Frithjof Schuon Archive
| Titel | Zusammenfassung | Publication Data | Dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extract from a letter from Frithjof Schuon | Regarding the question of transubstantiation, which I address briefly in Logic and Transcendence, the Oriental character of the words in question can be seen in their use of ellipsis: Christ did not say, “I am like a vine, like a door”, but he said, “I am the vine, the door”; likewise he did not say, “This conveys divine power in the same way my body conveys divine power”, but he said, “This is my body”. | Logic & Transc. p.237 | 02/01/1976 |
| Extract from a letter from Frithjof Schuon | One should not reproach a science for not being what it does not want to be or for not providing what it does not want to provide. In this respect one should not criticize modern chemistry insofar as it studies the phenomena it intends to study, for on its limited plane it remains within adequation and is not exceeding its strengths; nor can one blame it for remaining within the strictly human perspective in relation to matter, for it need not go beyond this point, and indeed no physical science needs to do so. | Logic & Transc. p.235 | 06/22/1964 |
Featured Books
Featured Poems
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Ignorance
It has been taught: nothing is in the Intellect
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Purification
Water purifies; many rites
Adastra and Stella Maris: Poems by Frithjof Schuon-Society
Thou art a man, and among men thou must live;
Featured Articles
Frithjof Schuon and the American Indian Spirit: Interview with Michael Fitzgerald
It is generally recognized that Frithjof Schuon had a special interest in the spiritual traditions of the American Indians, but only some aspects of his relationship with them are well known. The online journal Vincit Omnia Veritas, which published six issues between 2005 and 2007, interviewed Michael Fitzgerald on the subject of Schuon’s many decades of interest in, and study of, American Indian spirituality in its many dimensions. This interview, posted on the Religio Perennis website, remains one of the most in-depth explications of Schuon’s frequent focus on many aspects of American Indian traditions. Fitzgerald also gives some important historical context to the life and times of Schuon, to his American Indian contacts and friends, and to the work of Joseph Epes Brown, a scholar of Indian Studies and a friend to both Black Elk and Schuon.
Thoughts on Reading Frithjof Schuon’s Writings on Art
The ‚Preface‘ by Seyyed Hossein Nasr to “Dimensions of Islam”
Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr uses this „Preface“ to explain that Frithjof Schuon’s writings on Islam, in this book as well as in others, is noteworthy for its focus on the „integral message“ of the Islamic tradition. Schuon’s analyses are, here as elsewhere, free of academic superficialities, bring to light „the most inward aspect of the Islamic message.“