ABSTRACT
There are not only traditional and sacred sciences cultivated within various traditional civilizations and concerned with the study of the cosmos in the light of metaphysical principles. There is also a dimension of sacred science which concerns nature as a whole in as much as the spiritual significance of nature is concerned. Nature possesses a spiritual meaning of the utmost importance with which every integral spiritual tradition is concerned in one way or another, although the emphasis on this dimension of reality has not been the same in various traditions over the centuries. There is a need to come to know of this spiritual significance, as there is a need to rediscover sacred science. In fact a sacred science of nature leads ineluctably to an understanding of the spiritual significance of nature and any treatment of sacred science must include a treatment of the spiritual message which nature provides through her rhythms and harmonies, forms and movements, through her symbols and the grace which emanates from the Origin through her varigated manifestations.
