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Also featured is a foreword by Huston Smith, extensive editor’s notes, and a glossary of foreign terms and phrases.
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The Feathered Sun
“One of the most philosophic and religious studies of the Plains Indians in print.”
— The Book Reader
The essentially spiritual and symbolist outlook of Indian civilization is brought to light as Schuon focuses on the fundamental elements of Plains religion and the culture to which it gave rise.
Each leads to God, the ultimate destiny of man, and therefore they are strictly necessary. It is this that can be called—symbolically speaking—the transfiguration of man. Every meditation is a participation in eternal prayer.”
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Road to the Heart
In this collection of over 80 short poems, the principles and insights expressed in Schuon’s other writings find a lyrical voice in the most simple and concise form.
Schuon repeatedly traces the journey of a soul which has found its celestial homeland and views the play of this world from the perspective of Eternity. This new edition features a new translation, an extensive appendix of previously unpublished materials, and detailed editor’s notes by Patrick Laude to aid readers.
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World Wheel I-III
A four-volume collection of spiritual poetry by Frithjof Schuon.
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World Wheel IV-VII
A four-volume collection of spiritual poetry by Frithjof Schuon.
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Frithjof Schuon: Life and Teachings
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The first book in English devoted to the religious philosopher Frithjof Schuon (1907–1998) to appear since his death, this biography also provides an analysis of his work and spiritual teachings.
These letters offer insights into Schuon’s message of the perennial philosophy, as well as a glimpse into his life as spiritual master.
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Light on the Ancient Worlds
Light on Ancient Worlds is described in this way by Seyyed Hossein Nasr: “In a sense an appraisal of the history of man seen from the traditional point of view, the work casts metaphysical light upon ancient civilizations and their significance and traces the gradual fall of man to the modern period and the revolt of European man against the Christian tradition.
They echo the primordial melodies of Being and communicate a message of certitude and serenity for every person who longs for spiritual light.
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Songs without Names — Volumes I – VI
During the last three years of his life Frithjof Schuon wrote approximately 3,500 poems in his mother tongue German.
Roots of the Human Condition contains an introduction by Patrick Laude.
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Songs for a Spiritual Traveler
Every poem in this collection — drawn from more than three thousand poems written during the closing years of his life — is a true compass pointing the reader time and again to Schuon’s fundamental theme: the Remembrance of God.
These small gems are as profound as the sea and as simple as water itself. It also includes a selection of previously unpublished correspondence, which provides striking insights into Schuon’s function as one of the great spiritual masters of our time.
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Logic and Transcendence
This new edition of Logic and Transcendence, Schuon’s most important philosophical work, is a fully revised translation from the French original and contains an extensive Appendix with previously unpublished selections from Schuon’s letters and other private writings.
The message, much needed in our times, is an affirmation of the essential goodness of creation and the preciousness of the human state, not through self-deceiving optimism, but because the Good and the Real coincide, because God’s essential nature is merciful, because man’s deepest being is joy, peace and immortality.
A finite image of Infinity:
This is the purpose of all poetry.
All human work to its last limits tends;
Its Archetype in Heaven never ends.
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Roots of the Human Condition
Roots of the Human Condition deals with the fundamental principles of universal and perennial metaphysics and their application on the level of spiritual and moral life.
All orthodox religions are expressions of a single Truth that underlies them all. Schuon’s books have been translated into over a dozen languages and are respected by academic and religious authorities alike. The transcendent and primordial nature of Revelation, intellect, faith, prayer and the human condition are set forth in a framework that reconciles the apparent incompatibility between metaphysics—commonly confused with rational thought—and the love of God, often seen only from the standpoint of sentimentality.
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Sufism, Veil and Quintessence
In seven masterly articles Schuon makes the critical distinction between an “absolute” Islam and a “contingent” Islam, thus distinguishing between the message of Islam in its essence, and the pious Arab expressions of that message, which by their style of rhetoric have a tendency to veil it.
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Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism
“Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism serves as a near complete expression of Schuon’s thought.
These collections were written during the final years of Schuon’s life, and they are a sort of metaphysical and spiritual summa, distilling the essence of the philosopher’s thinking and experience into short pieces that are both direct and accessible.
It came out of the divine Mouth, it went through the first man and the spiritual man; it burned in a thousand hearts; it will return to the divine Ear when the cycle of humanity is concluded. Logic and Transcendence contains chapters devoted to specifically philosophical questions such as the contradiction of relativism, the notion of the concrete and abstract, and the limitations of rationalism; it also contains some of Schuon’s most succinct theological discussions concerning both Christian and Islamic theology.
Frithjof Schuon Archive
This site is the most comprehensive repository of information pertaining to the life and work of Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998); materials include published articles, personal correspondence, private papers, poems, photographs, and works of art.
Frithjof Schuon is the preeminent spokesman of a school of thought that focuses on the expression and explanation of the Perennial Philosophy.
Covering topics as diverse as our sense of the sacred, the conditions of our existence, and the question of accepting or refusing God’s message, Schuon paves the way for a true spiritual engagement. And to know also what man really is, that ternary of body, soul and spirit. Catalogue notes from a museum display of Schuon’s art explain that “springing as they do from his rich and unique personality, Schuon’s paintings…have a rare value, not only as regards artistic merit but above all because of their gift for manifesting the human soul at its noblest and most beautiful—hence, as a vehicle for Truth.” The sense of the sacred figures as much in Schuon’s art and poetry as in his philosophical writings.
The story of Schuon’s life presented in these pages demonstrates how his own intellect, personality, and actions reflected the elevated metaphysics, spiritual insights, and artistic creations that comprised his body of work.
This online resource brings together, through a survey of his many-faceted dimensions, Frithjof Schuon’s important contributions to the manifestations of the timeless Truth.
Most English translations of Schuon’s books are at present published by World Wisdom.
Adastra & Stella Maris
During the last three years of his life Frithjof Schuon wrote approximately 3,500 short poems in his mother tongue German.