Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual LifeIn this newly revised English translation from the French, including a comprehensive glossary, this volume surveys the enormous range of Schuon's writngs on prayer and spiritual life. |
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... Intellect and the Self . Because of the wide - ranging nature of Schuon's work and its poetic - one might say musical - quality , a firm categorization of his writings is impossible ; he himself spoke of the " discontinuous and sporadic ...
... Intellect and the Self . Because of the wide - ranging nature of Schuon's work and its poetic - one might say musical - quality , a firm categorization of his writings is impossible ; he himself spoke of the " discontinuous and sporadic ...
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... intellect , or of considering Him only in connection with this faculty ; second of putting the " mechanical " factors of spirituality in place of human values — virtues — or of considering virtues only in relation to their " technical ...
... intellect , or of considering Him only in connection with this faculty ; second of putting the " mechanical " factors of spirituality in place of human values — virtues — or of considering virtues only in relation to their " technical ...
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... Intellect . A religion is revealed not only by its doctrine , but also by its general form , which has its own characteristic beauty and is reflected everywhere , from " mythology " to art . Sacred art expresses the Real in relation to ...
... Intellect . A religion is revealed not only by its doctrine , but also by its general form , which has its own characteristic beauty and is reflected everywhere , from " mythology " to art . Sacred art expresses the Real in relation to ...
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... intellect " ; man's Intellect may be called a higher " instinct " . Between instinct and Intellect there stands in a certain sense the reason , which owes its poverty to the fact that it constitutes a sort of " Luciferian " duplica ...
... intellect " ; man's Intellect may be called a higher " instinct " . Between instinct and Intellect there stands in a certain sense the reason , which owes its poverty to the fact that it constitutes a sort of " Luciferian " duplica ...
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... Intellect is , so to speak , sovereign and infallible on its own ground , it cannot exercise discernment on the level of facts otherwise than conditionally ; moreover God may intervene on this level with particular and at times ...
... Intellect is , so to speak , sovereign and infallible on its own ground , it cannot exercise discernment on the level of facts otherwise than conditionally ; moreover God may intervene on this level with particular and at times ...
Contents
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Prayer and the Integration of the Psychic Elements | 29 |
Modes of Prayer | 57 |
1 | 71 |
Spiritual Perspectives IV | 77 |
Trials and Happiness | 89 |
Spiritual Perspectives V | 95 |
Microcosm and Symbol | 139 |
Meditation | 157 |
A Sampling of Letters | 183 |
Editors Notes | 209 |
Sources | 237 |
Index | 253 |
Biographical Notes | 267 |
Dimensions of the Human Vocation | 119 |
Common terms and phrases
absolute according Amitabha analogy appears Arabic aspect attitude beauty become Brahma Buddha Buddhist certitude charity Christ Christian consciousness contemplation cosmic divine Name doctrine editor's note esoterism Essence Evagrius Ponticus everything evil existence expression fact faith Frithjof Schuon gnosis grace heart Heaven Hesychasts Hindu Hinduism holy human humility Ibn Arabi implies individual infinite initiatic insofar Intellect intelligence inverse invocation Islam Jesus Jesus Prayer knowledge Luke Macarius of Egypt manifestation Matt Mâyâ means meditation Meister Eckhart Mercy metaphysical microcosm mode Muslim mystical nature neighbor note for Ch note for Spiritual nothingness object oneself ourselves outward Perennial Philosophy perfect Philokalia plane point of view possible pray pride Principle priori pure reality realization reason religion sacred Saint Sanskrit sense sincerity soul speak Spiritual Perspectives Sufi Sufism Sûrah symbol things thou tion tive traditional transcendence true truth union universal unto virtue words World Wisdom Books