Frithjof Schuon Archive

The Virgin’s majesty, the Scriptures pass over in silence;They seek only to praise the greatness of her Son.Mary said: “They have no wine” —Thus spoke the Holy Ghost, a ray come from Above.The Spirit, it is said, entered her body;They became One. And it is...

When mind and soul experience the beautiful,How can a man know inwardness?Whatever, in the world of forms, enchants thee,Should, in the heart’s depth, raise thee Above.God-consciousness, beyond all forms —In the Supreme Name the image is forgotten.Here is the peace...

A song of longing vibrates still in me —I do not know from whom; I only know it overcomes my heart —It cannot be forgotten.May that song fill the homeless soulWith Grace —In which direction is the homeward path? In the Will of the Most High.

“They have no wine.” How couldThe Holy Virgin say this, when sheWas not inclined to marriage or to wine?She saw the depth of things, miraculously —The essence of things, the divine In-Itself —Not human belittlement of pleasures;You should live the beautiful inwardly...