Symbols of Sacred Science
Published: 1962
A comprehensive exploration of traditional symbolism as a universal language connecting various traditions and metaphysical principles.
Chapters
Ch. 0
Introduction
Ch. 1
Editor's Foreword
Ch. 2
The Reform of the Modern Mentality
Ch. 3
Spirit and Intellect
Ch. 4
The Eternal Ideas
Ch. 5
Word and Symbol
Ch. 6
The Sacred Heart and the Legend of the Holy Grail
Ch. 7
The Holy Grail
Ch. 8
Tradition and the Unconscious
Ch. 9
The Science of Letters ('Ilm al-hurūf)
Ch. 10
The Language of the Birds
Ch. 11
The Idea of the Centre in the Traditions of Antiquity
Ch. 12
Symbolic Flowers
Ch. 13
The Triple Precinct of the Druids
Ch. 14
The Guardians of the Holy Land
Ch. 15
The Land of the Sun
Ch. 16
The Zodiac and the Cardinal Points
Ch. 17
The Tetraktys and the Square of Four
Ch. 18
A Hieroglyph of the Pole
Ch. 19
The Black Heads
Ch. 20
The Letter G and the Swastika
Ch. 21
Some Aspects of the Symbolism of Janus
Ch. 22
The Hieroglyph of Cancer
Ch. 23
Seth
Ch. 24
On the Significance of Carnivals
Ch. 25
Some Aspects of the Symbolism of the Fish
Ch. 26
The Mysteries of the Letter Nūn
Ch. 27
The Wild Boar and the Bear
Ch. 28
Thunderbolts
Ch. 29
Symbolic Weapons
Ch. 30
The Sword of Islam (Sayf al-Islām)
Ch. 31
The Symbolism of Horns
Ch. 32
The Cave and the Labyrinth
Ch. 33
The Heart and the Cave
Ch. 34
The Mountain and the Cave
Ch. 35
The Heart and the World Egg
Ch. 36
The Cave and the World Egg
Ch. 37
The Exit from the Cave
Ch. 38
The Solstitial Gates
Ch. 39
The Symbolism of the Zodiac Among the Pythagoreans
Ch. 40
The Solstitial Symbolism of Janus
Ch. 41
Concerning the Two Saint Johns
Ch. 42
The Symbolism of the Dome
Ch. 43
The Dome and the Wheel
Ch. 44
The Narrow Gate
Ch. 45
The Octagon
Ch. 46
The Cornerstone
Ch. 47
'Lapsit exillis'
Ch. 48
Gathering What Is Scattered
Ch. 49
The Black and the White
Ch. 50
Black Stone and Cubic Stone
Ch. 51
Brute Stone, Hewn Stone
Ch. 52
Symbols of Analogy
Ch. 53
The World Tree
Ch. 54
The Tree and the Vajra
Ch. 55
The Tree of Life and the Draught of Immortality
Ch. 56
The Symbolism of the Ladder
Ch. 57
The Eye of the Needle
Ch. 58
Traversing the Waters
Ch. 59
The Seven Rays and the Rainbow
Ch. 60
Janua Cœli
Ch. 61
Käla-mukha
Ch. 62
Light and Rain
Ch. 63
The Chain of the Worlds
Ch. 64
The Roots of Plants
Ch. 65
The Symbolism of the Bridge
Ch. 66
The Bridge and the Rainbow
Ch. 67
The Chain of Union
Ch. 68
Frameworks and Labyrinths
Ch. 69
The 'Sign of Four'
Ch. 70
Bonds and Knots
Ch. 71
The Radiating Heart and the Flaming Heart
Ch. 72
Heart and Brain
Ch. 73
The All-Seeing Eye
Ch. 74
The Mustard Seed
Ch. 75
The Ether in the Heart
Ch. 76