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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Page xvii
... knowledge saves only on condition that it engages all that we are : only when it constitutes a path which works and trans- forms , and which wounds our nature as the plough wounds the soil " , 6 In the years since his death , a number ...
... knowledge saves only on condition that it engages all that we are : only when it constitutes a path which works and trans- forms , and which wounds our nature as the plough wounds the soil " , 6 In the years since his death , a number ...
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... knowledge , who have an innate affinity for the essential Truth in all traditions and a sensitivity to the sacred in virgin nature , and who find themselves naturally drawn to a life of inwardness and contemplative prayer - and such ...
... knowledge , who have an innate affinity for the essential Truth in all traditions and a sensitivity to the sacred in virgin nature , and who find themselves naturally drawn to a life of inwardness and contemplative prayer - and such ...
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... knowledge and love , symbols and themes of meditation , the necessity of the virtues - above all , humility , charity , and verac- ity for assimilating metaphysical truth , the spiritual significance of 12 Stations of Wisdom ...
... knowledge and love , symbols and themes of meditation , the necessity of the virtues - above all , humility , charity , and verac- ity for assimilating metaphysical truth , the spiritual significance of 12 Stations of Wisdom ...
Page xxiv
... Knowledge and Love ” and “ The Spiritual Virtues ” , come from Schuon's book Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts ( for bibliographical information , see p . 238-39 ) ; their style is reminiscent of the genre of “ centuries " found ...
... Knowledge and Love ” and “ The Spiritual Virtues ” , come from Schuon's book Spiritual Perspectives and Human Facts ( for bibliographical information , see p . 238-39 ) ; their style is reminiscent of the genre of “ centuries " found ...
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... knowledge , but also a consciousness of the " I " , which in principle is capable of subjective union . On the one hand , the ego is separated from the immanent Divinity because it is manifestation , not Principle ; on the other hand ...
... knowledge , but also a consciousness of the " I " , which in principle is capable of subjective union . On the one hand , the ego is separated from the immanent Divinity because it is manifestation , not Principle ; on the other hand ...
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