Frithjof Schuon Archive

Vishnu and Lakshmi — lofty powersThat conceive and weave and penetrate the world;Here is Light, and with it Love —See how messengers from Heaven bring us radiance and warmth.Wisdom and Beauty — Plato’s words.May the Lord guide thee on both paths.They resound together...

The naïvety of former times is quite astounding —How easily one thundered at one’s interlocutor.One made no effort to understandWhat, fundamentally, the other sought to say —One could not see one’s own self in the other.Certainly, mankind cannot become more...

In the church there is holy water,And incense is also used;See how water can be blessed,And how fragrance rises to Heaven.Ganges water purifiesFrom sin, and so does the water of baptism;To the Great Spirit rises the smokeOf the Pipe, and breathes life into the...

Consecrated water and consecrated wine —Signs of the sacraments; bread, oil,And other vehicles of grace — nourishmentFor the soul imprisoned in earthly illusion.But it is true — thou mayest ask thy heart —That we carry the source of grace within us.No holy water on...