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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... existence of saints . Each of these perspectives contains an element of truth ; prayer both fashions and is fashioned by man , and the writings here assem- bled will serve in part to corroborate and amplify these important 1 They are in ...
... existence of saints . Each of these perspectives contains an element of truth ; prayer both fashions and is fashioned by man , and the writings here assem- bled will serve in part to corroborate and amplify these important 1 They are in ...
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... existence of the thing fashioned being presupposed in this case ; but the word also has a constitutive and not merely formative sense and can be used more profoundly , as it was often used in times past , to signify an act of creation ...
... existence of the thing fashioned being presupposed in this case ; but the word also has a constitutive and not merely formative sense and can be used more profoundly , as it was often used in times past , to signify an act of creation ...
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... existence . The same is true of ordinary inspirations , which are " natural " in their mode , that is , related to intellectual intuition and not revela- tion : metaphysical truths are accepted not merely because they are logically ...
... existence . The same is true of ordinary inspirations , which are " natural " in their mode , that is , related to intellectual intuition and not revela- tion : metaphysical truths are accepted not merely because they are logically ...
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... existence , although in Vedantic parlance these terms designate only the " dimensions " of Âtmâ as such . 4 Hindu mythology , like every other , designates these root Qualities by the names of numerous divinities , the quaternity being ...
... existence , although in Vedantic parlance these terms designate only the " dimensions " of Âtmâ as such . 4 Hindu mythology , like every other , designates these root Qualities by the names of numerous divinities , the quaternity being ...
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Contents
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13 | |
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