Osborne and Son (Birmingham
) stain on top of back cover and last few pages (faint)
from the point of view of natural philosophy and theology
Slight fading to bottom of front board
in original pebbled red cloth boards
GNOSIS: DIVINE WISDOM - 1st 1959 - MYSTERIES, MYSTICISM, GOD, DIVINE KNOWLEDGE WORLD / CULTURES Osborne and Son (BirminghamGNOSIS: DIVINE WISDOM Book Details + Condition: John Murray (London). First Edition, 1959. Hardcover with green cloth boards. 159 pages. Frithjof Schuon's work explores the concept of Gnosis, or divine knowledge, as the inner, unifying truth of various world religions. Schuon uses the "perennialist" approach to examine the metaphysical, contemplative, moral, and aesthetic aspects of spiritual paths, with a notable focus on Christianity, and argues