This work presents basic notions concerning the seemingly contradictory sacred sciences. It examines the need for such sciences in the modern world, their meaning and applications.

Introduction Part One -The World of the Spirit-A Metaphysical Context for the Cultivation of Sacred Science 1. God is Reality 2. Self-awareness and Ultimate Selfhood 3. Time-The Moving Image of Eternity Part Two -The Unity of the Divine Stratosphere- The Diversity of the Human Atmosphere 4. One is the Spirit and Many its Human Reflections- Thoughts on the Human Condition Today 5. The Philosophia Perennis and the Study of Religion Part Three -Science: Traditional and Modern 6. Western Science and Asian Cultures 7. The Traditional Sciences 8. The Spiritual Significance of Nature Part Four -Tradition, Sacred Science and the Modern Predicament 9. Sacred Science and the Environmental Crisis- An Islamic Perspective 10. The Concept of Human Progress through Material Evolution: A Traditional Critique 11. Reflections on the Theological Modernism of Hans Küng