SPLENDOR OF THE TRUE -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- POEMS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION -- PREFACE -- I. RELIGION AND TRADITION -- 1. THE SENSE OF THE ABSOLUTEIN RELIGIONS -- 2. TWO ESOTERICISMS -- 3. CONCERNING NAIVETÉ -- 4. THE MYSTERY OF THE HYPOSTATIC FACE -- II. THE PERENNIAL PHILOSOPHY -- 5. SUMMARY OF INTEGRAL METAPHYSICS -- 6. CONSEQUENCES FLOWING FROM THE MYSTERY OF SUBJECTIVITY -- 7. TRACING THE NOTION OF PHILOSOPHY -- 8. UNDERSTANDING AND BELIEVING -- III. HUMAN NATURE AND DESTINY -- 9. MAN IN THE UNIVERSE -- 10. THE MESSAGE OF THE HUMAN BODY -- 11. MAN AND CERTAINTY -- 12. UNIVERSAL ESCHATOLOGY -- IV. SACRED ART AND SYMBOLISM -- 13. THE QUESTION OF FORMS IN ART -- 14. THE LIBERATING PASSAGE -- 15. AN ELEMENTARY CRITERIOLOGY OF CELESTIAL APPARITIONS -- 16. THE SYMBOLISM OF THE HOURGLASS -- V. SPIRITUALITY -- 17. MODES OF SPIRITUAL REALIZATION -- 18. THE ANONYMITY OF THE VIRTUES -- 19. THE NATURE AND FUNCTION OF THE SPIRITUAL MASTER -- 20. THE STATIONS OF WISDOM -- CONCLUSION: RELIGIO PERENNIS -- APPENDIX: SELECTIONS FROM LETTERS,SPIRITUAL TEXTS, AND MEMOIRS -- TRANSLATOR'S NOTES -- GLOSSARY -- SOURCES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS BY FRITHJOF SCHUON -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.