This is the first comprehensive study of the intellectual and spiritual message of world-renowned philosopher Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998), the foremost spokesman of the Perennialist or Traditionalist school of comparative religious thought. Intended primarily as an introductory guide to Schuon's wri[...]
Islam is the meeting between God as such and man as such...Islam confronts what is immutable in God with what is permanent in man. These are the opening words of Schuon's classic masterwork on Islam, perhaps the most misunderstood of the great Revelations. The purpose of this book is not so much to [...]
This new edition is a collection of brief passages which focus on the spiritual life, including such simple and concrete aspects as the nature of faith and our relationship with God, the importance of prayer, the meaning of virtue and the significance of beauty in our lives. The selections are taken[...]
Religion scholar Huston Smith called Frithjof Schuon "the most important religious thinker of the 20th] century." In this revised edition of his classic work, perennialist author Frithjof Schuon addresses diverse aspects of the religious phenomenon with his characteristic authority. In the book s f[...]