Frithjof Schuon Archive

In this work, Frithjof Schuon compares Christianity and Islam and also looks at confessions within these world religions: Protestantism, Orthodoxy, and Shiism.

In this work, Frithjof Schuon compares Christianity and Islam and also looks at confessions within these world religions: Protestantism, Orthodoxy, and Shiism.

Starting from the principles of metaphysics, Schuon deals with the essence of man, which he characterizes with the terms “comprehensive cognitive faculty, free will, feeling capable of disinterestedness”.

The German sense poems of Frithjof Schuon form a metaphysical and spiritual whole that unites the essential teachings of this master in a form that is both accessible and immediate.

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.

The German sense poems of Frithjof Schuon form a metaphysical and spiritual whole that unites the essential teachings of this master in a form as accessible as it is immediate.

As such, in their simplicity and directness, these poems may seem like a final mercy, a bit like a last lifeline thrown to us; mercy of a sage whose life and work can only be understood in the sign of giving, of conveying a core of certainty that is the key to happiness in this world and the next.

This book by the great philosopher of religion Frithjof Schuon is considered worldwide to be one of the best introductions to the true teachings of Islam.

This book by the great philosopher of religion Frithjof Schuon is considered worldwide as one of the best introductions to the true teachings of Islam.

The content includes a profound metaphysical reflection on the double face of the world based on the concept of the veil, insights into cosmology faithful to tradition based on a doctrine of numbers, and fundamental and practical essays on anthropology: virtues, sexuality, love of God and love of neighbor.

The content includes a profound metaphysical reflection on the double face of the world based on the concept of the veil, insights into cosmology faithful to tradition based on a doctrine of numbers, and fundamental and practical essays on anthropology: virtues, sexuality, love of God and love of neighbor.

This book is first and foremost about the metaphysical necessity of the diversity of religions and their concrete manifestations.

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.

Metaphysical knowledge and spiritual transformation of man are the main themes of this book, which is a collection of various short texts compiled by Frithjof Schuon himself, giving the reader a glimpse, as it were, into the workshop of this thinker.

“Geistige Sichtweisen und menschliche Tatsachen” consists of reflections on lore and modern civilization, art, spiritual life, metaphysics and the virtues.

The first part of the book deals with questions related to the diversity of religious traditions; the second with metaphysical and anthropological topics, including the insightful essay “Seeing God Everywhere”; the third is devoted to Christianity from the point of view of gnosis.

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The German sense poems of Frithjof Schuon form a metaphysical and spiritual whole that unites the essential teachings of this master in a form as accessible as it is immediate.

Leitgedanken zur Urbesinnung is an early work by Frithjof Schuon, the internationally known and highly honored philosopher of religion.

The German sense poems of Frithjof Schuon form a metaphysical and spiritual whole that unites the essential teachings of this master in a form that is both accessible and immediate.

The German sense poems of Frithjof Schuon form a metaphysical and spiritual whole that unites the essential teachings of this master in a form that is both accessible and immediate.

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.

The Muslim world is both close and unknown. Claiming nowadays a larger role in the game of human forces, it attracts attention above all by the most contingent images of itself, that of the violence of Islamist groups, or of the absence of democracy in Muslim countries.

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A long-awaited reissue of a reference work.

In a world where doctrines concerning the salvation of souls and the final ends of man, as well as the very foundations of all faith, tend to be progressively erased in favor of a formidable indifference and a true reversal of values, the re-publication of this work is timely.

Sufism is commonly considered as the esotericism of Islam. It appears to be the extension, in the sense of piety, asceticism and mysticism, of the common formal religion.

The purpose of this book is to reaffirm the native nobility of deiform human nature.

In this fundamental work, Schuon studies Tradition, the origins of religions, the spiritual dimension that was that of our ancestors.

This work, published in 1935 and translated here for the first time into French, sheds light on the genesis of the concepts developed by F. Schuon in his later writings and his spiritual message.

This book contains the complete text of the original published by L’Âge d’Homme in 1995, but with the addition of three new chapters.

This book responds to a need to present the main aspects of integral metaphysics in a comprehensive but concise manner.

This book articulates Schuon’s thought and work around two complementary aspects of sapiential doctrine: on the one hand, the pure metaphysics, of a principial and speculative order; on the other hand, the properly operative, spiritual and initiatory side.

This book articulates Schuon’s thought and work around two complementary aspects of sapiential doctrine: on the one hand, the pure metaphysics, of a principial and speculative order; on the other hand, the properly operative, spiritual and initiatory side.

In the last three years of his life, Frithjof Schuon wrote approximately 3,500 poems in his native German.

During the last three years of his life Frithjof Schuon wrote approximately 3,500 poems in his mother tongue German.

Eighth volume of F. Schuon’s didactic poems (Sinngedichte)

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A collection of 405 short poems by F. Schuon (1907-1998), on the theme of goodness, self-knowledge and God, etc. These epigrams, inspired by the teachings of ancient and modern philosophers, East and West, provide a spiritual response.

Dante Alighieri, Angelus Silesius, Jalâl ad-Dîn Rûmî, Omar Khayyâm, so many great spirituals who have expressed the Truth in works of unsurpassable beauty.
And Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), considered by Jean Biès as “the great metaphysician of the twentieth century”.

The German poems of Frithjof Schuon constitute a metaphysical and spiritual sum which gathers the essential of the teaching of this master under a form at the same time accessible and direct.

This is the second book by Frithjof Schuon to focus on the comparative study of religions.

In this book, F. Schuon develops certain archetypal aspects of Christianity, aspects that are found in Islam as well as in Hinduism or Buddhism, and which are as many bridges between the various religions.

This work is the first master book of the great traditionalist metaphysician, Frithjof Schuon.

The pearls of the pilgrim, most of them unpublished, others taken from the twenty or so books he has published, show the many facets of the One Truth that Frithjof Schuon has exposed throughout his life.

More than 250 letters or extracts from letters dealing with the essential aspects of concrete spirituality.

Frithjof Schuon’s German poems of meaning form a metaphysical and spiritual whole which unites the essential teachings of this Master in a form which is as accessible as it is immediate.

Frithjof Schuon’s German poems of meaning form a metaphysical and spiritual whole which unites the essential teachings of this Master in a form which is as accessible as it is immediate.

Frithjof Schuon’s German poems of meaning form a metaphysical and spiritual whole which unites the essential teachings of this Master in a form which is as accessible as it is immediate.

In no other book did Frithjof Schuon present the metaphysics consisting of these basic and primordial truths more clearly and comprehensively.

Frithjof Schuon shows in this work that the “thinking of the heart” can broaden the horizon of the human capacity for knowledge – on the one hand that of the rationalism and irrationalism of modern times, on the other hand that of a theological mode of argumentation which out of concern for the full mystery of faith fundamentally mistrusts human thinking.

This book is not intended for everyone, because it places high demands on the metaphysical understanding of readers. But for those who think philosophically, it is something like the Principia Metaphysica, in which the principles of being are presented with almost mathematical economy and precision.

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This book, for the first time published in French, includes most of the articles or chapters taken from Schuon’s work, and dealing with Buddhism.

Thinking and civilization, Aesthetics and symbolism in art and nature, Contours of the spirit, Vedânta, Knowledge and love, Spiritual virtues

Islam starts precisely from the idea that the infinitely transcendent God is at the same time infinitely close, – “closer than your jugular artery”, – so that he surrounds us and penetrates us, in the religious experience, like a kind of luminous ether, if it is allowed to use such an imaginative expression; the only necessary intermediary is our own attitude, el-islâm, whose central element is prayer in all its forms.

By the expression “Perennial religion”, Frithjof Schuon specifies, in the Introduction, that he wishes to indicate the inexhaustible and ever-present aspect of the divine Truth and the totality of the human commitment it demands.

“The caste prevails over the race, because the spirit prevails over the form….. However, it is impossible to admit that races mean nothing apart from their physical characteristics, because if it is true that formal constraints are not absolute, forms must nevertheless have a sufficient reason.”

This book is intended for anyone who wants to understand in depth what true religion is, its positive aspects, namely its supernatural character, but also its limitations because one religion is not another.

Every “true” religion, truly revealed by God himself, has two sides that are closely interpenetrated: a divine and a human one.

A selection of letters from a spiritual Master

The aphorisms or extracts gathered here offer a beautiful opening on Frithjof Schuon’s perspective and his spiritual teaching at the antipodes of sectarianism.

The reader will discover here private meditations, some of which constitute the pages of a spiritual journey while others relate contemplative impressions aroused by contact with a sanctuary or a natural site.

Schuon is indispensable in providing the conceptual framework for the reader who is seeking a perspective that is rooted in tradition, integrally human and above the impasses of confessional theologies.

Schuon presents Buddhism not as an historical artifact of the past but as a living spiritual force.

Poems by Frithjof Schuon (1947)

Poems by Frithjof Schuon (1947)

The book is aimed at people who are in search of a spiritual understanding of the world and their own lives, an understanding that goes beyond the answers that modern sciences or exoterically understood religions can provide.

The book is aimed at people who are in search of a spiritual understanding of the world and their own lives, an understanding that goes beyond the answers that modern sciences or exoterically understood religions can provide.

This book deals with the principles of metaphysics and their application on a religious and spiritual level.

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.

This renowned book, which has been translated into over a dozen languages, has attracted much attention over the years. Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr says that it is Schuon’s “most important work on Islam and [from] among the books written by a Westerner on Islam, [this is] the one most universally accepted by Muslims.”

This new edition of perennial philosopher Frithjof Schuon’s Sufism: Veil and Quintessence 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.

This edition of Frithjof Schuon’s selected writings on art contains over 270 illustrations.

The great 20th century metaphysician Frithjof Schuon was also a spiritual master familiar with the spiritual struggles of modern seekers. He once wrote, “To be a human being means to be connected with God; life has no meaning without this.”

Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) was widely acknowledged as the foremost 20th century exponent of the Perennial Philosophy . These selections, chosen under his supervision, were approved by him during his lifetime and confirmed as a representative volume of his magisterial writings.

The Fullness of God is the first in a new series of titles featuring the essential writings of Frithjof Schuon. Here for the first time in one volume are the most important of Schuon’s chapters on the Christian tradition, edited by James Cutsinger. Antoine Faivre contributed a foreword.

Schuon asserts that to transcend religious differences, we must explore the esoteric nature of the spiritual path back to the Divine Oneness at the heart of all religions.

A four-volume collection of spiritual poetry by Frithjof Schuon who wrote approximately 3,500 poems in his mother tongue German.

During the last three years of his life Frithjof Schuon wrote approximately 3,500 poems in his mother tongue German.

During the last three years of his life Frithjof Schuon wrote approximately 3,500 poems in his mother tongue German.

Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon represent the heart of Schuon’s German poems. These two books, combined in one volume, express, in the words of Annemarie Schimmel, “a mystery that lies beyond the normal human expression…

During the last three years of his life Frithjof Schuon wrote approximately 3,500 poems in his mother tongue German.

This book contains two collections of poems, “Autumn Leaves” and “The Ring”, and is offered here for the first time in a bilingual English-German edition.

This new edition of Logic and Transcendence, his 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.

Schuon’s articles on the relationship between Christianity and Islam have profound implications for inter-faith dialogue.

This new edition of Frithjof Schuon’s classic work, Gnosis: Divine Wisdom, is a fully revised translation of the most recent French edition, and has an extensive appendix containing previously unpublished letters and other private writings.

This new edition of philosopher Frithjof Schuon’s classic Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts is a fully revised translation of the French edition, and contains a new extensive appendix of previously unpublished selections from Schuon’s letters and other private writings related to the topics covered in the chapters.

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.

This book, according to Seyyed Hossein Nasr, “is the second work of Schuon (following The Transcendent Unity) which is devoted primarily to comparative religion.

The poetry of Frithjof Schuon has been called metaphysical music. English/German bilingual edition.

Prof. Seyyed Hossein Nasr says that this is Schuon’s “most important work on Islam and [from] among the books written by a Westerner on Islam, [this is] the one most universally accepted by Muslims.”

In his classic work on the subject, perennialist author Frithjof Schuon explores the vast and varied landscape that is Buddhism.

Traditional wisdom corrects and perfects the image of man by insisting on his divinity, not by making a god of him but rather by taking account of his true nature, which surpasses the terrestrial and without which there would be no reason for his existence.

In this new edition of his powerfully original work, Schuon covers an array of metaphysical, cosmological, and anthropological subjects.

“Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism serves as a near complete expression of Schuon’s thought.

Schuon goes to the root of the impasse reached by the modern mind, resulting from the difficulty so many people have in accepting the symbolic expressions of religion in the face of academicrationalism, relativism and the discoveries of science.

Poetry has been called “the language of the gods,” and 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.

First published in India, this is a revised translation of essays that elucidate the universal principles for which the Advaita-Vedanta is so revered, encompassing in its amplitude every legitimate spiritual modality.

“The great ambiguity of the human phenomenon resides in the fact that man is divine without being God.”

In the first section of this revised edition of his classic work, Schuon provides striking insights to age-old religious and philosophical controversies such as the problem of evil, predestination and free will, and the meaning of eternity in heaven and hell.

A collection of poems by Frithjof Schuon

Frithjof Schuon — widely recognized for his metaphysical writings — has become known as a painter of great skill and unique insight. This new volume presents for the first time 125 full color plates of Schuon’s work plus many more in black and white.

In this synthesis of his whole message, Frithjof Schuon invites us to explore our relationship with the Divine.

One of the most philosophic and religious studies of the Plains Indians in print.

This revised collection of brief and inspiring passages on the spiritual life were selected from Schuon’s unpublished letters and papers as well as from his books.

The essays collected here cover a wide range of subjects, including the fundamental principles of spiritual symbolism, questions on the afterlife and many invaluable insights concerning the integration of everyday activities into spiritual life.

Comparable to a meditative stroll in a garden, this anthology of excerpts brings together relatively short, jewel-like passages from Schuon’s works both published and previously unpublished.