SACREDWEB

A Journal Of Tradition And Modernity

Publisher & Editor:

M. Ali Lakhani

ISSN: 1480-6584

Publication:

Sacred l17eb is a bi-annual p ublicat io n devoted to the study of Tradition and mod ern ity The views expressed in the journal a re th ose of th e respective authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher.

Subscriptions:

To subscribe, pl ease mail cheque or money order to Sacred Web, 1750- 111 1 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columb ia, Ca nad a, V6E 4M3: Canadian subscriptions: 515.00 per issue or S30.00 annua lly ; US subscriptio ns: S12.50 (US) per issue or 525.00 (US) annually; outside No rth America, and ins ti tu ti o nal su bscriptions: SI5.00 (US) pe r issue or S30 (US) annua ll y. Postage prepa id for all subscriptions

Subnrissions:

The editor invi tes submissions, induding articles, re views and letters. Unso licited submissions will nor be returned unless accompan ied by a se lf-addressed, stamped envelope. TIle editor reserve s the right to ed it lette rs Submissions should bemailedtotheedito r. M.AliLakhani . Sacred Web, 1750- 1111 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6E 4M3, or sen t bye-mai l to "Iakha l1i@Ul1iseroe.com".

Copyright:

© July, 1998. Unl ess indicated otherwise, all materials published in this issue a re copyrighted by Sacred Web and the respective contributors . The name Sacred We b and the Sac r ed Web logo a re copyrigh te d by the publisher.

Acknowledgements:

Th e publisher gratefully acknowledges each of rhe contributions in thi s issue, and, in particular, permission to reprint the follow in g: the article by Schuon and the quotati on (a t p age 14) from Stations o/Wisdom appear b y p e rmi ssio n of the author; the article by Ana nd a K. Coomaraswamy appears by perm iss io n of Rama P. CoomaraswamYi an C'Jrlie r version of t he art icle by CutSinge r was published in Dialogue & Affiance, and appear s by thei r permiss ion and that of the author; the article by Oldmeadow is excerpted from h is forthcoming book and appea rs by permission of the auth or. The artwork by Susan Point (The Sbape r) is co p yrighted by her. The graphics by Michae l Be nder (the Sacred w eb logo a nd the illustration accompanying the quotation from Schuon) were conceived by the publisher and rendered by Mic hael Bender. The publisher also thanks th e many individuals who have h elped to launch thi s journa l by donating their time and resour ces, and, in panicu la r, James We tm ore for his invaluable adv ice.