Frithjof Schuon Archive

With peoples, until the most recent times,There was a tendency toward totality, toward the Absolute —In spirituality, on the earthly plane,And also in penal law, in the misuse of the rod.Not without greatness is the tendency toward the harsh —But it is petty when, on...

The world of men? It has fallen quite low —Tell me how it was a thousand years ago.That it had faith, much nobility,Monasticism, and chivalry — is clear.The East is the magical world of the sacred —What it can offer us is wonderful.But that it too is human,...

“Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me,”Sings David. This does not meanThat the Most High has two staffs in His Hands;It means that, in dark times,His shepherd’s crook is our best help. —The repetition of the image is Semitic,A mere reinforcement, intended to lead us...

In walking, one puts one foot before the other;So too in life’s wayfaring, day by day —A rotation. For to go forward in the Spirit,Means standing before Thee, beyond all time.