Frithjof Schuon Archive

God’s morning: when the sun risesYou know that the day will unfold.So it is with the hope of salvation,When the earth bows down before the light —God wants to shape anew the soul of man.

There is the drunkenness of the noble and the beautiful —Nature and poetry; wine, woman and song.Then there is the drunkenness of the pure void —Blessèd art thou if thou hast found the way thereto:If, beyond thine earthly experience,Deep in thy heart, God’s sound has...

Seeming paradises — men who are but accidentsExperienced them and dreamt of them. Play of possibilityOn the edge of nothingness; half grace, half childishness —Dream on, O men; thus does time passWith its years, months, days, hours.There are many for whom the Lord has...

It is remarkable how many animals are sensitiveTo spiritual ambience, and love the sacred;For instance, Rumi’s cat, which, it is said, Went to Heaven; God wished to manifest a grace.This is so, because animals of all kindsCarry within them something of the...