Fundamental Symbols Author:Guénon, René The breadth of Arabic literature

The breadth of Arabic literature produced by Arab writers from pre-Islamic times to the contemporary period reveals a world of thought and feeling largely unseen and unheard in the English-speaking world

flying-horse Buraq -- before returning to Mecca

" --Publishers Weekly "Pura Belpré Award-winning Tonatiuh makes excellent use of picture-book storytelling to bring attention to the 1947 California ruling against public-school segregation

it is the seat of the soul

and remains its truest advocate in modern times

Fundamental Symbols Author:Guénon, René The breadth of Arabic literatureIn this work, probably the most significant in a modern Western language concerning symbolism, Gunon deals with the metaphysical and cosmological meaning of symbols drawn from traditions as far apart as the Greek and the Buddhist, the Druid, and the Islamic.