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9 books of 336 · oldest first
Traditionalism 9
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1921
Introduction to the Study of the Hindu Doctrines
Establishes his distinction between traditional metaphysics and modern Western philosophy.
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1921
Theosophy: History of a Pseudo-Religion
A hostile critique of Blavatskian Theosophy.
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1923
The Spiritist Fallacy
Critiques Spiritualism and mediumistic explanations of the dead.
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1925
The Esoterism of Dante
Interprets Dante through initiatory and symbolic traditions.
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1927
The Crisis of the Modern World
Diagnoses modern civilisation as spiritually inverted and cut off from traditional principles.
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1927
The King of the World
Traditions of a hidden supreme spiritual centre.
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1931
The Symbolism of the Cross
Uses the cross as a metaphysical symbol of multiple states of being.
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1932
The Multiple States of Being
One of his most rigorous metaphysical works.
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1945
The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times
His great critique of modern materialism and the reduction of quality to quantity.