Titus Burckhardt

Titus Burckhardt
Titus Burckhardt
Born	24 October 1908; Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Died	15 January 1984 (aged 75); Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Notable work	Sacred Art in East and West: Its Principles and Methods; Introduction to Sufi Doctrine; Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral; Art of Islam, Language and Meaning; Siena, City of the Virgin;
School	Perennialism; Traditionalist School
Main interests	Alchemy; Anthropology; Esotericism; Cosmology; Islamology; Metaphysics; Sacred art;

Titus Burckhardt (24 October 1908 – 15 January 1984) was a Swiss writer and a leading member of the Perennialist or Traditionalist School. He was the author of numerous works on metaphysics, cosmology, anthropology, esoterism, alchemy, Sufism, symbolism and sacred art.

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