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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... individual human person nor men in general who initiate the act - but rather divine , and it is for this reason that Schuon regarded invocatory orison as the most perfect and com- plete kind of prayer . Noteworthy examples of the ...
... individual human person nor men in general who initiate the act - but rather divine , and it is for this reason that Schuon regarded invocatory orison as the most perfect and com- plete kind of prayer . Noteworthy examples of the ...
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... individual applications . The cult of suffering or of what is disagreeable is a different thing from the spiritualizing of suffering : it is the error of believing that suffering is the only thing that brings one nearer to God . In a ...
... individual applications . The cult of suffering or of what is disagreeable is a different thing from the spiritualizing of suffering : it is the error of believing that suffering is the only thing that brings one nearer to God . In a ...
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... individuals are of no account , must not be confused with those doctrinal functions which , on the con- trary , involve the individual substance . Light is colorless in itself , but may be transmitted through a crystal that is more or ...
... individuals are of no account , must not be confused with those doctrinal functions which , on the con- trary , involve the individual substance . Light is colorless in itself , but may be transmitted through a crystal that is more or ...
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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