Frithjof Schuon Archive

They built for me a beautiful wooden houseIn a forest where deer live —And spiritual friends dwell all around;A few Indian tents are pitched nearby.It is a little earthly paradise,Made so that, undisturbed, one may strive upwards,Towards the archetype, about which the...

I-consciousness is a two-edged sword;A restriction, but also something precious:A key, not to thinking, but to being;Be what thou thinkest, when thou art alone with God.

I do not criticize the penitent or the ascetic;Far from it. Nevertheless,Their special vocation is not a duty For everyone, before the Face of God.Men’s capacities differ,And so do the starting-points of their spiritual paths.Whatever saves our soul can never be...

“Sensible consolations,” says theologyWith a frown. That something that pleases GodMay be found in the agreeable —This will never enter the heads of the teachers of asceticism.In a word: man must walk on both feet:One step says no, the other step says yes.Of course,...