VIII. Symbolism, Art & Hidden Geometry

Traditional Symbolism and Sacred Hermeneutics

  • René Guénon — Symbols of Sacred Science
  • Ananda K. Coomaraswamy — Christian and Oriental Philosophy of Art
  • Jean Borella — The Sense of the Supernatural

Grail Symbolism and Sacred Kingship

  • Julius Evola — The Mystery of the Grail
  • René Guénon — The King of the World
  • Philippe Walter — Graal: The Celtic Myth of the Grail

Sacred Art, Iconography, and Initiatic Imagery

  • Titus Burckhardt — Sacred Art in East and West
  • Emile Mâle — The Gothic Image
  • Otto von Simson — The Gothic Cathedral

Geometry, Proportion, and Hidden Order

  • Matila Ghyka — The Geometry of Art and Life
  • Keith Critchlow — Order in Space
  • Robert Lawlor — Sacred Geometry

Architecture as Initiatic Language

  • Vitruvius — De Architectura
  • Rudolf Wittkower — Architectural Principles in the Age of Humanism
  • Alain Erlande-Brandenburg — The Cathedral

Rennes-le-Château and Encoded Structures

  • Fulcanelli — The Mystery of the Cathedrals
  • Eugène Canseliet — Symbolism of the Great Work
  • Gérard de Sède — Le Trésor Maudit de Rennes-le-Château

Image, Imaginal Space, and Symbolic Vision

  • Henry Corbin — Mundus Imaginalis
  • Gilbert Durand — The Anthropological Structures of the Imaginary
  • James Hillman — Re-Visioning Psychology