“It is necessary to realize a spiritual rootedness which removes from the exterior its arbitrary dominion which is at once scattering and narrowing, and which instead enables us to ‘see God everywhere’, that is, to perceive in the sensuous things the symbols, the archetypes and the beings; for the beauties perceived by an internalized soul become factors of internalization.”
Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) is regarded in large parts of the world as one of the most important religious-philosophical writers of the 20th century. He is considered to be the leading exponent of the line of thought called Sophia perennis (“everlasting wisdom”), which contains the timeless and universally valid principles underlying the various teachings, symbols, sacred art, and spiritual exercises of the world religions. It contains three parts: The first deals with epistemological, metaphysical and cosmological questions, the second with the esoteric understanding of various religious traditions, and the third with spiritual life.
Thus, in the light of metaphysical principles, the inner meaning of the religious forms and their implementation in human existence become discernible. The book is addressed to people who are in search of a spiritually founded understanding of the world and their own lives, an understanding that goes beyond the answers that modern sciences can provide. It can lead to liberating insights and deep certainty.
