Jean Borella (born inNancy, France, May 21, 1930) is aChristianphilosopher andtheologian. Borella's works are inspired by Ancient and ChristianNeoplatonism, but also by theTraditionalist School ofRené Guénon andFrithjof Schuon.

Borella's father, who was Italian, made a career in military aviation before his death in 1937 in an air crash, when Jean was seven years old. Borella's mother was French fromLorraine. Borella had aCatholic education and traditional public school secondary studies which reinforced in him the idea that he would be a defender of the faith. By age 14, Borella understoodCartesian proof of the existence ofGod. In 1950, he stayed for a short while in aBenedictine monastery, but left, disappointed.

Borella attended university inNancy, France.^[1] Two of Borella's philosophy professors had significant influence on him,Georges Vallin andGuy Bugault. Vallin,FrenchOrientalist and philosopher, primarily taught the principles ofVedanta. Bugault taught the philosophy ofKhâgne. While both Vallin and Bugault were readers ofRené Guénon, they did not speak of Guénon in class or in private conversations with Borella. Borella graduated in 1953 with a degree in philosophy, and, in the same year, became familiar with Guénon, and then withFrithjof Schuon.

In 1954, Borella married a Polish woman.

By 1957, Borella was a professor of philosophy inGérardmer. In 1962, he became professor inNancy, France, where he taught philosophy and French until 1977. In 1982, he was at theUniversity of Paris X: Nanterre.

Borella has three daughters, the youngest of which is aBenedictinenun, and four grandchildren.

(in French)

• Bérard, Bruno, and Jean Borella.Jean Borella, la révolution métaphysique: après Galilée, Kant, Marx, Freud, Derrida. Religions et spiritualité. Paris: Harmattan, 2006.ISBN 2-296-00727-9
• Esotérisme guénonien et mystère chrétien, L’Age d’Homme, Lausanne, 1997.
• Histoire et théorie du symbole, L’Age d’Homme,Lausanne, 2004 (édition revue et corrigée du "Mystère du signe", Maisonneuve et Larose, 1989).
• La charité profanée, Editions Dominique Martin Morin.
• La crise du symbolisme religieux, L’Age d’Homme, Lausanne, 1990.
• Le poème de la Création. Traduction de la Genèse 1-3, Ad Solem, 2002.
• Le sens du surnaturel, Ad Solem, Genève 1996.
• Lumières de la théologie mystique, L'Age d'Homme, Lausanne, 2002.
• Penser l’analogie, Ad Solem, Genève 2000.
• Symbolisme et réalité, Ad Solem, 1997.

(in English)

• The sense of the supernatural^[2]
• Guénonian Esoterism and Christian Mystery^[3]
• The Secret of the Christian Way: A Contemplative Ascent Through the Writings of Jean Borella , Borella, Jean, and G. John Champoux.. SUNY series in Western esoteric traditions. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2001.ISBN 0-7914-4843-6^[4]
• The Torn Veil^[5]
• Love and Truth: The Christian Path of Charity (trans:La charité profanée)
• The Crisis of Religious Symbolism & Symbolism and Reality (trans:La crise du symbolisme religieux & Symbolisme et réalité)

• Renaud Fabbri,The Problematic of the Unity of Religions^[6] Vincit Omnia Veritas. III,1
• Jean Hani :Le Monde à l'envers, Essais critiques sur la civilisation moderne, Lausanne, l'Âge d'homme, « Delphica », 2001,ISBN 9782825114414
• Meramo, Basilio, and Bernard Tissier de Mallerais.Les hérésies de la gnose du professeur Jean Borella. Sion: Editions Les Amis de saint François de Sales, 1996.ISBN 3-905519-13-5
• A Metaphysics of the Christian Mystery: An Introduction to the Work of Jean Borella - Author: Bruno Berard

(in French)

• Intelligence spirituelle et Surnaturel
• Official site