The great 20th century metaphysician Frithjof Schuon was also a spiritual master familiar with the spiritual struggles of modern seekers. He once wrote, To be a human being means to be connected with God; life has no meaning without this. This human vocation means that until we find a personal conne
Prayer Fashions Man: Frithjof Schuon on the Spiritual Life (Library of Perennial Philosophy)
โ Scribed by James S. Cutsinger
- Publisher
- World Wisdom
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 298
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
In 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.
โฆ Table of Contents
Cover
......Page 1
About this book
......Page 2
Series Page
......Page 4
Title Page
......Page 6
Copyright Page
......Page 7
Table of Contents
......Page 10
FOREWORD......Page 14
INTRODUCTION......Page 18
1. Dimensions of Prayer......Page 30
Spiritual Perspectives I......Page 34
2 Fundamental Keys......Page 42
Spiritual Perspectives II......Page 48
3 Prayer and the Integration of the Psychic Elements......Page 58
Spiritual Perspectives III......Page 66
4 Modes of Prayer......Page 86
Spiritual Perspectives IV......Page 106
5 Trials and Happiness......Page 118
Spiritual Perspectives V......Page 124
6 What Sincerity Is and Is Not......Page 136
Spiritual Perspectives VI......Page 142
7 Dimensions of the Human Vocation......Page 148
Spiritual Perspectives VII
......Page 154
8 Microcosm and Symbol......Page 168
Spiritual Perspectives VIII......Page 180
9 Meditation......Page 182
Spiritual Perspectives IX......Page 192
10 The Servant and Union......Page 198
Spiritual Perspectives X......Page 206
APPENDIX - A Sampling of Letters andOther Previously Unpublished Materials......Page 212
SOURCES......Page 266
GLOSSARY OF FOREIGN TERMS AND PHRASES......Page 270
INDEX......Page 282
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES......Page 296
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Cover; About this book; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. Dimensions of Prayer; Spiritual Perspectives I; 2 Fundamental Keys; Spiritual Perspectives II; 3 Prayer and the Integration of the Psychic Elements; Spiritual Perspectives III; 4 Modes of P
For the first time, this book collects from Schoun's vast corpus his writings on Christianity, including selections from his personal correspondence and other previously unpunblished materials.
<p><span>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 simpl
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 mo