Sophia Volume 12, Number 2

In this issue of Sophia, the leading Islamic thinker in America, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, speaks out on the environmental crisis in a compellling interview, and the noted scientist and theologian, Wolfgang Smith, writes on cosmology and gnosis. Other highlights include an article on parallels between Shingon Buddhism and Islam, an indepth analysis of the cosmogonic significance of the Ark of Noah and the Ark of the Covenant, the story of a spiritual seeker's journey in Ladakh, and a thorough assessment of the mathematical implications of the metaphysics of Rene Guenon.