René Guénon

[Lelouch Lamperouge]

Guénon is the main agent of traditionalism. He wrote several influential metaphysical tractates.

Also, Baron Julius Evola and Frittief Shuon.

any thoughts on these thinkers.

[Sirius Orion]

Excellent.

ONE of a kind. 

MUST read to understand anything at all in spirituality, history of mankind and of ideas, and in "esoterism" in general.

SO underrated , caricatured, distorted and misrepresented .

Read Guénon first. All of his books. Then Schuon . Beware of Evola: a clever and well read devil using primordial Tradition as an authority argument to political and moralistic agenda ... he definitely can teach you many things but be careful ... have a long spoon

Beware of the people presenting themselves as "traditionalist" (usually stage blue misunderstandings what's what) or even "guénonian" .

René Guénon himself has always strongly rejected all kind of label or "school" : there definitely is no such thing as "traditionnalism" or "perennials school" (excepted in the mind of some "blue"ideologist completely clueless about how the devil works ...)

Nevertheless ... beware of Guénon himself,  do not take his work for what it is not : 'tis a compass not a teaching ! He himself always rejected the title of "master" for good reason ... he wasn't in a pedagogical teaching mission. His work is actually very intellectual and bears the risk to reinforce that aspect in the reader ( which is generally already very strong) without giving you ACTUAL methods to work out with in your everyday mundane life in the Kali Yuga ! That's why Guénon alone doesn't help very much ...

I would encourage you to read first Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov and to alternate with Guénon, they complete each other very well and will give you a much deeper, broader, deeper and most of all more effective view on things  ...

Keep in touch, very interested in hearing your return and progress !

By the way where are you from ? How did you here about RG ?