Frithjof Schuon Archive
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-Leila
Were I to see thee dance, Leila, my heart Would be enchanted and spellbound on its inward path.Were I to see thy face, I would forget myself —I could remember the world no more.Leila: angel of contemplation —I know not if thou art form or melody,A love-song, a golden...
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Krishna
I would like to compare this wreath of songsWith Krishna’s flute, which sings of Âtmâ.O may it reach the hardened heartThat drinks of the cup of earthly folly!There is the gopis’ golden dance of love,Made pure and vivified by Krishna’s play;O may the soul bow to the...
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Stella Matutina
The Morning Star rises out of the nightLike the goddess Venus from the foamOf the sea — a pearl, and then a woman;Profoundly feminine is Heaven’s wondrous Grace.She is mystery; she is not law,She is free divine forgiveness,From the deep waters of Infinity —And none...
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Life’s Work
The work, a lifelong struggle — firstYouthful dreams: the True, the Beautiful,The Sacred, and the Great. Then dreamsCome true, that the Word might be heard.All this amid the shadows — will it shine or not?Does destiny wish that the Word grow wearyAnd weaker throughout...
Featured Articles
The Milk of the Virgin: the Prophet, the Saint and the Sage
This essay by Renaud Fabbri, from Sacred Web 20, explores certain misunderstandings about Schuon’s position: was he a prophet (instituting a new transcendent religion or primordial message), a saint (some have portrayed him as a Muslim saint operating within the structures of Sufism), or, as the author contends, a sage (based on the Platonic or Hindu model)? Emphasizing the Marian foundation of his teachings, the author argues that Schuon is best understood as being a paracletic spokesman of the sophia perennis and a shakta.
Remarks on Esoterism in the works of Frithjof Schuon
Patrick Laude summarizes “the main ideas presented by Schuon on the topic of esoterism, both in his published works and in some of his unpublished texts.” Laude presents a definintion of “esoterism” as understood by Schuon, how in Schuon’s work esoterism is viewed as connected with the exoteric religions, the religio perennis,” and esoterism in the spiritual life.
Frithjof Schuon And The Perennialist School
Introducing the Writings of Frithjof Schuon
This is the complete “Introduction” to the book — some other articles on this site are excerpted from this piece. It was written by Prof Seyyed Hossein Nasr for one of his most voluminous and important works, The Essential Frithjof Schuon (World Wisdom, 2005). In it, Dr Nasr covers salient features of Schuon’s work; Schuon’s place in the study of comparative religion; his central message or theme; Schuon’s thoughts on the “transcendent unity of religions”; his approach to epistemology and philosophy in general; and Schuon’s contributions to thought on art, beauty, the spiritual life, and many other topics. The “Introduction” ends with brief synopses of Schuon’s individual books. This is among the best summaries of the importance of Frithjof Schuon’s work in many areas of contemporary and traditional thought, written by one of the people best qualified for the task.