Frithjof Schuon Archive

A Church Father was of the opinion that only man,And not woman, is God’s reflected image;A pious nonsense — a blasphemy;Woman is a human being — what else should she be?Everything in woman manifests the Divine.In one sense it is man who is the image;In another sense...

Between God and man is the ProphetOr Avatâra: for men, he isThe Word of God; he is also human speechAnd stands as an intercessor before the Divinity.If ye honor the divine words of the Master,Then shall God all the more readily hear his intercession.

God-remembrance is firstly the truthOf the divine; then it is the great stillnessBeyond the earthly world; then it is the wordOf him who prays and, in it, the Will of God;Then comes peace — a blissful state —And then faith glowing within.Firstly wisdom, which means...

One day follows the next, and manMust think of God at every hour —He must, in everything he thinks and does,Give heed to the Will of His Lord.There is petitioning for Mercy,And gratitude for God’s daily gift thereof;And, in trial, resignationAnd trust that all will...