Frithjof Schuon Archive

Love is there in order to love something,Otherwise the world would sadden man.One may ask why man loves woman —Why? Because there is nothing else to love.Because beauty breaks through all darkness —One sees it, or one sees it not.

Serenitas — wise calmness of soul;An undertone of noble longingMay also accompany it—for the soul feelsThe breath of Paradise, though all too far away.The soul is free, but under the spell of time —Nevertheless: does not Eternity,Heaven’s radiance, touch thee? Thy...

The medicine man Yellowtail, my friend,Could cure many incurable illnesses —The good spirits came togetherTo hasten to the aid of the Red miracle-doctor.“There are more things in heaven and earthThan are dreamt of in your philosophy” —Said Shakespeare.That which is...

Language is primordially human — because speechExists to break down the walls between us.It is in the nature of language to be a point of view;So choose between one soul and another.1God spoke the first and best WordWhile ye still lay in the sleep of non-existence.In...