Patrick Laude is a scholar, author and teacher. His works deal with the relationship between mysticism, symbolism and poetry, as well as focusing on contemporary spiritual figures such as Simone Weil, Louis Massignon and Frithjof Schuon.
Born in France in 1958, Patrick took a graduate degree in Philosophy at the University of Paris IV Sorbonne while studying at the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris. He traveled to the US in the early eighties and obtained his Ph.D. in 1985 from Indiana University. He joined Georgetown University in 1991. Laude's scholarly work is primarily focused on comparative mysticism, the symbolic imagination in religion and literature, and Western interpretations of Asian contemplative traditions. He is the author of several books and numerous articles on these subjects. Although we had some technical difficulties during the chat and couldn’t quite get all the subject material out of the way, I believe we still managed to coax out some valuable materials on comparing religions of the East and West, as expressed in his excellent book, “Shimmering Mirrors: Reality and Appearance in Contemplative Metaphysics of East and West”. I recommend this book for all those interested in this difficult subject.
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#6 – Ship of Fools Cast - Professor Patrick Laude & Shimmering Mirrors