Frithjof Schuon Archive

Mary is the image of the seven sorrows;But she is also the image of God’s joy.She is the archetype and model of our soul:Archetype, because she is purity; and therefore Model: holy patience on every path.Mary is the lotus: she contains the divine child —And with him...

I think, but I do not brood;If it seems that I do, it is simply because I clarifyWhat is obscure for others. Truth is clearIn itself; divine doctrine is crystalline.We teach what we must, and what we love.The limits of speech are written in God.

“Double truth,” was the Medieval term:Theology was for all, for the multitude;Philosophy, as it was called, was for thoseWho saw further than the narrowness of dogma,And yet held firmly to their faith —On its plane, and within the limits of the law.In popular speech...

To think is natural; unnaturalIt is to think too much in too short a time,For the mind must rest; not out of self-indulgenceOr laziness, but in order that it may give all the more.Our capacity for thought is not a possessionOf our own; it is consecrated to the Lord,It...