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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... expression in the revealed Scriptures as well as in the writings of the great sages and the artistic creations of the traditional worlds . The Perennial Philosophy provides the intellectual principles capable of explaining both the ...
... expression in the revealed Scriptures as well as in the writings of the great sages and the artistic creations of the traditional worlds . The Perennial Philosophy provides the intellectual principles capable of explaining both the ...
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... expressions of petition and praise constitute a genuine communication with God , and the answers we receive can bring about real change in our life . As a sculptor fash- ions clay or a poet words — as the wind or a stream gives shape to ...
... expressions of petition and praise constitute a genuine communication with God , and the answers we receive can bring about real change in our life . As a sculptor fash- ions clay or a poet words — as the wind or a stream gives shape to ...
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... expression of René Descartes : cogito ergo sum , “ I think : therefore I am " . 3 René Guénon , Ananda Coomaraswamy , and Titus Burckhardt were also impor- tant figures in this school . tional recognition while he was still in his ...
... expression of René Descartes : cogito ergo sum , “ I think : therefore I am " . 3 René Guénon , Ananda Coomaraswamy , and Titus Burckhardt were also impor- tant figures in this school . tional recognition while he was still in his ...
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... expression of a single Truth , which he vari- ously referred to as the sophia perennis or philosophia perennis , that is , the " perennial wisdom " or " perennial philosophy ” . Until his later years he traveled widely , from India to ...
... expression of a single Truth , which he vari- ously referred to as the sophia perennis or philosophia perennis , that is , the " perennial wisdom " or " perennial philosophy ” . Until his later years he traveled widely , from India to ...
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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