Frithjof Schuon Archive
Featured Books
L’Esotérisme comme principe et comme voie (Paperback)
In this book, while starting from the idea that it is authentic esotericism, he explains why this perspective is possible and even necessary, and how it applies to the various planes of human existence.
Featured Poems
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Symbolism
A black holy man once said to me,
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Sacrifice
It is strange that in all religions
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Tantra
When thou seest the True in Mâyâ’s play:
Featured Articles
Book Review of “In the Tracks of Buddhism”
Christopher Woodman reviews Frithjof Schuon’s In the Tracks of Buddhism, discussing both the material of the book and the difficult language it is presented in. Woodman calls the book “as difficult as it is important” and “uncompromising”; deeply informative and deeply challenging, the latter due to the terse wording which forces the reader to pay rapt attention. According to Woodman, the book assumes a certain familiarity with Buddhism on the part of the reader, with the exception of the traditions of Jodo and Shinto which are gone into in detail and explained assuming a poorer understanding.