
Frithjof Schuon Archive

Comprehensive Bibliography
This list is current as of January, 2022.
Exposition
- Leitgedanken zur Urbesinnung, Zurich and Leipzig, Orell Füssli Verlag, 1935; second edition as Urbesinnung—Das Denken des Eigentlichen, Freiburg im Breisgau, Aurum Verlag, 1989.
Translations:
• Translated into French as: Méditation primordiale : la conception du vrai, Sottens, Les Sept Flèches, 2008.
• Translated into English as: Primordial Meditation: Contemplating the Real, London, Matheson Trust, 2015.
- De quelques aspects de l’islam, Paris, Chacornac, 1935.
- De L’Unité transcendante des religions, Paris, Gallimard, 1948, 1958; revised edition, Paris, Le Seuil, 1979; Paris, Sulliver, 2000; Paris, L’Harmattan, 2014.
Translations:
• The Transcendent Unity of Religions, London, Faber & Faber, 1953; New York, Harper & Row, 1975; Wheaton (Illinois), The Theosophical Publishing House, 1993.
• De la unidad transcendente de las religiones, Buenos Aires, Ediciones Anaconda, 1949; Madrid, Ediciones Heliodoro, 1980; new edition, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2004.
• De l’Unità trascendente delle religione, Bari, Gius, La terza & Figli, 1949 (new translation as Unita trascendente…, Rome, Editione Mediterranae, 1953).
• Da Unidade transcendente das religiones, Sao Paulo, Livraria MartinsEditora, 1953.
• Von der Inneren Einheit der Religionen, Ansata, Interlaken, 1981; Frankfurt, Hans J. Maurer, 2007.
- L’Oeil du coeur, Paris, Gallimard, 1950; new revised edition, Paris, Dervy-Livres, 1974; Lausanne, L’Âge d’Homme, 2001; new edition with three additional chapters, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2017.
Translations:
• The Eye of the Heart, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1997; new translation with selected letters, 2021.
• El ojo del corazón, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2003.
- Perspectives spirituelles et faits humains, Paris, Les Cahiers du Sud, 1953; Paris, Maisonneuve & Larose, 1989; Lausanne, L’Âge d’Homme, 2001; Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2020 (augmentée de lettres et de manuscrits inédits).
Translations:
• Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts, London, Faber & Faber, 1954; new revised edition, Bedfont, Perennial Books, 1987; new translation with selected letters, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2007.
• Perspectivas espirituales y hechos humanos, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2001.
• Geistige Sichtweisen und menschliche Tatsachen, Hamburg, tredition, 2014.
- Sentiers de gnose, Paris, La Colombe, 1957; Paris, La Place Royale, 1987, 1996 (revue et corrigée).
Translations:
• Gnosis—Divine Wisdom, London, John Murray, 1959; London, Perennial Books, 1978, 1990; new translation with selected letters, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2006.
• Senderos de Gnosis, José J. de Olañeta, Mallorca, Editor, 2002.
• Gnosis – Göttliche Weisheit, Hamburg, tredition, 2015.
- Castes et races, Lyon, Paul Derain, 1957; Milano, Archè, 1979.
Translations:
• Castes and Races, London, Perennial Books, 1959, 1982.
• Castas y Razas, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1983.
- Les Stations de la Sagesse, Paris, Buchet/Chastel, 1958; Paris, Maisonneuve &Larose, 1992; Paris, L’Harmattan, 2011.
Translations:
• Stations of Wisdom, London, John Murray, 1961; London, Perennial Books, 1978; new edition, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1995, 2003.
• La Stazioni della saggetta, Rome, Edizioni Mediterranae, 1981.
• Las estaciones de la sabiduría, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2001.
- Language of the Self, Madras, Ganesh, 1959; Bangalore, Select Books, 1998; Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1999.
- Images de l’esprit : shinto, bouddhisme, yoga, Paris, Flammarion, 1961; rééditions : Le Courrier du Livre, 1982 ; Paris, L’Harmattan, 2021.
Translations:
• Imágenes del Espíritu: Shinto, Budismo, Yoga, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2001.
- Comprendre l’Islam, Paris, Gallimard, 1961; Paris, Le Seuil, 1976.
Translations:
• Understanding Islam, London, Allen & Unwin, 1963; Baltimore, PenguinBooks, 1972; revised translation, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1994, 1997; new translation with selected letters, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2011.
• Comprendere l’Islam, Milano, Archè, 1976.
• Comprender el Islam, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1987.
• Hatta nafham al-islam, (Arabic), Beirut, 1980.
• Den Islam verstehen, Munich, O.W. Barth, 1991.
- Regards sur les mondes anciens, Paris, Editions Traditionnelles, 1968; rééditions : Falicon, Nataraj, 1997; Paris, L’Harmattan, 2016, 2017.
Translations:
• Light on the Ancient Worlds, London, Perennial Books, 1965; Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1984; new translation with selected letters, 2006.
• Miradas a los mundos antiguos, Madrid, Taurus Ediciones, 1980; new edition, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2004.
- In the Tracks of Buddhism, London, Allen & Unwin, 1968.
- Dimensions of Islam, London, Allen & Unwin, 1969.
- Logique et transcendance, Paris, Editions Traditionnelles, 1970 ; réédition : Sulliver, 2007.
Translations:
• Logic and Transcendence, New York, Harper & Row, 1975; London, Perennial Books, 1984; new translation with selected letters, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2009.
• Der Mensch und die Gewissheit, Stuttgart, Edition Axel Menges, 1996.
• Logica y transcendencia, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2000.
• Logik und Transzendenz, Hamburg, tredition, 2013.
- Das Ewige im Verganglichen, Weilheim, Oberbayern, Otto Wilhelm BarthVerlag, 1970.
- Tidols Besinning I besinninglos Tid-ur Frithjof Schuon Werk, ed. K. Almquist, Stockholm, Natur och Kultur, 1973.
- Forme et substance dans les religions, Paris, Dervy-Livres, 1975 ; réédition : Paris, L’Harmattan, 2012.
Translations:
• Form and Substance in the Religions, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2002.
• Forma y substancia en las religiones, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor,1998.
• Form und Gehalt in den Religionen, Hamburg, tredition, 2017.
- Islam and the Perennial Philosophy, London, World of Islam Publishing Co., 1976.
- L’Esotérisme comme principe et comme voie, Paris, Dervy-Livres, 1978, 1997.
Translations:
• Esoterism as Principle and as Way, London, Perennial Books, 1981; new translation with selected letters, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2020.
• El esoterismo como principio y como vía, Madrid, Taurus Ediciones, 1982; new edition, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2003.
• Esoterik als Grundsatz und als Weg, Hamburg, tredition, 2015.
- Le Soufisme voile et quintessence, Paris, Dervy-Livres, 1980, 2007.
Translations:
• Sufism, Veil and Quintessence, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1981; new translation with selected letters, 2006.
• El sufismo, velo y quintaesencia, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2000, 2002.
- Du Divin à l’humain, Paris, Le Courrier du Livre, 1981; réédition : Paris, L’Harmattan, 2018.
Translations:
• From the Divine to the Human, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1982; new translation with selected letters, 2014.
• De lo Divino a lo humano, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1982.
• Vom Göttlichen zum Menschlichen, Hamburg, tredition, 2015.
- Christianisme/Islam: visions d’oecuménisme ésotérique, Milan, Archè, 1981.
Translations:
• Christianity/Islam—Essays on Esoteric Ecumenism, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1985; new translation with selected letters, 2008.
• Cristianismo—Islam. Visiones de ecumenismo esotérico, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2003.
• Christentum – Islam: Ausblicke auf eine esoterisch Ökumene, Hamburg, tredition, 2018.
- Sur les traces de la Religion pérenne, Paris, Le Courrier du Livre, 1982.
Translations:
• Tras las huellas de la religión perenne, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1982.
- Approches du phénomène religieux, Paris, Le Courrier du Livre, 1982; 1984 ; réédition : Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2020.
Translations:
• In the Face of the Absolute, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1989; new translation with selected letters, 2014.
• Aproximaciones al fenómeno religioso, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2000.
- Resumé de métaphysique intégrale, Paris, Le Courrier du Livre, 1985.
Translations:
• Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1986. (including Sur les traces de la Religion pérenne.)
• Resumen de metafísica integral, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2000.
• Metaphysik und Esoterik im Überblick, Hamburg, tredition, 2013.
- Avoir un centre, Paris, Maisonneuve, 1988; réédition : Paris, L’Harmattan, 2010.
Translations:
• To Have a Center, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1990; new translation with selected letters, 2015.
• Tener un centro, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2001.
- Racines de la condition humaine, Paris, La Table Ronde, 1990; réédition : Paris, L’Harmattan, 2020.
Translations:
• Roots of the Human Condition, Bloomington, World WisdomBooks, 1991; second edition, 2002.
• Raíces de la condición humana, Madrid, Grupo Libro, 1995; new edition,Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2002.
- The Feathered Sun—Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1990, 2003.
Translations:
• El sol emplumado. Los indios de las Praderas a través del arte y la filosofía, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1992.
• Il Sole Piumato: Religione e Arte degli Indiani delle Praterie, Roma, Edizione Mediterranee, 2000.
• Le Soleil de Plumes – Art, Symbolisme et Philosophie chez les Indiens des Plaines, Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2021.
- Les Perles du pèlerin, Paris, Le Seuil, 1991.
Translations:
• Echoes of Perennial Wisdom, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1992; new translation with selected letters, ed. Patrick Casey, 2012.
• Las Perlas del Peregrino, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 1990.
- Images of Primordial and Mystic Beauty, Bloomington (Indiana), Abodes, 1992.
- Le Jeu des Masques, Lausanne, L’Âge d’Homme, 1992.
Translations:
• The Play of Masks, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1992.
• El juego de las máscaras, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2003.
• Das Spiel der Masken, Hamburg, tredition, 2018.
- Treasures of Buddhism, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1993; new translation with selected letters, 2018.
Translations:
• Trésors du Bouddhisme, Falicon, Nataraj, 1997, 1999.
• Tesoros del budismo, Barcelona, Paidós, 1998.
- La Transfiguration de l’ Homme, Paris, Maisonneuve Larose, 1995.
Translations:
• The Transfiguration of Man, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1995.
• La transfiguración del hombre, Mallorca, José J. de Olañeta, Editor, 2003.
Poetry
- Sulamith (in the original German), Bern: Urs Graf Verlag, 1947.
- Tage- und Nächtebuch (in the original German), Bern: Urs Graf Verlag, 1947.
- The Garland, Bloomington, Abodes Inc., 1994.
- Road to the Heart, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 1995.
- Liebe / Leben / Glück / Sinn (in the original German), 4 vol., Freiburg, Verlag Herder, 1997.
- Poésies didactiques (in the original German with French translations) (vol 1-10), Sottens, Les Sept Flèches, 2001.
- Songs for a Spiritual Traveler: Selected Poems, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2002.
- Adastra & Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2003.
- Songs without Names, Volumes I-VI, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2006.
- Songs without Names, Volumes VII-XII, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2006.
- World Wheel, Volumes I-III, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2006.
- World Wheel, Volumes IV-VII, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2006.
Edited Writings of Frithjof Schuon (published after 1998)
- The Essential Writings of Frithjof Schuon, ed. Seyyed Hossein Nasr, New York, Amity House, 1986.
- The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity, ed. James S. Cutsinger, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2004.
Translations:
• La plénitude de Dieu : christianisme et sagesse pérenne, ed. James Cutsinger, Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2020.
- Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life, ed. James S. Cutsinger, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2005.
- Art from the Sacred to the Profane: East and West, ed. Catherine Schuon, Bloomington, World Wisdom, 2007.
- Vers l’Essentiel : lettres d’un maître spirituel, ed. Thierry Béguelin, Les Sept Flèches, 2013.
Translations:
• Towards the Essential: Letters of a Spiritual Master, ed. Thierry Béguelin, London, Matheson Trust, 2021.
- De tout cœur et en l’esprit : choix de lettres d’un maître spirituel, Paris, L’Harmattan, 2015.
- La conscience de l’Absolu : aphorismes et enseignements spirituels, Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2016.
- Par “l’amour qui meut le soleil et les autres étoiles” : méditations et notes de voyage, Lagorce, Hozhoni, 2018.
Featured Books
Christentum – Islam: Ausblicke auf eine esoterisch Ökumene
In this work, Frithjof Schuon compares Christianity and Islam and also looks at confessions within these world religions: Protestantism, Orthodoxy, and Shiism.
Featured Poems
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Soul Picture
This you must understand: I wish to feel Ânanda
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Ad Astra
Ad astra — to the stars — is the Path;
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Bodhisattva
The Bodhisattva’s graces, it is said,
Featured Articles
Introduction to various poetry volumes by Schuon
“Standing Unshakably in the True” – A Commentary on the Teachings of Frithjof Schuon
Frithjof Schuon’s work can be viewed as explorations of and elaborations upon four essential realities: the “a doctrine of Truth or Reality, and a method of Integration or Realization through Prayer leading to inner beauty or Virtue, or outer goodness or Beauty.” Illustrations of Schuon’s thoughts on these is taken primarily from his didactic poems, adding the element of beauty of expression to the clarity of metaphyical exposition for which he was known.