Origins of the Perennial Philosophy School of Thought

This is an overview, from World Wisdom Books, of the school of thought called the Perennialist School. Besides establishing some basic definitions, the overview is intended to provide some answers to these questions: What is the Perennial Philosophy? What are its fundamental concepts? How did this school of thought come into existence? Who are the founders of the school, and who are some of the other important Perennialist authors who have followed them? What topics have these authors explored? What is the point of view of the Perennial Philosophy regarding the modern world and its religious traditions? How is Perennialist thought represented in modern-day American academia? Why do Perennialists tend to prefer an alternative approach to interfaith dialogue?
Written and directed by Jennifer Casey
Produced by Michael Oren Fitzgerald
Narrated by Wes Lasher and Luke Casey
Online editing and audio mix by Wes Lasher
TOPICS COVERED:
00:01 Origins of the Perennialist School
06:29 Tradition and the Perennial Philosophy
11:58 The Perennialist School of Thought
13:34 The Founders
23:30 Other Perennialist Authors
35:01 The Perennial Philosophy in Modern Academia
46:37 A symbolical demonstration of how the diverse religious traditions are connected to the one Truth, and thus to each other; and a summation of the theme of the video
PRESENTERS (in order of appearance): Martin Lings, James Cutsinger, Harry Oldmeadow, Frithjof Schuon, Roger Gaetani, Joseph Fitzgerald, Jean-Claude Petitpierre, William Stoddart, Rama Coomaraswamy, Huston Smith, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Mark Perry, Patrick Laude