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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... traditional in the strictest sense , yet by no means confined to archaic forms . New readers will discover what experienced ones already have : that to read Schuon is not only to understand prayer anew , but to be drawn into it ...
... traditional in the strictest sense , yet by no means confined to archaic forms . New readers will discover what experienced ones already have : that to read Schuon is not only to understand prayer anew , but to be drawn into it ...
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... traditional worlds . The Perennial Philosophy provides the intellectual principles capable of explaining both the formal contradictions and the transcendent unity of the great religions . Ranging from the writings of the great sages of ...
... traditional worlds . The Perennial Philosophy provides the intellectual principles capable of explaining both the formal contradictions and the transcendent unity of the great religions . Ranging from the writings of the great sages of ...
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... traditional cosmology , sacred art and symbolism , mysticism and esoterism , the modern world and its errors , human nature , or the spiritual path - Schuon wrote extensively on all of these subjects - his fundamental concerns were ...
... traditional cosmology , sacred art and symbolism , mysticism and esoterism , the modern world and its errors , human nature , or the spiritual path - Schuon wrote extensively on all of these subjects - his fundamental concerns were ...
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... traditional Shadhiliyyah - Darqawiyyah lineage.7 He himself did not speak of this role in his published writings , however , for he wished to distinguish very carefully between his function as a spiritual master , on the one hand , and ...
... traditional Shadhiliyyah - Darqawiyyah lineage.7 He himself did not speak of this role in his published writings , however , for he wished to distinguish very carefully between his function as a spiritual master , on the one hand , and ...
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... traditional master in the midst of modern life , Schuon drew upon the insights and vocabularies of Christian , Muslim , Hindu , Buddhist , Plains Indian , and other spiritual patrimonies , and his books , by bringing the ancient ...
... traditional master in the midst of modern life , Schuon drew upon the insights and vocabularies of Christian , Muslim , Hindu , Buddhist , Plains Indian , and other spiritual patrimonies , and his books , by bringing the ancient ...
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
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