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Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century - Mark Sedgwick 
(p. 22) Jacques Maritain recommended for publication Rene Guenon’s L’introduction ge´ne´rale a` l’e´tude des doctrines hindoues (A General Introduction to the Study of Hindu Doctrines)
(pp. 51-3) Background of Ananda Coomaraswamy.
#Englishman #Anglican #Perennialist #WilliamBlake #Ficino #WilliamButlerYeats
#Englishman #Anglican #Perennialist #WilliamBlake #Ficino #WilliamButlerYeats
Against the Modern World: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century by Mark Sedgwick
(p. 22) Jacques Maritain recommended for publication Rene Guenon’s L’introduction ge´ne´rale a` l’e´tude des doctrines hindoues (A General Introduction to the Study of Hindu Doctrines)
(p. 161) “Rama Coomaraswamy’s group integrated Schuonian Traditionalism into their religious practice by means of repetitive prayer similar to the Sufi dhikr, but using Christian terms and concepts”
Born #OTD in 1757: English poet, painter, printmaker and mentor of the Shoreham Ancients…William Blake
Creator of Jerusalem and The Tyger he is considered one of the greatest artists and poets in the English language. But what do we really know about him? 🧵1/8
#WilliamBlake
Creator of Jerusalem and The Tyger he is considered one of the greatest artists and poets in the English language. But what do we really know about him? 🧵1/8
#WilliamBlake
William Blake was born on Broad Street, Golden Square, London to a middle-class family third of 7 children. James Blake his father was a hosier. Will never attended school, educated at home by his mother. The Blakes were Moravian Dissenters 2/8
Blake’s parents knew his headstrong temperament as a boy would best be enrolled in drawing classes as he showed interest in art. He read avidly and also made early explorations into poetry. 4th August 1772 at 15 he was apprenticed to engraver James Basire 3/8
ST JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA - 31st AUGUST
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1. St Joseph of Arimathea was a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, but a faithful disciple of Jesus. It was no small proof of his great piety, that, though he had riches and honours to lose,
#StJosephofArimathea #Aug31 #Bible #Jesus
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1. St Joseph of Arimathea was a member of the Jewish Sanhedrin, but a faithful disciple of Jesus. It was no small proof of his great piety, that, though he had riches and honours to lose,
#StJosephofArimathea #Aug31 #Bible #Jesus
2. he feared not the malice of men, but at a time when the apostles trembled, boldly declared himself a follower of Jesus who was crucified; and with the greatest devotion embalmed and buried his sacred body.
St Joseph of Arimathea is the patron of Glastonbury, where a church
St Joseph of Arimathea is the patron of Glastonbury, where a church
3. and hermitage, very famous in the times of the ancient Britons, were built by the first apostles of this island: among whom some moderns have placed St Joseph himself, and Aristobulus.(Excerpts fr. Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints) #Glastonbury #ENGvPAK #England #Christian
