" But the presence of Islam in India can be explained not only by the fact that being the youngest of the great Revelations, it is better adapted than Hinduism to the general conditions of the last millennium of the Dark Age— or in other words, by the fact that it takes better into account the preponderance of the element of passion in the souls of men — but also by the following circumstance: the cyclic decline brings with it a quasi-general obscuration, which goes hand in hand with a more or less considerable growth of population, particularly at the lower levels; but this decadence implies a complementary and compensatory cosmic tendency that will act within the social collectivity for the purpose of restoring, at least symbolically, the original quality. "

― Frithjof Schuon , Transcendent Unity of Religions