His name was Raimon Panikkar (Barcelona 1918 - Tavertet 2010). High scholar, indefatigable traveler, fascinating interlocutor, ecstatic officiant, fertile writer who went beyond writing and spoke of the silence of the word. Always serene and smiling, fresh and lucid until the end. Handsome and charming man, light and robust, delicate and resistant. The legend is a distant look, and here reside the strength, the beauty, the fascination and the seduction that permeate it. Panikkar showed up and was seen in this way. It was a meteor, a comet, a lightning bolt. He always came from far away and then disappeared. It came from a rich past, made up of all the lands he had traveled and all the knowledge he had accumulated. Beyond the legend, biographical research allows us to overcome the hagiographic portrait and obtain a more faithful image to the historical reality. If Panikkar's work is in...read more