Originally created to be read at a conference on positive action that could be taken in current issues based on religion, Schuon’s article discusses the necessity to precipitate all action with a correct understanding of Truth. “If one's aim is to save mankind, one must first know what it means to be a man; if one wishes to defend the Spirit, one must know what is Spirit.”

Saran discusses the revolution that Gandhi caused within the schism of the ‘freedom-cum-nationalist movement’ in India; how Gandhi went about changing the foundation, goals and nature of the freedom movement and the effects this had both on the movement and on the spiritual revival within India. According to Saran, “Gandhi changed the nature of Indian politics by spiritualizing it.” Saran goes on to investigate the meaning and philosophy behind Gandhi’s life and works, contrasting this philosophy with the modern world which Gandhi attempted to combat.

Brown’s article deals with three main points. First, the essential values of the Plains Indians and the “universal quality of the underlying values” which “constitute for these original Americans a valid dialect of what has been called the Religio Perennis.” Secondly, the question of whether it is possible with the constant assault of the modern world, for this way of cultural and spiritual life to continue? Thirdly, the author’s contemporary assessment of the situation of the wellbeing of the North American Plains Indian spiritual life.

Lord Northbourne lays out what he sees as the essential factors to the much debated question of the relationship between religion and science; what that relationship should be and what it is in the modern world. Northbourne explains what is meant by these terms and why the distinction and relationship is necessary to understanding our views of the universe and our roles in it.

The second half of this article about the life of Fray Juan de los Angeles continues with the interview between master and friar. The conversation is a varied one with the maser addressing such issues as the need for a thirst and love of God, the question of Divine Justice, and the importance of charity. In this dialogue the master also outlines the three main types of men, namely the animal, rational and divine. This, and other topics such as the nature of Christ, and how one can find God inside oneself, are all discussed in this dialogue.

In this review RWJ Austen discusses the topic of this book as well as the background of the author, Ain al-Qudat al-Hamadhani, who was a Sufi and Shafi’ite lawyer. This man was accused of being a heretic and had to defend himself by writing an explanation that his statements were misinterpreted and that the accusers were not properly informed regarding the topic. Austen concludes in his review that the book is well translated and very helpful for the public.

FS writes to the editor in this letter to clarify an inconsistency within a previous article titled “The Ancient Wisdom of Africa” he wishes to point out a contradictory statement that the author made regarding the profound wisdom of traditional African people, profound enough even to equal the Asians. However, FS also points out that the author later makes a statement regarding the potential Jewish origins of a Zulu medicine man. FS wishes to draw attention to this statement and further examines the issue of different races and intelligences within his letter.

According to Dr Bandmann “Mr Bolton obviously confuses zodiacal signs with zodiacal constellations”, Dr Bandmann then continues to outline the sun and stars in their location and symbolism, especially according to the Ptolomaic world view. He states that it should be “clearly understood that this heaven of the zodiacal signs is the place of heavenly prototypes or archetypes.