Man's most fundamental needs maybe summed up as the need for Knowledge, for Love, and for a Way to salvation. At the present time many people feel cut off from any true meaning of existence, and the rush and personal worry of modern life as well as inner states appear to make it more and more difficult to satisfy these needs, to find a fundamental basis of living. Dissatisfaction often leads towards the study of Oriental and Mystical traditions, but people seldom have the necessary discrimination or guidance, and many soon lose heart and go astray.

Gnosis expounds different aspects of the great Traditions, including a remarkable section on the Christian tradition, and points to ways towards the Wisdom, Love and Sanctity which are the fruits of spiritual realisation and the distinguishing purpose of man's existence.

Frithjoh Schuon has an outstandingly clear view of the transcendent Truth underlying the various traditional religions, as well as a vivid understanding of spiritual necessities under vitally different conditions. This, together with a forceful style, makes him one of the most significant spiritual writers in the world today.

"The man is a living wonder; intellectually a propos religion, equally in depth and breadth, the paragon of our time. I know of no living thinker who begins to rival him..." - Rodhe Professor Huston Smith on Shuon. Schuon collaborated for over twenty years with René Guénon and was named by Ananda Coomaraswamy as one of the very few who are qualified to interpret authentically the Oriental doctrines. He was for many years a contributor to Studies in Comparative Religion.