perennialist

A Christian or theist will think of transcendence in terms that engage them in a dialogue with many traditional resources; a religious humanist or "perennialist" will think of transcendence as a universal quality of human experience or religious experience; and so on.

Philocrites: Roots, don't hold me too close. 2005

What makes The Smear Reports dangerous is the fact that, having asserted their Catholicism and made some interesting points about the perennial esoteric tradition, they then deal with individuals, groups and events in an equivocal fashion, relating everything they study to the service of their idée fixe: i.e., the supreme and overriding significance of the infiltration of traditionalism by right-wing racist perennialist organizations, true believers and fellow travelers.

The Smear Reports 2007

Ishaq is an avowed metaphysician, perennialist, or spiritual cosmologist, whatever term one prefers.

Speedlinking 7/24/07 William Harryman 2007

The perennialist, right-wing, racist victory would clearly be better served by the unity of its would-be Catholic allies, and, hence, the devotion of its fifth columnists and fellow-travelers to a “traditionalist ecumenism” which seeks to downplay the substantial differences within our own ranks.

The Smear Reports 2007

You do not need any perennialist “politically naturalist” help to teach it, other than that which played a role in Enlightenment thought in general, and worked to create Americanist/Pluralism in the first place.

The Smear Reports 2007

Let us say that they have now entrusted the work of liaison with our fellow believers on possible points of contact solely to their best trained and most committed, pagan, macho, racist, perennialist operatives.

The Smear Reports 2007

It is a rather unusual thing for a perennialist that is worth noticing.

Introducing Jean Biès Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

This is why his book deserves a most original place within the perennialist school, not to mention its formal beauty.

Introducing Jean Biès Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

Biès, different from other perennialist thinkers of the first generation, shows a remarkable benevolence and a total absence of dogmatism.

Introducing Jean Biès Tusar N Mohapatra 2006

While most perennialist thinkers have chosen the Islamic way after Guénon and Michel Valsan, Biès while Christian, has insisted on the complementary nature of Christianity and Hinduism within the "One and Only Tradition."

Introducing Jean Biès Tusar N Mohapatra 2006