Titus Burckhardt

Titus Burckhardt
Born	(1908-10-24)24 October 1908 Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Died	15 January 1984(1984-01-15) (aged 75) Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Notable work	Sacred Art in East and West: Its Principles and Methods Introduction to Sufi Doctrine Chartres and the Birth of the Cathedral Art of Islam, Language and Meaning Siena, City of the Virgin
School	Perennialism Traditionalist School
Main interests	Alchemy Anthropology Esotericism Cosmology Islamology Metaphysics Sacred art

Titus Burckhardt (24 October 1908 – 15 January 1984) was a Swiss writer and a leading member of the Perennialist or Traditionalist School. He was the author of numerous works on metaphysics, cosmology, anthropology, esoterism, alchemy, Sufism, symbolism and sacred art.