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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... created to be , chosen " before the foundation of the world , that we should be holy and blameless before Him " ( Ephesians 1 : 4 ) . Philip Zaleski INTRODUCTION The title of this book deserves careful thought , xiii Foreword.
... created to be , chosen " before the foundation of the world , that we should be holy and blameless before Him " ( Ephesians 1 : 4 ) . Philip Zaleski INTRODUCTION The title of this book deserves careful thought , xiii Foreword.
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... creation , the bringing into being of something where there was nothing before - as God fashions man in His image and likeness . As we shall discover , this deeper significance is central to this book . " The very fact of our existence ...
... creation , the bringing into being of something where there was nothing before - as God fashions man in His image and likeness . As we shall discover , this deeper significance is central to this book . " The very fact of our existence ...
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... created us with the gift of speech , God speaks to us , and He expects us to respond , externalizing our thoughts and feelings and maintaining a continual conversation with Him . Schuon writes in his autobio- graphical memoirs of having ...
... created us with the gift of speech , God speaks to us , and He expects us to respond , externalizing our thoughts and feelings and maintaining a continual conversation with Him . Schuon writes in his autobio- graphical memoirs of having ...
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Contents
Dimensions of Prayer | 1 |
Fundamental Keys | 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 |
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