Frithjof Schuon
the best books on esoterism in general, and Sufism in particular, Schuon spreads himself too thin here, He just repeats himself, having already made his point many years earlier with better organised books,andespecially,
Quote from the introduction :
"It will be noticed without difficulty that this new book has the same contexture as our previous works, that is to say, it consists of more or less independent articles from each other , and of unequal importance as it is indicated by the division into several parts of diverse contents"
“On remarquera sans peine que ce nouveau livre a la même contexture que nos précédents ouvrages, c'estàdire qu'il se compose d'essais plus ou moins indépendants les uns des autres, et d'importance inégale comme l'indique d'ailleurs la division en plusieurs partie à contenus très divers.
. . ” Good general summary of esoterism, I particularly enjoyed the stuff on integral aesthetics and also the chapters 'hypostatic and cosmic numbers' and 'the virtues in the way',
Takeaway quote is "We owe it to others to show them, as far as is possible, that we do not stop short at their earthly accidence, but that on the contrary we wish to take cognisance of their heavenly substance, and this excludes all triviality in social behaviour.
Politeness is a distant manner of helping our neighbour to sanity himself, or to remember that, being made of sanctity as the image of God, he is thereby made for sanctity".
"The prerogative of the human state is objectivity the essential content of which is the Absolute, There is no knowledge without objectivity of the intelligence there is no freedom without objectivity of the will and there is no nobility without objectivity of the soul.
. . Esoterism seeks to realize pure and direct objectvity this is its raison d'etre, "
exponent of the Religio Perennis, and one of the chief representatives of the Perennialist School.
Though he was not officially affiliated with the academic world, his writings have been noticed in scholarly and philosophical journals, and by scholars of comparative religion and spirituality.
Criticism of the relativism of the modern academic world is one of the main aspects of Schuons teachings, In his teachings, Schuon expresses his faith in an absolute principle, God, Frithjof Schuon was a native of Switzerland born to German parents in Basel, Switzerland.
He is known as a philosopher, metaphysician and author of numerous books on religion and spirituality, Schuon is recognized as an authority on philosophy, spirituality and religion, an exponent of the Religio Perennis, and one of the chief representatives of the Perennialist School.
Though he was not officially affiliated with the academic world, his writings have been noticed in scholarly and philosophical journals, and by scholars of comparative religion and spirituality.
Criticism of the relativism of the modern academic world is one of the main aspects of Schuon's teachings, In his teachings, Schuon expresses his faith in an absolute principle, God, who governs the universe and to whom our souls would return after death.
For Schuon the great revelations are the link between this absolute principle God and mankind, He wrote the main bulk of his metaphysical teachings in French, In the later years of his life Schuon composed some volumes of poetry in his mother tongue, German, His articles in French were collected in about twenty titles in French which were later translated into English as well as many other languages.
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Quote from the introduction :
"It will be noticed without difficulty that this new book has the same contexture as our previous works, that is to say, it consists of more or less independent articles from each other , and of unequal importance as it is indicated by the division into several parts of diverse contents"
“On remarquera sans peine que ce nouveau livre a la même contexture que nos précédents ouvrages, c'estàdire qu'il se compose d'essais plus ou moins indépendants les uns des autres, et d'importance inégale comme l'indique d'ailleurs la division en plusieurs partie à contenus très divers.
. . ” Good general summary of esoterism, I particularly enjoyed the stuff on integral aesthetics and also the chapters 'hypostatic and cosmic numbers' and 'the virtues in the way',
Takeaway quote is "We owe it to others to show them, as far as is possible, that we do not stop short at their earthly accidence, but that on the contrary we wish to take cognisance of their heavenly substance, and this excludes all triviality in social behaviour.
Politeness is a distant manner of helping our neighbour to sanity himself, or to remember that, being made of sanctity as the image of God, he is thereby made for sanctity".
"The prerogative of the human state is objectivity the essential content of which is the Absolute, There is no knowledge without objectivity of the intelligence there is no freedom without objectivity of the will and there is no nobility without objectivity of the soul.
. . Esoterism seeks to realize pure and direct objectvity this is its raison d'etre, "
These are the opening words of a work in which the author explains why esoterism is both possible and necessary, It is the intellectual principle capable of explaining the formal contradictions of the various orthodox religions as well as the errors of materialistic and deconstructionist modern thought.
In addition, esoterism is the way by which man may realize his connection with absolute Truth or Reality, despite the confusions and obstacles with which technological civilization and its philosophy seek to obscure our vision and weaken our resolve.
In the author's words, "Just as rationalism can remove faith, so esoterism can restore it, "
exponent of the Religio Perennis, and one of the chief representatives of the Perennialist School.
Though he was not officially affiliated with the academic world, his writings have been noticed in scholarly and philosophical journals, and by scholars of comparative religion and spirituality.
Criticism of the relativism of the modern academic world is one of the main aspects of Schuons teachings, In his teachings, Schuon expresses his faith in an absolute principle, God, Frithjof Schuon was a native of Switzerland born to German parents in Basel, Switzerland.
He is known as a philosopher, metaphysician and author of numerous books on religion and spirituality, Schuon is recognized as an authority on philosophy, spirituality and religion, an exponent of the Religio Perennis, and one of the chief representatives of the Perennialist School.
Though he was not officially affiliated with the academic world, his writings have been noticed in scholarly and philosophical journals, and by scholars of comparative religion and spirituality.
Criticism of the relativism of the modern academic world is one of the main aspects of Schuon's teachings, In his teachings, Schuon expresses his faith in an absolute principle, God, who governs the universe and to whom our souls would return after death.
For Schuon the great revelations are the link between this absolute principle God and mankind, He wrote the main bulk of his metaphysical teachings in French, In the later years of his life Schuon composed some volumes of poetry in his mother tongue, German, His articles in French were collected in about twenty titles in French which were later translated into English as well as many other languages.
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