Frithjof Schuon Archive

As seen starting from the ego, God is an object —He is the One Being, the absolutely Other;As seen by the Divine Self, I am a mere thing,Not a consciousness that can observe the world.And yet I am within God’s Being — and HeIs reality within my very core;Without God’s...

Spiritual nudity and spiritual wine —Mysteries of Noah, maker of the ark;Woe to the fools who did not understand him —Who laughed at the prophet’s strange message.

Formerly it was thought that one and one are two —Today people think this is far too simple.They take seriously only what is neither straight nor crooked;But towards the True, they remain silent.The Essential is always clear and sharp,And satisfies the fundamental...

Prophets, saints, and sages: The prophet brings a form of faith — a religion;The saint lives it; the sage opens A luminous realm of Pure SpiritBeyond form. Prophets are also wise men,Yet about the highest Truth they speak softly;To the sage, holiness bestows light.God...