Frithjof Schuon Archive

The last religion is founded on Unity,On an Idea; this is what Islam brings us.It is the message of the nature of things,Which came to earth before the end.To be wholly resigned to the Will of the One —This is Islam; it has no other striving.

Albertus Magnus: greatest of philosophers —Synthesizing the thought of the ancient GreeksAnd the Arab commentaries; sentTo give Christendom a rich spiritual treasury.And Meister Eckhart: greatest of mystics,Of a particular kind; totally focusedOn the vision of God in...

Not without reason Virgil was Dante’s guide;For he was one of those rare sagesWho know everything in primordial nature —Who praise God in His deepest mysteries,And who, like Solomon — so often misunderstood —Found, in the mysteries, the path to God.

In the morn of thy life’s path,Thou feelest fresh and free;In the evening, when thou wish’st to continue,All is already gone.What life is, thou know’st notWhen it lies ahead;But thou know’st it all too well —When God closes the door.It may be that true lifeHas not yet...