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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... Infinite , which contains everything that is perfect and lov- able . " I earnestly hope that more of Schuon's unreleased writings will appear in public in the near future ; we will all benefit thereby . This is not to say that Schuon's ...
... Infinite , which contains everything that is perfect and lov- able . " I earnestly hope that more of Schuon's unreleased writings will appear in public in the near future ; we will all benefit thereby . This is not to say that Schuon's ...
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... infinite complexity as a result of intellectual intuitions ; it is nothing by comparison with the Real . And yet this speculative meditation is all - important to the man who , with the help of a revealed idea and by assimilating its ...
... infinite complexity as a result of intellectual intuitions ; it is nothing by comparison with the Real . And yet this speculative meditation is all - important to the man who , with the help of a revealed idea and by assimilating its ...
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... , of a love that pierced through appearances to the infinite Essence of all beauty . An analogous example is that of the role of Beatrice in the life of Dante . The negation of pleasure , of the world , of 9 Spiritual Perspectives I.
... , of a love that pierced through appearances to the infinite Essence of all beauty . An analogous example is that of the role of Beatrice in the life of Dante . The negation of pleasure , of the world , of 9 Spiritual Perspectives I.
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... infinite Light . Man knows through the senses , the brain , and the heart , which correspond respectively to his animality , his humanity , and his divin- ity . Reason is like air , without which fire - intellection - could not manifest ...
... infinite Light . Man knows through the senses , the brain , and the heart , which correspond respectively to his animality , his humanity , and his divin- ity . Reason is like air , without which fire - intellection - could not manifest ...
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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