Ch. 44
### SACERDOTAL & ROYAL INITIATION
Ch. 45
### Some Reflections on Hermeticism
Ch. 46
### 42 TRANSMUTATION & TRANSFORMATION
Ch. 47
### 43 The Notion of an Elite
Ch. 48
### THE INITIATIC HIERARCHY
Ch. 49
### 45 TRADITIONAL INFALLIBILITY
Ch. 50
### TWO INITIATIC DEVICES
Ch. 51
### VERBUM, LUX, & VITA
Ch. 52
### THE BIRTH OF THE AVATĀRA
Ch. 53