Frithjof Schuon Archive
Featured Books
Das Spiel der Masken
The book is intended for people who are searching for a spiritually grounded understanding of the world and their own lives, an understanding that goes beyond the answers that modern sciences or religions understood only exoterically can provide.
Featured Poems
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Narcissus – Euterpe
Poems of youth: all too often they are
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Unto Itself
Each poem is a world unto itself.
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Poetry
The wheel of time rolls on and brings me poems,
Featured Articles
Frithjof Schuon And The Perennialist School
Introducing the Writings of Frithjof Schuon
This is the complete “Introduction” to the book — some other articles on this site are excerpted from this piece. It was written by Prof Seyyed Hossein Nasr for one of his most voluminous and important works, The Essential Frithjof Schuon (World Wisdom, 2005). In it, Dr Nasr covers salient features of Schuon’s work; Schuon’s place in the study of comparative religion; his central message or theme; Schuon’s thoughts on the “transcendent unity of religions”; his approach to epistemology and philosophy in general; and Schuon’s contributions to thought on art, beauty, the spiritual life, and many other topics. The “Introduction” ends with brief synopses of Schuon’s individual books. This is among the best summaries of the importance of Frithjof Schuon’s work in many areas of contemporary and traditional thought, written by one of the people best qualified for the task.