Letters of Frithjof Schuon: Reflections on the Perennial Philosophy

✍ Scribed by Frithjof Schuon, Michael Oren Fitzgerald (editor)

• Publisher: World Wisdom
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 314
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This collection of letters by Frithjof Schuon, the foremost spokesman of the perennial philosophy, contains nearly 200 newly translated letters from Schuon's youth to old age as written to friends, spiritual seekers, scholars, and others. Among the letters are those that address, in a simpler and more accessible manner, the same metaphysical subjects that continually recur in Schuon's published works. Other letters relate to the spiritual life in its simple and concrete aspects, by answering such fundamental questions as “Why is there evil in the world?”, “How can I recognize if I am on a wrong path?”, and “What should I do to be saved?” Finally, there are letters that relate to various aspects of Schuon's life, most of which were written to his closest friends. While not a comprehensive autobiography, these letters offer an intimate view of certain key moments in his life. Taken as a whole, the present collection of letters offers insights into the content of Frithjof Schuon's message―his exposition of the perennial philosophy―as well as a glimpse into his life as messenger of that philosophy.

✦ Table of Contents

Letters of Frithjof Schuon
CONTENTS
Editor’s Preface by Michael Oren Fitzgerald
Introduction by Catherine Schuon
Foreword
1. Something Great Spoke to Me (Ages 18–20)
2. I Stand At a Crossroads (Ages 20–25)
3. My Spiritual Father (Ages 25–27)
4. Truth Must Have Many Forms (Ages 32–57)
5. It Is She Who Chose Me (Ages 57–60)
6. Above All the Religio Perennis (Ages 62–72)
7. To the Far West (Ages 72–88)
Afterword
Appendix: Facsimile Letter
Glossary of Foreign Terms and Phrases
List of Correspondents
Table of Letters
Index
Biographical Notes