The path of myth, the path of reason, and the path of spirit constitute the main sections of this collection of essays that relate to the care for preserving the essential. Every people envisions the lost paradise, creating culture in the search for the lost Edenic element.

Immersed in his specific works, the man of the rational age has forgotten the cosmic responsibility for returning to the source and authentically experiencing the 'dizzying event.' However, throughout history, realizations have been achieved that stand as signposts on our journey through the night.

This universal conception, the awareness of the cosmic whole, is encountered in the man of the mythological world. The realizations of Eastern cultures have moved with ambiguity, yet with validity. Perfect clarity was achieved in the broader Western civilization with a dynamism that caused unprecedented disruption. But in the form of a decline.

'The access routes to the essence, to the problematic, the anxiety, and the good will of ontological dawn, once crowded, are now becoming desolate. The historical trend is downward. [...] We are already moving WEST OF EDEN, where the metaphysical lights fade and the natural ones burn abundantly.'