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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... present translation is based , see the listing of Sources , pages 237-40 . Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Schuon , Frithjof , 1907-1998 [ Selections . English . 2005 ] Prayer fashions man : Frithjof Schuon on the ...
... present translation is based , see the listing of Sources , pages 237-40 . Library of Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Schuon , Frithjof , 1907-1998 [ Selections . English . 2005 ] Prayer fashions man : Frithjof Schuon on the ...
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... presents . A close reading of Professor Cutsinger's excellent introduction , in which he explains the author's tripartite ... present prob- lems for some readers . I myself , as a Roman Catholic , find it difficult to reconcile orthodox ...
... presents . A close reading of Professor Cutsinger's excellent introduction , in which he explains the author's tripartite ... present prob- lems for some readers . I myself , as a Roman Catholic , find it difficult to reconcile orthodox ...
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... present volume is by Schuon . A number of his other works have been collected in The Feathered Sun : Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy ( Bloomington , Indiana : World Wisdom Books , 1990 ) . Schuon's English poems , several of which ...
... present volume is by Schuon . A number of his other works have been collected in The Feathered Sun : Plains Indians in Art and Philosophy ( Bloomington , Indiana : World Wisdom Books , 1990 ) . Schuon's English poems , several of which ...
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... some of the letters and other previously unpublished selections included in the Appendix to the present volume were also originally written in German . the regions of the human body , initiation and initiatic xxiii Introduction.
... some of the letters and other previously unpublished selections included in the Appendix to the present volume were also originally written in German . the regions of the human body , initiation and initiatic xxiii Introduction.
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... present in us , and in the second place man must be able to find pleasure within himself and independently of sensorial phenomena . But everything that brings one closer to God partakes of His beatitude for that very reason ; to rise ...
... present in us , and in the second place man must be able to find pleasure within himself and independently of sensorial phenomena . But everything that brings one closer to God partakes of His beatitude for that very reason ; to rise ...
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 |
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