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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... Sufism : Veil and Quintessence From the Divine to the Human Christianity / Islam : Essays on Esoteric Ecumenicism Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism In the Face of the Absolute The Feathered Sun : Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy ...
... Sufism : Veil and Quintessence From the Divine to the Human Christianity / Islam : Essays on Esoteric Ecumenicism Survey of Metaphysics and Esoterism In the Face of the Absolute The Feathered Sun : Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy ...
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... , Indiana : World Wisdom , 2003 ) . 5 The Play of Masks ( Bloomington , Indiana : World Wisdom Books , 1992 ) , p . vii . 6 See " Spiritual Perspectives II " , p . 24 . text of Sufism and that he served for over sixty xvii Introduction.
... , Indiana : World Wisdom , 2003 ) . 5 The Play of Masks ( Bloomington , Indiana : World Wisdom Books , 1992 ) , p . vii . 6 See " Spiritual Perspectives II " , p . 24 . text of Sufism and that he served for over sixty xvii Introduction.
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... Sufism , I finally decided to look for a Sufi master ; the outer form did not matter to me . " 8 Although Schuon made a home for himself within this spiritual framework , he was in no sense an apologist for the Islamic tradition , but ...
... Sufism , I finally decided to look for a Sufi master ; the outer form did not matter to me . " 8 Although Schuon made a home for himself within this spiritual framework , he was in no sense an apologist for the Islamic tradition , but ...
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... Sufism . For Saint Simeon the New Theologian , faith must live in works of holiness and thus in all that conduces to contemplation , and this leads him to conclude that the saints alone are effectively baptized . Far from wanting to ...
... Sufism . For Saint Simeon the New Theologian , faith must live in works of holiness and thus in all that conduces to contemplation , and this leads him to conclude that the saints alone are effectively baptized . Far from wanting to ...
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... Sufism puts is this : " What does it mean to believe in God ? " To believe is to prove one believes : to prove it to ... Sufis ) remains meaningless without faith and without trial ; it is the criterion of sincerity ( sidq ) . The ...
... Sufism puts is this : " What does it mean to believe in God ? " To believe is to prove one believes : to prove it to ... Sufis ) remains meaningless without faith and without trial ; it is the criterion of sincerity ( sidq ) . The ...
Contents
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Prayer and the Integration of the Psychic Elements | 29 |
Modes of Prayer | 57 |
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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 |
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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