D. Kovacs
5.0 out of 5 stars Dig into this book, and you might find gold!
Reviewed in the United States on 30 May 2020
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Including “The Power of the Name” by Kallistos Ware and “The Virgin” by James Cutsinger in this book of Traditionalist essays was a master stroke. Add “The Abolition of Man” by C.S. Lewis, and you have more than enough food for thought. There are also some astonishing essays addressing the top-down destruction of the traditional Catholic faith in the last 50 years, which are enough to strike horror in any Orthodox heart. A worthwhile effort!
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Stephen M
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on 10 February 2017
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Very excellent compilations of essays.
Highly recommended.
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R-Naught
1.0 out of 5 stars I thought this book was supposed to relate to the perennial philosophy?
Reviewed in the United States on 9 July 2006
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I finally had to give up on this book after suffering through the first 100 pages. The book is a collection of articles supposedly linking certain tenets of Christianity to the perennial philosophy. Having read the perennial philosophy and having studied the eastern religions for several years, my expectations were high. I read the first few articles and just could not see their connections to the perennial philosophy. I also found the articles themselves to be of extremely limited usefulness on their own merits. If you are trying to find a glimmer of hope in the Christian world view, as I was, by seeking a connection to the perennial philosophy, particularly as it relates to the eastern practices, look elsewhere.
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Dec 28, 2012J. rated it liked it
Shelves: societal, christianity, philosophy, occult-esoterica
This book is a mixed bag, there a moments when I think even a orthodox Catholic might be able to agree and then there are points when reading this book that one gets the sense that an orthodox Catholic would either call this New Age Mumbo-Jumbo posing as intelligent, as soon as certain authors tried to make certain Saints and even Jesus and the Blessed Mother into pagan myths re-embodied I saw where this was going and so my review for this book is mixed because of that, although to be sure this book is subtitled, "Christianity and the Perennial Philosophy" not how Christianity is the Perennial Philosophy, so rather than trying to, "draw all men unto Christ." (cf. John 12:32)
The book seems to tell all men to stay where they are and not bother leaving since they are all part of the same thing anyway, this book sorely goes past the fact that either Jesus Christ is God or He is Not, and if He is, no other religion - no matter how much The Spirit may have informed it - can compare to the One He Founded, and some contributors in this book would agree, but even then they attack the Post-Vatican II Catholic Church, and so show themselves to be a mixed and odd bunch, ergo my mixed review.
If you do read this, and are orthodox you will need a discerning eye to know what is agreeable and what is not. (less)
