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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... relation to God . Even if we occasionally find it difficult to thread our way through Schuon's tightly woven thought , we gain much from his brilliant aphorisms and apercus , which illuminate many difficult mat- ters . Consider his ...
... relation to God . Even if we occasionally find it difficult to thread our way through Schuon's tightly woven thought , we gain much from his brilliant aphorisms and apercus , which illuminate many difficult mat- ters . Consider his ...
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... relationship with God . A second level of orison is canonical or liturgical prayer , which is distinguished from personal prayer by the fact that the praying sub- ject is humanity in general , or " man as such " ; whether prescribed in ...
... relationship with God . A second level of orison is canonical or liturgical prayer , which is distinguished from personal prayer by the fact that the praying sub- ject is humanity in general , or " man as such " ; whether prescribed in ...
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... relationship between method and grace , the interpen- etration of knowledge and love , symbols and themes of meditation , the necessity of the virtues - above all , humility , charity , and verac- ity for assimilating metaphysical truth ...
... relationship between method and grace , the interpen- etration of knowledge and love , symbols and themes of meditation , the necessity of the virtues - above all , humility , charity , and verac- ity for assimilating metaphysical truth ...
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... relationship " between the servant and the Lord and the Intellect and the Self . Because of the wide - ranging nature of Schuon's work and its poetic - one might say musical - quality , a firm categorization of his writings is ...
... relationship " between the servant and the Lord and the Intellect and the Self . Because of the wide - ranging nature of Schuon's work and its poetic - one might say musical - quality , a firm categorization of his writings is ...
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... relationship to this function , the trial is essentially " sent by God " ; in other words it is looked upon from the point of view of its divine cause in connection with our spiritual weakness . 4 4 The Bible — especially the Book of ...
... relationship to this function , the trial is essentially " sent by God " ; in other words it is looked upon from the point of view of its divine cause in connection with our spiritual weakness . 4 4 The Bible — especially the Book of ...
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