Los últimos grados del Escocismo y la realización descendente [Michel Vâlsan]reflexiones sobre el capítulo 45 de al-Futūḥāt al-Makkīya y la masonería Escocista
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Universidad de Málaga
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ISSN: 2341-1678
Year of publication: 2023
Issue: 11
Pages: 392-434
Type: Article
More publications in: El azufre rojo: revista de estudios sobre Ibn Arabi
Abstract
Edition and annotated translation of The Last Degrees of [masonic] Scottism and the Descending Realisation by Michel Vâlsan, an influential figure in Ibn 'Arabī studies in the 20th century and linked to René Guénon, a leading philosopher and representative of the Perennialist school. This text, published in response to Jean Reyor in 1953 in the journal Études Traditionnelles after Guénon's death, is interesting for two reasons. First, it continues the discussion of "descending realization" proposed by Guénon and offers a translation of chapter 45 of Ibn 'Arabī's al-Futūḥāt al-makkiyya. Secondly, the text deals with the subject of Freemasonry and its relation to the quintessential Western initiatory organisation.