Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral by Titus Burckhardt Rene Alleau There are few figures in

There are few figures in the history of Western Spirituality who are more enigmatic than the fifth or sixth-century writer known as the Pseudo-Dionysius

"There are many names given to the divine love which sustains those who have dedicated themselves to the way of heaven

Now in its second century

among both gnosticizing groups and their orthodox critics

Kurt Piper: "Peniel and Gethsemane

Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral by Titus Burckhardt Rene Alleau There are few figures inThis new and revised edition of Titus Burckhardt's masterpiece, Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral, is a richly colored window onto the lofty intellectual and spiritual climate that conceived the marvel that is Gothic architecture. A description of the themes of the great doorways and rose windows covers virtually the whole Christian story. Now featuring a new appendix with three sections, and a new Foreword by John James, a world authority on