Schwaller de Lubicz, R. A. Nature Word: Verbe Nature. West Stockbridge, MA: The Lindisfarne Press, 1982.

Abstract

In this remarkable work, composed immediately upon his return from Egypt in 1952, the noted French esotericist and Hermetic philosopher R. A. Schwaller de Lubicz conveys to modern consciousness insights derived from a lifetime experience and study in the ancient and sacred traditions of humanity. His theme is "the intelligence of the Heart," the innate, functional consciousness or way of thinking which is in harmony with Nature and so able to understand Life and living things. Made up of two sections, the first written in a single, uninterrupted flow of inspiration, takes the form of answers received in the spirit of synthesis - Nature's thinking - to questions posed by the rational mind of the twentieth century. Herein all aspects of Schwaller de Lubicz' symbolic philosophy, ethics, and theology are given concise and detailed expression as a living way of thinking - a science of evolution and Life - available to humanity today. The second half takes the form of philosophical reflections on the first and proposes the practice of Imagination as a way of evolutionary development. Many traditions have spoken of a "higher consciousness," but Schwaller de Lubicz' attempt to formulate in modern terms an alchemical science of qualities, functions, analogies, and signatures, is quite unique. "Nature has shown me a great mountain, crowned with a peak of immaculate whiteness, but She was unable to teach me the way leading to it. I had to seek beyond Her. It was a long search..."