Jesus in India? One question, several answers

Jesus in India? One question, several answers

Jesus in India? The question mark is necessary! The possibility that Jesus lived part of his life in India has been presented and debated for many years. Those in favour of this hypothesis believe Jesus was in India during the ‘Missing Years’, those years not covered in the Bible (ages 12 to 30). Others believe he was in India following the failed attempt to bring about his death by Crucifixion, seeking refuge but also continuing his...

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Moorish Culture in Spain

Moorish Culture in Spain

The definitive work on the spiritual Islamic heritage of Spain.       Titus Burckhardt, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. He devoted all his life to the study and exposition of the different aspects of Wisdom and Tradition. In the age of modern science and technocracy, Titus Burckhardt was one of the most remarkable of the exponents of universal truth, in the realm of metaphysics as well as...

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Fez: City of Islam

Fez: City of Islam

“Fez, City of Islam”, written by the noted art historian Titus Burckhardt, conveys a profound understanding of the sacred roots that nourish Islamic culture and civilisation. As a young man in the 1930s, Burckhardt spent some years in Morocco where he became acquainted with several remarkable representatives of the spiritual heritage of the Maghrib. Although he committed much of this experience to writing, it was not until the 1950s...

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Letters of a Sufi Master: The Shayikh Ad-Darqawi

Letters of a Sufi Master: The Shayikh Ad-Darqawi

This book contains spiritual techniques taken from letters of Shaykh ad-Darqawi. Almost all these letters are concerned with the method and the operative aspects of the Way and are considered among the most direct instructions given on Sufic method to be found in all Sufi literature.   Titus Burckhardt, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. He devoted all his life to the study and exposition of the...

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Art of Islam

Art of Islam

Called the definitive book on Islamic Art by S.H. Nasr, this beautifully illustrated masterpiece published in the U.S. for the first time is presented in a revised, full colour, commemorative edition containing 285 new colour photos and a new Introduction. Burckhardt provides an in-depth analysis of Islamic architecture, from Spain and Morocco to Persia and India and examines Koranic calligraphy and illumination, arabesque, carpets, rugs,...

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