ascending and descending realization

From Ren� Gu�non, "Realisation Ascendante et Realisation Descendante," chap.32, Initiation et Realisation Spirituelle (Paris: Editions Traditionnelles, 1975 new ed.). It must be emphasized that Gu�non’s position here, though expressed in the typical terminology of Vedntic ontology, corresponds more closely to the Trika (Pratyabhij�) point of view, apparently unknown to him. Abhinava’s clearest distinction between the two modes of realization can be found in his �shvara-pratyabhij��-vivrtti-vimarsin� (IPVV), vol.3, KS no. 65 (Bombay: 1943), p.172.