Frithjof Schuon Archive

Melancholy and irascibility—may they be far from thee;Do not let thyself be seduced by false impulses;See how the evil spirits all too readilyStir up war against the soul’s peace.The good spirits bring thee here belowThat which is everything: Truth and Peace.

I-ness is the enigma of enigmas —God created man in the world as a witness:We see that the meaning of earthly thingsIs to bow before Him who created them —That God, when He inscribed Being into nothingness,Created the soul, that it might love Him and His works.The I...

On one night in the month of Ramadan,The Koran came down to earth, it is said.This night is celebrated every year,Because what has been decided for all eternity —And is written on the Guarded Tablet —Allah can decree that it be revoked to-day.For, in the face of...

Remedies work, otherwise there would beOn earth no such thing as medicine.The best physician is He who, in the Burning Bush,Spake the great words: “I am that I am.”Say not that a remedy works by itself —Be it strong or otherwise, God works therein.The one cause...