Frithjof Schuon Archive

“Late ye come, but come ye do,” said a poet In a play; this is often quoted.“Better late than never” — a saying that means:Happy the man who loses nothing,Because he comes, though at the last hour;A saying that comforts those who come late.Therefore, people, be not...

There are three spiritual worlds to which I belong:The primordial world of the Veda, then Sufism,And then, in the West, the world of the Indians;Each branch of humanity has something to teach,For every cosmos shines in its own way.Metaphysics means the words of the...

Take care to use expressions that make sense —One can only approve what is faultless.“May God continue to give you His grace” —Write not thus; therein lies something discordant —For there is no reason to think That what God has given us is uncertain.“I pray that your...

A phenomenon of old age:Things long past come back into the space of mindWhether one wishes it or not; God grant that allIllusion be dissoved in the incense of prayer.For experience has long taught usThat we can never be more happyThan when our spirit finds itself in...