Frithjof Schuon Archive
| Titel | Zusammenfassung | Source | Article Language | Download | hf:tax:article_subject |
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| Travel Meditations | Many questions arise simply because man lets himself be enticed into the domain where questions lie, instead of keeping firmly to the domain of certainty, If a man is confused by something, he should first of all come back to the certainty that it is not this world as such which is important, but the next world, and above all that God is Reality; and he should say to himself: in the face of this truth, which in principle is the solution to all questions, this or that question just does not arise; it is enough if he has the Answer of answers. And then God will give him a light also for what is earthly and particular. | Studies in Comparative Religion - Vol. 14, Nos. 1 & 2 (Winter-Spring, 1978) | English | comparative-religion multiple | |
| The Three Dimensions of Sufism | “FEAR” (makhâfah), “Love” (mahabbah), “Knowledge” (tarîqah): In Sufism (tasawwuf ), these are the three dimensions or stations of the way (tarîqah); “dimensions” from the point of view of their vocational separation or from the point of view of their coincidence in every spiritual vocation, and “stations” from the point of view of their succession in spiritual development. | Studies in Comparative Religion, Vol. 10 No. 1. (Winter 1976) | English | comparative-religion multiple sufism |
Featured Books
La Roue Cosmique VI, VII (Poesies Didactiques, Volume 10) (Taschenbuch)
Dieses Buch artikuliert Schuons Denken und Werk um zwei komplementäre Aspekte der Sapiential-Lehre: einerseits die reine Metaphysik, einer prinzipiellen und spekulativen Ordnung; andererseits die wirklich operative, spirituelle und initiatorische Seite.
Featured Poems
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Virtue
Morality can be of different kinds:
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Sufficiency
Not to be ungrateful, but still you ask:
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Anthropos
Dream-veil man — who conceived thee thus,
Featured Articles
Schuon as Poet and Artist
Editor Seyyed Hossein Nasr discusses the artistic side of Frithjof Schuon’s body of work, namely his poetry and paintings, and the aesthetic sensibility reflected throughout Schuon’s writings. It should be noted that this was written some years before Schuon’s many volumes of later poetry was published. The piece was excerpted from Dr. Nasr’s “Introducing the Writings of Frithjof Schuon” (the ‘Introduction’) in The Essential Frithjof Schuon.
The Language and Style of Schuon’s Writings
These observations on the language and stle of Frithjof Schuon’s writing were excerpted from editor Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr’s “Introducing the Writings of Frithjof Schuon” (the ‘Introduction’) in The Essential Frithjof Schuon. In the piece, Dr. Nasr shares insights on some linguistic and literary aspects of Schuon’s writing, ending with how these aspects may contribute to the impact of Schuon’s prose upon many readers.
The Foreword to “Frithjof Schuon and the Perennial Philosophy”
In this „Foreword“ to author Harry Oldmeadow’s study of the intellectual and spiritual message of Frithjof Schuon, Dr. William Stoddart (a close associate of Schuon’s for many decades) situates Schuon’s writings in the history of human thought, gives suggestions to new readers on how to approach Schuon’s „difficult“ expositions, and touches on the esoteric nature and intent of Schuon’s work. Stoddart praises Oldmeadow’s book for its clarity and comprehensiveness.