1974 founder d m matheson cbe type educational charity registration no. 284155 focus comparative religion religious symbolism perennial philosophy theology and metaphysics location london uk area served world key people martin lings gai eaton william stoddart slogan for the study of comparative religion website www.themathesontrust.org the matheson trust is an educational charity based in london dedicated to further and disseminate the study of comparative religion especially from the point of view of the underlying harmony of the major religious and philosophical traditions of the world . contents 1 history 2 matheson monographs 3 matheson library 3.1 audio library 3.2 publications 4 see also 4.1 institutions and initiatives 4.2 scholars and authors 5 notes 6 external links history edit the matheson trust was established in london in 1974 by donald macleod matheson cbe 1896 1979 1 who in addition to his work as a civil servant 2 was active as a translator of perennialist works most notably understanding islam by frithjof schuon 3 and an introduction to sufi doctrine by titus burckhardt . 4 registered as a uk charity in 1982 5 the trust was for years active sponsoring academic research 6 lectures 7 film production 8 and publications . 9 10 as of january 2011 they have launched a new series of paperback publications the matheson monographs and a public website hosting the matheson library . matheson trust associates have included among others martin lings charles le gai eaton william stoddart and reza shah kazemi . matheson monographs edit since 2008 the matheson trust had been co producing publications with a number of kindred organisations and established publishers the prometheus trust 11 fons vitae 12 ky archetype uk 13 but december 2010 14 saw the launch of an independent series the matheson monographs covering scriptural exegesis the modalities of spiritual and contemplative life studies of particular religious traditions comparative analyses studies of traditional arts crafts and cosmological sciences contemporary scholarly expositions of religious philosophy and metaphysics translations of both classical and contemporary texts and transcriptions of lectures by and interviews with spiritual and scholarly authorities from different religious and philosophical traditions . 15 matheson library edit in march 2011 the matheson trust website was launched 16 hosting an online library of free selected books and articles almost exclusively in english including authors and sources as varied as shaykh abdallah bin bayyah the archbishop of canterbury 17 rowan williams the berzin archives charles prince of wales chief rabbi jonathan sacks james cutsinger gavin d costa seyyed hossein nasr harry oldmeadow the journal sacred web huston smith timothy winter shaykh abdal hakim murad the woolf institute of abrahamic faiths and others . documents are free to browse and download most in pdf format with a few articles in html . as of december 2015 there are more than 500 holdings in the library more than a third of which are audio recordings . audio library edit one of the purported aims of the matheson library is to use existing contemporary media technologies to make available resources from ancient traditions either in the form of recitation of traditional scriptures or in the scholarly transmission of the doctrines and insights pertaining to the different religions . an ongoing hear project is converting scholarly texts and other texts of interest into mp3 format and making them available through the audio section of the library . 18 in april 2012 the matheson trust sacred audio collection was launched a repository of selected liturgical audio recordings from the major religious traditions . this collection includes live recordings from temples and ritual gatherings around the world . 19 publications edit christianity & islam essays on ontology and archetype by samuel zinner 2010 . isbn 978 1 908092 01 4 the living palm tree parables stories and teachings from the kabbalah by mario satz translated by juan acevedo 2010 . isbn 978 1 908092 00 7 louis massignon the vow and the oath by patrick laude translated by edin q. lohja 2011 . isbn 978 1 908092 06 9 the gospel of thomas in the light of early jewish christian andislamic esoteric trajectories by samuel zinner 2011 . isbn 978 1 908092 04 5 sacred royalty from the pharaoh to the most christian king by jean hani translated by gustavo polit 2011 . isbn 978 1 908092 05 2 ascent to heaven in islamic and jewish mysticism by algis u davinys 2011 . isbn 978 1 908092 02 1 orpheus and the roots of platonism by algis u davinys 2011 . isbn 978 1 908092 07 6 enduring utterance collected talks by martin lings 2015 . primordial meditation by frithjof schuon translated by angela schwartz and gillian harris 2015 . weighing the word by peter samsel 2016 . see also edit institutions and initiatives edit a common word between us and you studies in comparative religion temenos academy woolf institute of abrahamic faiths scholars and authors edit jean borella titus burckhardt ananda coomaraswamy james cutsinger professor david f. ford ren gu non jean hani ali lakhani charles le gai eaton martin lings rusmir mahmut ehaji jean louis michon seyyed hossein nasr harry oldmeadow reza shah kazemi leo schaya frithjof schuon huston smith william stoddart algis u davinys walter james 4th baron northbourne notes edit settlement recorded in the archives of the london borough of bromley 12 january 1981 . matheson was appointed cbe in 1945 after serving for years as the secretary of the national trust pdf george allen & unwin london 1963 . sh . muhammad ashraf lahore pakistan 1963 . for some more biographical information see his author page at world wisdom books . worldwisdom.com . retrieved 2013 01 06 . uk charity commission entry . charity commission.gov.uk . 1981 01 12 . retrieved 2013 01 06 . algis u davinys philosophy as a rite of rebirth from ancient egypt to neoplatonism p. x isbn 978 1 898910 35 0 . collaboration with the temenos academy . multifaithbook.org . 2009 11 30 . retrieved 2013 01 06 . circling the house of god . zamzam.tv . retrieved 2013 01 06 . including the origin of the buddha image by ananda coomaraswamy . fonsvitae.com . retrieved 2013 01 06 . ibn ajiba two treatises on the oneness of existence by jean louis michon . zamzam.tv . retrieved 2013 01 06 . prometheus trust . prometheus trust . 2012 07 01 . retrieved 2013 01 06 . fonsvitae.com . fonsvitae.com . retrieved 2013 01 06 . archetype home . archetype.uk.com . retrieved 2013 01 06 . samuel zinner . see samuel zinner s blog announcement . samuelzinner.blogspot.com . retrieved 2013 01 06 . publications . the matheson trust . retrieved 2013 01 06 . matheson website launched the matheson trust . themathesontrust.org . 2011 03 04 . retrieved 2013 01 06 . archbishopofcanterbury.org . archbishopofcanterbury.org . 2013 01 01 . retrieved 2013 01 06 . audio . the matheson trust . retrieved 2013 01 06 . sacred audio collection . the matheson trust . retrieved 2013 01 06 . external links edit official website samuel zinner s blog ten thousand films gai eaton s website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title the matheson trust & oldid 731334895 categories book publishing companies of the united kingdomdiscipline oriented digital librariesinterfaithreligious charities based in the united kingdomreligious studiestraditionalist schooleducational charities based in the united kingdomhidden categories interlanguage link template existing link navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage 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