Kurt Almqvist | |
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 Tage Lindbom (left) with Kurt Almqvist (right) | |
| Born | 11 March 1912 |
| Died | 8 April 2001 (aged 89) |
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Kurt Almqvist (1912–2001) was a Swedish poet, intellectual and spiritual figure, representative of the Traditionalist School and the Perennial philosophy.[1][2][3]
Almqvist was a lifelong disciple of the Swiss metaphysician and spiritual guide Frithjof Schuon. He came into close contact with the spiritual representatives of the Shadhiliyya order in the beginning of the 1940s. He introduced Schuon's teachings on spirituality and transcendent unity of religions in a number of publications.[4] He also introduced the works of René Guénon in his writings. He was a frequent contributor to the quarterly journal, Studies in Comparative Religion, which dealt with religious symbolism and the Traditionalist perspective.
Almqvist received his doctorate in 1951 from Uppsala university on a dissertation concerning Guilhem Ademar, Poésies du troubadour Guilhem Adémar. He is the author of several essays and books in Swedish on religion and metaphysics, including four collections of poetry.
- ^ (sv)Svensk biografisk handbook
- ^ Obituary, 29 oktober, 2007
- ^ World Wisdom , Kurt Almqvist’s life and work
- ^ Dahlén, Ashk. Inledning. Om philosophia perennis. In Lindbom, Tage (2003). I Frithjof Schuons fotspår. Stockholm: Prisma. p. 21. ISBN 91-518-4138-X.